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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
4
Royalties totaling about 100000 dollars from James F. Byrnes book Speaking Frankly fund scholarships for orphans. So far thirty awards average about 2000 dollars each and the fund should exhaust in about two years. Byrnes asks beneficiaries to give back to society.
Forward looking astronomers ponder the earths ultimate fate as experts see the sun exploding or cooling to end life on earth. Other less likely endings include global freeze or total destruction of the planet.
New York Polleneze Corp offers ten guidelines for hay fever sufferers as ragweed season nears. Stay out of the sun and from fans. keep pets indoors or boarded. avoid excess work in August. choose cultivated vacation spots. travel by plane or boat. cover windows with cheesecloth. cut high protein foods. ignore minor symptoms. and avoid Buffalo due to high pollen counts.
A riot erupted at a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting in Duncan Oklahoma when 20 veterans marched with two US flags, prompting a chorus clash over the Star Spangled Banner and a hymn. Fire Chief H Vernon Ray dispersed the melee with a hose. 20 to 25 fighters fought on stage, many with injuries. Otto Ott, owner of the Duncan Sooner State baseball team, was among the injured.
Ollife Clifford, 44, a Wells native and hitchhiker, was killed when a rear view mirror from a dairy truck struck him as he tried to catch a ride to Sour Lake. Driver Admiral Dewey Brown swerved to miss him, and Highway Patrolman Bob Smith called the death an unavoidable accident.
Beaumont fire dealers Johnnie Olson Erner and Jacob Carl White pleaded guilty to income tax evasions in 1943. They received one year and a day in federal penitentiary and $5,000 fines each. Warren G. Moore noted the trials were first in the nation in home districts. Ninety three of one hundred life insurance firms surveyed will cover pilots and crews for scheduled airlines.
Honolulu reports Ernie Pyle, the reporter famed for covering GIs, buried Tuesday in the Punchbowl Crater National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The service opened the cemetery and honors Pyle and four other Pacific Theater casualties, with one grave neighbor unnamed.
Spokane chiropodist Dr H H Routh advises buying new shoes in the afternoon. He notes feet swell during the day so a pair bought at 11 a.m. may pinch by 4 p.m. Buying late in the day offers a better chance of a proper fit.
In Greeley Colorado Henry Jekel 76 was struck by lightning Friday afternoon while walking near his home. The bolt knocked him down and shredded his clothing before he was helped.
The Sun reports the local Red Cross received 11.76 from Bethel Sunday School. Typhoid cases include Oscar and Josephine Pierce and Dorothy Hamilton. C J Meador family to Manning Clark hardware, Arkadelphia arrival. John Vestal buys 83 acre C W Melson farm southwest of town. Sara Lee Holland had appendicitis operation in Sherman. Presbyterian Church organ ordered at 720. Civil service exam in Sherman for Whitewright postmaster. Murry Bryant family to El Paso.
Fitz Bryant has been appointed temporary mail carrier for route No 2, succeeding Don Dyer who has left the position. The notice appears in The Sun dated July 20 1922.
A report states Jekel suffered burns with hair singed and pants melted after a pocket to cuff split pants and a blown shoe during an incident. His condition was listed as good on Saturday.
San Diego reports fish are pouring from faucets in outlying areas after an electric fish screen failure at San Jacinto Reservoir. County health officials say the issue is not alarming and will likely clear in days, but urge households to boil and strain tap water in the interim.
Frederick Curd of Winchelsea keeps a daily lookout on the English Channel for a French fleet. He serves as official keeper of the Winchelsea lookout, a post dating back to Edward III’s reign when French ships raided the town, then a key port.
A new transport aircraft enters service with the Air Force capable of carrying as much as 26 percent of its weight in cargo at speeds around 300 mph, enhancing rapid resupply and logistics.
The Community Natural Gas Company extended gas to Whitewright service lines yesterday, delivering modern fuel benefits. Whitewright voters approved the road program by 515 to 6 in Saturday’s election.
The State Highway Commission ordered construction on the Whitewright Ida Sherman farm-to-market road. Marshall Hasty announced Hasty-King Inc to merchandise women's blouses. A R Orenduff of Sherman leased part of the Hasty building for a jewelry and gift shop. Funeral services were held for Mrs. W M Pierson.
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