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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
3
Read as a humorous exchange in 1960s style letters from Blytheville Arkansas. The spoof shows a taxpayer and officials complaining of missing entitlements and bureaucratic mixups. The exchange includes mock responses about duplicate submissions and supply needs.
A spoof exchange shows Thornley Glivens seeking 103 pounds of fertilizer via express collect while Clifton Bungstarter’s Federal Benefits Administration jokes that Glivens died last year and must report to the Public Embalming Administration in Formaldehyde Arizona.
A National Industrial Conference Board study shows one in eight workers is a government employee versus one in 23 in 1900, with about 6 million more on public payrolls in the past fifty years, totaling over 7 million. The clock note adds a separate trivial fact that the minute hand passes the hour hand ten times from noon to midnight.
State of Texas notices delinquent ad valorem taxes on Lot 14 Block 1 College Park Addition Denison Grayson County involving N H L Decker and wife deceased and unknown heirs and representatives. Suit filed June 2 1950 in Grayson County District Court number 58184 seeks foreclosure of tax liens and payment of taxes interest penalties and costs with return day July 17 1950.
An Austin advisory outlines ringworm as a frequent, mild but persistent fungal infection. It spreads via people and animals, thrives in pools and locker rooms, and can cause itching and fluid leakage in advanced cases. Report to a doctor for treatment and containment.
College Station reports home gardeners will dig and store their spring Irish potato crop. Hutchison says maturity guides storage length. dig after skins toughen, tops may still be green. If rain caused blisters, wait for them to dry to avoid rotting and losses.
Washington report says the House passed a bill to grant emergency cotton allotments to farmers whose 1950 crops were destroyed by natural causes. Growers may plant one acre of cotton for every two acres of destroyed crops, focusing on Oklahoma and Texas grain losses from green bugs and hail storms. Maple sugar and rubber are tree sap. Male ostriches take turns incubating eggs.
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