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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces its subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties one year at 1.50 and six months at 1.00, and outside these counties one year at 2.00 and six months at 1.25.
A Dallas News opinion imagines a future political clash over weather control. The piece jokes that scientists who can make rain or sun could spawn rival Rain and Sun parties, with unpredictable consequences for daily life and governance.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports higher bicycle use with 39 bicycle automobile collisions last month causing two deaths and 32 injuries. The first quarter showed 76 collisions resulting in three deaths and 65 injuries. Most accidents involve automobiles. Metropolitan Life estimates 19 million Americans ride bikes. The wartime period saw bicycle use doubling.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram warns that spring increases child cyclists who may ignore traffic rules. Motorists must stay alert and bicyclists should ride single file, use lights at night, and obey signals to prevent injuries.
Dr. John C. Montgomery, a Detroit pediatrician, called spanking useless and harmful for children under two. He spoke at a seminar on medical education, arguing young children cannot understand punishment and that spanking often serves to relieve parental tension rather than discipline.
When making peppermints drop them onto waxed paper instead of a pan. They are easier to remove from waxed paper.
Ther man Healy urges readers to accept baptism and the Spirit and to quit trifling with God. He warns that those who practice envy, drunkenness, revelry, or disobedience will not enter the kingdom. He invites all to join the Church of Christ.
W P Cameron Walter Myrick and J H Waggoner sit on the city equalization board to adjust taxable property values as the city sets its tax rate at the legal maximum amid near maximum bonded indebtedness.
At a May building meeting Friday night thirty six service men formed an American Legion Post to be named Preston P Everheart Post in honor of the first Whitewright serviceman killed in World War. Also notes on local marriages storms and road bond election plans.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale No 57991 in Grayson County Texas. Margaret G Ellis is named as defendant. On June 6 1950 at the Grayson County courthouse between 2 and 4 PM the sheriff will sell Lots 13 14 15 16 Block 22 Sunny Side Addition Denison TX to satisfy a judgment of 27 50 dollars plus interest and penalties. Sale subject to statutory right of redemption. M G Dicken Sheriff and Lester Day Deputy Sherman Texas May 9 1950 3m25
H. L. Hensley of Savoy, a senior agriculture student at East Texas State College, is assigned to practice teach in vocational education at Whitewright High School under O. V. Barker. He joins 24 other ETSC students doing on the job training this semester, with positions ending when the term concludes. B. G. Lyons of Whitewright is also practicing in Paris.
A horned toad is actually a lizard and Seattle, Washington, lies farther north than Nova Scotia, revealing surprising geographic and taxonomic details.
Notice of sheriff sale in Grayson County proceeding identified as No 57992 with plaintiff county interests disclosed. Public auction details and terms likely to be provided by the Grayson County sheriff's office and clerk of court.
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