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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1950
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside areas. Rates are 1 year and 6 months, with 1.50 and 1.00 inside counties and 2.00 and 1.25 outside. No subscription accepted for under six months.
The Taft-Hartley act faces renewed criticism from labor leaders and President Truman who call it slave labor law. The piece argues that while labor may not be enslaved, the public bears higher fuel costs and shorter coal rations, with potential future moves to curb organized labor and enforce industry-wide bargaining. It predicts stricter anti-trust actions and local contracts, restoring unions to members and benefiting labor in the long run.
Earl B. Bennett of Charlevoix Michigan is named winner in Farm Journal contest for highest corn yield. He produced 221.3 bushels per acre, announced at a Chicago luncheon as progress toward a 300 bushel target.
In Los Angeles a lighthearted note recalls Irwin S. Pierce whose mother set aside a blackberry jam jar eighty years ago. He opened it yesterday at age 90 in Vineland New Jersey and declared the jam still fine, saying he could not resist any longer.
A round of church notices lists services at Presbyterian Assembly of God Church of Christ and Methodist. Each entry notes Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship near 11 a m with additional evening evangelistic or youth events.
The week includes influenza illnesses Larry Cooper and M M Cooper plus Cleve Anderson in Allen Memorial Hospital. Birth announced for L A Watkins Jr. and wife’s newborn boy Tuesday March 14 at Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman. Local visits and club meetings summarize community life with bridge clubs and church programs listed.
Dr R L Smith Supply Pastor W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Mrs B W Newman W M S president J B Layman Brotherhood president Services Morning worship 11 o clock Training Union 645 p m Wednesday prayer service and choir practice at 745 o'clock
Harold Martin and Carl Lancaster were acquitted by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury of stealing a Great Dane and a Collie valued at $10,000 each. Martin testified the dogs boarded his car on December 3 and refused to leave, drawn by his dog food scent as he sells it.
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