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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1954
Page
1
The Chamber of Commerce opened the year with a Tuesday night meeting at Craig's Cafe led by new chair Clint Hennig. A by law rewrite was assigned to a committee and a Homecoming group was proposed as a separate function with potential Chamber support.
U.S. debt nears 275 billion with government borrowing at the legal limit. Interest on the national debt tops 130 dollars per family annually, while states, municipalities, and corporations push total obligations higher. Inflation clouds the first half of 1953. President Jackson is misdated.
Regular monthly PTA meeting set for Tuesday night January 12 at 7 30 p m in the high school library Rev Lee Smith to give invocation and Mrs Jack Lackey to lead program Guest speaker Joe T Meador will present an illustrated lecture on world famous buildings with selfmade color slides Officers of the PTA are Rev Tildon McFerrin president Mrs J C McMillin first vice president and program chair Mrs Floyd Bassett second vice president and membership chair Mrs Griffin Dollarhide Jr third vice president and social chair Mrs Lee H Smith parliamentarian Mrs Fred Cook treasurer Mrs Joe Rich recording secretary and Mrs Jack Lackey reporter
The Dallas office of the Social Security Administration says a social security representative may be interviewed in Sherman on Mondays and Wednesdays each week. The Sherman office is at the Davis building, 103 South Montgomery Street. Individuals can apply in person or request information by mail.
The Sun lists honored subscribers whose subscriptions are paid or renewed this week. Readers with overdue accounts are directed to the renewal blank on page three or to subscribe for themselves or others. Names include Lewis Cooper Earl Benson Mrs. Richard Switala Clarence Ashlock and many others.
A Bradford team of 100 volunteers entered the fourth week of a yearlong prayerathon to pray for world peace and persecuted Christians. At least one member keeps vigil in St Marys Church from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
The Grayson County Quarterly Singing Convention will be held at Bethel Sunday afternoon at 2 oclock announced by L L Wendell. He says it will be a big one with singers from all over the county in attendance. Dixie Gordon will be in charge of the singing.
Rev Newton V Cole heads Whitewright March of Dimes drive as nationwide field tests start February 8 with about one million children. Officials plan October checks to gauge success and 1955 vaccination for all Americans.
John H. Donaghey, 89, longtime president of the First National Bank of Trenton, died Tuesday in a Sherman hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Trenton First Methodist Church. He was born December 30, 1864 in Graysville Illinois and moved to Texas at sixteen. He organized the Trenton bank in 1901 and served as cashier for over 30 years before becoming president in 1944. He is survived by four sons and three daughters, two sisters, one brother, and nine grandchildren.
Rev William A Pritchett 80 retired Methodist minister died in Dallas. Services were at Bells Bells Methodist Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. He served the North Texas Conference from 1899 to 1929 and lived in Bells 16 years before moving to Dallas. Survivors include a son in Corpus Christi four daughters 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The listing covers five days of meals including steak with sides on Monday, navy beans and lunch meat on Tuesday, meat patties with spaghetti on Wednesday, fish fillets on Thursday, and cheese slices with pork and beans on Friday. The text also states the total number of possible poker hands in a standard deck as 2 598 960.
The Pig skin Club sell tickets for the banquet featuring ETSTC Commerce coach Wilburn Catfish Smith. Price is $6 and admits four, including a player and date. The event is at the American Legion Home Wednesday January 13 at 7 30 p m. purchases end at 1 00 p m Friday.
Razing of the Kentuckytown Baptist Church building began this week. Mrs. S. O. Pool says the church has 1450 in cash and pledges to rebuild and hopes for more gifts as work progresses. Latest donations include 250 from William Fleming of Fort Worth and 50 from Mrs. A. M. Bryant of Whitewright. Services will be held in the Kentuckytown school during construction.
Gov. Allan Shivers said a special session depends on reaching a compromise in the teacher pay dispute and lawmakers willingness to settle it. He noted a review of a $402 yearly boost proposal and said a session would be avoided if possible, especially one involving a tax bill.
Ithaca New York Cornell University economists report higher living standards for the average American family today than ten years ago. Prof Mabel Rollins head of household economics says homes are in better condition and families have more equipment with which to work, with progress likely to become clearer once debts are paid.
A golfer comments he is not playing his normal style while a caddy asks what game he means suggesting a lighter moment on the course.
The Senate agriculture committee informal approved increasing the 1954 cotton acreage to 21 374 000 acres and set a national base quota of 21 000 000. Additional 315 000 acres would be distributed by past history and 59 000 to new cotton states California and Arizona. Texas gains 8 649 817 acres plus part of the 315 000, with state west of Texas eligible for 50 percent of farm land in cotton while east of Texas get 40 percent. Debate continues on the 65 percent 45 percent planting rule and potential Texas impact.
The Commerce Department reports that unemployment increased by about 400 000 from November to December, reaching 1 850 000. Nonfarm employment held relatively steady while farm work declined with winter weather. December nonfarm jobs stood at 55 326 000, below 1952 levels.
Adlai E. Stevenson told Democrats they must put the nation first and the party second. He urged unity in crisis while supporting constructive criticism and loyalty to the government of all Americans under President Eisenhower.
1953 Whitewright rainfall totaled 35.68 inches, about 2.83 inches below area normal. Almanac figures list 39.51 for Fannin and 37.55 for Grayson, with Whitewright averaging 38.53. The year split roughly evenly, 18.09 inches Jan–Jun and 17.39 Jul–Dec, with 108 degrees in July and 17 degrees in December as extremes.
New York report notes payroll tax changes for workers and bosses as Congress debates how to fund Social Security. The plan shifts toward pay as you go with higher payroll taxes and changes to withholding, caps rising to 72 dollars for the year.
A Texas woman dentist, Ruth Poole of Austin, arrived in New York with two German babies Keith eight months and Kurt twenty one months she adopted by mail. She and her husband, both dentists, had no children of their own and had not met the children's German mother.
Palomar Observatory announced a miscalculation in the distance to Nubia Meissier 81 in Asia Major. The true distance is 42 quintillion miles, four times larger than the estimate from 15 years ago based on a 100 inch telescope.
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