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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
4
Whitewright Sun editors and owners J H Waggoner and T Glenn Doss publish weekly on Thursdays. Subscription rates are One Year 1.50 Six Months 1.00 payable in advance. Corrections policy available upon notification of errors reflecting on any person firm or corporation.
A humorous column recounts misadventures after wedding vows tied to a fortune teller. A tall dark husband prophecy fails with a bill collector and unfulfilled travel plans. Nora defends a brainy wife while cousin Emma laments her son Marvel lacking cooking skills. Aunt Minnie and Uncle Bob are playfully skewered.
The piece highlights extreme 1923 German inflation where a royal author’s postage stamp cost more than his earnings, shoe laces exceed shoe prices, and a house could be bought with an American ten dollar bill. It notes beggars discarding million-mark notes and mortgages settled by stamps as foreign money and daily goods gained real value.
A fragmented historical reminiscence recalls German youths finding a misplaced soap box and selling a daily cake to live well, a gold coin dug from antiques buying many bundles of newly printed paper money, illustrating inflation that ruined the middle class and paved the way for Hitler’s dictatorship.
Miss Imogene Bentley, dean of women at North Texas State College, told the Dallas Advertising League that the most important thing in a woman's life is a man. She noted women love their men despite flaws and urged men to surprise wives with gifts chosen by themselves rather than by sales clerks or secretaries.
A reflective piece praising Texas pioneers and their resilience. The author extols early settlers who faced blizzards and dust, noting sturdy women and forward-looking men who worked under hardship. Their spirit is framed as the foundation for future achievement, with a closing nod to General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveler.
A nine year old Penny recalls a boy’s taunt and her fierce retort in a vivid private tale. Separately a divorce petition, filed February 6 1946 in Grayson County Texas, cites cruel treatment by Ann Marie Garland toward Joe B. Garland, with citation issued February 18 1946 and returnable April 8 1946 before Judge in Sherman Court House.
Divorce case filed in Texas referencing Rogers T Glance as plaintiff and Helen Glance as defendant with dates February 19 1946 noted and docket No 54326. The document cites an order issued February 19 1946 and mentions the 8th of April 1946. Additional details indicate the suit concerns dissolution of marriage and includes court action on the February 19 1946 date.
Churches CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday School 10 a m Communion 11 a m FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev E P Wootten Pastor Morning Worship 11 Training Union 6 10 p m Evening Worship 7 Prayer hour Wednesday 7 Choir practice 7 30 Rev E A Doty Pastor Preaching 11 Evening service 8 Everyone welcome METHODIST CHURCH Duke R Barron Pastor Church school 10 Worship service 11 Choir practice Wednesday 7 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH Clifford Taylor of T C U Fort Worth will occupy the pulpit at the 11 o clock service Sunday No evening service
Orr Stinnett and Zac Emerson sue Ashley McKinney et al claiming title under the statute of limitation to parcels in Block 10 South Side Addition Van Alstyne Grayson County Texas. Descriptions reference Waco and Dallas streets and the W. M. Stinnett homestead lot with precise metes and bounds.
Property description runs Block 10 east line Dallas Street north to 75 feet to Houston Street 250 feet east to Waco Street 75 feet south back to beginning. Part of Grayson County partition of W. M. Stinnett Estate in 1946. Plaintiffs seek costs and further relief. Issued February 21, 1946, Grayson County Texas.
A Sunday homecoming at the H. J. Ford residence on East Main marked March birthdays for Mr. Ford his son Ernest Ford two granddaughters Evelyn Ford and Clarawell Burkhalter a grandson Otis Ray Lowrey and a son in law Thomas Orme. Guests included Mr. and Mrs Lester Ford and daughter and Mrs.
Helen Hix of Van Alstyne, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Burkhalter and three children of Ector, Mr and Mrs. Albert Harvey and son of Porterville California, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lowery and five children at Ravenna, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Orme and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jackson of Denison, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ford and two children of Winnsboro are named in a regional notice listing households.
Dr F M Williams, recently discharged from the Navy, acted as program chairman and delivered his maiden Rotary talk. He discussed Trinidad history discovered by Columbus in 1498 and described local customs, noting mixed European and African heritage. Club enjoyed 100 percent attendance. J P Harper, March’s junior member, attended.
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