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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1961
Page
4
Quotes from P I Colvig and Nadine Baisden reflect aging caution and optimism about American life. Colvig laments talkativeness and wishes for restraint and patience as he ages. Baisden celebrates mass production and automation while fearing obsolescence and cherishing simple domestic acts.
A collection of brief, humorous vignettes. A mother and daughter discuss a sad ending in a book. A father quizzes a daughter's choice of suitor. A citizenship test misidentifies historical figures with witty misunderstandings.
The annual Wisconsin frog jump contest kicks off Saturday in Dousman with no political overtones. Last year a frog named Kennedy beat a frog named Nixon. Advertising notes invite readers to buy or sell via Sun Want Ad.
The Foreign Agricultural Service reports U S imports of beef and veal totaled 215 million pounds in the first five months, up 9 percent from the same period last year. Cattle imports reached 358 million pounds, up 2 percent, with most cattle sourced from drought-stricken Mexico.
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The Texas calf crop is forecast at 4,137,000 head for 1961, the highest since 1955, a 1 percent rise from 1960. Cows and heifers two years old or more total 5 million, up 3 percent from last year. Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke College, named as Hall of Fame for Great Americans inductee.
A man scolds his extravagant wife about balancing the budget after a shopping spree. She retorts with a sharp jab that she should have married a Congress man, turning his admonition into a punchy political quip.
Ward Lowe of Lometa Texas headlines a humorous reflection noting the bathtub's 1850 origin and the telephone's 1875 invention while joking about a data phone never ringing for 25 years in 1850s living.
A woman at her door sorts through mail and complains the Government will do something about junk mail while the postman departs. The scene captures everyday civic irritants and concerns about mail delivery.
A couple hangs pictures in their new home near the stairway when a wife suggests staging them for an unusual effect. An interrupted phone call leads their six year old son to answer and say neither parent can come right now.
A collection of light quips about swimming lessons misheard divers parents birthday bills mood of shoppers and family tales. The snippets include a boy claiming he swam off the diving board alone after last week’s push a dairy farmer grilling a hired man about bad habits a merchant chasing a one year old bill and a shelf life joke about wives in a supermarket.
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