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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1976
Page
1
In a bold remark, Mayor Walker declares pursuit of all marbles to maximize impact, noting that some efforts will not help anyone while others will. He emphasizes a strategic, no-holds-barred approach to achieve the best possible outcome.
Homemaking class welcomes Barbazon School of Modeling to Whitewright High School for a program at 1 30 pm on January 8 with public invited. Also notes patient Jess Blanks at Whitewright Nursing Home after four weeks in Sherman hospital and JC Whipple praising street repairs as best ever. Supt Dick Capps to announce school status to radio stations by 6 30 am. Tiger basketball home Friday vs Cooper with varsity girls at 7 pm and boys following.
Whitewright residents and merchants survey shows broad optimism for 1976 amid Bicentennial celebrations. Leaders like Chuck Wilson and Mayor Dick Walker foresee improvement in inflation, national economy, and local growth as the community works together.
Two people were injured in separate traffic accidents on Fannin county highways Monday. Peggy Silman of Commerce sustained back injuries and James West Putman of Muleshoe head and multiple injuries. both were transported to hospitals by Professional Ambulance Service.
Whitewright swept both Leonard and Howe in boys and girls basketball, improving prep records. Gina Judd led the girls with 20 points in a 37 29 win over Leonard while Steve Hodge scored 25 and Willie Ballard 20 for the Whitewright boys in a 73 59 victory. The previous night Whitewright also beat Howe 27 25 in the girls contest and 59 35 in the boys.
The federal excise tax on communication services drops from 7 to 6 percent starting January 1976. Continental Telephone at Whitewright notes the company only collects and forwards the levy to the government. The tax, first 10 percent during WWII, has been reduced yearly since 1972 and is set to end in 1982.
Whitewright plans to apply for a Texoma Regional Planning Commission development grant of 101000 dollars shared among seven Grayson County towns. The council authorized preparing a program of improvements and filing the application while noting landfill issues at the White Rock area shared with Tom Bean and Bells. No action was taken on the landfill problems.
Whitewright schools resumed classes Monday ending the longest holiday of the 1975-76 term. The next holiday on the calendar will be the Easter break for the district.
Sixteen year old Casey Pritchard soloed a Cessna 150 under instructor Bill Langner who praised his professionalism. Casey began flying in 1972 at age 12 and now eyes the private pilot written exam, with future flight checks planned.
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