29 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
1
Total rainfall for the month reached 6.02 inches according to C. C. Cates. Of this, 1.27 inches fell since last Thursday with .83 inch on Friday and Friday night and .44 inch on Wednesday.
Voters in Grayson County will decide if beer sales are banned in the county and in the towns of Sherman Denison Bells and Dorchester. The Whitewright ballot will follow a separate dry or wet choice with polls open 8 am to 7 pm.
Texas public schools will receive a record per capita apportionment of 22.50 from the available school fund for 1939 and 1940, an increase over 1937 and 1938. B B Cobb notes the legislature fixed the amount and Governor O Daniel signed the law ending a dispute between the State Board of Education and the State Tax Board. The fund faces a likely near five million dollar deficit due to lower oil and sulfur taxes and cigarette sales, with tax levies required to cover the shortfall and ensure the 22.50 payment. Texas rises toward the top ranks in public school support among the 48 states.
Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler, a proponent of the spoon dip snuff method, will be the principal speaker at the national snuff dippers convention in Granada Mississippi next Saturday. He travels with Hick Holcomb and R W McKissick, while his campaign used a snuff box, a baseball bat and a buggy whip as symbolic assistants.
The C H Stateville grocery stock was damaged by fire Sunday morning. Insurance covers about 2000 for stock and fixtures. building damage runs to hundreds. Plate glass shattered, walls and ceiling harmed, partition damaged. Night Officers Simmons and Head alerted fire crews whoContain the blaze near the center. Fire suspected to start from an electric motor linked to the meat refrigerator counter. Stateville opened for business this morning. replacements will be stocked as fast as sold. much stock smoke and water damaged offered at reduced prices.
Revival begins Sunday July 2 and runs through July 11 with services twice daily at 9 30 a m and 8 p m Rev L O Evans pastor invites all to attend Dr Wright a veteran Baptist leader will share experiences from ministry and missionary trips in Europe and the Holy Land offering personal evangelism during the revival
The Bethel Kentuckytown and Whitewright Home Demonstration Clubs sponsored a fruit show Saturday in the Butane Gas office. The display featured eighteen plum varieties, four peaches, four berries, two grapes, two prunes, two tomatoes, and one figs and currants. Exhibitors included J. L. Denton near Whitewright with ten varieties and Floyd Harris with seven varieties, plus numerous local residents presenting fruit assortments.
Governor O'Daniel may join a late month vote to raise the Texas ad valorem tax by about 60 percent from 49 to a possible 77 cents per $100 valuation. The increase aims to fix a deteriorating school fund deficit, with the Board of Education slated to set a $22.50 per capita scholastic apportionment, likely pushing the overall school tax to the constitutional 35 cents. Existing deficits in general, old age, and Confederate pension funds, plus a shortfall in the current school apportionment, threaten revenues for 1939-40 as the tax board and education officials wrestle over funding.
County Auditor B. M. Whiteacre and County Judge Jake J. Loy plan a 15 to 20 cent per $100 reduction in Grayson County’s tax levy when the commission meets in September. The cut comes from the road bond assumption bill approved by the Legislature, with the state set to cover bonds for county lateral roads using surplus gasoline tax funds. The fund previously financed roads absorbed into the state system.
Vice President Garner urged Congress to slash exemptions in the next session. Married couples would see exemptions cut from 2500 to 1200 and single persons from 1000 to 500, widening taxes for many above these thresholds. The move aims to widen the tax base, curb deficits, and spur spending restraint. Roosevelt supports base broadening but action is not expected this session. Senate previously rejected a proposal to cut exemptions to 2000 for married and 800 for single persons.
Washington D C The Federal Trade Commission ordered the Kolynos Company of New Haven Connecticut to discontinue certain representations in selling its toothpaste The commission said the representations were misleading and ordered the company to cease advertising that Kolynos is an outstanding competent or effective germicidal agent or that the dentifrice is more concentrated or more economical to use than competitors or will yield results not obtainable by other dentifrices
Dr J L Bow sustained two broken ribs and bruises after a Wednesday morning automobile collision at the First Presbyterian Church intersection. His northbound car was struck by a southbound vehicle driven by D E Low. Bow’s car spun and he was thrown against the door. Low was uninjured. Bow recuperates at home and expects to return to his office in a few days.
J F Rosborough of Texas A and M College spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on tree budding home orchard improvements and pecan production. He noted a ten year focus on pecan farming and cited Texas paper shell pecan production up 500 percent in fifteen years. Visitors included David Platter Denison Clabhorn Warner Dallas Dr E B Tucker and J Tip Newell Sherman. J Ernest Morgan joined as a new member.
The Public Safety Department has extended private automobile driver licenses to April 1, 1942. Licenses would have expired last April but the Legislature did not change the law. Present licensees may use permits until then, while others may apply for letters attesting validity at patrol districts. Exceptions apply to licenses with two missing coupons. First time applicants face driving and physical tests.
Atty Gen Gerald Mann held the fair trade act invalid as conflicting with Texas anti trust statutes. He warned the bill would be vetoed by Gov Lee O Daniel, as with a barbers price fixing bill. Opponents feared 20 percent price hikes for trade marked goods after a seven week Senate filibuster.
A new law to be signed by Governor O Daniel targets hot checks. Three bad checks trigger a felony up to ten years, regardless of amount, with graduated penalties for first and second offenses. The measure aims to stop check embezzlements under fifty dollars and covers checks for rent labor personal service and property.
A nephew Rev Joe Everheart writes from Kerens praising Ben Montgomery for fifty years in church ministry of song at the Presbyterian Church on June 18. He recalls Uncle Ben as a consecrated voice and faithful exemplar, noting his influence in Christian love and delicacy, and that Heaven awaits his singing legacy.
The Census Bureau announced that the U.S. birth rate rose to 17.6 live births per 1,000 in 1938, the highest in years. The long-term trend shows a drop from 25.1 in 1915 to 16.5 in 1933, with gradual increases thereafter. New Mexico led at 33.7 and New Jersey lagged at 12.9.
The 18th annual American Legion Picnic will run July 12 to 15 in Whitewright, sponsored by Preston Everheart Post American Legion. Committees were named, an amusement company hired, free aerial acts nightly, and a fireworks display planned for Saturday July 15. Baseball games are scheduled each afternoon as part of the four day event. Circulars will be distributed across the region next week.
Whitewright voters may cast ballots Saturday July 1 to decide a local option beer vote. The pastors appeal to citizens to vote dry citing the home school church and society, while noting poll tax rules for city and county residents and the election will run 8 am to 7 pm at the city hall assembly room.
Loy park road work should wrap before the July 4 celebrations. Commissioner Vaughan says crews are surfacing a half mile of road with crushed rock base done and first surface layer laid. Asphalt delivery is awaited to complete the surface.
Grayson County farmers have received to date 427954.57 dollars in agricultural conservation payments for 1938 and 22234.78 dollars in wheat parity payments for 1939. County supervisor W. W. Gunn said these sums total about two thirds of expected federal conservation payments and about seven tenths of expected wheat parity payments.
A mistress scolds the cook for letting a friend stay too late. The cook apologizes, noting she was recounting the mistress’s failed cake episode that kept them awake with laughter.
A landlord responds to a prospective tenant about room size noting the space is small and proposes thinner wallpaper as a possible accommodation. The exchange captures a brief humorous negotiation reflecting practical adjustments in rental space.
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