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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1951

Page

2

Whitewright Picnic Speakers Plus Notable Local News

The Sun lists a strong Whitewright annual picnic program featuring Judge D B Steed Dr Ss P Brooks Hon C C McDonald Hon Travis Dashiell Congressman Sam Rayburn and Hon Andrew Randell. It notes illnesses deaths and social visits from July 1916 including typhoid cases and a funeral in Trenton. It reports a large Texas rat kill estimate of 750000 over five months.

Whitewright Commercial Club D. B. Steed Ss. P. Brooks C. C. McDonald Travis Dashiell Sam Rayburn Andrew Randell T. H. Lively Joe May J. M. Carter Claude Willis H. C. Willis B. G. Gowdy Armstrong’s Mary Lee Nichols Melissa Holly Montgomery Mae Graves Eva Stilwell Commerce V. Mason Cotton Belt Railroad

Rain Drains Town as Corn Benefits From Slow Sunday Storm

A slow rain Sunday afternoon and night favored the area and was welcomed for the corn crop. The section reported renewed moisture with potential agricultural benefits. In other news Mrs. Ima Yowell, 33, wife of James Yowell, died Thursday night at her home southeast of town. A rabid cow bit farmer P. J. Francis of the Celtic community on Thursday as the animal chased nearby activity.

Ima Yowell James Yowell P. J. Francis

Union Sunday worship series for local churches

The Baptist Methodist Central Christian and Presbyterian Churches will hold a union preaching service each Sunday through the summer alternating locations and preachers. In other news political candidates for the July 24 Democratic gubernatorial primary include Dan Moody Miriam Ferguson O F Zimmerman Kate Johnston Lynch Davidson and Edith Williams.

Baptist Methodist Central Christian Presbyterian Dan Moody Miriam A. Ferguson O. F. Zimmerman Kate M. Johnston Lynch Davidson Edith E. Williams Grover Homer Craig California Ford Virgil Murphy Ora Claborn Central Christian Church A. E. Major Opal Musser Millard Allen Bixby Okla Methodist Parsonage W. A. Stuckey Frances Pope James Lindsey Emma Claire Vestal Robert Long Bow Frances Haliburton Mervin Gould J. P. Haliburton Burgher Reed Vestal

Blood pressure reduced by new methonium halide chemicals

Science reports successful use of hexamethonium bromide to lower high blood pressure and improve eye symptoms, headaches, and dizziness. Dr. F Horace Smirh of the University of Otago notes injections under the skin daily can achieve substantial pressure reductions without adverse symptoms.

Washington, D. C Science England F. Horace Smirh University of Otago New Zealand Smirk

Arithmetic Ahead of Schedule Bridges the Gap in Study

A conversation highlights a student named Sam who has mastered adding the zeros but finds the numbers challenging. The exchange captures a rural learning moment about progress and persistent difficulty in basic calculation.

Dallas to be hub of new TV microwave system

Dallas will become the hub of a new microwave network bringing live network television to Texas. Three major networks NBC CBS and ABC have ordered facilities to serve Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio and other cities. The plan includes microwave relays from Kansas City to Oklahoma City Dallas and San Antonio and coaxial links linking Houston with Dallas and the national network system.

Dallas Texas Clyde L. Stewart Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Stewart National Broadcasting Co Columbia Broadcasting System American Broadcasting Co New York Chicago Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Kansas City Oklahoma City Omaha Tulsa

Living cost dip seen possible this summer

Labor Department economists forecast a moderate drop in living costs this summer with inflationary pressure likely to resume by September or October if Congress funds rearmament and foreign military aid. They warn a cut or delay could trigger price slack or a recession, while Korea peace would affect public buying. Two new ailments are humorously noted as MacArthritis and Trumatism.

Washington Labor Department Congress Korea

Bank executive to attend Wisconsin Banking School

Co. B Bryant III vice president of the First National Bank will leave August 17 for two weeks at the School of Banking, University of Wisconsin Madison. This third year requires two weeks residence yearly to earn a graduation certificate. The Central States Conference sponsors the program with about 650 bankers from 30 states, taught by a faculty of bankers and professionals. Glass windows were known 1,600 years ago.

Co. B. Bryant III First National Bank School of Banking University of Wisconsin, Madison Central States Conference

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