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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
4
Announcement of subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties two dollars and outside counties two dollars and fifty cents with five dollars for foreign subscriptions. It also notes advertising rates for events with admission or sale items and for banks cards poetry and memorials, plus a commitment to correct any erroneous reflections on persons or firms.
A pencil eraser sized atomic battery converts nuclear energy to electricity and detects a distinct earphone squeal. Ten such units could power a portable radio for 20 years, with RCA's David Sarnoff predicting future wristwatch radios and household energy devices. Patricia Keller McCormick is cited as a former American diving champion.
Dr. Jay F. Pearson, president, leads a campus wide effort to reduce liquor use among about 10 000 students. The drive promotes a cooperative dry movement, notes existing campus bans, and reports many fraternities hosting dry rush parties as success grows.
A brief verse by Margie B. Boswell plays with themes of emotion learning and night ideas. The piece ends by presenting a science fact stating that absolute zero is 459.72 degrees Fahrenheit below zero.
A retro style apple crisp uses canned sliced apples for speed. The recipe lists lemon juice flour brown sugar salt cinnamon butter and garnish ideas like marschino cherries. Bake at 375 F for 30 minutes until the crumb topping is light brown. Serves six.
Extension expert Sadie Hatfield urges careful shrub planning for home grounds. Plant shrubs at least three feet from walls and six to ten feet apart, pick area adapted varieties, and dig at least 25 square feet of soil with humus to conserve moisture. Recommend low growing species like nandina, junipers, abelia, coral berry, jasmine, mahonia, spiraea.
Coroner Walter E McCarron said he may investigate emergency treatment at Chicago hospitals after testimony about a scalded infant who died after transfer from Woodlawn Hospital to Cook County Hospital. The mother testified a $100 deposit was demanded before care and the infant died the next day.
President Eisenhower called for an overhaul of the nations housing program with private enterprise as the main engine and 140000 new public housing units over four years. He urged easier FHA mortgage insurance and 950 million dollars for city slum renewal while preserving private ownership.
The Public Health Service announced 1953's death rate of 9.6 per 1000 matched the record low set in 1952 and 1950. Despite severe influenza outbreaks and multiple heat waves, about 1,523,000 people died in 1953.
A quotation from American Bankers Magazine urges every local businessman to advertise in the town newspaper. It argues that a town’s life depends on active, wide awake, liberal advertising by merchants and business leaders.
The piece warns against relying on well meaning friends for remedies and urges readers to seek medical advice from their family physician. It stresses avoiding self treatment and to bring prescriptions for accurate compounding.
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