The Spice of Life and Other Light Verse Jokes
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1963
Page
4
Retiring Bosses Share Postwork Plans and Wisecrack
A group of elder corporate men discuss retirement plans with aims like starting small businesses, opening a wood shop, real estate licensing, and selling insurance. One veteran remains quiet then jokes of a simple life. A doctor patient exchange ends with a quip about swollen legs and concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation
Sweet Success Smell and Chorus Broadcast
A young man asks for aftershave and a clerk recommends a scent that drives the girls crazy, smelling like money. The church choir has disbanded for now with thanks from members, while the mixed chorus sang last Sunday in a regional broadcast from Minneapolis about a thousand miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Timid Timothy’s First Date Sparks Nervy Kiss Request
On their first date Timid Timothy takes his new girlfriend to Lovers Lane. After stargazing he asks to kiss her and she retorts with humor about biting, highlighting a shy romantic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Lovers’ Lane
Witty exchange over old potatoes and prison visitors
Mrs Bing laments vague recipe guidance on potato age. Mr Bing jokes about indefiniteness. A warden noting a prisoner’s lack of visitors learns the man’s friends are all in his cell, highlighting isolation in the prison.
Church Programs Schedule With Services And Meetings
The schedule lists Sunday school at 10:00 a m worship at 11:00 a m training union 7:00 p m a second worship at 8:00 p m Sunday School 10:00 a m worship 10:55 a m Methodist Youth Fellowship 6:00 p m fourth Sunday 5:30 p m Women s Society of Christian Service meets first and third Mondays 3:00 p m Wes leyan Service Guild meets every other Monday 7:30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Training Union
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
Sunday Worship and Christ Ambassadors Schedule
The notice lists services and meetings: Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship at 11 a m Worship at 7 p m Christ Ambassadors gathering Saturday at 7 p m and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Ambassadors
Bible Study and Communion at First Christian Church
A Sunday service schedule notes Bible study and communion at 11 00 a m directed by Ross Orendorf Dr C J McKis sack of the First Christian Church of McKinney and Lewis Cummings TCU Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Orendorf
C. J. McKissack
The
First Christian Church of
Sunday and Wednesday church schedule
Bible study Sunday at 10:00 a m worship and communion at 11:00 a m worship Sunday evening at 7 30 p m Wednesday Bible study for all ages at 7 30 p m
Woman Compares Pills To Cotton For Quiet Swallowing
A shopper in a drug store recounts a remark about taking so many pills that she had to swallow a piece of cotton to stop them from rattling, illustrating the winter hardship.
Sunday Services Schedule At Training Union
The church offers a training union at 6:00 p.m. followed by a worship service at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.
First Presbyterian Church Announces Sunday School and Meeting
The First Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday School at 10 A M and worship at 11 A M. A church dinner and congregational meeting will be held in the church basement on Wednesday night March 27 at 7 P M. The session, in its Monday night meeting, formed several important changes to recommend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Bitter facts on federal state and local employment trends
A Tax Foundation report shows federal employees rising from 2.434 million in 1946 to 2.484 million in 1961, a 2 percent gain, while state workers climbed 102 percent to 1.627 million and local workers 81 percent to 4.990 million. Per capita ratios reveal federal workers falling from 18 to 13 per thousand, with state and local ratios rising. debt expanded 300 percent at state and local levels vs federal debt under 9 percent, suggesting tax cuts would shift burden to states and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Foundation, Inc
Dallas Times Herald
Antonomasia as a figure of speech explained
The term antonomasia describes using a proper name to denote a characteristic or attribute such as a "Solomon" for a wise man. Britannica notes this rhetorical device links name to trait through common usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Antonomasia
Encyclopedia Britannica
If I Were The Devil Sermon Warns Of State Power Shift
Extract from a Midland Michigan sermon by Reverend Kenneth W. Sollitt warns that expanding government and taxation can lead to state control of industry and a police state. It contrasts republican roots with a move toward a communist nation and highlights the danger of broad government reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Kenneth W. Sollitt
First Baptist Church
Midland
Michigan
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