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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1953
Page
4
Local notice indicates publication every Thursday and that the paper is entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter.
In Grayson Fannin Counties two dollars outside these counties two fifty regular rates apply to notices of events with admission charged or items for sale and to cards of blanks home grown poetry and memorials.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department failed to purchase beef this week as bids were too high. The department had sought export beef for Greece under a Mutual Security program to bolster prices but accepted none, noting processors asked prices beyond current market levels. It renewed its offer to buy if prices align with market.
Miss Elizabeth Coffin and Lloyd Maxwell Graves see their betrothal announced in Miami Florida. The notice identifies the engaged couple and the city linked to the announcement.
A poem by Edgar A. Guest extols luck as earned through faith, skill, iron will, dreams, and bold action. It links luck to courage and effort, noting that those without self bravery depend on luck and that dreamers with grit have better chances of luck. It juxtaposes a modern stat about 1952 petroleum use in tractors with farm power and food security.
Drs Harold Landers and Bernard Sturgis of E I Du Pont described using radio active gasoline to study cylinder deposits in engines. They ignite the radioactive fuel and photograph lead deposits on film to locate sludge formation stages aiding development of cleaner, more efficient engines and gasoline.
A 19 year old woman Helen Grubbs Mecke of Azle admitted being the bandit named Piano Legs who robbed the First National Bank of Handley for 1570 dollars. She was arrested within an hour by two motorcycle officers. After arrest she attempted suicide in her city jail cell. Her husband Roy H. Mecke is stationed at Carswell Air Force Base.
Governor Shivers on Monday signed a bill requiring state employees to declare by affidavit that they have not been members of any Communist subversive organization for the past five years.
A meat pie recipe uses leftover roast beef and vegetables with a corn bread topping. Filling combines carrots celery potatoes peas onion and beef. topping blends corn meal flour salt baking powder egg yolk milk and fat. Bake at 400 F for 20 to 25 minutes yielding six servings.
The author compares dog training and child upbringing, arguing that disciplined teaching shapes social acceptance. Emphasizes manners, respect for property, and neighborly relations, suggesting older parenting methods could improve human behavior and reduce neuroses.
Bonham resident Brad Price forgoes cars, using two gray mules to haul a wagon twice a month for groceries. He says home grown grass and hay are cheaper than gasoline, making the old mules reliable and economical.
Hollywood distributor Movies for Television warns the supply of antique films is nearly exhausted within a year. Dave Wolper, head of the firm, says major studios will not release old films to TV as it competes with theaters. Independent producers’ titles remain the target, including a 1951 English film and a 1933 Rain with Joan Crawford.
Former Senator Tom Connally of Texas has given his personal papers to the Library of Congress. The collection includes 42 scrapbooks and over 100000 unbound items covering his 36 year congressional career, with extensive correspondence and files on campaigns legislation and national policy topics.
A new Edco delayed action light switch arrives in Dallas at Titche-Goettinger Co. The device turns off after a 75 foot walk, keeping porch or stairway lights on for about a minute. Invented to prevent trips and falls, it suits homes with bed distance lights and elderly or young residents.
Reuben Hensley, 99, of Roxton, regrets selling his buggy horse two years ago and now seeks another horse to pull his buggy to avoid walking to town. He continues reading newspapers, attends church, and fishes regularly.
The junior class offers subscriptions to Collier's American Magazine Woman's Home Companion and Special for one year at seven dollars with three fifty to the class. Other magazines are listed. Contact Jimmy Nossaman or Mrs Earl Blan for details.
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