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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1946
Page
8
Dr William A O Brien notes vitamins fail as cold preventives. Only avoiding infected people helps. Vitamin A D B C E lack proven benefit. experiments with children and students show no reduction in colds from vitamins or sugar capsules.
Texas football teams pioneered wide open play with the forward pass quick kick and double laterals leading to dynamic games. The era introduced spin moves and fast offensive strategies that reshaped early gridiron competition in the state.
Atlanta Ga Jackson P Dick hoped to have his telephone connected again soon after a prankster signed his number to a for rent ad. The four room house listing drew more than 500 calls before he requested the phone be disconnected.
The board of control voted to liberalize admission rules for the Sanatorium state tuberculosis hospital. The age limit rises from 60 to 65 years and readmission is allowed for patients who left without approval if they show good cause and readmission benefits the patient.
A Tennessee physician, long retired, answers a wartime call to aid a distant farmer. When asked about payment, he confirms cash is available, then declines the trip noting he would not travel without funds but assures another doctor can be secured. The anecdote, told by Dan Kendall of Lebanon, reflects his prudent, service‑minded stance.
Russia experiments with tinted cotton in yellow green pink blue and brown hues. Moscow textile mills plan to produce 350 000 children s suits from naturally colored fiber this year.
A brief exchange shows Priscilla confessing loss of interest in painting singing and piano after becoming engaged, with her mother remarking on the change and Priscilla asking what is the use of it all. The dialogue hints at shifts in personal priorities following an engagement.
The United States Mint began producing the new Roosevelt dime last week. The obverse features the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt while the reverse shows a torch of freedom surrounded by an olive branch and oak leaves signifying peace and strength. The new dimes are expected to circulate soon.
A Denver trade paper replies to a Kunming China firm that American drug stores normally do not sell bicycles. The Mountain States Druggist notes stores stock items like hamburgers and lawnmowers but bicycles are not typical offerings.
Leo Kuhn, a local bank cashier, had his Masonic ring lost two years ago. Over the weekend G. C. Mitchell caught a five-pound black bass below Lake Austin Dam and found the ring inside the fish. Kuhn’s name was engraved on the ring and its return was noted.
The United States Brazil China Egypt India and Russia are highlighted as the main cotton producing nations with the US leading in both acreage and production. The crop is grown in over 60 nations worldwide. A bottle tree is described with a stem that bulges, containing a sticky substance.
A compact postwar classifieds listing Want Ads for two Main Street houses, radios at Johnson Jewelry, farm hay near Whitewright, flowers and a local flower agent, plus a sheriff sale notice in Grayson County Texas referencing case No. 53922 and the estate of George Murdock with administrator Horace Marshall.
Classified buyers list P A Short on corner East Whitewright with one acre. two Whitewright area farms of 84 and 119 acres. Spirella girdles and supports sold by Mrs Ted Spinks. tools and farming gear including Ivanhoe stove and John Deere equipment. Evinrude outboard motor displayed by Johnson Jewelry. auto financing offered by Auto Finance Company F W Creager Sherman.
The McCarley family expresses sincere appreciation to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during illness and for sympathy after the passing of husband and father James T. McCarley.
Grayson County sheriff's sale of Lots 29 30 31 and 32 Block A Town Company Addition Whitesboro Texas to satisfy a 1946 judgment for 95.51 dollars plus costs and 6 percent interest. Sale set for the first Tuesday in March 1946 between 2 and 4 PM at the courthouse in Sherman. Proceeds to satisfy judgment with remaining funds to follow legal disposal. Potential redemption within two years. destination for sale and rights reserved by plaintiff and defendants and their representatives.
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