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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1962
Page
2
John Kent announces his candidacy for reelection as Fannin County Commissioner, Precinct 2. He asks citizens for support if his past tenure meets their approval and pledges to serve with the resources available, inviting a meeting before the election.
FDA cautions that common household air purifiers sold in stores do not prevent or treat respiratory ailments. The statement follows a federal court finding involving the Puritran line. FDA experiments show no significant effect on air contaminants or dust and no relief for asthma hay fever or sinus conditions.
Residents and relatives from Ardmore Dallas Garland Sherman Wichita Falls Bonham Fort Worth Trenton Randolph and other areas visited family and friends this weekend. Several social calls included Mrs Vestal’s fall and arm fracture while others spent Sunday with relatives.
A Texas citation to J A Layne and many heirs and representatives from numerous deceased parties, plus West Union Banking Co and Texas Mortgage Co, commands appearance by filing a written answer before 10 am on Monday February 26 1962. Plaintiff names J H Pattillo James L Pattillo Catherine Teal H B Teal Elizabeth Burke Raymond D Burke vs defendants. Plaintiffs seek title and possession to Lots 8 and 9 in Block 2 Layne's Addition to Denison Grayson County Texas. Court: 59th District Court Sherman Texas. Case No 67953 filed January 4 1962.
Mrs J M Carter 62 died at her home last week. The new high school building was dedicated Sunday afternoon. A seventh grade honor roll lists Jo Hestand Lucille LaRoe Verma Mangrum Sue McConnell Maurine May John McMurry Jr Haskell Thomson Clay Hansard John Webster Jack Lackey Walter Bogle Altha Mae Vestal Katherine Sears Lucile Myrick Dovie Mae Painter Rosal ie Prigmore Aline Haile Julia McMurry. Mrs Leona B Pierce 59 died at her home southwest of town Friday. Scott Bruce died at his home in Tom Bean Tuesday. Miss Mamie Cox joined Southwestern Bell in Denton. Grammar school chapel program held Wednesday morning Miss Susie Noe Margaret Lilley Norma Jo Mangrum Clyde Johnson Euna Mae Mangrum Van Vestal Nellie Hefner Mary Gae Wood Frances Bryant were on the program. Mr John Philip Barbee of Whitewright and Miss Marcella Mallow of McKinney wed on Thanksgiving Day. Edward E Clabhorn 73 died at his home east of town Wednesday. William Johnson 8, son of Mr and Mrs W A Johnson north of Canaan, seriously injured when struck by a car on Highway 160 west of the Canaan school Wednesday.
Mr. W. B. Holland married Miss Ellen Sloan on January 7. Mr. Allen T. Short wed Miss Ethel Gordon the previous Sunday, marking a pair of matrimonial vows reported in the society notes.
Reporter Robert Doss notes a 1931 Chevrolet sedan driven by Pete Clark was struck and demolished by a northbound Katy passenger train at the old oil mill crossing Tuesday night. Clark jumped from the car before impact and escaped injury. John Musser, 82, died at home.
A humorous note recalls mistaking waving green for grass on a street scene, with a Lincoln-like jab about the freshman class. The excerpt blends local color and playful misreadings with distant facts including a state flower and a 1923 presidential oath.
A Philadelphia boy Anthony Ryan suffered chronic pain from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed after months of crying. The March of Dimes funds a Philadelphia Children’s Hospital arthritis center and other clinics that use a team approach with orthopedists pediatricians and therapists to ease pain and prevent damage.
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