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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1967
Page
1
The Sun reports voter registration certificates available at City Hall with R. R. Summers commissioned by county tax officer Geo Schumacher to register voters in the Whitewright precinct. Registrants aged 21 to 60 must sign applications. those over 60 outside Sherman and Denison are exempt. Registrations cover all 1967 elections.
A remark foresees a future when women's wigs will cause bald heads similar to men's, as wigs take the place of hats in fashion and utility. The assertion notes wigs’ impact on appearance and social norms, implying a shift in gendered attire.
The Texas Legislature must decide whether to observe daylight saving time in 1968. Under standard time thousands start before dawn and drive long distances, while daylight saving would move work starts earlier and into darkness, costing workers an hour of sleep. The piece urges State Representative Vernon Beckham to influence Texas to stay on standard time.
A reader remark notes high taxes last year and cites the case of Congressman Powell’s wife, earning $20,000 annually, living in the Bahamas, illustrating how taxpayer money funds salaries and expenses beyond the mainland.
The author supports limiting Texas governors to two 2-year terms or one 4-year term and advocates term limits for members of Congress. They compare to the presidential two-term limit and note critics say new blood is needed in Congress and business, citing compulsory retirement ages elsewhere. The piece argues current members can stay in office indefinitely.
On May 9 1962 MIT Cambridge used an optical maser or laser mounted on a 48 inch telescope to reflect a beam of light off the moon marking a historic illumination feat.
The Whitewright Riding Club met at the Elementary School gym Friday with 90 members attending a potluck. President Woodley McCarley showed a film on the July 4th trail ride. The club scheduled a Jan 12 meeting at the Malt Shop and set two 1967 rodeos: High School Junior Rodeo May 12–13 and I R A championship June 22–24 produced by Jack Akin of Madill Oklahoma. Club memberships for 1967 are being taken.
Mr and Mrs Ralph McKinney hosted a Watch Party for Bethel Baptist Church Adult II Training Union class on a Saturday night. Refreshments were served to a long list of attendees including Weldon Bartley Mack Williams Rev Charles Pierce Clifton Sanderson Bob Cawthon Sammy Maxwell J C Wetzel Tom Barnes John Jarvis Betty England Ann Maxwell Ricky Maxwell Chuck Pierce John Ted Williams Jeff McKnight Kenneth McKinney.
The Presbyterian Church led by Rev. C. C. Dooley holds Sunday School at 10:00 and worship at 11:00. The Missionary Society meets Monday at 2:30 PM at the Manse with Mrs. C. C. Dooley as hostess and the pastor presenting part of the program.
Rev George Topper pastor. Sunday morning worship 11 morning youth fellowship 6 evening worship 7. Monday 230 W S C S meeting 715 Guild meeting. Wednesday 700 choir rehearsal.
Rev Dale Gore leads services at First Baptist Church including Sunday School at a nursing home and multiple worship sessions. Association Day will be held at Calvary Baptist Church in Denison with many meetings including Sunbeams Girls Auxiliary prayer and choir rehearsals.
The Assembly of God Church lists Pastor Mrs. Janice Hall guiding a 9 45 Sunday School session a 7 15 worship service and a 7 30 p m prayer meeting on Wednesdays.
Minister W. E. Mynatt leads Bible study at 10 a.m. Worship and communion at 10 a.m. Evening worship at 7 p.m. Bible study for all ages at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Bob Saylor serves as pastor with an evening program including Training Union at seven and a worship service at seven forty five.
Bethel Baptist Church led by Rev. Charles Pierce lists Sunday School at 10:00, Training Union at 6:30, and Worship Service at 7:30 on the upcoming Sunday. The schedule emphasizes morning worship and midweek study within the church community.
Pilot Grove Baptist lists Rev. James Hughens as pastor with Sunday School at 10:00.
The government announced Italy’s population reached 53 244 000 as of September 30. In the first nine months of the year 748 285 births were recorded and 362 500 deaths occurred.
Funeral and burial services were held at Clyde Monday for Olen E Young 62 of Whitewright who was killed Saturday in a head on collision near Weatherford. He was en route to Clyde where Mrs Young was visiting a daughter. Young was born Sept 15 1904 in Magum Oklahoma. He married Edna Williams in 1939 at Abilene and worked on the Texas Power and Light Co construction project north of Savoy.
Miss Lola Craig of Bells died December 23 at a Savoy rest home. Funeral services were at Bells Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Born December 12, 1889 in Bells, she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Craig. Surviving relatives include two nephews Homer Craig of Lyford and Clyde Craig of Roswell New Mexico and seven nieces listed in the Sherman area and beyond.
