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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1962
Page
4
Sunday School and worship times listed for First Baptist Church with evening services and weekly meetings. Assembly of God Church shows Sunday School and Wednesday prayer meeting with a weekly Christ Ambassadors event on Saturday.
Bible study for all ages at 10:00 a m. Worship and communion at 11:00 a m. Evening worship at 7:30 p m followed by Bible study for all ages at 7:30 p m.
Worship service at 10 55 a m Methodist Youth Fellowship at 6 p m and on the fourth Sunday of each month at 5 30 p m The Women's Society of Christian Service meets first and third Monday at 3 p m The Wesleyan Service Guild meets every other Monday at 7 30 p m
David Breeding will preach on the first and third Sundays of each month. The schedule highlights regular sermons and parish timing for these services.
Training Union at 7 00 p m and Worship at 8 00 p m outline a church service evening.
Training Union at 6 45 p m worship service at 7 45 p m Wednesday night services include officers teachers meeting at 7 00 p m prayer meeting at 7 30 p m.
A short poem contrasts a poor neighbor who helps daily by offering warmth with a wealthy neighbor who never offers aid. The speaker values compassion over lineage, declaring a heart of gold more valuable than family pedigree and praising quiet acts of kindness.
The article outlines ancient timekeeping by the Egyptians around 4000 B C and the Mundane era start at 5502 B C. It notes the Jewish calendar in 5722 relating to 1961 A D and mentions Charles Til popularizing A D. January named after Janus with doors and gates symbolism. Columbus as first recorded European to celebrate in the western hemisphere on January 1 1493 with a royal meal in Haiti.
The government will switch the cost of living index from the 1947-49 base to the 1957-59 base. The 1960 cost of living will show as about 103 on the new base instead of 126.5 on the old base, while actual economic facts stay the same. Officials say updating the base keeps statistics more meaningful.
The passage questions the accuracy of living cost measures when bases are moved and suggests government effort against inflation has been lacking for 30 years. A Wall Street Journal quote reflects public concern about inflation and policy. Also noted, St. Louis hosts the world’s largest raw fur market. One spruce tree yields about 180 newspapers.
Deposits section enumerates U S Government deposits including postal savings, state and local government deposits, bank deposits, certified and officers checks, and totals for deposits. It breaks down total deposits into demand deposits and time and savings deposits.
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