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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1947
Page
3
In Denison on Tuesday voters rejected both the tax increase and a new city charter. The piece notes labor and capitalist tensions, upcoming election cycles, and reflects on summer weather effects on crops. It also mentions county road work questions. the Sun weighs unit system merits.
Twenty six Grayson County 4-H youths joined 277 peers from sixteen counties at Trinidad for the district camp. Whitewright’s Joe Morris Wallace Gene Stephens and Jimmie Christian earned top honors in their clubs. The rifle team led by Captain Russell Hunter won matches and earned entry to the State 4-H rifle event. Team members included Ray Price Joe King with Joe Sampson as alternate. The swimming team of Leon Rigsby Reuben Brooks Russell Hunter and Tommie Julien triumphed in swimming, and Ralph Christian won the broad jump with 15 feet. Transportation was provided by a Howe School bus.
Read about cedar hope chests as console pieces with wall mirrors and flowers to elevate in between spaces. They offer storage for linens and fabrics while the red cedar heartwood aroma repels moths and blocks dust. The article notes various local sports results including a boxing team with six named players, a district-winning softball team, and a high-scoring 42 to 3 win by locals over Van Zandt County, plus radio program coverage from Joe King of Howe.
A narrator explains not being near relatives to Seads, the family dynamics, and longheld resentments over financial aid. The piece uses humor to reflect on eight siblings between them and distant kinship while noting practical worries about roads and government spending and warning about wrecks tied to a daughter’s actions. The ad read ends with a sales nudge.
The column lists Sunday school and sermon times for multiple churches. Assembly of God notes 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. services led by Rev. E. A. Doty and J. Pat Salyer. Ray Bristol tabulates 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. sermon on first and third Sundays. First Presbyterian notes 11 a.m. morning worship and 7:30 p.m. youth activities with Thursday choir practice.
Rotary Club luncheon featured program chair B R Caraway who discussed the need for more gray ladies at McKinney Veterans Hospital. He praised their trained, regular visits aiding patients and urged Whitewright volunteers while recounting his own hospital recovery. Grant Hoover reported May attendance at 95.17 percent. Guests included Earl Wallace and Jack Lackey. Glen Earnheart named Friday’s program chair.
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday with eight members present. Mrs. Floyd Harris led the program after a brief business session. Harris and Mrs. Horace Miler reported on the Sherman council meeting held Saturday. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Harris's home to make lamp shades.
The face value of U S coins today ranges from three to eight times the bullion cost. Specifically, minting $10 in pennies costs $1.20 in metal, $50 in nickels costs $2.37, $100 in dimes costs $33.86, $250 in quarters costs $84.63, and $500 in half dollars costs $169.28 in metal.
A simple method states that clean boiling water can lift tea stains from table linen. The note emphasizes heat as the active agent in stain removal.
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