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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
4
A journalist recalls a first photo assignment given by editor O K Carter. He learns to uncover the lens adjust focus and operate the strobe. The narrator mentions polaroid use and hopes to produce a picture after the brief training and a call from Washington.
A reporter recalls a straightforward photo shoot with three shots, all flash–developed images turning out sharp. The editor praised the clarity, calling it nifty. The piece notes learning to develop negatives as a recipe like shorthand. It ends by joking that shorthand might be learned in four easy steps, though a commercial teacher warns against overly long steps.
City of Whitewright invites sealed proposals for a sewage treatment plant. Bids due July 12, 1971 at 3 PM, opened publicly. Bond 10 percent required. Plans from Rady & Associates Fort Worth. Labor standards and prevailing wage rules apply. Owner may reject bids and inspect plans in engineer's office. Deposit $25 for plan set refundable with bid. 30 day bid holding period. Signed Sonny Smith, Mayor.
The state issues a citation to George Dowery to answer a First Amended petition filed June 11, 1971 seeking divorce from Itaska Dowery on grounds of insupportability. The defendant must appear by July 26 1971 before the 15th Judicial District Court in Sherman.
Texas schools will require immunizations for entry under a new state law. Elementary students must be vaccinated for diphtheria tetanus polio smallpox and rubella if no measles history. junior high and high school require four vaccines. college students under 19 must have polio and also diphtheria tetanus and smallpox within ten years.
Miss Connie Rose Brown of Sherman and Ronald Lee Schulenberg of Tom Bean exchanged wedding vows Monday night in the First United Methodist Church of Whitewright with Rev. William Grisham officiating. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Ben Miller of Tom Bean. Schulenberg works at Hales Trailer Co and Brown plans further study at Sherman High.
A reader praises the Sun issue and the Grayson College Alumni meeting coverage. The note lauds The Passing of An Era article, saying it brought memories and tears, and expresses regret that the era is gone.
Weekly Nursing Women Society bingo winners are Charles McCollum Dollie Brown Rosa Jones Herbert Stagner and Vida Ingram. Various visitors from Sherman Blue Ridge Wills Point Leonard and other Texas towns visited residents across the week. Bible study and church attendance counted 32 with a Bells First Baptist youth group visiting the home.
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