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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
5
Whitewright residents paused for Independence Day with all local businesses closed. The town planned activities, with many visitors from nearby towns and several families noted in local announcements.
Raymond Wallace and Dorothy Wallace of Denton spent the holiday in the area with relatives, friends from Dallas visited Burn Everheart, Gwendolyn Kent returned from Trinidad for 4-H Encampment, and numerous families from Waco, McKinney, Cooper, and Denison were noted visiting kin. A health note warns of a mild whooping cough outbreak and urging immunization.
The twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelsey, patients at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sherman, are reported to be showing improvement in their condition.
The listing outlines church activities with multiple denominations and pastors. It details service times Sunday school and worship, midweek Bible classes, training union and women’s society roles, and choir practices across several congregations led by ministers Rev. E A Doty Rev James L Cooper and others.
Ashley D Jameson delivers church services with school at 10 a m Youth Fellowship at 7 a m preaching at 7 30 p m Youth Hour at 8 30 p m. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about fifty-fifty finances between a father and his son in conversation.
Modern practice allows any soup to be served in a cream soup cup despite the name. The note suggests naming conventions have relaxed, with service fitting practical presentation rather than rigid labeling.
A brief cooking note suggests adding a small onion slice to the frying pan when frying fish to minimize the fishy odor. This tip points to using aroma from onion to mask or lessen the scent during the cooking process.
Practical kitchen tip advises soaking wilted carrots in cold water to restore freshness. The text also gives sewing advice about buying extra buttons and matching cards for children’s garments, noting buttons are priceless for replacement.
James Keeler speaks on truth and freedom linking truth to liberty and warning against error. He notes error as slavery and urges seeking pure unadulterated truth with God’s help in His Book at the Church of Christ with Ther man Healy delivering the message.
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