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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1954
Page
7
Local notes list numerous visits and family ties across Gainesville Denison Dallas Sherman and surrounding towns. People travel to see relatives shop attend events welcome births and celebrate open houses with kin and neighbors.
A man recalls his wife urging a stop at Steve and Al's Meat Market for a pound of hamburger. Steve explains he and Al sell the same meat with equal weights, noting they may differ in approach. The exchange ends with Steve hinting at distinct methods behind identical products.
The Hickman Sunday School class at First Presbyterian met at Mrs. Frank Smith’s home with co hosts and members exchanged gifts and discussed a March service project sending eggs to Reynolds Home for Children in Dallas. Also included are notices of two court citations in Grayson County Texas to Lorin Carter Gibson and Maggie V. Collins with dates for appearances and final settlement actions.
The suit No 61156 filed February 23 194 pending in Grayson County Texas seeks title and possession of Lots Seven Eight Nine and Ten in Block Seven Oak View Addition Denison. Defendants named W R Jay Albert Jay Raymond Jay Jim Jay Bruce Jay Beth Jay and unknown heirs or representatives must answer by April 12 1954 at 10 am in Sherman.
The text contrasts home hospitality with social rankings and quotes Edgar A. Guest on welcoming all, while a separate note advises using a slotted wooden spoon when creaming butter and sugar by hand for cakes and cookies.
The Reflector notes a rule requiring students to pay five cents to retrieve books left on forbidden shelves, with an extra five cents if the book is not covered. Free covers are supplied and students are urged to keep covers on to instill responsibility, fines boosting the library fund.
The author argues that a high school diploma is essential for most jobs and that higher education often follows. He notes few exceptions but emphasizes that education significantly boosts future opportunities and success.
A WHS hallway feature contrasts the main bulletin with a smaller board displaying rules for self improvement. The note urges students to follow these guidelines to become better people and cites L. R. as the writer.
Poem excerpt by Louise Darcy extols homes as warm havens where families share work and joy. It frames houses big and small as places of grace and communal kindness, noting elm shaded streets and glass walls as symbolic comforts. The piece ends with a call that kindness is a universal language.
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