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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1961
Page
4
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes. A Moslem architect, misread words about weather and a Saskatoon misunderstanding entertain. A humorous letter misdirection reveals a bill from a dress shop for 740 dollars, closing with a domestic punchline.
A refugee couple finally gains citizenship after years of effort. The husband bursts in with the news but the wife jokes about washing dishes. A father hides while children seek to wake him. A daughter reports he is still asleep. A man profits from his daughter's music lessons by buying neighbors' houses at half price.
Churches hold Sunday School at 10 a.m and worship at 10 55 a.m The Missionary Society meets Monday at 3 p.m with Mrs Fred Cook and leader Mrs J W Wilson
The notice lists weekly church events with times for Sunday School Worship and Training Union as well as weekday circles, prayer meetings, choir rehearsals and Bible studies. Sunday services are shown with two worship periods and a training union.
A Boston businessman startles a nationwide effort by creating the Lollipop Foundation of America to bring candy to hospitals after a near fatal accident inspired his plan. He recalls a girl crushed by a truck saying she did not want to die as his four children watched, prompting him to buy the biggest doll and promote sweets for ill children.
Worship services and activities listed for multiple churches include Cross Roads Presbyterian Church preaching at 11 00 a m and Central Christian Church 1st Sunday monthly at 9 00 a m Rev Ken Kennon Jr. Evangelist Dan Vestal will headline a revival June 19 through June 25 with Youth Fellowship and various guild and society meetings noted.
Dr. E. Vincent Askey, president of the American Medical Assn, speaks at the dedication of San Pedro Community Hospital about many people failing to take advantage of longer life provided by medical science. He warns progress benefits hinge on public adoption of new opportunities for a longer healthier life.
A nameless businessman recounts giving a doll to a sick girl and funding a hospital lollipop program. After daily visits, he bought 500 600 lollipops to boost wards and arranged 25 000 for Boston City Hospital with plans for more this year.
The Lollipop Man proposes a national program using about 25,000 lollipops per hospital annually at $318 each. With roughly 6,000 hospitals, the scheme would require 150 million lollipops yearly costing about $2 million.
Senator A R Schwartz won Senate approval for a bill shielding alligators as he cited that papa alligators eat mama alligators eggs. The measure ends the open season on alligators in Chambers County on the lower Gulf Coast. He argued male alligators eating eggs would leave the population overwhelmed.
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