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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1961
Page
2
A long list of local people and families are noted visiting relatives and friends across Texas and nearby states. Names include Wilson Bodine Hughes Campbell May Webb Gray Bezona Ridener Meador Darwin Vandagriff Pope Gosnell Keck Robnett Garner Summerfield Essary Moore and families visiting in Dallas Fort Worth Sherman Nocona Lubbock Bonham and the Canal Zone posting weekend trips and last visits.
Mrs. R. D. Maddux hosted the Whitewright HD Club on her lawn with Mrs. Joe Miller presiding. Members shared a treasurers report, a shoe covering demonstration, crafts, and baby pictures while 28 members attended. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Earl Lyons home on July 27.
New York expert Chester Stackpole of the American Gas Assn outlines a 1971 home with walls that admit fresh air and remove smoke and moisture. He foresees fold away kitchens, infrared ovens, fog free bathrooms, indoor plant climate control, and heated patios using gas and electricity from a fuel cell.
Austin physician Dr Morris D McCauley urges Texas doctors to reassess school contact sports He cites Travis County Medical Society findings that contact sports harm youths and notes Austin plans to remove football as an elective for seventh and eighth graders failed The proposal favors universal physical education for all children including girls across all grades.
A statewide anti polio drive highlights the Salk vaccine as crucial to ending paralytic polio. Texas cases fell from 816 in 1955 to 118 last year, with 1961 showing slight declines. experts warn of a large unprotected population, especially preschoolers and young parents, at risk if a breakout occurs.
Washington reports the federal debt exceeded 289.2 billion dollars as 1961 closed, the highest yearly total in history. The year saw a 2.7 billion rise due to higher spending and lower than expected revenues, with unofficially each American in the red by about 1613 dollars.
A minister explains to a tax assessor that wealth is not only money or real estate. He counts health a valuable possession, a good wife, healthy children, US citizenship, and an assured Heaven inheritance. He concludes true riches lie in people and eternal promises, not material wealth, challenging totalitarian claims.
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