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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1964
Page
1
The Sun enters its 79th year serving Whitewright with 4 560 weekly issues. Voter registration and poll tax reminders rise as 1964 elections approach with January 31 as the voter qualification deadline. Local politics heat up with Joe Joiner for county attorney and Lowell Leberman Jr. for State Representative District 24.
Washington reports the six month cooling off period ends with Willard Wirtz announcing federal mediation to avert a possible nationwide rail strike by February 25. Key issues include wage structure yard jobs interdivisional runs night differentials and holiday pay. A second unrelated note mentions a Florida study on rats waking without alarms.
The Whitewright Young Farmers Chapter held its first regular meeting on January 2 with temporary officers elected including President David Johnson and Vice President J A Harper Jr. The group invites members under 36 in agriculture and outlines an annual education program from January to December coordinated by the Texas Education Agency.
Lowell Leberman Jr of Commerce Texas announced his candidacy for State Representative District 24 Hunt and Fannin Counties. A UT pre law graduate and former UT student leader he cites district issues and looks to meet voters as the campaign develops. Root rot can be controlled by soil treatment to save expensive plants.
A Tom Bean reader reports a Saturday night talk among local sellers. Ed Doolittle urges Congress to vote a pay raise after the election, Zeke Grubb debates Vietnam and foreign aid, and Otto Passman’s unspent funds are noted.
A federal Surgeon General advisory panel has finished a yearlong review of smoking and health. The report will be released Saturday at noon and will not issue action recommendations but will prompt a second study on regulation. Luther L. Terry will lead a news conference with the full panel present.
Den 3 of the Cub Scouts gathered Monday at Mrs. Floyd Flowers home. The boys roasted marshmallows and studied fire safety while den mother Mrs. Lucille Wyatt served doughnuts to seven boys.
Democratic leaders anticipate a hectic 1964 session and push for speed to enact civil rights and an 11 billion tax cut before the Republican convention. They expect lawmakers may return after the conventions to finish remaining work before the Democratic gathering in Atlantic City. Mansfield warned the session could be even tougher than last year.
Morality is a perplexing problem due to moral cowardice and a rush for wealth and prestige. Many people are driven by selfishness and greed, losing sight of honor and clear moral standards. Some are confused, with rationalization clouding right from wrong. The piece compares moral decay to declining principles. In a separate note, the blue krait of India is among the most toxic snakes with venom far surpassing potassium cyanide.
Dorsett-Roman Ford Sales Inc hosts an open house at the Ford sales room on Main and Bond streets with coffee and doughnuts served 9 am to 5 pm both days. The display includes 1964 Falcons Fairlanes Galaxies Thunderbirds and pickup trucks as new owners James Dorsett and John Roman showcase their purchase from James Edwards.
President Johnson unveiled a frugal 1965 budget with a 50 percent deficit cut plan, slashing federal outlays by more than 3.5 billion and trimming nuclear weapons production. He also proposed a billion-dollar anti poverty program and urged Russia to reduce armaments while pressing Kennedy era civil rights measures.
Deaths notice for Minnie Ann Orenduff 79 of Bonham who died Sunday at 11 45 a m Funeral services were held at 4 p m Monday in Bonham Burial followed at Willow Wild Cemetery She was born October 11 1884 in McKinney daughter of Hiram Wilmeth and is survived by a daughter Miss Bessie Orenduff two sons Monroe Orenduff Jr Kansas City and Arba Orenduff Whitewright a sister Miss Burtey Crump McKinney.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Tuesday in Barnheart Funeral Chapel for Charles Everett Franklin 53 who died at 8 30 a m Sunday on a farm west of Whitewright He was born March 2 1910 in Tom Bean son of James and an ex student of Sherman High School and Austin College He married Wilma Jones January 5 1935 in Whitewright Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter three brothers and five sisters
At a regular meeting president L H Durham named J T Holloway Dick Walker and Kenneth Frisby to a committee to study needs for a new high school A site cost and long range plan were discussed Superintendent S T Montgomery Jr urged patron ideas The board also appointed David Johnson as census trustee and announced the upcoming school census later this month
The First Methodist Church of Whitewright hires Ray Shaw of Commerce as choir director. A noon Sunday covered dish dinner on January 19 invites members to meet him. Shaw is a student at East Texas State College in Commerce.
A study prepared for the U S Senate ties air pollution to deaths from emphysema lung cancer chronic bronchitis and colds. It notes more emphysema sufferers receive Social Security disability benefits than victims of any other disease. The report warns that environmental changes can raise lung cancer risk as communities grow and air carries carcinogens.
NEA reports 41.76 million pupils in public schools for 1963 64 with 26.81 million in elementary and 14.91 million in high schools. Total outlay exceeds 21.2 billion with current expenditures, capital outlay and related programs. The cost per pupil averages 455 dollars annually.
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