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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
4
The notice provides subscription pricing for Grayson and Fannin Counties and for outside these counties. Rates are 1 year for 1.50 and 2.00, six months for 1.00 and 1.25 respectively. The Whitewright Sun is edited and published by T. Glenn Doss.
A column examines how East Texas is variably defined by geography and culture. It contrasts map lines such as the Sabine River and the 100th meridian with regional labels, from piney woods to red hills, and notes local debates among towns and chambers about where East Texas ends.
The passage extols East Texas as a land of hills and rivers, awakening from an old era of backward agriculture to a new age of modern farming and industry. It links oil discoveries, frontier heritage, and the culture of the Old South with economic and scientific progress across a defined region bounded by Red River, Waco, Louisiana, San Jacinto, and the Gulf. Here's to East Texas, a land of romantic past and challenging future.
The article traces spring clean-up origins from a teacher’s dress gift to a slum child sparking neighborhood efforts. It notes over 10,000 communities observing spring clean-up week with fewer fires, less juvenile delinquency, and lower disease rates. Dallas is cited as the largest US city not on navigable water, replacing Indianapolis in 1950.
The Pittsburg Texas Gazette argues delaying action against criminal influx by years, noting home grown teens will soon graduate in criminology and could rival imported criminals, while cities fret over the threat.
Austin advisory argues heart disease is not a single illness and many patients can remain active within their limits. It cautions against self diagnosis and notes some require rest while others can work, under physician guidance, to avoid unnecessary strain.
In Caen France a local creditor trimmed the hair of a man who owed 30 000 francs about 90 dollars paraded him through the streets and forced him to sit in humiliation for hours at a bar as punishment for the debt.
Rev R L Hamm leads Sunday school at 945 am and morning worship at 11 am Evangelistic service at 7 pm Wednesday prayer service at 7 pm Young people's evangelistic service Saturday at 7 pm Sunday church school at 10 am with seven classes Kindergarten to seniors Scripture teaching singing and prayers 11 am and 730 pm preaching by Pastor B L White
Ashley D. Jameson pastor leads a Sunday schedule with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning service at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. Evening service at 7 30. Youth hour at 8 30 p.m. Rev J P Fleming district superintendent to give Palm Sunday message at 11 a.m. including infant christening during the service.
Rev James L Cooper pastor W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Miss Carrie Hamilton W M S president Ralph Brown Brotherhood president Services Morning worship 11 o clock Training Union 6 00 p m Evening worship 7 00 p m Wednesday prayer 7 o clock choir 7 45 o clock North Texas Larger Parish Paris Presbytery Rev Lee H Smith pastor director Miss Dorothy Jane Nelson Bonham director of Religious Education Sunday School 10 a m Floyd Bassett superintendent Classes Morning worship 11 00 Palm Sunday reception of members Pastor in charge Westminster Fellowship 5 00 p m second and fourth Sundays Miss Nelson in charge Preview next quarter Faith and Life Sunday School material Friday evening March 16 church 7 30 All Sunday School teachers all adult students invited Holy Week Communion Thursday
In Nevada Morris Oxborrow, a farmer, reports his cow has a left side marking resembling Abraham Lincoln. On Lincoln's birthday the cow delivered a calf, making a patriotic moment for the farm.
A stray cat named Hobo has settled at S. E. Jackson's fish market in Memphis Tennessee and has gained six pounds while loitering there.
March 22 at 7 30 p m a union service is planned at the Presbyterian Church. A Good Friday service will be held at 7 30 p m at the Methodist Church as part of the union program. The Paris Presbyterial meets March 30 at Leonard Church.
Adam Lee Crouch, 69, died March 9 at his home on Brooks Street in Amarillo. A native of Chanute Kentucky, he lived in Whitewright Sherman and Amarillo, worked in dry cleaning until retirement. Survivors: wife, two sons A L Crouch Jr. and Jack, daughter Elizabeth Zellemayer. Funeral held in Amarillo.
The poem by Edgar A. Guest notes money is friendly and useful for daily needs yet cannot comfort sadness or buy courage. It contrasts material comforts with personal traits and hard work, insisting wealth cannot replace virtue or bravery. Only skill, willingness, and a sunny nature enable true richness.
Subscribers in zoned cities are urged to check address labels and provide their postal zone number. The Sun requests zone numbers to speed delivery and asks readers to write in with the information.
The article advises acids for removing iron rust stains from enamel sinks. Lemon juice or vinegar can work for light stains. Let the solution stand, then rinse with water. For stronger stains a diluted hydrochloric acid solution applied with cotton on a stick may be used.
In 1948 the United States held 71 percent of all motor vehicles and 78 percent of passenger cars, equating to one car for every 4.4 Americans. Russia accounted for 12 percent of passenger cars, or one car per 290 people.
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