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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
5
Claud Phillips shows improvement after a week of illness. Numerous local residents visit family in Dallas, Sherman, Denison, and Fort Worth. Hospital patients include Mrs. Grover Stateville and Mrs. Minnie Alverson in Sherman. Pfe. Thomas Chitwood enlists and reports from Rotary, churches, and civic groups reflect active community life.
Charley McLean works as timekeeper with a Katy extra crew in Lancaster. A garage at Floyd Bassett's home caught fire from burning grass. Gerald Bird alerted Bassett and firemen arrived to find little damage. Methodist Women’s Society met for a Japan program with 18 members. next meeting April 4. Zenith cleaning plant fire suspected from thawing pipes. two night watchmen kept the fire from spreading. Farmers report ongoing planting and field work. dry weather needed for corn and cotton. Lucyle Sanders received a correction about Eisenhower’s birthplace, noting he was born in Denison Texas. A lemon added to dried fruits enhances flavor.
Mr and Mrs Carl Holland returned home Saturday from a trip visiting their son Leslie Holland and family of Grand Prairie and their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Jack Dickerman and children of Fort Worth They also visited Mr and Mrs C F Holland in Mineral Wells
A miscellaneous shower for the bride was hosted Friday night at the groom’s parents home in Ely. Guests wrote letters of advice to the bride and presented a recipe collection. Refreshments were served to about forty guests.
Mrs. Guy Hamilton hosted the T. E. L. Sunday School class of the First Baptist Church at her residence for a Wednesday afternoon session. Olive Myrick led the devotional and S. T. Montgomery Sr. conducted prayers. Ed Martin, the class president, led the business portion. Games and contests followed with Saint Patrick's motif refreshments.
The Friday Literary Club gathered March 12 with sixteen members. Dr. Bertha Stokes of the Grayson County Health Unit was ill and did not attend. Dr. Malcolm Williams spoke on dental health. Mrs. Homer Sears reported on school health progress. Mrs. Guy Hamilton discussed Tschaikovsky and Chopin with records. Delegates Olivia Whedbee and Bryant King were elected for the Second District meeting at Bonham.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. R. D. Maddux home with members answering roll call Re creations My Family Enjoys. Miss Zelma Moore county agent spoke on Outdoor Livingroom and Equipment and demonstrated glassware etching.
Conducted by Mrs Miller and Mrs Ed Martin. Refreshments served to 14 club members, one visitor Mrs J A Laughbaugh and Miss Moore. The club will meet March 25 in the home of Miss Viva Phillips. Subject Cake Demonstration. Visitors are welcome.
1st Sgt Joe Phillips son of Mrs Arthur Caraway of Bells Route Two celebrated his 30th birthday with a family dinner Sunday at the home. Nearby relatives from Leavenworth Celina Sherman Dal las Van Alstyne and other places attended with children and spouses. Afternoon callers included Don Mullinix Ray Lumpkins and families. Games followed the meal.
Rotary Club Glen Earnheart led Friday lunch with Dr. James P. Deberry of McKinney discussing cattle diseases and the link to proper feeding. A county agriculture technician program for Grayson County seeks $6,000 with $2,100 from Texas A and M extension and $300 from Whitewright. the project will test soils crops and fertilizers countywide. Visitors included Frank Thompson Joe Keith J M Hollingsed and Dan Smith.
The article notes that during World War II many more men served in supply maintenance and administration than in combat, with only one in eight veterans seeing frontline action.
A discussion of billions compares a billion dollars with wages. It shows a worker earning one dollar per hour for 40 hours weekly and 50 weeks yearly would need 500 000 years to reach a billion, far above total wages in 1942 coal or in several cities in 1939.
A merchant secured a fire insurance policy in the morning and his shop burned at 3 30 p m the same day. The insurer suspected fraud but could not prove it and sent a letter noting the timing of the policy and the blaze.
The report notes that the number of broadcasting stations in the United States has doubled since the war, reflecting rapid growth in radio media and expanded nationwide coverage.
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