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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
6
A leading batter drives a two bagger with three on base as fans celebrate. A husband and wife exchange terse banter over the hit while a satirical note critiques rising costs and a dime-for-thought notion.
A captioned joke page describes Johnnie at a dancing school bouncing across the floor while the piano plays. The teacher asks if he hears it and he says yes but it does not bother him. A Pennsylvania village traffic gag follows with a driver citing brake failure. A fiancée quiz ends with the response the fiancé is the ideal type, strong and commanding.
Uncle Ned remarks on wartime logistics noting Panama controls the locks while Florida holds the keys, illustrating strategic chokepoints and potential vulnerabilities.
An aspiring governor cites a former attorney general known for anti trust chatter, likening him to a dog chasing a wolf. The tale uses a prairie fire analogy. Also includes a child asking about lunacy and a father’s witty reply and a rural worried remark.
A chief questions a boy in a stockroom about his employment while the boy is paid twelve dollars and leaves. A visitor then notes the odd doll names Miss Astor Miss Morgan Miss Ford and Miss Firestone and a girl expresses a wish never to worry about money.
A humorous tale contrasts a county's location with the vast Waggoner Ranch. Two men discuss a county and one asks where it is, prompting the other to remark it lies within Tom Waggoner’s immense holdings. The story underscores the ranch’s legendary size and prominence.
A plainspoken account notes vast Texas farms where a man begins plowing in spring and follows a straight furrow to fall, a young married couple milks cows while children fetch milk, and enormous crops allow outdoor wheat stacking with space left for storage inside the barn.
Texas school accrediting committee studies dual diplomas allowing high schools to award one college bound diploma and another non college track. Algebra may be required for college entry but not for non college bound students. Also includes legal notices about estate final settlement for Susie C Murley and sheriff sale in Grayson County with O L Hannah et al. and properties in Whitewright.
In the case of the City of Whitewright versus T. E. Barbee et al a judgment for fifty three dollars and ninety cents plus interest and costs directs foreclosure of the plaintiff lien and the taxing units liens on a 75 by 171 foot lot on Grand Avenue in Whitewright Grayson County Texas. The property lies on Bois D Arc Creek and is part of a survey granted to W H Anderson. Redemption rights and applicable law are noted. Sherman Texas June 9 1948.
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