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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1933
Page
4
An inserted notice from The Whitewright Sun outlines subscription price at $1.50 per year payable in advance and states postal handling as second-class mail from the Whitewright, Texas post office. It also promises full correction of any erroneous reflections upon individuals or firms brought to the publishers' attention.
The piece reviews a 1920s push for diphtheria prevention via toxin antitoxin and the Schick Test, urging compulsory school vaccination and parental compliance. It then explains 1934 35 cotton acreage reduction plans, noting farmer reluctance to sign up and projected 40 percent 1934 cut to meet a target of fifteen million acres retired.
The government may find it necessary to enforce policies by compulsion. The speaker argues this is within the powers conferred by the National Recovery Act and asserts critics may be misinformed about those powers.
Grayson County plans a park on the old 80 foot road south of Denison after purchasing land for 5000 dollars paid by county taxpayers. The site will serve as a US conservation camp housing about 300 youths who will build a dam and other improvements funded by the federal government. After the camp ends the county will maintain the park.
A London collector recently paid $20000 for eight of Napoleon's love letters as the Detroit News notes the price seems high until recalling men still living have paid more for their own letters.
In Bounding Billows jail a prisoner attempted escape but halted and surrendered after a car backfire startled him. A dog from Columbus Allsop chased the inmate into town causing a loud dog fight near Bounding Billows. Nearby, Miss Rosy Moseley’s singing impressed locals who mistook it for radio music.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics announces four turkey ratings for the year: U.S. Special, U.S. Prime, U.S. Choice and U.S. Commercial. The Arkansas Gazette notes the terminology to use when discussing turkey quality.
Farmers without cotton to lend can still borrow 10 cents a pound on the same amount they produced and sold this year. If cotton prices rise, they gain. if not, Uncle Sam bears the loss. The program presents a low risk option for those participating.
A Dallas Journal piece questions honesty and respect for property in rural life. It asks readers if taking pecans, shingles, wood, or watchful cattle rights from someone’s property is theft and challenges town dwellers to act with integrity when on others’ farms and feed lots.
Heavy rains fill Club Hancock cistern to capacity. He expects to enlist neighbors to aid in lowering the water to normal levels.
Henstep recalls a moment at the peak of acclaim when a man urged him to seek public office. He now wishes he had run, noting that most successful office-holders were self-motivated rather than invited.
Farmers in the area prepare fields for another cotton crop. Some have finished picking cotton and are cutting stalks and turning them under. The cycle runs from planting to picking to stalk turning between frosts, reflecting the farmers' work.
The PTA president Mrs. Ross R. May names a welfare committee including Mrs. C B Bryant and Mrs. Rhom T. Pennington. Each member is assigned a room monthly to work with teachers on health standards such as temperature at 70 degrees and disease prevention, plus daily habits like milk, baths, sleep, and hygiene.
Grammar school chapel programs this year include a seventh grade presentation on Good English with a pledge by Merri well Vineyard and others. A play on politeness teaches using good English at home. Pastor Brother Merritt spoke on good and evil hearts with a chalkboard illustration.
The papers report eight men who were elected to Congress last year have resigned. The note frames the resignations as the clearest sign of a return to prosperity, suggesting men leave well paid government posts willingly.
Brief clippings note varied quips and observations. Editorials mock naming a baby and code delays while jokes about doppelganger letters, misidentified wildlife, price aims, radio control, and stock market laws appear alongside claims about Kaiser Wilhelm and Rockefeller probes.
A letter from a man who found another man and his wife at home on an early return from work asks for $2 for embarrassment after the editor offered $1 per accepted letter. The editor sends a $3 check noting the stranger may also be embarrassed. Also Sun office advertises typewriter supplies.
On Columbus Day a seventh grade program featured a chalk talk and readings. A play titled Trial of Fire was performed on Oct 19 in court proceedings form with a judge jury lawyers and eleven defendants. The culprit Carelessness was banished from America. Dr Webb gave an informative chapel talk about Arizona Indian tribes, their schools and churches funded by the United States Government.
The Whitewright Music Club met with Mrs. R. T. Pennington. Mrs. Leon Devenport was elected vice president replacing Mrs. J. C. Gillespie who resigned. A choral club was organized with Mrs. Guy Hamilton as director and Mrs. Newton Manning as accompanist. The program featured Debussy life and works with various piano and vocal pieces. Guest Mrs. T. P. Devenport of Pilot Point attended.
Miss Gladys Ray led a group of protégés in a fake radio broadcast for the Rotary Club on Friday. The improvised program at WHOS featured a chorus, crooner with guitar, harmonica, a he and she duet, a philosophy talk on Women, a sax solo, and piano by Mrs. Newton Manning.
The program featured participants including Eugene Hall Noel Ashenhurst Leon Adams Franklin Dixon Lula Lee Vestal and Frances Haliburton. Miss Ray led the event with students and alumni from the high school in attendance.
A classroom joke has Albert answering who the first man was. He says George Washington, but the teacher corrects him to Adam. Albert adds a parting quip about foreigners.
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