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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
4
Public notice from Whitewright Texas lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties as 1 year 1.50 and 6 months 1.00 while outside counties charge 2.00 per year and 1.25 for six months. It states no subscription accepted for less than six months and marks the paper as published every Thursday.
Six Army posts will be reactivated and ten others enlarged under draft mobilization. Camp Campbell Kentucky will rise from 1 700 to 16 000 as the 8th Infantry moves in. Fort Devens Massachusetts will reach 18 000, with the 8th Infantry units split between Devens and Camp Campbell. Fort Bragg North Carolina will grow from 15 000 to 23 000 as higher formations join.
End of month school fund balances show $4 per pupil payable in July for 1,509,668 students. Efforts aim to reach $5 per capita to cover the $55 apportionment, with any shortfall paid as soon as funds accumulate. Governor Jester opposed new taxes. a surplus is expected for the next school year.
A 17 year old fisherman from Provincetown told of riding a 60 foot whale off Race Point while tending lobster pots. He said he sat on the whale's back as it surfaced and submerged and escaped before he was washed away. His father witnessed the event.
College Station guidance from Sadie Hatfield warns that native shrubs planted in the last two years need extra moisture during hot dry months. She advises mulch, contouring to retain water, shallow cultivation, and deep weekly slow watering to encourage root growth and soil moisture retention.
Leningrad has been known by Petrograd and St Petersburg in successive eras reflecting political and cultural shifts in Russia. The city’s naming reflects its evolving identity from imperial to Soviet and modern times.
J N Dickson pledges a second term as County Judge, touting experience in probate lunacy and juvenile matters. He notes decisions are his alone, highlights hospitalizing mentally ill patients, privately handling hearings, and aims to reform roads using bond funds and rural projects. He emphasizes full-time county service and careful oversight of finances through the Commissioners Court.
Impartial service pledge and request for support and votes in the July 24 1948 election as County Judge. J N Jim Dickson political advertisement.
Howard County breeder I B Doc Cauble sold 10 Herefords at 15 dollars under his asking price claiming Dewey’s Republican nomination hurt prices. He called himself anti Republican and anti Dewey as politics mixed with cattle trading in Big Spring.
New machines including oil burning brooders and pecan tree shakers have entered farming in the last decade. Oil powered gear on farms and ranches now includes hay balers corn pickers combines hop pickers loaders and stone pickers with 3 000 000 tractors providing basic power.
The exchange jokes about married life and domestic tasks. Joe laments buying a dishwashing machine for his wife who still wants dishes. A note contrasts long and short ton by 240 pounds.
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