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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun reports on a newly organized Boosters Club aiming to curb local criticism the town. It also analyzes President Truman’s veto of the Case Labor Bill amid labor pressure and a Grayson County candidate using loudspeakers, drawing Whitewright public reaction.
The Dallas News notes Iowa publishes an annual directory listing every state employee with name address salary and allowances. It urges Texas and Illinois to adopt similar records for county and local governments. The paper suggests voters compare county staff numbers in September non election years with June counts before primaries to spot electioneering spikes.
Lubbock firemen searched twenty four hours for Roosevelt Bailey who drowned in Buffalo Lake. A spectator suggested the hat method to conjure the body. Legal notices follow listing numerous deceased or dissolved parties and entities in a civil case filed June 7, 1946 in Grayson County seeking title to Lots 3 and 4 in Block Two of South Side Addition to Sherman.
A reader notes that public payrolls tax the public, calling a 350 page directory of federal employees immense. Citing Iowa population as about one third of Texas, the remark questions the scale and logistics of maintaining such a directory and the burden on taxpayers.
Cooper and firefighters retrieved a missing person after a hat drifted from shore. The hat led searchers to the exact spot where the body was found following a rescue attempt. Navy records indicate about 65 percent of pilots forced down in the war were rescued or recovered.
H L Taylor two miles southwest of Pilot Grove reports success with Hubam clover. Demonstration to county agents Welton H Jones and W C Whitehurst shows four acre plot where clover boosts oats by 25 bushels per acre. Last year he harvested 250 pounds seed per acre from five acres sold at 25 cents a pound and plans options including soil building, grazing, hay, or seed harvest.
Mr. Taylor explained there was one other advantage. Had the green bugs destroyed his oats or wheat where the clover had been over seeded, he would still have had a crop.
Funeral services for D. M. Rich 76 were conducted Sunday at the home on South Bend street with ministers Homer P. Reeves M. E. Miller and E. P. Wootten assisting. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Rich born 1869 in Tennessee. survived by wife Fannie Stockton Rich, four children six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
On his 25 acres of Hubam clover Mr Taylor plans a seed crop and plow under the residue. He notes the crop makes hay nearly as good as alfalfa and serves well for grazing.
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