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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
6
A veteran agricultural note advises that luck comes from proper care rather than charms. It stresses shelter, warm water, and ample feed for dairy cows and pregnant livestock during the coming weeks of volatile weather. Emphasizes minerals, lime, bone meal, and legumes in rations, plus extra grain when pastures lag.
Two percent of all rural mail carriers continue daily rounds by horse drawn vehicles. The fact highlights a lingering reliance on traditional methods amid modern delivery services and evolving transportation options.
In an issue prior to Christmas the Glow Worm misnamed Christmas seals as Red Cross seals. The staff apologizes to the fifth grade and promises greater care next time.
The seventh grade reports two new students joining. Evelyn Garner transfers from Orangeville and Winnie Bell Rose comes from Bells.
Absentees include Melvin Fleming with a broken collar bone and Kirk May recovering from pneumonia. Carl Hansard from first grade, M. H. Mullins from fourth grade, and Miss Sallye Hamilton all faced illness, with Hamilton back at school today.
The piece notes six baseball teams with four playing on church grounds and two rehabbing, captains Jones Ray Vestal and Wallace Reeves. Wallace’s team tops today after Jones Ray’s squad had dominated. A separate item mentions a lost white elephant after a December sale, found by Mr Manning on Friday at 11 in the seventh grade room.
The fragment lists visitors by town including Sherman Gainesville Greenville Dallas Bonham Oklahoma Randolph Denison Farmersville and names individuals such as Margaret Hanna Mary Simmons J D Hughes Pattie Everheart Betty Thornhill Tommy Thornhill Mary Belle Price Mary Helen Maddux Charles Skaggs Ruth Maddux C J Watson Ann La Roe Ben Jones Dorothy Dougas Wallace Reeves Oulia Wilson Don Newman James Stateville Mary Frances Stephens Beth Cunningham Virginia Jones Leroy D Martin Wanda Green Bettye Nell Yeager and P. E.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with ages and weights including B R J Monty Atkinson ten Edith Bigger staff fifteen and many others. The text appears as a roll call or roster with weights ranging from three to nineteen pounds and ages in single digits through late teens.
A staged drama follows Texans under Travis at the Alamo awaiting Santa Anna. Key figures include James Bowie Crockett Fannin and Mrs Dickinson as they mobilize to seek aid and prepare for the siege. Scene shifts to Mrs Dickinson’s home as Crockett and Bowie urge immediate Alamo travel.
A two scene wartime drama set at Fannin's home and the Alamo. Bonham brings urgent news of Santa Anna's assault. Fannin promises to join after gathering his men. Travis Crockett Bowie and Mrs Dickinson witness the fall of the Alamo and vow Texas’ eventual freedom.
Richmond report says Prof. Frank H. J. Figge announced at the AAAS meeting that hair color from pigment depends on cellular oxygen use. Experiments on salamanders showed color potential remains but is activated by oxygen levels and declines with age, reducing pigment formation. A Want Ad will get results for you.
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