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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1959
Page
2
Local notes list numerous Dallas and area residents visiting relatives and spending weekends in Bonham Paris Sherman Denison and Garland. Highlights include travelers from Dallas Fort Worth and Houston with several updating hospital visits funeral attendance and church circle meetings. A Lottie Moon Circle meeting and plans for a Royal Service program are noted.
Last Friday the Rotary Club toured a mile maize test plot on the Skaggs and Wallace farm at town edge. County Agent C O Spence explained fertilizer test results and growth differences before rain interrupted the demonstration. W E Stanford chaired the program.
Mrs. Fred Cook reported on a Sherman council meeting as the Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met last Thursday at a roadside park near Trenton. Mrs. J. C. McMillin presided with prayer and the pledge. Members planned a July 3p chain seat weaving workshop at Mrs. R. D. Maddux home. Ten members and three visitors attended and afterward the group visited Chapman Rest Home in Trenton and Refreshments at Holmes Connelly's drug store. Next meeting set for Aug 13 with Little Rock HD Club guests.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met at 2:00 pm with president Mrs. Jack Biggerstaff. They voted August as vacation month and will resume Sept 10 at 10:00 am with Miss Zelma Moore as guest. A cosmetics demonstration by Mrs. Zeno Gregory and a covered dish lunch are planned. Awards will be given to 4‑H girls Donna K Franklin Anna Franklin Robbie Kay Cawthon Nancy Mckinney.
New York feature explains how names reach mailing lists via phone books, directories, and list brokers. It notes how junk mail grew to billions, with a typical 3 percent return and subscriptions like Life sold before publication. It mentions Time Inc and Donnelley as examples of list sources.
The article explains how governments and firms publish directories of directories, using municipal records and licenses to build mailing lists. It notes mechanisms like occupant addressed mail and area blanket campaigns, and cites the post office earning about $300 million yearly from direct mail and the roughly five million jobs linked to the industry.
A Ft Worth Star Telegram explainer describes barter as the earliest trade method, then traces how money evolved from cattle and shells to metals. It notes gold and silver circulated as bars before coinage, and credits the Lydians in Asia Minor with first uniform stamped money.
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