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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
4
Rotary Club heard Herbert Burow manager of the Bonham Cotton Mill describe grim prospects for cotton growers. He noted the mill uses about 10 000 bales annually, with little local cotton meeting quality standards. John Aldridge, the mill’s buyer, also attended.
Jack Hicks son of Mrs. O E Head Whitewright and Ann Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Cook Blue Ridge married Saturday afternoon June 2 at Justice of the Peace Charles A Lynn's home in Durant Okla. The bride a Blue Ridge High School 1956 graduate wears pale blue dress. Hicks attends North Texas Business College and works at Kimbell Oil Mill Sherman. They honeymoon a week in Oklahoma and reside at 1302 East Cherry Sherman.
The C A Mitchell family held a reunion on June 10 with many relatives visiting from Rialto Jefferson Dallas Tom Bean Whitewright Bells Sherman Plano and Whitewright. In separate note, the New York Stock Exchange uses more than 1,000,000 lead pencils annually.
The Bethel WMS met Monday at the church with Mrs. J. B. Layman presiding. Mrs. Horace Miller led prayer and Mrs. M. W. Williams taught a lesson from A Year’s Missionary Tour of the Bible. Mrs. R. H. McKinney gave a devotional on Stewardship and led a praise service.
The 4 H girls met at the Presbyterian Church with ten members and three leaders. Ruth Williams was elected president and Donna Franklin vice president. Other officers include Bobbie Cawthon secretary Martha Anderson treasurer Linda Bennett reporter Louisa Lackey council delegate and social chairman. Miss Alice Guthrie to assist in July. Meetings every Tuesday at 2 p m. All girls aged nine to eighteen invited. We plan clothing projects and a dress revue in August. Please bring sewing materials. Reporter
Dentists report many African girls desire front tooth extraction to create a “love gap” to attract boyfriends. Even sound teeth are sometimes removed, while un-gapped girls feel less glamorous and dowdy.
Long Beach New Jersey report notes PTA poll question about children location provokes replies from parents. In addition, about 32 U.S. railroads and 2 Canadian lines now offer trailer-on-flat-car service to shippers with others preparing to adopt the system.
Rates listed for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside regions with a foreign rate. Note promises to correct any erroneous reflections on character or standing brought to publisher's attention.
A string of brief comic vignettes features a wary mother resisting a whistle, a salesman touting bass fiddles, a country tramp remark, a job candidate facing an ICC exam, a playful kitchen exchange about nuts, faculty dinner chatter, a hotel towel quip, and the butcher’s roast banter about bone cost.
A collage of quips and banter from social scenes. Jests on sincerity amid showy romance. A mechanic jokes about steering and common sense. A musician’s pride collides with a blonde encounter as a wallet-brief moment provokes laughs.
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