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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are listed with events and movements around town. Illnesses and hospital stays include Mrs. Lillian Simpson and Mrs. W. D. Williams. Travel includes Miss Johnnie Robbins, J. W. Ewing, and Mrs. Lotta Fay Brock visiting kin. surplus items advertised by Lem Tittsworth. and church activities with Rev. Patton at the Methodist Church.
Mrs Guy Hamilton presents her piano students in a Friday evening recital at 8 15 at the Baptist Church. The program includes Alinda Vestal Mollie Jo Rutledge Carol Jean Kilgree Jane Meador Zoe Vestal Pat Gray Tom mie Sue Beazley Prilla Ann Hinton Betty Bryant Ann Brown Willa Nell Badgett Janette Jones Billy Fay Dillon Laura Jean Wilson Doris O Nea Peggy O Nea Jo Anne Gray Betty Ann Darwin Jean Caraway Barbara Ann Williams Katie Kin caid Janis Jayne Horton Betty Lou Reeves and Margaret Hanna. The public is invited to attend.
A renowned speaker questions a planned prison talk while the bureau director confirms it, adding a caveat not to use remarks from a famous work. The exchange highlights tensions between educational outreach and content boundaries in state institutions.
Betty Lou Jenkins Van Landingham formerly of Whitewright died May 13 in Pasadena California. She was buried May 16 in Pasadena. She was daughter of the late Rev R F Jenkins former pastor of Whitewright First Baptist Church. Surviving brother Jim Jenkins and sister Mrs Zack Fine live in Amarillo.
Churches announce morning services at 10 a m Sunday school followed by worship at 11 a m Evening offerings include Training Union at 7 15 p m and worship at 8 15 p m Pastor E P Wootten leads the services with regular schedule.
Rotary Club luncheon guest Rev. Fred Adams of Leonard Methodist Church urged Texans to address poll tax and race questions without federal intervention. He advocated repealing the poll tax and voter registration in place. The club seeks weekly luncheon hosts, with Mrs. Summers and Mrs. Horton praised for service and a committee appointed to arrange future arrangements.
J Pat Salyer minister leads Bible study at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. Communion service at 11:45 a.m. Evening worship at 8:15 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Pastor Duke R. Barron conducts Sunday school at 10 a.m. morning worship at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. and evening service plus choir practice at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday schedules follow.
Rev. Wm. A. Casseday leads Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship follows at 11 a.m. Choir practice is at 8 p.m. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
The Methodist W S C S met Monday at Mrs. J L Boone's home with co host Mrs. W N Stone. Miss Sue Stephens led the program on Infant Voices and Nursery Schools assisted by several members. special speaker Mrs Ira C Riker from Dallas spoke on children's work. A follow up meeting is set for May 29 at 3 p m at the church with Mrs R E Lingenfelter beginning the new missionary study course.
A young man and an admiral argued at a hotel entrance. The young one demanded a cab and joked to be called a battleship while the admiral corrected him that he was not the doorman.
College Station expert Dr. W A Boney stresses that a clean looking poultry house may still harbor germs and parasites. He advises thorough cleaning with hoe and shovel, hot lye wash, and creosote spray, plus ongoing disease prevention like disease free chicks, regular pullorum testing, strict culling of sick birds, and strict quarantine for new stock.
The article quotes Dr. Boney claiming that frequent treatment is the only foolproof method to prevent coccidiosis in poultry.
College Station expert J F Rosborough outlines home storage methods for early potatoes. He notes mature tubers store best and recommends digging before tops die, testing skin by thumb, drying spots, handling gently, and using cool ventilated cellars with overhead vents.
London, John Masefield, poet laureate, asked the National Book Council how future ages will name the present era. He mused on Barbarism with superior plumbing and the electric light age with blackouts, wondering if civilization will be judged by how violence is carried out.
About twenty five years ago a young man worked in a factory with heavy machinery that shook the building. He brought a rubber mat and stood on it, and at once he found re-
A historical note recalls O Sullivan as the original inventor of rubber heels. After his mat was stolen, he used two rubber pieces nailed to his heels. His firm grew to become a leading global manufacturer of rubber heels.
In overseas postings pilots nicknamed Thunderbolt due to a dictionary definition of a thunderbolt as a large crash of noise after a lightning bolt. Texas leads with 254 counties, the most in the Union, followed by Georgia with 159.
The column notes Democratic primaries in July and August 1944. It lists for Congress, 4th District G C Morris and Sam Rayburn. For Public Weigher, Precinct 3, Finis Alverson seeks a second term.
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