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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
5
Clifton and Elmer Sanderson and many others visit Dallas Sherman Amarillo Duncanville Durant and Denton areas. Health updates include O F Alexander and Dr. C P Johnson suffering minor incidents. University students join Phi Delta Chi and Home Economics Club. many trips, visits, and family gatherings noted throughout the week.
The seventh grade held a hayride and wiener roast on Tuesday April 24 to mark Western Week April 23 27. Refreshments included wieners marshmallows chips sandwiches and soft drinks for students and thanked Mr and Mrs Elbert Bennett for chaperoning and Garry Bandy for the truck.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met April 26 at Mrs J G Blanks home with vice president presiding. Members discussed a Red Cross home nursing course and a quilt was completed. The next meeting is set for May 10 at 10 30 a m in the club house with Miss Zelma Moore as guest.
Fort Worth speaker Rev. Weldon R. Drake outlines 21 questions and answers from the Research Institute of America forecasting the next two decades. Predictions include higher income, longer life, earlier retirement, rising divorce, more education in science, prevalence of heart disease, cancer risk, and widespread wrist telephones.
The Saturday Evening Post questions the miner in Sixteen Tons, noting the worker earns about $2.43 an hour or $20 daily for long shifts and contributes $6.40 per sixteen-ton day to a welfare fund. The piece argues popular songs need not reflect harsh economic reality.
A Pittsburg Gazette column recounts subscription woes as Pat Patterson recalls a Nocona Texas editor tale. A neighbor repeatedly grabbed a reader’s copy before delivery, prompting two subscriptions to the same address to gain control. Oscar Wilde is quoted on choosing enemies.
Veterans asked about endowment policy payout options and disability claims. Answers cover choosing lump sum or fixed monthly installments, no time limit for disability claims with potential backdating, flight training GI allowance by actual instruction, and GI farm loan use beyond buying a farm for livestock equipment and farming operations.
Carmel Indiana man sues for 45000 alleging disability and permanent injury after a restaurant chair was pulled away by a joke. The column argues the prank is unacceptable and encourages lawsuits to deter such stunts. Also includes a recipe note for canned tomato juice cocktail with spices.
A humorous instruction lists paradoxes on how restraint creates desirable traits. It suggests avoiding nut cracking, overeating, reading in poor light, requesting shirts, or slight traffic violations to gain strength, appetite, sight, and goodwill. It then provides a Swiss scramble recipe: eggs, cream, butter, cheese, deviled ham for a snack.
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