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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
3
Social roundup details numerous weekend trips and visits among Whitewright residents. Names include Norris Stoneman England Piatt Ownby Martin Dillon Hinton Simmons Arney Layman Meade Patterson Haile Penn Bassett Bassett Freeman Harrison Brookins Kirk May Harrison, plus military and church activities.
Farmers receive a practical spray plan to combat worms and brown rot on peaches and plums. The guidance includes staged sprays from bud break to post bloom, with chemical mixes such as lime sulfur zinc sulfate hydrated lime arsenate of lead and wettable sulfur, plus trunk whitewashing pruning and root borer prep. The notice also references a tax suit citation from Grayson County filed March 9 1951 in the 15th District Court.
The Whitewright Sun reports renewal season with subscribers delivering renewals or mailing them in. New subscribers are added daily as rates apply at 1.50 per year in Grayson and Fannin Counties and 2 per year when mailed from other areas.
In Austin Martha Cole recounts J Frank Dobie reflecting on historic freezes in Texas. He cites Jane Long and old cowboys, describing winters when Gulf bays iced over, buffalo chips burned, cattle died, and extreme cold spread from Live Oak County to the Plains, with Amarillo and Dalhart noting record lows.
A humorous verse notes taxes drain funds until even a parking meter asks a penny and the speaker admits having none. The light verse plays on perpetual fiscal appetite and everyday irritation with small coins.
During the French Revolution the jeweled mirror of Queen Marie de Medici was valued at thirty thousand dollars. The item’s status and appraisal reflect the era’s royal artifacts and their changing fortunes amid upheaval.
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