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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
1
Construction on Dr Geers $160000 old folks home on South Bend street progresses with a poured foundation and stacked materials. The Whitewright Riding Club organizes a fund raise to complete its arena at town edge and to award a saddle to a member.
The author critiques a proposed medical care bill linked to Social Security that would require retirees to pay the first 90 dollars of hospital costs per admission. He argues many retirees cannot afford this deduction and suggests an alternative method to curb overuse without harming beneficiaries.
A three year USC medical study investigates shock causes and treatments. A six bed ward at County Hospital will treat patients around the clock while researchers record physiological effects for later computer analysis.
Postmaster John Biggerstaff urges rural residents to watch for June Livestock Survey cards in mail boxes along routes. Carriers J P Darwin B W Newman Roy Blanton will place samples. cards go to Cary D Palmer in Austin for USDA analysis guiding milk, calf pig lamb wool and hens decisions.
A collage of trivia notes lists unemployment premium totals, state milestones, population figures, stock ownership, and notable curios. It cites Willie Mays salary, Easter egg auction prices, Lincoln Memorial columns, Boy Scout merit badges, and Webster’s dictionary additions, among other details.
Uncle Dan reports barberroom chatter on featherbedding at the White House under gardener duties for 18 acres with seven workers claimed to need nine. He notes a Capitol bill by James C. Davis to cut the national debt 1 percent yearly, dismissed as impractical.
Sherman to host a Texas iron marker designating the Butterfield Stage Line office as a historical site. The three foot plate, cast free by Sherman Foundry, lists Butterfield routes and fares. Additional marker sites include Preston Bend Road fire site and William Bryant School. county judge Dickson notes a courthouse library section for historical documents.
The Texas state government spent about 506.4 million dollars on education in the fiscal year ending June 1961, ranking fifth nationwide behind California New York Michigan and Pennsylvania. The Dallas Field Office of the U S Department of Commerce reported this figure. Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements in the earths crust, surpassed only by oxygen and silicon.
Paul Vestal of Whitewright has been promoted to Senior Industrial Engineer and transferred from St. Joseph Missouri to Chicago by Quaker Oats Company. He will report to Carl Gulbrandsen and has seven years as Methods Development Manager in St. Joseph.
The Whitewright Post Office marks Mail Box Improvement Week May 21 to 26 urging rural patrons to install safe convenient mail receptacles. Properly erected boxes aid delivery, require owners names visible to carriers, and well maintained boxes present a neat appearance reflecting pride. A postmaster inspection found most boxes in good repair and order.
Experiments show light acts as a stimulus for fish schooling. When illumination drops, certain species become more active and their schools disperse, indicating light levels influence collective movement in aquatic groups.
Fort Gordon Georgia Lt Kenneth R Jones 27 of Whitewright Texas named outstanding leader of his class in the Signal Officers Orientation Course. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Royce L Jones and a 1957 Texas A&M civil engineering graduate. He previously worked as a civil engineer for the Texas Highway Department and has returned to his home unit at Fort Polk Louisiana.
A reader reports a humorous poll of women drivers with percentages on car parts and styles. About 89 percent believe radiators resemble nylon brands while 72 percent think a brake drum is a percussion instrument.
Sam Gerald recalls a pioneer era in a small Texas town with no running water in schools. Students drank from a shared dipper at a barrel, then later gained exterior water fountains, noting quirks like lefthanded dipping and a artful splash.
Mayor R. R. Summers proposes a twice weekly garbage pickup by a private contractor. A fee would be charged to households opting in. Residents can get more information at City Hall.
Churches of Christ in Grayson County plan a spring festival titled Stars Over Tanglewood to honor high school students and guests on May 28 at Tanglewood-on-the-Lake. The four hour event features dinner and performances by the Caroleans from East Texas State College, the Bowman Brothers from Lubbock, the Greene Twins, and a Harding College Men s Quartet, with May pole decorations and recognition of graduating seniors.
J. L. Clark & Son of Whitewright were elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. Frank Richards secretary reports that the Clarks were among 42 Texas breeders of purebred Aberdeen Angus elected to membership during the past month.
A family of Whitewright birds lost their home when a fire started by a light in the high school gymnasium during a Monday night ladies exercise class. Smoke and sparks appeared after the lights were turned on, prompting a quick call to the fire department and swift extinguishing of the blaze.
Eugene Glanner of Grafton must write 22 essays on Adventures of Saying No, one each month for 22 months, as a condition to stay out of jail after pleading drunken driving. He is forbidden to drink and faces 30 days in jail if he fails.
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts old time water dippers and communal buckets with modern politics. The piece, attributed to Vida Gordon and shared by J. D. Buchanan of Plainview, recalls a forgetful old man joking about remembering his age and name.
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