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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
1
Arba Orenduff, local chairman, reports $180.70 collected for the March of Dimes with several agencies yet to report. Craig's Cafe donated all coffee sales this week totaling $23.20, while most of the rest came from an American Legion porch-light campaign last Thursday night.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles predicted the Soviet regime may collapse from acute indigestion as it tries to swallow free peoples. He also believed President Eisenhower would find ways to stop wars in Korea and Indo China, while urging Western powers to seek unity or risk policy shifts.
In Tokyo and Korea three senior commanders Collins Clark and Van Fleet held high level talks on whether to push an attack or keep the costly stalemate in Korea. The deliberations continue as Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor joins the 8th Army and a military decision is expected to go to President Eisenhower for consideration.
In Chicago a steady decline has cut beef cattle prices by about 34 cents per pound this month as trade sources foresee more drops. With feedlot cattle at a record high for the third straight year, analysts including Norman Draper of the American Meat Institute note retail beef prices have fallen about 10 percent in two months and cite a Minneapolis ad offering three pounds of ground beef for $1.
Monday February 2 offers Spiced Ham with Cheese Lettuce Tomatoes Potatoes Hot Rolls Butter Honey. Tuesday features Irish Stew Slaw Crackers Peanut Butter Honey. Wednesday serves Beans Kraut Corn Bread Fruit Pie. Thursday includes Turkey Dressing Green Beans Potatoes Fruit Jello. Friday presents Hamburgers Potato Chips Doughnuts.
Funeral services held at 3 pm at First Baptist Church for Miss Clyde Montgomery 42 who died Saturday in a Dallas hospital after years of illness She was born in Whitewright Aug 18 1910 and taught in Whitewright grade school She is survived by her parents a brother and two sisters.
Reverend J A Henderson 75 a retired Baptist minister died Monday after a week in hospital Funeral services set for Thursday 2 pm at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with burial at the same church Rev Howard Mc Spedden Rev W J Epting Rev Claude Johnston and Rev Ross Bourland to officiate Pallbearers listed Henderson born Sherman August 10 1877 served many small churches in the Grayson Fannin area His last pastorate Hebron Church Bells He was twice married and survived by a large family including five sons and four daughters plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren The family also notes two sisters and three brothers.
James Calvin O'Neal a longtime Ely and Randolph resident died at 5 45 p m last Thursday in a Bonham hospital after a several weeks illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Earnheart Chapel with Rev Harold K Davis of Marvin Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed in Randolph Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim Massey Jack Robbins S D Blackerby J O Wallace Kenneth Booker and Virgil Smith. He was born October 8 1875 in Tennessee and was a member of the Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Grover Smith of Sherman and Mrs Leeman Wilburn of Dallas, one son C E O'Neal of Ely, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Eula Shelley 67 of Orangeville were held Tuesday at Randolph Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Harold K. Davis. Burial followed in Randolph Cemetery. Survivors include six siblings and many nieces and nephews.
The main ingredient of bouillabaisse is a spiny bag of bones known as scorpion fish, a notorious ocean dweller famous for its ability to change color to blend with its surroundings.
The free rabies vaccination drive resumes this Friday at the agriculture building of the high school from 1 30 to 4 00 pm. Dog owners must pay 1 00 for the vaccine and 1 00 for a 1953 dog license tag after vaccination. Unlicensed dogs may be picked up under city ordinance.
After a two week influenza postponement the 1952 53 speech class presents two plays in the high school gym at 7 30. Double Date features Carol Ryan Jimmy Nossaman Norman Harper James Ayres Beverly Bassett Joy Layman and Gayle Taylor. Don't Tell a Soul features Beverly Bassett Mary Lou Alexander Myra Scott Gayle Taylor Helen Sinor Mazelle Musser and Betty Jarvis with Dearle McKnight and Leon Simmons as stage managers. Admission is 15 cents for students and 35 cents for adults.
