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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
8
A pioneer citizen turns 100 and speaks with a local reporter. He recalls many changes he has resisted. A lighthearted cocktail party chatter adds a gossiping tone with playful quips about a boy, a gash, and a brick incident.
The crusty country bank president recalls starting in banking with a sign and small deposits. Sam and Murphy share a running gag about a talking dog in a Broadway act and income tax quirks. A husband faces a divorce judge as his wife greets a strange man, sparking neighborhood gossip.
In Coffeyville Kansas Wendell Willkie's first job was teaching. He devised a simple exercise with three buttons to illustrate Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. A pupil later reported missing button confusion when the Pursuit of Happiness appeared on pants.
A crude remark in a heated exchange prompts strong rebuke as a caller and another speaker clash over a provocative response. The incident centers on a sharp insult and the fallout from the confrontation.
A clerk carrying a small safe on his shoulder heads to a locksmith after the combination fails. A businessman complains about keeping money in a wallet. A club member speaks long on politics, then calls the situation a nutshell. A spectator exclaims, Some nut.
A farmer sent his ten year old son to a distant uncle as the river rose to flood stage. Days later the father received a telegram telling him to take back his son and send the flood. Patience vows to play bridge, and Partner grimly confirms he can in his sleep.
253 acres with modern two story home and one half cultivation rest pasture. Priced at 100 dollars per acre. Located 3 miles east of Orangeville. Contact A J Alexander Inc in Sherman Texas at phone TW 3-2732.
The article argues that law reflects human needs for order and fairness, not mere convention, comparing national and state differences and the evolving aim for a possible one best way. It notes law’s role in planning, rights, duties, and dispute resolution, with a final science note on earthworms storing insecticides, affecting bird toxicity.
Texas reports growing populations of coyotes deer quail and rattlesnakes. Officials note ecological shifts and hunting impacts amid expanding habitats and seasonal changes.
In Memphis Tennessee Judge William Ingram fined Mrs G T Tranthem 21 six dollars for driving a car with a small child in her lap claiming an emergency left her with not full control of the vehicle.
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