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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
5
Miss Sara Belle Gillett visits Marshall while families from Gainesville Denison Durant and Denton host gatherings. Funeral directors' group holds barbecue. traffic delays from a Katy Railroad wreck. births and visits ripple through town life as teens and veterans adjust to wartime shifts.
Twenty youths from the First Methodist Church enjoyed a Lake Fannin picnic north of Bonham on a Friday evening led by Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks and Miss Lucyle Sanders. The group swam while others watched, then shared abundant food and ice cream before a social hour at the lodge and returned home about 11 p.m.
Mrs. C. C. Burchfield hosted Ellen Marie Burchfield’s eleventh birthday in Ely on a Saturday afternoon. Miss Eva Nell Kitching led games and refreshments followed for guests including Jeane Blackerby Billie Ruth Holcomb Lou Rae Holcomb Katherine Short Tommie Beazley Bobbie Booher Joe England Billie Gene Dillinger Wesley Dillinger N H Davis Jessie Blackerby Billie Booher Jimmie Booher Harold Dwayne Johnnie Anderson Delia Anderson Betty Duren Clovis Wilbert James Burchfield Mrs Adam Blackerby Mrs R P Booker Mrs Neal Beasley Mrs Luther Short Mrs Melvin Anderson Mrs Virgil Burchfield Una Blackerby Mrs Gilbert Duren Marjorie Burchfield and Eva Nell Kitching.
Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks leads Sunday school at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m.
A short essay imagines the word America as a visual allegory. Each letter embodies a national symbol from mountains and pioneers to cowboys, friendship, individual rights, striving toward higher ideals, and a prayerful gratitude to a Creator.
The article explains how to measure true air temperature using a shaded shelter with wind exposure. It notes Death Valley 134F and dry plains reaching 110F to 115F, while damp coasts stay under 100F. It warns hot pavements raise tire pressure and mentions the sensible temperature depends on humidity and wind.
New York prepares to install a second bin as Mayor La Guardia is set to receive a two-ton 36-foot aluminum drawbridge gate believed to be the largest single aluminum gift in the country. The gate, once part of the Triborough Bridge, was damaged by a careless motorist.
Vesper services are planned for 5 30 p m Sunday with preaching by Rev Robert L Bargett of Sherman and special music by a Sherman choir. The public is invited.
Minister Allen Harper conducts a morning Bible study at 10 with a sermon at 11 on The Spirit of Christ from Romans 8 9. An evening service at 8 15 features another sermon titled Gods Foolishness vs Man's Wisdom from First Corinthians 125 and First Peter 315, encouraging readiness to answer inquiries about the hope within.
A punchy exchange has a draftee confessing a habit of kissing stamps on letters, followed by Sally joking that she moistens stamps on her dog Fido’s nose instead. The light quip captures wartime homefront humor.
A concise slogan urging readers to advertise if they wish to sell items. The line emphasizes using ads to reach buyers and promote sales quickly. The message is brief and action oriented.
Bonham reports an all weather road to Lake Fannin nearing completion. Commissioner Dick Wait says crews are laying an oil base from highway 78 to the Riding Church on the Telephone road near Lake Fannin, which is already blacktopped.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society announced a war risk clause for new policies effective July 31. President Thomas I. Perkinson said the clause protects existing policy holders from excess mortality losses and applies to all in active service or awaiting selective service, with deferred Class III classifications excepted.
John L. Hawley and Louise Arbogast, married 38 years, died after plunging from a 1000 foot cliff at Kings Canyon National Park in Central California on their long awaited vacation. Park rangers found Mrs. Hawley’s diary entry stating we’ve had such a happy trip.
Campbell Laundry manager J. L. Estes pleaded guilty to employing women over fifty four hours weekly. He said the workers were cleaning soldiers uniforms under a Camp Bowie Brownwood contract amid staff shortages. Justice Lewis Sterrett fined Estes fifty dollars and costs.
Catholic churches in the Cleveland diocese are dropping the wedding march from Lohengrin as part of wedding rites. Most churches have discontinued the piece, which has no part in the marriage ritual, and are replacing it with other religious music. Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered August 28, 1850, and the St. Aloysius Church position is noted.
The parish bulletin questions the use of the Wedding March in Catholic marriage rites. It labels the opera as reflecting a pagan view by the great German composer, noting its plot begins with murder suspicion and ends with a broken vow.
Rep. Lyndon Johnson filed the largest expense account to date for the Texas special senatorial race. He reported expenditures of 31965 dollars and receipts of 29615 dollars. Governor O'Daniel who beat Johnson by 1311 votes reported expenditures of 7835 dollars and receipts of 7836 dollars.
Austin news notes that Selective Service registrants should consult physicians and dentists to verify they meet basic physical standards and to correct remediable defects before draft board examinations. State Director J Watt Page urged prompt action to aid both individuals and the nation.
Texas welfare department will add about 235 staff to certify relief and surplus commodity receipts and applications. The move follows a legislative appropriation of around 900000 to fund starting September 1. A federal ruling requires this work to be separate from old age assistance staff, with hires to be spread to counties lacking adequate welfare departments.
A chemistry professor lectures on powerful explosives and warns that a small error could blow them through the roof. He asks students to move in closer to follow the demonstration.
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