Smoky and Her Weakness and School Gossip
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1952
Page
7
Library gains space as shelves hold more books
The WHS library has expanded its collection with many books finding new homes on the shelves. The article highlights the library as a place for information, entertainment, and study and notes recent efforts to improve and organize the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHS
Community library gains with PTA book drive donation
The school library thanks the Parent-Teacher Association Library Committee for donating many books to refresh aging stock. A partial donor list includes Rev. Lee H. Smith Miss Carrie Hamilton Robert Doss Mrs. Glenn Doss and others as the student body and faculty extend gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association Library Committee
Lee H. Smith
Carrie Hamilton
Robert Doss
Glenn Doss
Gladys Ray
Frances Bass
A. M. Bryant
Jack Farley
Ross May
Joe Meador
C. P. Dawson
Joe Mangrum
Grace Roberts
Jimmie McSpedden
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Sallye Hamilton
Roby Childress
Jack Meador
James Bryant
Ann Dawson
Alexander Lewis
West Jameson
H. C. Willis
Henry
Shivers Proposes Tax Routes To Fund Texas Highways
Gov Allan Shivers outlined two options to raise 100 million dollars yearly for Texas highway maintenance and expansion. He urged restoring diverted road funds or raising gasoline and registration taxes, warning against letting highways deteriorate. His speech aired from the Senate chamber via a 50 station network during Texas Highway Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Highway Department
Shivers
Senate Chamber
Texas Good Roads Association
Texas Highway Department
Patient Doctor Mrs Crockett Dialog Reveals Money Worries
In a dialog between Patient Doctor Mrs Crockett and Mr Crockett, Mrs Crockett notes the doctor Dent is likely financially strapped as she explains her recent attacks and recalls his remark that it was lucky she came in that day. The exchange hints at monetary strain affecting medical care and patient access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Crockett
Doctor Dent
Mr. Crockett
Mike
Mrs. McBride
Coachcraft Bodies Introduced On 1952 Ford Cars
Ford unveils Coachcraft bodies for 1952 Ford passenger cars with a new all steel structure and styling. Features include welded one piece construction, weather sealing, wide opening doors, center fueling, two way door hinges, safety locks, and increased visibility with expanded glass areas on sedans and coupes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Coachcraft
Ford
Coachcraft
The Spice of Life Party Chat Mixed with Quick Jokes
A party discussion on budgets opens with a line about wanting to live as they do now. Laughs follow as couples share mishaps and quips about money and everyday life in a lighthearted vignette from a social gathering.
Humble Texas Family Names Each Child Not Numbers
A census interviewer asks a mother how many children she has. She answers with affection that each child has a name, not a number. The scene shifts to two tramps under a water tank in West Texas with talk of Dallas ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jane
Susie
West
Texas
Dallas
Ambu lance Ride Turns Dark for Mose Case
A fragment from a local page recalls a scene where Mose is taken away by ambulance after an alleged beating of his wife. The text mixes brief vignettes including superstition, a black cat crossing paths, and a cyclone incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol’ Mose
City Folktale Echoes A Warning About Dallas
A young man asks about big cities and the Old One warns him against visiting Dallas. The elder implies urban life reveals people rushing to work, a scene the old man insists the youth would not understand or believe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Interviewee Claims 55 Years Service Age 40
A personnel manager questions a job candidate who says he worked fifty five years at a previous employer while claiming to be forty. The paradox arises from overtime.
Politician Coolidge Quips on Local Sayings
In a Massachusetts Legislature session Calvin Coolidge faced a quip about local speech. He replied that people from his home would lift the hen to see if she speaks truly, turning a rural proverb into a showcase of practical common sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Mr. Coolidge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maurice Cate
Mary Ann
Mr. Vestal
North Texas State College
Foy Jean Bow
Foy Bow
Larry Hayes
Melba Alexander
Harold Bowen
Norman H
Beverly B
Dearie
Mary Lou
Carol
Kenneth
Patricia Farley
Bobby Clark
Mary Pennell
Juanita Thrasher
Calvin
Otis Bass
Nash
John Dale
Betty Jarvis
Clydean
Beverly Bassett
Mary Alexander
Mazelle
Jack Badgett
Mary
Diplo
Matt
Joe
R. P. Childress
S. H. Montgomery
W. E. LaRoe
Gomer May
Tom Roach Motors
Pecan and
Walnut Streets
Sherman
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