Austin Texas legislator D H Buchanan predicts the automobile inspection law will stay in force. He cites its life-saving impact over 15 years and notes repeal bills lack support. Eight House members back a bill addressing objections to the current law.
Advice urges treating peach and plum trees to combat borers using para dichlorobenzene crystals placed in a shallow circular trench two inches from the trunk. The crystal layer should form a continuous ribbon covered by dirt, with dirt mounded six inches around the tree in all directions until May 1, when the treatment is removed to destroy borers’ eggs.
Sherman County Judge J. N. Dickson announced the Commissioners Court authorized a general raise of about ten dollars a month for court house employees. The increase does not apply to elected officers. Samuel Morse, inventor, was also a portrait painter.
Notice states state and county poll tax blanks can be picked up at the City office. Pay by mailing the completed form with $1.75 to Iva Davidson, tax officer, Sherman Texas, postmark before January 31. After Jan 31 it will be too late.
Wails of citizens on election day echo a poll tax fate with regrets over voting rights. The piece notes those who paid and those who skipped registration face similar burdens, urging reflection on voter access and civic duty.
T B Autrey of Bethel near Whitewright reports Hubam sweet clover on a six acre plot increased cotton and corn yields enough to pay 370.50 and cited a 1951 0.5 bale per acre boost and 1952 35 bushels of corn per acre versus 25 with no legume. He advocates legumes as part of a complete soil conservation plan and notes ongoing projects with the Collin County Soil Conservation District.
Cannon L L Wendell announces the First Sunday Singing Convention to be held at Cannon Church between Whitewright and Van Alstyne at 2 p m next Sunday. New Stamps Baxter books will be used and singers from across the county are expected. If you miss the convention you will miss a good one and everyone is needed. Canada produced about 29 677 000 pounds of honey in 1952.
The Sun prints a subscriber poem by Charlie Lewis of Slaton and lists names of readers paid up for 1952 53 including Mrs Buddy Stephens J R Oliver Wade Coggins Joe Stephens R I Scott L B Head C P Talbot and others urging renewals to stay on the mailing list through 1953.
Washington D C Republicans say they can fill over 2100 postmasterships immediately and will start naming appointees soon. Senate Post Office Committee chairman Carlson expects appointments to arrive soon as acting postmasters now filling many vacancies.
San Jose California jewelry store manager Orville Carver reduced his initial claim of $40,000 in stolen goods after tax adjustments. He said after accounting for luxury tax excise tax and profit the loss is closer to $15,000.
Internal revenue officials reported a Chicago area taxpayer paid 1 million dollars in 1952 taxes, the largest single individual payment in the city. The payer’s name was not disclosed.
The text notes wild cranberries existed for early settlers but cultivation began after European arrival in what is now the United States. It contrasts native abundance with later agricultural development by newcomers.
Ira Davidson Grayson County tax officer will appoint a deputy tax collector to run a temporary license tag office in Whitewright for March. Harold Doss city secretary will handle tags. only re registrations will be processed locally. New car registrations and title transfers remain at the court house or Denison tax office.
Washington reports Surgeon General Leonard Scheele of the Public Health Service says the current influenza outbreaks are mild and should not be compared with the deadlier pandemics of 1918 19 or 1928 29. He notes medical advances curb pneumonia risks and cites vaccines now available, though no nationwide immunization plan is urged. individuals should follow their doctors advice.
Rep. Richard S. Stark of Gainesville protests a Reader's Digest piece that implied oil and gas interests aided his opponent. He disputes the conclusion and offers to provide documentary evidence of his campaign expenditures. Ed Clark, also named, criticized the article in Austin.
In Manchester, the Regional Health Board, ordered by the British Health Ministry to economize, decided after study to ask permission to hire two extra men to investigate how staff could be reduced.
In Bayonne New Jersey a 9 month old baby David Basile got his head stuck in a deep cake pan. His mother Irene acted quickly and called police who summoned a tinsmith. The pan was clipped off with help from the baby’s older brother Michael 34 percent.
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