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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
8
Texas rises from educational cellar toward top ranks for 1947 48 per State Superintendent Dr L A Woods. He cites higher state aid salary boosts for teachers and handicapped programs, with building value and district consolidation advancing notably.
A humorous exchange notes that the sounds from a neighbor’s house disturb a woman, while a maid points out the noise is actually coming from the woman’s own nursery. The woman replies with a lighthearted view that the children are enjoying themselves.
The Veterans Administration spent a total of 7.805 billion dollars in the fiscal year ended June 30, with 6.609 billion in the United States and 16.5 million in foreign countries. Administered by Carl R. Gray Jr., the year saw 2,354,297 living veterans receive compensation and pension benefits, with 566,468 dependents of deceased veterans paid.
Denison. An additional six million dollars in contracts raises the Denison Dam total to sixty million. Richard Pyle, resident engineer, said the original cost was fifty four million and the new funds cover a second generating unit overlook station and guard rails along the road over the dam.
College Station guidance from Louise Mason of Texas A and M outlines practical dried fruit uses. She recommends grinding fruits with juice and rind for candy, optionally adding nut meats, and mixing chopped fruit into baked goods for even sweetness distribution.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi the Mississippi Southern College Band arrived at the Freedom Train but was blocked by a Marine Guard who would not let them cut ahead. The band responded with Dixie and The Star Spangled Banner keeping the guard busy for 45 minutes. The piece ends with a quip about a Omaha woman cremating her fourth husband and a reply about husbands.
Joe Johnson lists a Maytag Dutch Oven butane gas range an American sink unit Frigidaire electric range and both butane and natural gas water heaters for sale. Tom Barbee offers land and city property buying or selling services. Weed.
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