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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1964
Page
5
The Whitewright area saw numerous weekend visits with several families traveling to Plano Dallas Sherman and Fort Worth. Local hospital updates share recovery from burns hip fracture and other treatments. Community groups including Baptist circles met at homes and a cub scouts den collected old papers.
The article notes that about 1,000,000 of over 4.3 million U.S. college students are in junior colleges, a 200 percent rise from the previous year. By 1970 educators expect three of four degree seekers to start at two year schools.
A humorous anecdote collection describes a job applicant at a freight terminal who claims to operate slot and pinball machines. Editorial wives and steno workers are teased about marriage, while a traffic officer and pickup driver exchange quips about driving behavior and road space.
A giant merchant vessel named S. S. Trade Fair is being equipped for a voyage to European, Far Eastern, African, South American and Australasian ports. Financed by ten New York firms, it will showcase U.S. industries to expand exports. About one million trade buyers yearly are expected. the project is led by Rear Adm. John H. Morrill, USN (Ret.). The ship’s free enterprise mission begins November 21, 1964.
Answers cover War Orphans Educational Assistance enrollment about 20 000 in colleges and schools. A reciprocal agreement with Allied nations exists allowing veterans to be treated in VA hospitals, with governments reimbursing the VA for care.
A humorous brief exchange about relatives surfaces in a cartoonish or vaudeville style line. The dialog contrasts ignorance of poor kin with a joke about unknown wealthy relations, highlighting social wit.
A humorous strip centers on a kind old lady addressing an Internal Revenue clerk and asking to donate her money to a pleasant country. The exchange shifts to domestic dialogue as wife and husband riff on sewing and reading while the tax talk continues.
A blonde divorcee describes a housecleaning promise while two men comment on her repeated marriages. The pair joke about her reputation as a housekeeper despite the rumors, noting she has been divorced several times yet maintained homes.
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