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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
8
East Texas reports 136 new manufacturing concerns in seventy counties across thirty seven towns last year. The survey by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, led by Hubert M. Harrison, shows wood industries leading new plants with small home owned firms using local materials, plus two expansions employing up to four hundred workers each.
Texas plans to reduce old age grants this winter as rolls rise. John Winters, state welfare director, says 217,330 Texans over 65 receive federal and state checks averaging 34.25 dollars, with about half of seniors on aid. Officials warn eligible numbers may exceed funds by fall unless constitutional or eligibility changes are made.
The automtic tax board set this year’s property tax rate at 72 cents per $100 valuation. Governor Shivers said the 51st Legislature required the three member board to levy the maximum rate to fund tax remissions approved for counties by recent laws. Verdigris is the green rust on copper.
A dense list of want ads and sale notices from Whitewright area: requests to buy butterbeans and farm labor, and listings for kitchen cabinets, flowers, lubricants, used refrigerators, magazines, spark plugs, and general hardware. Also rentals, land sales, canning supplies, and farm equipment. Notices of thanks and family expressions of gratitude follow.
The Sun publishes a growing honor roll of subscribers who renewed or joined in the past week. Names include Jim Hackett Pete Pate Bob Pate P. M. Helms Miss Lucyle Sanders Miss Lena Mae Gowdy Frank Whitworth W. G. Kaiser John J. Kaiser Howard Brodhead Roy Blanton O. E. Head Mrs. Coleman Carter C. B. Robinson A. L. Reeves D. Blanks Mrs. W. F. Fields Mrs. Tommie Mosley Mrs. T. E. Sears J. R. Price Dr F. D. Layman.
The Valley sees peak ginning as Raymondville and nearby ranches ship large loads of lint cotton to gins. A San Benito trailer carried 21 bales from one load, with typical hauls of 12 to 16 bales and totals of 4 to 6 bales per load. Valley crop forecast tops 400 000 bales. Wallacy County lags with later cotton. Ginning runs six to eight weeks per season. Court citation follows.
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