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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1965
Page
2
Danny Thomas Reveals Secret To 29 Years Of Marriage
Danny Thomas and Rosemarie celebrate their 29th wedding anniversary at a night club. A reporter asks for the secret to lasting marriage and Thomas replies with a playful line about California community property and three little words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Thomas
Rosemarie
Danny
California
Father Gives Daughter Her Own Phone Bill
A teenage girl cheers as her father hands over a new phone and explains the envelope contains her bill. The moment marks her sense of growing up as she receives responsibility and an obligation to pay.
Midwesterner’s New York bar crawl ends in subway cellar
A Midwest visitor on his first trip to New York visits many Times Square bars then descends a stairway into a man's cellar. He emerges glassy-eyed and says the man has a set of trains, prompting astonished reaction from a friend who had been searching for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Times Square
Sales Clerk Clergymen and Stormy Flight Exchange
A passenger anxious in a violent thunderstorm seeks comfort from a clergyman beside her. The Reverend replies that he cannot help with the aviation crisis, as he is in sales, not management.
Judge and Drunk Clash Over Promotion Gaffe
A courtroom exchange echoes a joke as a judge notes two decades inside the court while a drunken remark about promotion surfaces. The dialogue highlights courtroom humor amid routine proceedings.
A Son's Summer Play Role About a Quarter Century
A young man shares with his father that he secured a summer play role as a man married for 25 years. The father encourages persistence, predicting a future speaking part. The exchange highlights ambition and family support in budding acting careers.
Doctor Asked to Split Personality to Lonesome Man
A man pleads with a doctor to split his personality claiming he is lonesome. The remark frames a humorous or odd exchange reflecting loneliness as a motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Farmer Confesses Grow-Your-Own Linen Joke
A farmer boasts he grew not only flax but a tablecloth from his own product. A guest questions the claim and the farmer confesses with a wink that he planted a napkin instead. The playful exchange highlights homegrown humor in rural life.
Bonham Firm Awarded Large Contract
Congressman Ray Roberts announced that March 16 the Department of Agriculture awarded De Rose Industries Incorporated in Bonham a contract worth 299492.60 for a Job Corps Rural Center in Cass Arkansas in Franklin County. The project includes a dormitory complex staff center dis neneury educators and recreational facilities kitchen dining and cooks quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Roberts
Department of Agriculture
de Rose Industries, Incorporated
Bonham
Job Corps
Cass
Arkansas
Franklin County
Roberts
Texas 65 Health Insurance Opens For Seniors Next Month
Texas citizens aged 65 and over can buy Texas 65 Health Insurance in late April, announced H. Lewis Rietz. The program offers three plans with premiums from $9 to $19 monthly and allows purchase by spouses, children, or relatives without the insured’s signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas 65
H. Lewis Rietz
Texas 65 Health Insurance Association
Rietz
United States
$300,000 Needed For Screwworm Eradication
Texas farmers and ranchers are asked to raise 300000 to sustain the screwworm eradication program through June. The SWAHFA rally runs March 29 to build funds while Congress weighs a 5 million USDA request to cover future costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation
Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dolph Briscoe Jr
Swahfa
Uvalde
Mexico
Southwest
Tex
Deaths Elbert Edens 94 Funeral in Whitewright
Funeral services for Mrs. Elbert Edens 94 were held Sunday at Earnheart chapel with Wallace Mynatt of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by two sons Jeff and Joe Edens, two daughters Mrs. Jim Meador and Mrs. Tass Farrow, 17 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Edens
Earnheart Chapel
Wallace Mynatt
Church of Christ
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jack Edens
David Edens
Dillard England
Bland Farrow
Lester England
Exeter
Saints Are Sinners Sermon at Church of Christ Programs
The Church of Christ posts a Sunday service schedule with Bible study at 10 a.m. worship and communion at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Evening. Wednesday programs begin at 7:30 p.m. with Jr MYF at 4:30 and high school MYF at 6:30. March 28 features One Great Hour of Sharing.
Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship service follows at 11 a.m.
East Sherman Baptist Church Youth Week Calendar
Saturday events include Youth Night Worship and Sunday School led by youth. Rehearsals for Junior and Youth Choirs run through the day. The sequence continues Monday through Tuesday with circles, mid week prayer, and church choir practice at listed times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associational Baptist
East Sherman Baptist Church
Joy Russell
Rex Ray
Sunday Worship Schedule and Services
The notice lists worship times including 9 45 a m Sunday School 11 a m worship and 7 p m worship with Christ Ambassadors Saturday at 7 p m and a 7 p m Wednesday prayer meeting. Sunday worship repeats at 9 a m each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Ambassadors
Sunday Visitor Attendance Encouraged
Visitors are invited to attend each Sunday as part of a community outreach effort.
Church Sunday Schedule for Kentuckytown and Bethel
Kentuckytown Baptist Church lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Training Union at 6 p.m. and another worship service at 7 p.m. Bethel Baptist Church shows Sunday services with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and further activities implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Training Union
Bethel Baptist Church
Legislature to Match Federal Funds for Livestock Health
Legislature will match an equal amount of Federal funds to support the total need for animal health. County committees are formed and livestockmen will contribute 10 cents per head of cattle or horses and 2 cents per head of sheep goats or swine. A prior Foundation campaign raised over $3 million for the eradication program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Foundation
Sun Wanted They Get Fast Results
Classified notice seeks sun exposure assistance with promise of quick outcomes. Job posting emphasizes efficiency and rapid response times for outdoor tasks. Applicant should be energetic, available immediately, and able to handle outdoor conditions.
