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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1959
Page
1
A local column mixes personal notes and opinions. It notes Ralph Judd returning from the Army to help in a store and George Hight organizing a free self-examination film at Linda theatre for women. It also highlights a Whitewright dentist honored for service and cites a Washington tax revolt sentiment and a satirical letter about overbearing laws and taxes.
The Whitewright Board of Education elected a full slate of teachers for the local schools Supt S T Montgomery Jr reports Reelected were a long list of white school teachers and Negro school teachers plus custodians bus drivers lunchroom staff and a new Assessor-Collector Helen Bilner replaces Mrs B W Newman who resigned after the district took over tax assessing duties
Manton Fain will depart March 20 from New York to Paris via Air France on March 23 for a three week inter-line tour of Russia with airline colleagues. The group, hosted by Inntourist Bureau, will visit Leningrad and Kiev by rail and bus, then return to Paris and London etc. Fain aims to meet friends connected to Dr. John A. Ray who once served as consul in Russia.
The menu lists daily options for the week. Monday offers baked ham with creamed potatoes and green beans. Tuesday features hot dogs with chili and beans. Wednesday serves roast beef with sides. Thursday includes ham hocks with pinto beans and greens. Friday presents salmon loaf with potatoes and peas.
Fannin County cotton farmers face a March 15 deadline to choose their 1959 allotment plan. ASC chair Ray Grisham warns that failing to notify the ASC will default farmers to Plan A with higher price support, while Plan B allows overplanting but no higher price. Dan Barnard notes most farmers have already chosen.
Free tuberculin patch tests start in Gunter Whitesboro Van Alstyne Whitewright Sherman scheduled for March 11 12 and 18 at Whitewright City Hall. Tests target ages 15 to 50 with reactors offered free chest x rays later via the state mobile unit. program piloted in four Texas counties funded by Christmas seal sales.
Dr. Paul E. Geers announced Whitewright Medical & Surgical Clinic gained American Academy of General Practice approval for its preceptor program. Fourth year UT School of Medicine students will spend three months in a general practice clinic meeting patient load and equipment standards. First student hoped for July.
Automobiles can now take road tests at speeds up to 125 MPH while standing still. The tests, run in a special electronic laboratory, can pinpoint faulty vibrations as small as .0001 of an inch.
About 27,000 people in the United States died in 1958 from accidents at home or related sites.
The White Wright Public Schools host a 7:00 to 8:00 pm open house during Public Schools Week and present a 8:15 pm Womanless Wedding in the gym to raise funds for the senior trip. Supt S T Montgomery Jr notes all faculty will attend and parents may view student work in home rooms. The Reflector lists the wedding cast and page 6 details.
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes with a humorous reminiscence on stubbornness and daily life. He notes softer weather, dwindling wood, and porch repairs while musing on moonshine, church, and square eggs as satirical examples. He jokes about evolving society, local preachers, and a stubborn nature that characterizes people.
Free showing of a breast self examination film organized by George Hight aims to educate women on early cancer detection. The 2 pm Thursday March 12 screening at Linda Theatre emphasizes a simple technique to spot lumps and ease fears about cancer.
Triplet daughters were born Sunday to Mrs. John Charles Jones of Bells and her husband of Whitewright. Total weight seven pounds five ounces. They are in an incubator at Baylor Hospital. The mother is daughter of M. B. Jernigan of Dallas, formerly of Bells. Father is son of A. B. Jones of Whitewright, now an assembly worker at the Ford Plant in Dallas. The family previously has a daughter Susan, eight.
Funeral services were held for Fred L. Starr Sr. 69 at Barnheart Funeral Chapel. Starr died Friday at McKinney Veterans Hospital after a long illness. Burial was in Alton Cemetery. He married Ida Lee Maxwell in 1917. she died in 1956. Survived by a son, a daughter, four brothers, four sisters, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday in the Crockett Street Church of Christ Sherman for Carlton Leon Booher 48 machinist for Hardwicke Etter Co who died Sunday in a Sherman hospital Burial was in Carson Cemetery north of Ector Booher born March 19 1910 in the Ely community son of Mr and Mrs Tom Booher He married Goldie Duckworth November 29 1940 in Bonham He was a Whitewright public schools graduate and a Church of Christ member Survivors include his wife his parents two daughters five sisters and four brothers plus a quotation about lunch and diet by his doctor
Clint Hennig arranges an entertaining PTA program at 7 30 p m in the Whitewright school gym Tuesday March 10. A Tiny Tot Revue includes first to third graders in parent fashions with Ruth Elaine Williams as narrator. A Barber Shop Quartet and Company perform for a lively second act.
The Whitewright Homemaking Department offers an adult hat making class on Monday March 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. Instructor Mrs Elaine R Hay of Gainesville provides materials and trims. Each participant pays for her hat. sandwiches coffee and cake will be served. Contact Mrs Earl Blanton for information.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says crime rose 8 percent in U S cities last year with youths under 18 up 6 5 percent. The rise was largest in smaller to mid sized areas while arrests overall held steady. Forcible rape and burglaries surged in smaller cities.
In Bartow Florida Mrs C L Anderson reached for vinegar after a sham poo and grabbed pine oil floor cleaner. Her hair became a sticky mess and beauty parlors could not fix it, forcing her to cut it to two inches after 12 years of growth.
A brief exchange shows a humorous remark about marital disagreements. The speaker notes conflicts with his wife ended when they acknowledged his error. The line reflects a light domestic humor tone.
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