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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1951
Page
4
Rates show Grayson and Fannin counties offering 1 year subscriptions at 1.50 and six months at 1.00. Outer areas priced 2.00 annually and 1.25 for six months.
The Deport Times reports a black market for news print raising prices about 300 from normal channels. Small weekly publishers struggle to cover 4% of mill output while large Sunday papers gain excess shares.
A clipping recounts a birth and christening with payments to doctors, clergy, undertakers, and editors. It humorously notes editors profit from writeups and obituaries, suggesting editors become rich from long articles and notices. The piece contrasts payouts at each life event.
Medical records reveal an ophthalmologist in Boston treated a patient who went blind after a spoon was left in a cup of coffee. The eye injury stemmed from impact rather than chemical exposure, illustrating a rare accidental cause of vision loss.
A series of brief jokes and misunderstandings. A Kentucky mountaineer visits New York and misreads the town, a hillman asks about a bride elect, a husband hazards a misidentification, and a dancer jokes about meeting prominent men in a cabaret.
A traveler on a train says he just got out of prison this morning and fears facing old friends. A second man replies that he is returning from Congress, prompting a brief exchange about welcome and hardship.
A brisk morning exchange questions a facial mood. The line implies a social jab about expressing emotion without stating a specific event or location.
A terse exchange centers on truth and utility with a sharp line about deception. The stranger claims value in false teeth as a practical good, while another asserts that nothing false serves a purpose. The dialogue highlights skepticism toward truth and usefulness.
Describes OPS pricing woes for retailers facing ceiling pricing rules. Illustrates calculating group averages and category markups using an example with ear muffs, showing steps to derive a ceiling price of 83 cents from a 50 cent net cost and a 65.7 percent markup. Ends with a blunt note on merchant hardship.
A humorous poem of a frustrated fisherman laments long hours with no bites and mocks his careworn condition. Then a Tennessee Conservationist quip section shares a sequence of light anecdotes about money savings and gift giving for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Prudence Dyer Gore 82 in Trenton. She died at her home Tuesday morning and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Born February 14, 1869 in Kentucky, she married E. R. Gore in Greenville in 1903. Survivors include her husband one daughter Mrs. Harle Byrd of Houston one brother J A Dyer of McKinney one sister Mrs. W J Barbee of Whitewright and one grandchild.
Local churches list Sunday services and weekly programs. Central Christian Methodist Church Church of Christ Assembly of God First Baptist First Presbyterian outline class times, worship hours, youth groups, training unions, and Vacation Bible School details with dates and locations. Children welcome.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met May 10 at 2 pm in Mrs. Lloyd Alexander’s home. President Mrs. Ray Vestal called the meeting to order. Miss Zelma Moore demonstrated butter cake and 14 members plus five visitors attended before adjournment to May 24 at 2 pm with Mrs. Carl May.
A Thornhill family reunion at Fort Worth home honors Mrs. M. L. Thornhill, with relatives from Whitewright Abilene and Fort Worth attending. Also offers quick decorating tip to mask window panes with transparent tape before painting.
Collin County and its seat McKinney derive their names from Collin McKinney who helped author the Texas Declaration of Independence.
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