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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1965
Page
7
Whitewright Volunteer Fire Department hosts its annual watermelon party this Saturday at 6 30 p m downtown with eat all you want pay what you like to raise money for firefighting equipment. Open house for Leon Bennett’s new Penn apartments will run 1 to 4 p m Sunday.
Roy Blanton once owned Bing a fox terrier who crooned at night and was killed by a car years later. He later helped abandoned dogs on his mail route by feeding them. the dogs recovered when the family returned. Also notes the rising cost of home insurance for fire windstorm and hail.
The Illinois governor approved a bill authorizing public school teachers to spank unruly students to defend against harassment suits. He said teachers and parents urged the measure to restore discipline, arguing taunts and lawsuits hinder effective teaching.
A Los Angeles doctor says a few snorts clear cobwebs and perk up mental alertness. He notes that a couple of belts heighten vigilance but more can leave a person overly passed out. He warns that drinks do not make people think smarter, though light drinking sharpens notice.
President Johnson named Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg as the new ambassador to the United Nations to succeed the late Adlai E. Stevenson. Goldberg, Kennedy's first Supreme Court appointment and former labor secretary, traveled with the Johnsons to Stevenson's funeral in Bloomington.
The church lists services and programs: Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship, 9 a.m. worship at 9 a.m. each Sunday, Bible study at 9:55 a.m. and youth choir at 5:15 p.m. Training at 6:00 p.m. New Members Class 7:00 p.m. Nursing Home services, Tuesday circles Rex Ray 9:00 a.m. Joy Russell 2:00 p.m. Sunbeams 3:30 p.m. Deacons meeting 7:30 p.m. Midweek Prayer 7:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal 7:45 p.m. Sundays include worship services at 11:00 a.m.
Sunday service invitation from Central Christian Church extends to visitors and congregants alike with open attendance and a welcoming note for all attendees.
Bible study at 10 a m. Worship and communion at 10 a m. Evening worship at 7 p m. Wednesday service includes Bible study for all ages at 7 30 p m.
Sunday schedules include Sunday School with the International Lesson Christians Grow Through Study. Morning Worship features a Corinthians passage. Junior MYF at 4 30, High School MYF at 6, Bible Study at 7 on Mark 7. Monday 7 30 Official Board. August 2 Whitewright Cluster meets at Bells Methodist at 7 30.
The notice lists church events with a Sunday School at 10 00 a m and Worship Service at 11 00. It records a religious gathering time for the First Presbyterian congregation.
The day’s timetable lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship at 11 a.m. Training Union at 7 p.m. Evening Worship at 7 45 p.m.
Bethel Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 a m Training Union at 7:00 p m and Worship Service at 8:00 p m in a concise church notice format designed for readers seeking service times.
Louis Zahn of Chicago notes one fifth of cosmetics sold in the United States now go to men and predicts a 50 percent rise within five years. He estimates male spending on toilet water perfume skin lotions bath oils and related items at over seventy million dollars annually.
The doctor said he may promptly recognize what he ought to do but takes longer to carry it out, highlighting a gap between awareness and action.
The House approved a bill by a 4100 margin granting more than a 10 percent pay raise for military personnel in a $1 billion package. Administration supporters did not rally. Senate likely trims the proposal toward the administration’s 4.7 percent target.
Aubrey Landis Gates 57 died Monday in Los Angeles California. Funeral at 3:00 p m today at Barnhart funeral chapel conducted by Rev Dale Gore. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Born Oct 24 1907 in Winfield Louisiana son of W M and Mrs Gates Whitewright. WWII veteran and member. Survivors include parents a son James A Gates Tampa Florida a daughter Mary Grace Gates Dallas three sisters and two grandchildren.
Mrs. T. C. Collins of Whitesboro died Sunday and was buried there Tuesday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Alverson and married Mr. Collins at Whitewright on December 17, 1905. She was a Baptist Church member. Survivors include her husband three sons Paul Collins C. A. Collins of Whitesboro and G. L. Collins of Dallas a daughter Mrs. W. A. Brookshear of Dallas two sisters Mrs. D. E. McCoy Sr. of Whitewright and Mrs. E. E. Carter of Sherman four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Rep. Bob Wilson cites a disparity in pay while arguing that Youth Corps volunteers earn more than some Vietnam era soldiers. He notes a Polaris submarine petty officer earning 70 to 80 hours weekly and unemployment recipients in New York City receiving less, contrasting with a Youth Corps member paid nearly twice as much for make work. The Dallas Morning News comments on the issue in the context of Great Society programs.
Uncle Dan recounts a Saturday night country store session where Ed Doolittle riffed on the philosophy of nations and democracy. The letters lampoon costs of democracy, Rhode Island doorkeepers, and British socialism while neighbors debate socialism and capitalism in a folksy dialogue.