Dear Mister Editor from Tom Bean on a bad news week
Uncle Dan writes to the editor from Tom Bean noting widespread colds and flu, local troubles, a Florida mayor urging Ten Commandments taught to children, and critiques of DeGaulle and Soviet reporting amid a week of mainly bad news. He jokes about fortune tellers and preachers, cites price rises in Sheckolavakium, and mocks Russian press claims about hungry American kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everbody
Ed Doolittle
Instant
Florida
Washington
Russia
Social Security Notes for Sherman Self-Employed
Gus Jones of Sherman Social Security District outlines 1964 tax duties for self-employed individuals. File Form 1040 plus Schedule C or F by April 15 and report net earnings of 400 dollars or more to secure Social Security credits. If 1961 self-employment income wasn’t reported, file by April 15, 1965. correct SSN on the return ensures full earnings credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Jones
Sherman
Jones
Internal Revenue Office
Whitewright Through the Decades March 19 1920 1929 1940 Highlights
Long retrospective notes community events and obituaries across four decades. Entries include club treasury, sudden death, home fire, births, moves, Navy discharge, local business moves, a monument from WWI, weddings, deaths, and civic happenings in Whitewright and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Commercial Club
Tom B. Moore
Smith
C. L. Patton
John Cantrell
Looney Robbins
Leonard
Clarence Thompson
Navy
G. D. McCarty
Knox City
Birthday Party Honors Ann LaRoe on March 1930
Mrs. W. E. LaRoe honored her daughter Ann with a Saturday afternoon birth day party. Attendees included Morris F. Gillett Lester LaRoe Jr. Edward Montgomery Betty Jo Miller Joan Adams Jack Sears Ben Robert Jones Sharon Mc Iver and Billy Jean Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. LaRoe
Ann
Morris F. Gillett
Lester LaRoe Jr
Leonard
Edward Montgomery
Betty Jo Miller
Joan Adams
Jack Sears
Ben Robert Jones
Sharon McIver
Billy Jean Montgomery
How Much is 127 Billion Dollars Really?
An exploration of the vast 127 billion dollar figure used for federal spending in 1965. The piece uses comparisons of weights, lengths, and times to illustrate scale, noting how long it would take to count it, the miles involved, and the daily impact on individuals. It includes humorous and exaggerated calculations to convey magnitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
U. S
Vehicle Inspection Deadline Approaching in Texas
Captain Marvin Blount of the Texas DPS urges motorists to secure 1965 inspection stickers now as about half of local vehicles remain uninspected. With an April 15 deadline, many owners may face long lines and delays at crowded stations. Inspections cover brakes lights reflectors horn wipers. commercial vehicles have additional required checks. Early stickers help avoid delays and time loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Blount
Motor Vehicle Inspection Service
Texas Department of Public Safety
Blount
Savoy Awards Contract for New Water Tank and Pump
Savoy Water Maintenance Co. of Savoy awarded contract to install a 100000 gallon storage tank. Lane Water of Lane Texas to install a 500 gallon per minute pump. Tank increases Savoy storage to 193000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy—The Water Maintenance Co. of
Savoy
Lane Water
Lane
Texas
French law restricts wine naming to fresh grape products
French legislation narrows the term wine to the fermentation product of fresh grapes or fresh grape juice, barring use of dried grapes or raisins in winemaking according to new rules.
Easter Seal Drive Starts In Grayson Co
The Grayson County Society for Crippled Children launches its yearly Easter Seal campaign with Mrs. R. D. Maddux as Whitewright chairperson. Last year Whitewright contributed $241.52 toward the Crippled Children's Center in Sherman, offering preschool and speech, hearing, and physical therapy services plus equipment loans. Three Whitewright children attend twice weekly for speech therapy and two for physical therapy. Mrs. Al Norrell, director, notes 298 Easter Seal envelopes have been mailed to Whitewright rural patrons for personal outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County Society For Crippled Children
R. D. Maddux
Whitewright
Crippled Children’s Center
Sherman
al Norrell
Texas Sees Record Rise in Major Crime in 1964
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports a 13.8 percent rise in major offenses to 260,860 in 1964, with all seven categories up. Murder 1,153, rape 1,569, burglary 4,052, aggravated assault 16,551, theft 152,863, auto theft 20,226, and a state rate of 2,723 per 100,000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garricon
DPS
Texas Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police
Garrison
Cub Scout Meeting Features Rope Knots Talk
Wallace Mynatt and Gary Ryan visited Den 3 for a Cub Scout meeting they demonstrated rope knots and spoke on What to Expect as Boy Scouts. Refreshments were served. A Pack meeting is set for March 30 at 7 00 p m in the Methodist Annex inviting anyone interested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Mynatt
Gary Ryan
Den 3
Methodist Annex
Little Rock Home Demonstration Club Hosts Luncheon and Quilt
The Little Rock HD Club met with Mrs. R. H. McKinney for a covered dish luncheon and quilting. Mrs. H. O. Miller led as president. Five members and three guests attended with door prize drawn by Mrs. Louis Franklin. Next meeting at Firemen's Hall hosted by Whitewright HD Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
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