Thomas Sherman Hicks aged 70 died December 26 in a Sherman hospital. Funeral services were held at Mullican Little Funeral chapel and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Bells. He lived at Savoy and was born in Kentucky on June 8, 1896, the son of F. B. Hicks. He married Alma Richards on June 30, 1917. Surviving are his wife two daughters three brothers Jim Hicks Lloyd Hicks Otis Hicks two sisters Elsie Waite and Mrs Claude McCord and two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery for Miriam Gordon Landrum 73 director of the Texas School of Fine Arts She lived in Whitewright as a child and was daughter of Dr Landrum early Whitewright physician Sister to Lynn Landrum Dallas News editor buried at Oak Hill
The Agriculture Department reports U.S. cigarette consumption reached 542 billion this year, up 2.5 percent from 529 billion last year, with ten year prior figures showing 406.5 billion. Factors include more people of smoking age, higher incomes, and more shipments to overseas armed forces, suggesting a modest rise in 1967.
In a January 17 1911 inauguration, Woodrow Wilson moved New Jersey to adopt reforms by April, including election reforms utilities regulation employer liability and a corrupt practices act.
Uncle Dan quotes Ed Doolittle and Parson discussing national issues at a country store gathering. They critique labor shortages the leisure class and guaranteed income while noting welfare spending and congressional appropriations. The column ends with a political nudge toward voting and spending scrutiny.
In Phoenix acoustics expert Robert A. Larabell warns teens risk hearing loss from amplified rock bands. He cites readings of 90 to 95 decibels near teenage groups and says exposure over 15 minutes can be harmful per Air Force charts. Industry guidance recommends protection above 85 decibels.
Cape Kennedy Fla After a rash of 10 manned space flights in two years the United States will launch only one or two in 1967 as it moves into earth orbital trips in theApollo man to the moon program Five significant launchings in 1966 concluded Project Gemini whose exploits opened the way for NASA to move confidently ahead with Apollo Apollo has hit a snag because of problems with the first manned spacecraft Originally set for a November 1966 launching Apollo 1 now is slated for late February with slip to March likely
In 1619 a shipload of marriageable girls was sent to Virginia by the Virginia Company to be sold to planters for 120 pounds of tobacco each, reflecting the era's coerced labor and gendered exploitation tied to colonial expansion.
Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, dies of cancer at 10 30 a.m. Tuesday January 3 1967 in Parkland Hospital Dallas. He suffered widespread cancer affecting lymph glands pancreas and lungs with a blood clot in the lung listed as the cause of death. Ruby shot Oswald in the basement of the Dallas city jail for a national television audience in 1963. He had been removed from the Dallas County jail less than a month earlier for a severe cold diagnosed by jail doctors on December 9.
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts below normal temperatures for most of the nation in January with above normal precipitation in the South. The 30 day forecast calls for colder conditions except for the South and north Atlantic coast states and the Great Lakes. Precipitation expected to exceed normal in the southern half, near normal on the central Pacific Coast and parts of the Southern Plains, below normal in the far Northwest and Great Lakes, with normal precipitation elsewhere.
Texas public schools reported 2,523,000 students for 1966-67, up 55,000 from 1965-66. NEA data split the rise into 1,868,000 elementary and 655,000 secondary students, with 38,000 more elementary enrollments and districts slipping from 1,332 to 1,303, though 1,291 remained operating.
This piece notes about one million Americans vanish yearly yet are often found through fingerprints photos and records. It cites two main causes: men unable to meet household expenses and nagging wives.
For the second time in a fortnight thieves raided Edwards Chevrolet Company. A 1964 silver grey Chevrolet was stolen from the parking lot during the weekend. The keys were not in the car and the thief wired around the switch.
Local readers share holiday visits from Albany Garland Waco Jackson Miss Sherman Plano Dallas Fort Worth and other Texas towns. Families and friends including Reeves Wallace McGaughey Geers Spurlock Hamilton Gentry and others celebrated Christmas and visited relatives across multiple communities with many children grandchildren and kin in attendance.
J H Andress of Borger died on December 5. He was the uncle of Morris Wilson and Mrs C S Jarvis, both residents of Whitewright.
The Whitewright Nursing Home is certified as an extended care facility under new Medicare rules effective January 1. Medicare covers the first 20 of 100 days after a hospital stay, then charges $5 daily for the remaining days. To qualify, the facility must provide 24 hour nursing service and employ full time registered nurses in charge of nursing, with a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
The Ely Community Christmas Dinner welcomed many attendees including Mr. and Mrs. S. H. White Mrs. C. E. Rhodes Willie Slim Massey mayor of Ely Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Frisby and many more. The report notes others failed to register and all enjoyed a wonderful time per the Reporter.
A historical briefing notes dire health stats in Vietnam with high child mortality, low life expectancy, widespread trachoma, and limited physician density. It also cites servicemen health challenges, including malaria risks and digestive illnesses, and remarks on the difficulty of hosting a war in such a country.
Washington reports the United States has 3,293,318 men under arms the highest in 12 years. The Defense Department also states active ranks total 64,109.
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