Milfer's In the Mist . Freedom is Not Free
A July Fourth reflection warns against threats to liberty from surveillance and wage hikes. It laments labor betrayals, high gasoline prices, and corporate greed while invoking Washington, Patton and Eisenhower. The essay calls for unity to defend freedoms before the Bicentennial Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lexington
Concord
Yorktown
Dallas
Land of the Free
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Harry Truman
White House
LBJ
JFK
HST
United States Steel
USS
United States
Athens
Tex
Southwest
Volkswagen
George Washington
George Patton
John J. Pershing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Social Security boost sets July checks at 8 percent
The 8 percent cost of living rise will be automatically added to July Social Security payments, based on prices from early 1975. Average retiree checks rise from 184 to 200 monthly, disability from 207 to 224, and survivors with two children from 439 to 474. About 31 million receive benefits funded by employee, employer, and self employed contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Jones
Sherman
Social Security
Freedom under God or freedom to enslave us all
A reflective piece from Brother Bob urging Americans to live by Christian principles on the Fourth of July. It argues the nation was founded under God, laments secular drift, and calls individuals to reclaim faith to restore genuine freedom and moral responsibility. It cautions that reliance on government rather than God weakens liberty.
First 1975-76 U S cotton bale classed at Harlingen
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White reports the first bale of the 1975 76 cotton crop was classed June 23 at the Harlingen Cotton Classing Office. The bale from McHayden Dillard of Dillard Farms Harlingen graded 42 with 35 staple length and 3.6 micronaire. variety Tamcot SP37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
United States
Harlingen
John C. White
McHayden Dillard
Dillard Farms
Fire Ants Survey Planned Across Grayson County Area
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C White announced a survey to gauge imported fire ant infestation in Grayson County. Ten teams will cover 52 counties this summer gathering mound locations and samples from Texarkana to San Antonio to guide future control efforts.
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Grayson County
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Texarkana
San Antonio
White
Texas
Fifty Years Ago notes from Whitewright Sun columns
A digest of July 1920 to 1930 items: weddings in Madill and Durant, health trips by J. L. Looney, markets in New York, local church services, prize biscuit contest results, lost bar pin, life insurance advice for working wives, hailstorm damages, local obituaries, birthdays, and a Texas Extension Service cost analysis on farm machinery ownership versus hiring custom services. The piece cites individuals like Grady Spindle, Elouise Robinson, P. M. Robinson, Kathleen Hudspeth, Ben Sturdivant, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Spindle
Whitewright
Elouise Robinson
P. M. Robinson
Madill
Okla
R. L. Holcomb
Roswell
N.M
J. L. Looney
Tioga
Frank Alverson
Myra
Kathleen Hudspeth
Atoka
G. W. Pope
Robert E. Thomason
Ben F. Looney
Pat M. Neff
Jos. W
Ben Sturdivant
Methodist Church
Ben
Floyd Harris
Viva Phillips
Sherman
Maxie Echols
Maud Mangrum
Verdigo Brents
Epworth League
Winnie Hamilton
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Sopho phobia means fear of learning word meaning
A playful note defines sopho phobia as fear of learning and suggests few with this fear would read to learn the term. It comments that the idea may deter reading for meaning.
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Milfer
TDA
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
P.O
Head
Whitewright, Tex
P.O. Box
the Sun Publishing Co
Elton L. Miller
Darla Howell
Grayson
Fannin
Whitewright Sun
Brother Bob
God
Christ
Your Electric Lights& Power Company
Desert
Blue Ridge
Mattie Muirhead
J. M. Sturdivant
Haskell McCarley
Nie Jones Fox
Durant
Oklo
Woodrow Ball
Meta Fae Moats
Jack Bogle
Allen
Cull Reeves
Grover Sturdivant
Jeff Southerland
A. W. Bow
J. L. Bow
Canaan
J. G. Smith
Lorene
Bertha Martin
Dollye Marlowe
Katie Ruby
Jewel Burk
Jewel
Tincie Smith
Ruby Nell Haliburton
Wesley Burk
Wilburn Hefner
Jim Williams
Arthur Kelley
Homer Ryan
Ben Williams
Wade Coggins
Carlis Marlowe
Clifford Langford
Olney
Brownie’ McSpedden
THE
Army Reserve
Tammy Blakey
Ischool
Mayor Walker
James Medford
Church of Christ
Eugene
Pearson
Gardner
A. L. Geer, Anna
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