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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
7
The column offers a history snippet on Americas name origins from Americus Vespucius to Columbus and a sewing class report with a pre school garment project. It also provides a DIY skincare tip using wax crayons olive oil and hand lotion for smoother hands.
The article offers thrifty sewing tips for girls to repurpose an army hat into a purse with a zipper, weave pot holder holders into a hat, and fashion a flowered wool scarf by cutting fabric into a V shape and looping yarn around edges. It suggests using white crayon to label writing paper with a name.
This week features a happy junior crowd after Saturday night’s banquet while some receive tough report card news. Teachers remind that the final six weeks demand effort to finish strong as American history studies postwar unrest and English, Spanish, and typing classes stay busy under Mrs. Kent Beazley Neathery and Miss Neathery with a new student Patsy Holland joining last week.
A collection of vintage ads from many cities highlighting quirky lines and turn of phrase. They include exaggerated offers, odd product pitches, and humorous missteps in marketing across North Carolina South Carolina Texas and Alabama.
Short classified notice from Bluefield West Virginia advertising a car needed for a cow and a radio for a steer, circulated by local dealer B N W.
Guests gathered for the Sherman event enjoying fruit cocktail creamed chicken and spring salad. Entertainment included piano duet trumpet solo and dances from Mildred Chaffin's studio as about eighty attendees relaxed in red and white decor with memory books and place cards.
Summary traces Harry S. Truman birth in Lamar Missouri in 1884 to his 1945 oath as president. Notes early work as a drug store clerk, farm life, World War I service in France, marriage to Bess Wallace, service as Jackson County judge, election to U S Senate, and 1945 inauguration. Includes key milestones with dates and offices.
A 1950s style report details couples at a Saturday night banquet. Marjorie Young wore pink net with the junior president Billy Ward Evans, Betty Lee and Maurice Roy shared the spotlight, and several pairs styled in white, velvet, and floral corsages. Names include Dale Fields Pat Murphy Norma Smith Joe Vestal Katie Kincaid Billy Kaiser Bessie Jo Billy Joe Janis David Ruth Maddux Henrietta Jackson Polly Brown Patsy Holland Terry Miller Dan Kent Wandadell Sanderson.
A banquet recap highlights guests and attire with floral corsages and pink white gowns. The piece mixes social scene notes with a 1945 divorce case and a Sherman Texas court notice, referencing Jessie and Vernon Stevenson in a divorce petition filed February 14, 1945, with a June 18 hearing.
The State of Texas commands Vernon Stevenson to appear and answer the plaintiff's petition by 10:00 A M on the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days, per citation No 53367.
Public notice in Grayson County Texas commands the sheriff or constable to publish in a Grayson County newspaper the final report of Eugenia DuBois Administratrix on the estate of Nora Gumpert Deceased. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days service, at the Sherman Probate Court on May 1, 1945. Those interested may appear and contest the report.
A brief exchange shows a mother denying a outing with Bobby Brown and a child proposing a fight as an alternative, reflecting parental limits and sibling-tinged humor. The dialogue preserves small-town voice and everyday conflict.
In Grayson County Texas Guardian Verne W. Murray has filed his final report on the estate of Mrs. Ella Turnpaugh, declared non compos mentis. The report will be heard on the first Monday after ten days service, May 1, 1945, at the County Court in Sherman. Interested parties may appear and contest.
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