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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists notices of entertainments and box suppers with admission fees charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions also incur charges. Association J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss publish. Subscription price is $1.50 per year in advance. Corrections will be made if erroneous reflections appear.
Social workers at the national conference cite Edith Abbott, dean at the University of Chicago, calling WPA relief cruelly inadequate and warning that defense spending cannot substitute for unskilled labor in towns like Whitewright. The piece argues relief rolls will shrink by about a third in 1942 and criticizes farm and machine-age displacement as ongoing, permanent issues.
The piece contrasts Ferguson era rural school aid rising to 1,000,000 with a current bill of 16,885,980 awaiting the governor’s signature. It notes consolidations boost state funding, urges efficiency to maximize aid, and references national warnings about Hitler and Lyndon Johnson. It also covers Selective Service registration requirements for 21-year-olds in Whitewright, with local registration in Sherman next Tuesday July 1.
A humorous Texas sketch about a stingy man who borrows a neighbor's paper and endures a chaotic sequence of mishaps. The piece shifts to Llano’s granite industry notes by C. R. Stolz, detailing Premier Granite Quarries, plant workforce, cutting methods, blade counts, and notable projects in Austin El Paso and Washington. It closes with more Mexican proverbs.
Evansville Indiana funeral services were held at Rescue Mission for James Law Mackey 78 known as a gay young blade who lit cigars with $100 bills. He died penniless Tuesday and was buried today in Potter's Field as the son of Evansville's first millionaire.
A statistic shows the United States has forty four thousand six hundred sixty seven post offices. The figure highlights the expansive reach of mail services across the nation.
Texas Works Projects Administration will cut 16 810 WPA jobs in July reducing statewide employment from 73 310 to 56 500 to stay within the July WPA budget. District heads were told that defense projects must stay fully staffed, forcing larger reductions in other work.
Young men registering for the draft on July 1 with more than one residence may choose which to record on the registration card, State Selective Service Director J. Watt Page said. He noted confusion from draftees who registered in towns not their legal residence and said either legal residence or temporary lodging suffices.
A historical note draws a parallel between modern Portuguese prisons and the early jails of Philadelphia, highlighting similarities in confinement and structure.
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. led by Dr Alan Harvey-Brooks, pastor. The service invites parishioners to attend.
Funeral services were held Monday in Sherman for James M Pennington 82 a former Whitewright resident who died Saturday at his Sherman home He operated a planing mill and was a building contractor after leaving Whitewright in 1912 Born January 10 1859 in Tennessee he moved to Clarksville Texas in 1883 and later Whitewright Surviving are a son R M Pennington two daughters Mrs D M Hopper and Mrs Rose Westbrook two sisters Mrs Creed Norris and Mrs Ova Seay a half brother Josh Collins 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren Also mentioned is a Tennessee birth and later life details for a separate widow.
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb presides as pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.m. with R. P. Montgomery as superintendent. Morning sermon at 10:50 on When the Devil Speaks. Evening preaching at 8 p.m. titled Preaching in the Desert.
Allen Harper, minister, holds Bible study at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. on What Jesus Christ May Be to a Human Soul from Matthew 1 21. An Evening Young People’s meeting at 7 p.m. precedes an 8 15 p.m. sermon on The First Sermon Under the Commission from Acts 2.
Rev Robert L Badgett pastor of the Central Christian Church Sherman will preach Sunday afternoon at 5 30 All members urged to attend all others cordially invited Plans will be made for continuation and enlargement of the church work in Whit wrig ht
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports May shows industrial employment up 0.8 percent from April and 8.7 percent from May last year. Payrolls advance 5.7 percent month to month and 17.8 percent year over year, with manufacturing employment at 143,458 and weekly payrolls at 3,054,574 dollars.
Houston County Sheriff E. H. Baker announced a statewide effort to curb loafing by arresting all males over 18 without visible means of support found loitering on streets in Loveland Grapeland and Crockett. The vagrancy crackdown begins Monday with notices published countywide last week.
Beaumont reports Congressman Martin Dies asserting confidence in his June 28 Senate election win. He cites voter assurances across Texas and contends money buys publicity, not the election, noting at least 250000 dollars spent on Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign and calling for an expenditures investigation.
Mrs. Nova Norine Southerland 42 of Sherman died Friday after a sudden illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church Sherman and burial in West Hill Cemetery. Born December 1, 1898 in Van Alstyne she was married to Mr. Southerland in 1920 and leaves a husband a son a stepdaughter two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Arthur Hensley of the Kentucky community died Wednesday night after a ten day illness at a Sherman hospital. She underwent an operation on June 17. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 4 pm at the Kentuckytown Baptist Church with Allen Harper of the Church of Christ presiding. Burial will be at Burns Cemetery near Trenton. Active pallbearers are Borden Brown Woodrow Brown John Neal Silas Neal Hubert Brown and Hubert Thrasher. Mrs. Hensley was born June 29.
Funeral services for 58 year old Mrs Beulaly Blanton were held at the Orangeville Baptist Church with Rev Bob Cates and Rev Dan Vestal presiding. Burial followed in Burns Cemetery. She is survived by three children Christine Robinson of Dallas J P Blanton of Centralia Illinois and Artis Blanton of Seagraves.
Services conducted at 4 30 p m Tuesday for Mack O Hartsfield 46 war veteran who died Monday night in Sherman hospital Burial took place at Cannon Cemetery He was born August 8 1894 in Bonham to Jim and unnamed mother He married Susie Grider in 1919 and leaves wife two children Wayne Louise a sister Mrs A B St John and a brother John Hartsfield Pallbearers named Wheeler Russell Dick Russell J D Shaw Weldon Lane John Gentry Hynds Smoot Earl Denton Joe Hunter
The National Live Stock and Meat Board reports about 18.712 billion pounds of meat consumed in 1940, up over 1.25 billion from 1939. The board cites a meat population of 143 million head, saying supply remains ample.
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