In June more than 18 million Americans held factory jobs with an average weekly pay of 108.21 dollars. Labor Department specialists credit booming demand for goods and services and strength in steel auto and metal-using industries. Factory employment rose 244000 to 18068000 as peacetime records for hours and overtime were set.
The Texoma Baylor Club holds its summer meeting for ex students and friends Friday July 23 at 7 30 in the Oak Room of the Grayson County State Bank building in Sherman. Catfish Smith Baylor freshman coach and scout will present the 1964 Highlights film and coffee and doughnuts will be served.
In Lansing Michigan a doctor told driver improvement officers that alcoholics cause accidents not by drunkenness alone but by a tendency to harm themselves or others. He stated many one car crashes are deaths by the driver’s own actions. Dr Richard Bates emphasized the danger posed by alcohol or drug addicts in traffic.
July 23 1920 summary notes thefts at W H Marley home north of town taking food a watch and trousers. A thief took $16 from J L Cardwell’s trousers while he slept Sunday night. Abner H St John of Pilot Grove dies. Sunday School teams show strong play with Methodist-Presbyterian at 17 wins and Baptist Christian at 16. Cadet promotions announced at Fort Sill CMTC with five Whitewright boys named to ranks and posts. Robert Pershing Wadlow, 22, 495 pounds and 8 ft 10 in, buried at Alton Friday.
Fort Wayne inventor Ernest E. Bauermeister says a patented vertical aluminum casket saves cemetery space by letting a man be buried standing upright. The cylinder casket uses about one fifth the space of a conventional coffin and lowers into the grave via a tapered curved top ending in a ring.
A description notes Hell's Half Acre as a series of rough elevations located about 21 miles southeast of Marathon Texas, detailing terrain characteristics and approximate position.
Robert A. Caylor died at his home Tuesday morning. E. B. Reed's Greater Shows will visit all next week. A baseball game Friday afternoon opens the new baseball park with games every afternoon that week. R. S. Morehead sold the Post Office Confectionery to Pat Zarafonetis of Pittsburg.
M V Williams has let a contract for a six room brick veneer home on his farm south of town. Two suspects are out on bond regarding the beating death of Jim Gatewood at his Whitewright area home. Harry and Charlie Roberts of Bonham have bought the T A Taylor stock of groceries and hardware here. Three cars of onions will be shipped from Whitewright in the coming days.
Newly elected officers at the American Legion Post include T. H. Cunningham as post commander. The brief item notes the July 25 1940 observance marking a leadership change.
New York state enacted a rear seat belt law becoming the first in the nation to require safety belts in the back seats. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signed the bill mandating belts in all new cars starting with 1967 models with penalties up to 50 dollars and 15 days in jail. Front belts had already been required two years earlier.
The Agency for International Development refuses to guarantee American investments against risk of revolution war or insurrection in El Salvador Ghana Ethiopia Guatemala Honduras Haiti India Iran Nigeria Malaysia Pakistan Paraguay Peru Portugal Spain Philippines Uruguay and Yugoslavia.
Mr and Mrs Leon Bennett host an open house Sunday from 1 to 4 p m to display their new four unit Bennett Motel. The property sits west of Penn apartments at Maple and Bond streets corner. The Bennetts recently purchased the Penn apartments from Mrs Emmet Penn.
Whitewright beat Tom Bean 18 to 10 Friday night with 9 hits and 3 errors. Cureton struck out 8 for Whitewright while Earnheart and Griffish contributed in pitching. Watkins, Montgomery, Wilson, and Spencer led Whitewright with multiple hits.
Charles Feldman of Harlingen predicted women will account for about half of package store customers within five years. He noted a revolution in the liquor market and urged store owners to improve service to attract female shoppers at his ten Rio Grande Valley outlets.
A French reform movement protests Napoleonic code bias. Women push legislation to criminalize adultery for both spouses with equal fines from 50 to 1000 dollars and jail terms of three months to two years for the other partner.
A classified Sun ad offers urgent help with a wanted sign inviting quick responses. The brief note emphasizes speed and efficiency in locating services or items, appealing to readers seeking rapid results.
A House Senate conference committee agreed on a broad welfare package extending Social Security to a medicare type program for those over 65. The bill would raise payroll taxes, increase cash benefits, and liberalize aid for the elderly disabled and orphans, with a $3 hospital policy option and $135.90 max monthly retirement benefit.
Whitehall New York. Thirty women petitioned the village Board of Trustees to organize a women’s fire department. The group’s leader Betty M Huntington said the idea arose from a shortage of men available during the day for firefighting. We’re here all day and the men are working.
NBC reports six ships from the mothball fleet will be refurbished for Vietnam waters. Two from Long Beach California, three from San Francisco, and one from Philadelphia will be activated. Hospitals ship Repose is among those readied and crew may be called up from reserve ranks.
Spanish explorers named Cape Canaveral for cane like reeds growing there Stratford on Avon is a market town famed for its ale. The brief remarks connect place names with local features and cultural associations.
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