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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
4
At Whitewright Texas post office notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect and similar notices also will be charged. J. H. Waggoner Glenn Doss publishers editors.
The notice states a weekly publication schedule with a yearly subscription price of 1.50 payable in advance and promises prompt correction of any erroneous reflections about persons firms or corporations upon notification to the publisher.
A humorous miscellany joins poems about travel with Texas anecdotes. It recalls hay fever lines, travels from deserts to Arctic snows, odd business names in Lorenzo and Dallas, a $291,000 bank deposit, and local tales from Athens to Pharr and Merkel. It also notes a legislative forgery incident, the “Honest John” coffee fund system, autographed book mentions, and a gag about the garbage man.
Kaiser Wilhelm II was laid to rest at Doorn in the Netherlands after dying June 4 at 82. A simple ceremony led by Rev. Bruno Doeh ringing followed rites set forty years prior, with the casket in purple velvet and the imperial flag, amid black drapery and floral tributes. The Hohenzollern flag flew, while wreaths from Hitler and Germany’s armed forces bore the swastika and colors of the Third Reich.
Coffee Mill Lake the largest of three federally built lakes in Fannin County opened for fishing for the first time Tuesday. It lies 13 miles northwest of Honey Grove between Lake Crockett and Lake Fannin. Rowboats and motor boats are available with Noel Grammer in charge of concessions. Previous fishing occurred in private coves. adjoining property was purchased by the Federal Government this year.
A Fairfield Recorder editorial notes that a German agency weekly propaganda release would likely land every involved person in a concentration camp after the first issue. The piece contrasts American media freedom with German censorship and mocks such tactics.
Dr. Alexander Wiener reported at the American Society of Clinical Pathologists meeting that an inherited blood factor Rh can cause infant deaths and maternal risk during transfusions. He estimated about one in 200 births affected, with multiple infant fatalities in some families, urging parental blood testing if newborns die from jaundice or related conditions.
Col Ike Ashburn resigns as executive assistant to the president at Texas A and M College to become chief secretary and administrative head of the Harris County Association for Industrial Peace. He has been with A and M since 1937 and will direct county industrial peace operations to foster confidence and mutual understanding among industry management and labor.
Speaker Sam Rayburn announced the War Department approved an air training school site at Bonham Texas to be run by a private operator under government contract. The project should start by July 1 and train fledgling pilots.
Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks and family depart after morning service to Virginia to visit Mrs. Harvey-Brooks' parents for two weeks. He then travels to Columbia South Carolina to begin a revival at Lebanon Methodist Church on July 6. During absence, services are scheduled June 22 Layman's Day with Roy Robinson, June 29 with Rev. Willie Pritchett, July 6 with Rev W Harrison Baker, July 13 with Rev Willie Pritchett, and evening services run until July 20.
The Fannin County Baptist workers will meet at the Trenton Baptist Church on Friday June 16. The program features a devotional by Carrol Chadwick at 10, church roll call at 10 10, Echoes of Evangelistic Conference led by C P Sansom at 10 25, incentives for avoiding the summer slump by Robert Abernathy at 10 35, Our Mission missions by E W Marshall at 10 45, special music at 11 20, a message by Rev E P Wootten at 11 25, lunch at noon and board meetings at 1.
The article outlines ongoing Bible revisions from 1901 AS edition by 16 Protestant educators led by Yale's Dean Luther A. Weigle. It notes completion of New Testament changes by midsummer and Old Testament by 1944, with Irwin of the University of Chicago asserting only idiom updates and error corrections rather than conjectural changes.
A guide urging prompt home repairs due to neglect signs. It covers roof issues including shingles flashing gutters and downspouts, paint needs for exterior and interior surfaces, masonry like walks and foundations, plumbing in heating baths and kitchens, and wiring safety with note on needing skilled electricians.
The article urges homeowners to perform regular repairs to prevent escalated future expenses and ongoing inconveniences caused by neglect. It argues that postponing fixes leads to greater costs and discomfort over time.
A century ago most furniture arrived from England and only cocked hats were produced locally. Gentlemens wore queues and powdered hair as standard attire.
A fragment notes daily life in early America with items like crockery shaping knives, broad population facts about Virginia, fines for sermon criticism, stagecoaches between New York and Boston, whipping posts, scarce buttons, peg fasten trousers, and year round staples of beef pork salt fish and hominy as described in Scribner's Commentator Magazine.
Editor notes on the elusive typographical slip that survives to press, growing from a microscopic flaw to a mountain size error in the final pages. The boss frantically reacts while the copy reader mourns the miss, promising an overall clean issue aside from the lone flaw. Sun Want Ads are economical.
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