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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1960
Page
1
The Sun reports First National Bank hours from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday with Thursday closure at noon to cap work hours under wage laws. Pancake Day at Ayres Cafe Saturday offers breakfast or supper combos for 60 cents, proceeds aiding the senior trip.
A circus figure tempers storefront decor by filling windows with posters in exchange for bleacher tickets. The writer laments U S respect abroad, cites Cuban asset seizures under Castro, and questions Teddy Roosevelt's hypothetical response.
The Whitewright Board of Education has elected staff for next year, with all current teachers retained except Miss Lucille Sanders who retires at 65. Superintendent Montgomery notes attendance must stay strong and urges daily school attendance.
District Supervisor Harry R. Scheid announced that Advance Census Report Forms for the 1960 Population and Housing census will be distributed this week to all area households. The form asks for seven personal items and six dwelling details, with a 25 percent sample questionnaire to be completed later. Information is confidential and published only as statistical totals.
The admiralty received no bids for the battleship Vanguard until a letter signed by Six Young Hopefuls offered tonnage and fire power details and enclosed a five pound deposit to hold the ship for later purchase.
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce honors Carl McFatridge and family for their economic impact through Carl's Sausage Company. Since starting in 1955 in Whitewright, the business expanded with brothers joining, producing Carl's Tasty Sausage and lard, and employing 22 in the plant with payroll near 88000 dollars this year. The firm serves a wide territory across Texas including Texarkana Marshall Tyler Athens Garland Irving and Denton.
Funeral services for Clifford Pheobus 61 were held at Earnheart Funeral Home with Rev. C J Graves and Rev. Wesley D Thompson officiating. Burial followed at Wittitee Cemetery. He died Thursday at his Whitewright route two home. born September 6 1898 to John and Narcissus Pheobus. He married Aline Pennell in 1918 at Tom Bean and was a farmer. Survived by wife a brother Charlie Pheobus of Whitewright Clark Ardmore Okla John A Clark Oklahoma City James Clark Martin Tenn 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mrs. E A Rogers of Durant Oklahoma died Wednesday in a Durant hospital. Funeral services are set for Friday in Durant with burial in Cannon Cemetery southwest of Whitewright. She was the mother of Mrs H K Tate of Whitewright.
Robert Lee Clark 88 of Durant Oklahoma died March 7 in a Durant hospital. Funeral rites were March 9 in Durant with burial at Whitewright. Born October 11, 1871 in Pickett County Tennessee, he was married to Sally Ann Sells in 1909 who died in 1955. He formerly lived in Whitewright and is survived by four sons including Gene Clark of Whitewright and Dr Frank W.
Noel C Ownby 77 former Whitewright resident died Sunday in Tulsa Oklahoma Funeral services were held there Tuesday He was born in Tennessee moved with his parents to a farm near Whitewright in 1883 and was a Grayson College graduate Survivors include Noel Ownby Jr a New York director for the Jack Paar Show a daughter Mrs W S Ronnardson Bakersfield California a brother Dr Warren D Ownby Broken Arrow Oklahoma and three grandchildren
Will Smith 70 a well known White wright Negro died Saturday in Sherman hospital Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday in the Western Beauty Colored Methodist Church and burial was in the White Rock Cemetery He was a native of Grayson County and a retired railroad employee Survivors include his wife Mrs Olivia Boyd Smith of Big Lake two daughters Mrs Katie Lee Barker Hollis Okla and Mrs Jewel Creeks Wichita Falls three sisters Mrs Lizzie Owens Snyder Mrs May Ella Hall Oklahoma City and Mrs Maggie Redmond Whitewright one brother Will Goff Dallas and three grandchildren
A dialogue notes one man quitting alcohol and a second asking why. The first reveals the still exploded, ending the exchange with a casual grimace about domestic fallout. The scene reads like a colloquial crime or accident vignette.
A personal letter recounts a Sunday drive behind a slow driver and a church day. humorous digs at a preacher. tax assessor woes. cannibals in the Pacific as a tax fix. Confederate money humor and wife’s thrift. The narrator reflects on humility poverty and family banter.
Sheriff Blanton reports a state law forbidding shooting guns inside city limits and urges residents to report violations to City Hall with violator names. The information will be relayed to Mayor Russell Summers.
The senior class sponsors a pancake breakfast and supper on Saturday March 19 at Ayres Cafe. Breakfast runs from 6:30 until, and supper from 4:00 to 7:00. Meals cost 60 cents for adults and 40 cents for a children's stack. Proceeds go toward the senior trip.
Monday offers Hamburgers with Lettuce Tomato Pickle Onion Potato Chips and Banana Pudding. Tuesday serves Meat Balls Franco American Spaghetti Green Beans Hot Rolls Butter Jelly. Wednesday features Lima Beans Spam Cheese Mixed Greens Cornbread Fruit Salad Cookies. Thursday presents Scalloped Beef and Potatoes Cabbage Slaw with Green Peppers Hot Rolls Butter Syrup. Friday includes Hot Dogs Chili Baked Beans Pineapple Grated Cheese on Lettuce and Ice Cream.
Dr. Harvey Flack, editor of Family Doctor, calls for husbands and wives to join a six week experiment named Operation Silent Night. The really bad snorers will perform pre sleep exercises while their partners stay awake to record outcomes.
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce met at First National Bank last Thursday where Clint Hennig proposed a summer youth program with supervised playground activities for children up to 14 and two weekly trips to Sherman pool. The group also reviewed Pascal Farley’s plan to build a 16 foot access road to the Negro cemetery and donate land and tile for the project. Kenneth Frisby and Clyde Little outlined a member drive aided by Boy Scouts and announced a town economy publicity program with stories by The Sun. The next meeting will be the first Thursday in April.
The Western Week begins with a 3 30 p m parade downtown featuring bicycles horses and floats from all grades plus an old time western posse. Prizes honor the best dressed riders and most unique entry with entry rules and safety permits noted for students.
Bowmer 40 Temple lawyer campaigned in Whitewright for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Baylor Law School graduate 1942, former Bell County attorney, now with Skelton Bowmer Courtney in Temple. Past president of three-county bar association and active in revising Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
An Egyptian explains the phrase going up as going south since in Egypt going up the Nile means moving upstream. The remark highlights how cardinal directions tie to river-based geography and language.
Sherman resident Tony Korioth visited Whitewright to meet voters. He authorized The Sun to publish his candidacy for re election as state representative from District 49 F. Korioth recently returned from Austin after taking the state bar exam following UT Law School studies.
Paul Simpson of Bonham district manager for Lone Star Gas Company visited Whitewright this morning to discuss plans with Chamber of Commerce leaders to extend natural gas service to Tom Bean.
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