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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1956
Page
5
A roundup of local social visits and moves includes Bryan Burt from California visiting relatives. hospital patients. trips to Aztec New Mexico and Fort Worth. Army man Thomas Ayres spending weekend in town. church service by Dr. James B. Storey. families arriving from Childress Bell and Wynoka. Humble Station arrangements on Highway 69. and numerous gatherings in Sherman Bells Whitewright and Oklahoma City with relatives and friends.
Several Sherman residents and visitors are listed with travel, visits, and family events. L. C. Neal moved to Fort Worth. Luther and L. Armstrong returned from Amity Arkansas. J. A. Harper Jr. hosted guests from Wichita. A. R. McMurry received visitors from Kress and Pike. A birth announced at Community Hospital, Sherman. Majorette students at East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce.
Sherman residents visit kin in Whitewright and Bellis while others relocate to Lewisville. Families from Arkansas spend weekend with Earl and Mrs Benson as Badgett joins Gray County highway committee. Kenneth Garner Eva Cherry travel to San Antonio to see relatives and Bobby Rhody at Lackland AFB.
Rates listed for Grayson and Fannin Counties two dollars outside counties eighty two fifty foreign subscriptions five dollars. The publisher will correct any erroneous reflection on request.
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau reports that basic foods cost less relative to wages today than in 1925. An hour of work in 1956 buys more bread milk and chicken than in 1925, and more oranges and tomatoes. steak would cost about one and a half pounds in 1925 versus two pounds today. Farm prices are similar to 1946 levels, but farmers face higher costs. farm income was $34 billion in 1947 and 1954, yet net income in 1954 was $5 billion lower due to rising costs.
Chicago editor Capt. Will Judy of Dog World clarifies dog days as a 40 day period from July 3 to August 11 when Sirius the dog star rises over Egypt. He links the warmth humidity and dog misery in Egypt to the origin of the term. Grasshoppers' ears are on the basal joint of the abdomen.
W L Ulich, Texas A and M extension engineer, says fuel savings of 10 percent or more are possible with proper storage and system adjustments. Evaporation in hot months wastes fuel. shaded tanks lose about 1 percent monthly. Silver or white paint reflects sun and reduces evaporation. fill tanks biweekly to shorten storage and losses. Regular service and daily checks of air cleaner, hoses, lines, and carburetor improve fuel economy.
Eleven-year-old Donald Clark saved a five-year-old at a Los Angeles park pool and admitted the water was over his head and he cannot swim. The incident highlights courage and risk in a public swimming area.
Research suggests tenderness in meat may be inherited and influenced by internal fat particles and muscle fiber properties. Studies in rabbits, sheep, and cattle indicate no direct link between external fat and tenderness, but flavor and tenderness could relate to fat cell structure and muscle fiber size and elasticity. Understanding tenderness could enable enhancing these qualities in meat.
Charleston Sias, former Toastmasters International president, proposed public speaking study for couples to curb spur of the moment arguments and stress listening. Also noted were Census Bureau figures predicting 25 million more Americans in 1960 than 1950 and a brief mention of Eskimos and reindeer milk cheese.
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