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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
2
Local notes report a Murray Bryant barn fire during a storm and various community happenings. Visits, entertainments, births, property sales, Army returns, and a large 645 acre land deed are noted alongside senior class standings and commencement diplomas at Whitewright High School.
Mrs. W. A. Sturdivant, aged 65, died at her home in East Whitewright on Thursday. The obituary notes her residence and age but provides no additional details.
A thunder storm Friday evening caused significant damage to the Central Christian Church. Rev. J. F. Fender bought the W. H. Davidson residence on Spruce Street. A list of names appears for Presbyterian Missionary Society attendees and a grammar school graduation class is named with multiple students and staff.
A free rodeo at 10 30 will be the principal feature of Whitewrights fourth Monday trades day May 28. Two houses once home to the Young and Coffey families were destroyed by fire Monday night known as the Jimmie Yates property. Mrs F M Dyer and Mrs Gomer May hosted a bridge party in honor of Miss Lucille LaRoe bride elect of Lee J Wilborn of Austin.
Simple juice based favors for gatherings with recipes labeled for Tot Party Special Teenager Tasty Fruity Sparkle Grown Up Extra Cranberry Almond Punch and a fruit float. Each recipe uses canned juice, adds a few pantry items, and yields multiple servings with ice or soda.
Betsy Stark Smith Henrietta Jackson Barbara Kight Margaret Hanna Billy Rhom Pennington Hamilton Vestal Jo Willa Statesville Sara Kathryn Atterberry Sarah Belle Gillett Christine Williams Ruth Gosnell appear in church directory notices.
Los Angeles based Beverly Nina O Malley 44 seeks divorce from Raymond O Malley 37 after testifying her husband assaulted her burned her and crushed cigarettes on her body. Judge Otto J Emme grants the divorce cautioning against treating marriage as a habit.
Texas laws and court decisions regulate dealings with neighboring properties. Adjoining landowners share mutual rights and duties and the owner’s use of his land may be restricted to prevent harm to neighbors.
A Texas law based column explains neighborly limits on removing overhanging branches, altering slopes, and shared driveways. It stresses consulting the owner, obtaining consent for boundary trees, and recording agreements to bind future buyers, with caution to avoid harming trees or property.
An adolescent boy asks his father for a dollar for a school picnic. The father sighs and gives the money. The boy promises to stretch it far, while the father warns it may vanish quickly.
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