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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists T. Glenn Doss as editor and owner and notes weekly publication every Thursday. Subscription rates are shown for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside those counties with annual and six month prices.
The Fort Worth Press notes the Army reports a depot level shortage of gloves and combat shoes for trainees. The writer mocks the phrasing and questions which depot is meant, hinting at broader management issues and criticizing the spokesman’s wording.
College Station reports eighty percent of school children show foot trouble, linked to worn or ill fitting shoes. Nena Roberson from the Texas A&M Extension Service stresses proper fitting for normal foot development, noting the first walking shoe should be soft and well matched to the baby's foot.
Miss Roberson cautions on infant footwear noting soles should be thin or none at all and a one half inch longer and one quarter inch wider than the foot. She advises standing-foot impressions to guide size with extra room for growth but not so much as to be uncomfortable.
Central Christian Church led by John R. MacDonald offers services on the first and third Sundays with a church school at 10 a.m. The Methodist Church under Ashley D. Jameson holds a 10 a.m. church school and morning service at 11, youth fellowship at 6:30 p.m., evening service at 7, and Youth Hour at 8 p.m. Assembly of God, with Rev. R. L. Hamm as pastor, conducts Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., morning worship at 11, evangelistic service at 7, Wednesday prayer at 7, and a Young People's evangelistic service Saturday at 7.
First Baptist Church lists services with Pastor Rev James L Cooper and leaders including W T Simmons and Mrs Edgar Ayers. A missionary talk by Dr Rex Ray from China is set for Sunday at 11 o clock. he is a cousin of Dr John Ray of Whitewright.
North Texas Larger Parish in Paris Presbytery lists Rev. Lee H. Smith as Pastor-Director and Dorothy Jane Nelson as Director of Religious Education. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 with communion. Westminster Fellowship 5 p.m. Women’s Missionary Society meeting Jan 8. Parish Council at Ladora Church Jan 14. Assembly Moderator Dr. Hugh Ivan Evans to speak at Denison Church Jan 7. Week includes staff worship Jan 14 and Paris Presbytery winter meeting Jan 17 at Lake Creek. Missionary Society meets Jan 8 with program on Sunday Lady of Possum Trot. Closing thought from Markham.
A sweet young woman promises to call a family member if kissed. He complies and she whispers the word brother, tying the exchange to kinship rather than romance.
Neighboring family planned a week in the country for their uncle, who lived near stockyards, a gas works, and a chemical plant. He joined the visit but left after two days, remarking that country air lacks a body, leaving relatives speechless.
A passerby asks for work, gets a commission to investigate unemployment. A churchgoing child witnesses parishioners kneeling to pray, misunderstanding the scene as clothes remaining on rather than prayer. The exchange highlights frustrations over jobs and faith.
A collection of short humorous vignettes about wise men hairless saints and family life. Jokes feature Sam Jones on perfection, a mother’s influence, a New York couple’s medical exam, and a sleepy inhabitant of a remote place.
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