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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
5
A flurry of births and visitors fills the region as families announce newborns from July 3 to July 14 and relatives travel between Whitewright Dallas Lawton and Sherman. Notables include Mr and Mrs Horace Lewis and Mr and Mrs Grady Nutt with routes 1 and 3, plus many others visiting kin and attending events.
Desert Presbyterian Church hosts a 9 p.m. Friday program with no admission charge inviting the public. The Jaco Quartette from Sherman headlines the special attraction this week.
A Liberty ship named the S. S. Benjamin Milam was launched in June at the Houston Shipbuilding Corporation with descendants of Ben Milam in attendance. Robbed of attendance, Mrs. J. L. Cantrell of Whitewright is noted as a descendant who could not be present. Ben Milam is remembered as a Texas independence hero. Rex Cruse plans to bring fifty bushels of tomatoes to the local canners for 1.50 per basket of fifty pounds. Tomatoes will be green and ready to can Monday and Tuesday. The canning center in the Grammar School building will host sales Friday afternoon and Saturday morning on a first come, first served basis. The center has produced 5,154 cans to date. A. L. Scott returned from Goldsboro, North Carolina, visiting his son Sgt. R. A. Scott and another son Rufus Scott. He lamented heavy rail passenger traffic and described crowded trains with soldiers on furlough, noting more congestion east of Memphis than toward Memphis.
The Sun lists this week’s honor roll readers Grady Stuteville Grover C Stuteville Jimmie Stuteville Robert L Layman C H Lewis J T Bryant Alice Brown Jack Sears S D Fulton. The note warns larger papers may refuse new subscriptions due to newsprint shortages, urging readers to subscribe now to secure next year.
Pinkney Enoc Brown 57 longtime Trenton city marshal mayor and alderman died Monday night after an operation at a Sherman hospital Funeral services were held at 10 am Wednesday at the Methodist Church with burial in Burns Cemetery He was born in Tennessee and moved to Texas at age seven Surviving wife a daughter Mrs Lims Griffith of Trenton a son Artie Brown of Fort Worth two grandchildren two half sisters and three half brothers listed as survivors
The Quartermaster Corps purchased uniforms for American troops treated with a special gas-proofing solution to provide added protection against chemical warfare.
Mrs Nellie Hendrix 61 died at home southeast of Whitewright after a four month illness. Funeral 230 pm Wednesday at Hebron Cemetery north of Bells with sons and grandsons as pallbearers. Survived by husband Sam and ten children among others and 19 grandchildren.
The American merchant seaman earns top wages as he delivers war materiel. An able bodied seaman gets a base of at least $100 monthly plus 100 percent bonus and overtime, $5 daily for time in major war zones, and $125 for each port attack. Wages continue if captured, and $5,000 life insurance goes to beneficiaries if he dies. disability benefits follow.
The text explains compensation rules for seamen: wages and bonuses continue if the ship is lost until arrival at an American port. government pays up to $500 for loss of personal belongings. Navigation officers receive $100 for a lost sextant and $50 for other navigation gear.
Texas reports that more than half of citizens receive full-time public health protection through 59 counties and four cities.county units employed staff include a physician, nurses, sanitarian and clerk. Over 95 thousand protected from smallpox and 120 thousand from typhoid. 780 thousand venereal treatments. 10 thousand X rays for TB. A new cotton helmet liner for troops reduces sizing needs.
Sweden adopts wood tar as a substitute for crude oil in fishing boat motors. The move aims to reduce reliance on traditional fuels and promote renewable sources.
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