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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
2
Texas Banking Commissioner J M Falkner says U S Trust and Guaranty receivership should teach investors to question beyond high advertised interest. He notes the firm was not under state banking supervision and discusses regulatory gaps, exams, and typical safe yields across banks and savings lenders.
A cautionary editorial urges drivers to stop blaming others for winter traffic accidents. It stresses personal responsibility, defensive driving, and six safety tips from the Texas Safety Association including better tires, clear windows, road feel, safe following distance, and brake pumping.
Miami Missouri reports farmer Jack Long found three gold nuggets in a mallard hen’s craw. Long seeks exact stopover sites for mallards en route south, but details are likely kept secret by observers. The Missouri Conservation Commission confirms the find.
Health officials credit the Social Security Act and improved care for big declines in maternal and infant deaths between 1935 and 1954. National maternal mortality fell 90 percent. Texas saw a 92 percent drop. Infant deaths dropped 50 percent nationwide and 57 percent in Texas.
In a 1975 preview the idea of waving a hand to control home lighting and appliances dominates predictions. Panels respond to a motion wave to change room colors and operate automatic shades, with future tech including ultrasound washing and automatic climate controls.
The Merchants and Planters National Bank of Sherman seeks judgment on a note for 25250.00 plus interest and costs and forecloses a chattel mortgage lien on listed property including 20 ton wheel assemblies and trailers. Defendants Riley R Jackson and Elsie Clare Jackson must answer by January 30, 1956 in Grayson County Court, Sherman.
In Grayson County Texas the county court granted Letters Testamentary to Bessie Murray Calvird Executrix for the estate of Harry Ray Calvird deceased on November 29 1955. Creditors must present their claims within the statutory period to Box 378 Denison Texas.
Designers foresee a high waist line emerging, colorful wardrobes in one color, suits retaining suit look, women resembling flowers, children taking a larger clothing share, and continued popularity of full skirts after five.
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