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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
1
The Sun prints a day early due to Independence Day. Wheat and oats show strong market movement. corn remains steady. Editor Billy Morton of Irving’s South Britain News visits, sharing a low-cost printing tale. IGY causes TV radio disturbances. inflation and wage politics spark debate.
Claude J. Meador 70 of Whitewright died Friday in a Sherman hospital after a stroke. He had suffered a stroke in January 1951 and never recovered. Funeral at First Baptist Church, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Maybelle Manning Meador and three sons Joe Jack and Jim. He led Manning Clark Meador hardware business for years.
A 35 year old man Ben Porter is wounded in the lip and forehead after pinto beans were fired from a 12 gauge shotgun from about 10 feet away. He is recovering at Madonna Hospital. The alleged shooter is a 37 year old man.
Bethlehem Lehigh University reports that engineers recently graduated began work at an average monthly salary of 465 dollars. Arts and science graduates average 391 dollars. The 1957 class ranked money seventh among factors influencing job choice, with type of work offered leading the list.
A small glass paperweight known to collectors as the St. Louis sold for 7580 dollars in London, setting a world record. Dealers attributed the high price to its unique status as the only example of its kind, surpassing the previous record of 4000 dollars paid in New York last year.
Advice urges readers to reject strangers selling items to prevent financial loss. It emphasizes not engaging with unknown sellers and highlights prudent caution in potential deception scenarios.
Funeral services for Marion O Carpenter 39 were held Tuesday at 2 30 p m in Earnheart Funeral Chapel. He died of a heart attack en route to Sherman hospital Sunday. Burial in Indian Creek Cemetery. Survivors include his mother four sisters and two brothers.
Elwood Lyle Bus Young 47 died Sunday in a Lubbock hospital after a heart attack and was buried in a Lubbock cemetery. Born December 7, 1909 in Blue Ridge, he was the son of Elwood and Sara Frazier Young and married Lois McMurry October 4, 1930. He is survived by his wife, one son, his mother, one sister, and two brothers, and he was the son in law of Mr and Mrs A R McMurry and a cousin of Mrs Carl May of Whitewright.
Troy Earl Griffith 60 a former Bells telegraph operator died Monday at 1 30 a m in a Denison hospital after a long illness He lived in Whitewright years ago He was a World War I veteran and a member of Bells Baptist Church He is survived by two sons Jack and Dan Griffith two daughters Mrs G A Eason and Mrs Mary Ann Griffith two brothers and two sisters Burial was at Rose Hill Cemetery Bells with services Tuesday conducted by Rev Clayton Hicks
King the black collie owned by Fred Francis attacked a small foreign car causing two headlights a window and a front-entry door to be damaged. The car suffered the more damage while King was unhurt.
The State Board of Education approved a 4 per pupil distribution for 1957 58 totaling 165 282 875 to nearly 2 million students and 7 million for free texts. New graduation rules require 16 units plus health and physical education with required English social science math and laboratory science credits.
A leading Southwestern banker urged issuance of tax free U S government bonds to help solve the Treasury's growing debt financing problem. Inflation tight money and changes in interest rates plus many short term securities have worsened the situation.
Sen. Richard B. Russell charged the Eisenhower civil rights bill would permit use of federal forces to end segregation in the South. He urged a nationwide referendum and said the bill aimed to compel school integration by the attorney general, comparing it to Reconstruction bayonet-point actions.
The following new or renewal subscriptions are acknowledged. A long list includes Mrs. A R McMurry Mrs. Paul Ryan CPS Division Office Mrs E M Shollenberger George Jarvis Sfc James E Taylor Arba Orenduff Royce Lay Mrs W J Barbee Pfc James Bennett Mrs Bob Walker R E Burnham E Lucille Craig A C Stephens Mrs Mary McGaughey Crewie Caylor Lee Moore Mrs J L Bennett John L Jarvis Frank Thornhill Roy Hamilton Mrs W T Carroll Mrs J W Everheart Mrs J Stanley Schultz C S Jarvis Ed LaRoe Haskell Scott Carricks Mrs John Nash Leon S White Mrs H O Leuschner Q R Nicholson Philip Earnheart D H Thrasher Mrs Y B Kaiser B R Vestal James A Reeves Mrs F L Clendening Rev Sherman Doyle Lorene Lockwell W M Blanton T W Brown O W Stateville Norman Harper Boy Scouts of America J G Graves Roby Lee Wilson Mrs W B Head Co B Clem Mrs Ralph R Hughes Rev John Roberson Mrs Carl Caraway B G Gentry Mrs Charles B Sydon G W Renfro L H Grammer G W Bennett Mrs Oma Copeland Ewing T Blanton
John Biggerstaff of Whitewright was installed as president of the Rotary Club at a Friday meeting held in the school lunchroom. Charlie Ayres retired as president and presented the pin. Clint Hennig was named vice president with Lloyd Alexander and Dick Walker as new directors. Holdover officers are Russell Summers and Ed LaRoe.
KTBB radio in Tyler runs a Fourth of July safety contest promising a free funeral to any registered fatality during the holiday period from Wednesday evening to Friday morning. DJs and staff will serve as pallbearers and services will feature rock n roll.
Texas implements a new egg grading law aimed at preventing mislabeling and improving product quality. The act requires accurate labeling by size grade and freshness, with enforcement starting after February 17 1958 and fines up to 1000 dollars for violations.
A 9 year old in Roanoke Juvenile Detention Home protested two bed sheets as waste while asking who pays for them. He was told taxpayers cover it and he insists a top sheet is waste. The piece notes Edison’s 1914 flashlight invention.
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