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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1964
Page
8
A collection of brief jokes about insurance for pedestrians, new graduates, quarrels in the living room, blank report cards, and a new minister meeting a hill country flock. The humor plays on wordplay and miscommunications with playful punchlines.
Washington report details National Planning Association plan to expand soil bank land retirement to 40 to 50 million acres by 1967 with bid based selection and lower price supports. Proposal aims to stabilize production and income, offset losses with land diversion payments, and reduce annual program costs from 2.5 to about 2 billion dollars.
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman announced a 1965 national wheat planting allotment of 49.5 million acres matching this year and 10 percent below 1963. State, county, and farm allocations follow past production history. Farmers may plant beyond allotments but only compliant growers qualify for government price supports and the new wheat stabilization payments.
Minco Oklahoma dispatch notes a rise in bee thefts as Glen Gibson of the American Beekeepers Federation warns that hive thefts are increasing. A single colony can fetch up to thirty dollars, underscoring growing losses for beekeepers in the region.
Various local ads include a turquoise divan for 35 dollars from Flowers Trim Shop a house on South Bend street in good repair offered by Paul Stephens flower shop services and products for occasions with contact numbers and staff listings plus a tire sale at Edwards Chevrolet Whitewright and sewing machine and vacuum sales service with weekly visits by the Singer man and local mechanics offering car repairs and maintenance.
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends for the love and sympathy shown after the death of our loved one. Your kindness and support are deeply appreciated during this time of loss.
An advertisement note for Mrs. C. B. Alexander and The Hardcastle Family notes the potential reach of this ad column. It promotes affordable, wide readership exposure for selling items and emphasizes its economy for readers with goods to move.
Twenty four Cub Scouts from Whitewright and nine adults toured Perrin Air Force Base last Friday. They visited the Academics building Altitude Chamber Base Operations dined in the dining hall toured an airplane and control tower and weather station then swam at the base pool. The group included Dens 1 2 and 3 and three guests.
In Rogue River Oregon the 12th annual Rooster Crow on June 27 offers a 150 dollar prize to the winner who could break the 1953 event record of 109 crows in 30 minutes. Entries have drawn entrants from Europe in recent years. Each rooster has a half hour to crow.
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