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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1959
Page
5
Dallas doctor Vernon Bryant visits Whitewright while Sherman hosts relatives. Multiple residents travel to and from Dallas, Sherman, Denton, and other towns. A July birth, a hospital patient, anniversaries, and community visitors are listed with neighbors in this social roundup.
Mesquite and Texarkana families spent the weekend with relatives in Sherman. Bonham visits include Mrs. Bob Grant’s surgery recovery and future return to Bonham, with Mrs. Hickman and Mrs. Kirkpatrick planning return soon. Houston and Fort Worth guests joined Bernice Davis and Lillian McSpeden, visiting Sherman and Whitewright acquaintances.
The editor notes Senator Johnson predicts a $500 million cut from the President's 1960 budget of $77 billion but warns Congress will counter by inflating other spending. He argues defense health education welfare and public works may be raised by $340 to $500 million, offsetting savings and keeping overall outlays high.
A digest of brief clippings notes a summer disbanding of a youth choir at St Pauls Episcopal, a St Louis firm's auto TV sound control, Patty Piellusch's sixth birthday party with ten guests, a ladies golf course event under way, and five mayors traveling to Washington.
This notice explains how separate property is divided when a person dies without a will. It covers real estate and personal property, surviving spouses, and surviving children, with specific distributions and life interests. The document cites a Texas estate case, No. 11859, in Grayson County.
The text outlines who inherits real estate when surviving relatives exist, detailing allocations for surviving parent, siblings, and their descendants, and notes that if no relatives survive the husband or wife inherits all. It also mentions the U S baby annual crop exceeding 4,000,000 for five years and John Masefield becoming England's Poet Laureate in 1930.
The poem recalls a father's polished dining etiquette and gracious praise for meals. It contrasts refined behavior with occasional indulgence and a steady, philosophic presence at home. The noted author is Richard Armour. The line about the average American brushing teeth appears as a quirky aside.
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