Local residents note visits and events across Whitewright
J L Boone returns from Dallas. Miss LaVerne Kilgree visits from Dallas. Marion Felker attends summer school at Austin College. Several locals host guests from Kiowa and Grand Prairie. The May cafe reopens in the May building. Grayson County oil annexation to the Upper Elm Red Soil District passes 3 to 1. Norma Frances Donigan graduates BA from UT Austin. Rotary club hosts Sarah Kilgree for a song program. Buy printing in Whitewright.
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Grayson County
Upper Elm Red Soil Conservation District
Whitewright
Legion Sells Free Will Offerings to Buy Cigarettes for Soldiers
Preston Everheart Post 225 American Legion raises funds by offering to purchase cigarettes for overseas troops. Receptacles placed in business districts collect nickels to fund cigarette shipments via tobacco companies, with Rotary Club running a parallel drive. Also notes onion farmers yield strong profits at $1.75 per unit, and Dr. B W Webb to Granada Arizona for summer assignments.
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Preston Everheart
American Legion
Legion Post
Rotary Club
Vacation Bible School at First Baptist June 7 18
Rev. E P Wootten announces a community Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church running June 7 to 18. Daily sessions 8 30 to 11 30 a m Monday through Friday invite children ages four to sixteen regardless of church affiliation with Bible study recreation and crafts followed by a student work display. department superintendents named with multiple teachers each.
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First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
Kelous Watson
Blannie Reeves
Noel Ashinhurst
Methodist and church listings with service times
Churches announce worship times with pastors and Sunday school details. Rev E P Wootten leads the first church with superintendent W T Simmons at 10 am and services at 11 am and 8:30 pm. The Methodist Church lists Rev W W Adcock, Sunday school 10 am, service 11 am, young people sing song at 6 pm, and night service at 8:30 pm.
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E. P. Wootten
Methodist Church
W. W. Adcock
Rev B D Roland to Preach at Enterprise Baptist Church
The Greenville minister Rev. B D Roland will preach at Enterprise Baptist Church three miles northeast of Whitewright at 11 a m on Sunday. He led a successful revival there several years ago. Buy your Printing from The Sun.
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B. D. Roland
Greenville
Enterprise Baptist Church
Whitewright
Roland
Monk Couple Welcome Son Born in Pilot Grove
A son was born May 28 to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Monk of the Pilot Grove community, adding a new member to the local family.
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Fred Conn
Denison
W. M. Knochs
Sherman
Jesse Wallace
J. M. Monk
Pilot Grove
Oven Canning Facts Warn Against Dangers and Loss of Nutrition
Eunice King warns oven canning is unsafe and inefficient. Sealed jars can explode as pressure builds inside the oven, causing glass shattering and damage. Unsealed containers do not reach enough heat to destroy botulism spores, while longer processing degrades food value. Pressure canners and water bath methods are recommended for safety and quality.
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Eunice King
County Home
Hints For The Housewife From Homemaking Tips
Short tips on garden hose hacks to support vines and small trees. A method uses wire threaded through cut hose and bent ends to secure around branches, with the hose concealing the wire. Also suggests mosquito netting and varnish to mend window holes and using an alarm clock to time baking for guests.
HouseholdHints for Food and Garment Care from an Old Text
Practical tips cover cake in oven, glycerine to prevent wool shrinkage, salt for jar cleaning, vinegar to neutralize odors, vinegar boiled in pans, and using tapioca in berry pies to thicken juice without spillage.
Prisoner Pay Pact Noted In War Conventions
Washington reports the U S Army will follow Geneva Convention rules for treating prisoners of war and hopes for similar humane behavior toward Americans in Axis hands. It notes private pay agreements exist for Italian and German officers but not with Japan, where POWs will be paid per convention unless a new accord alters provisions.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Italy
Germany
Prisoner Of War Pay Scales Aligned By Allied Agreements
The article explains terms for POW pay under wartime agreements. It details monthly pay for officers and enlisted personnel, currency exchange rules, and the obligation to reimburse wartime payments after hostilities. It notes German Italian accords set officer and major pay, while lower ranks receive smaller monthly sums, with parity anticipated for American prisoners and reciprocal arrangements for Japanese-held POWs.
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Germany
Italy
United States
Good Idea Professor and Sophomore Exchange
A humorous quip from The Sun features a professor asking for civilization’s idea and a sophomore replying that starting adding machine paper would be a good idea. The brief exchange satirizes scholarly pretension with practical office humor.
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J. H. Hayes
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G. B. Turner
Robert Gordon
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Joe Thomas May
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Henrietta Jackson
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Billy Ray
Glenn Chesser
Leo Ford
Dodd City
C. W. Chesser
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Jack Montgomery
Texarkana
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Montgomery
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FE. P. Donigan
University of Texas, Austin
J. D. Hoard
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Lucian Andrews
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