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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
5
Local residents and visitors include Mrs Grace Roberts and many others. Byron Neathery takes job at Childress Pharmacy. numerous family and friend visits span Sherman Leonard Denison Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Dallas. a Legion post square dance set for Thursday. deer hunter Leon White returns with a 200 pound Utah buck.
Whitewright community items include real estate moves by Paul Taylor and J S Leard, visits and illnesses, church society meetings, a 26th wedding anniversary gift, Legion programs, voter guidance on constitutional amendments, a long lasting Mason jar from 1858, a correction on a Sherman newspaper story, and a Span ish American War casualty total report.
Mrs Ange Fiorini and children of New Orleans and Mrs Mike Byrne of New York visit in the Ed Laroe home. J W Gunter, east of Whitewright, buys C R Layman’s 67 acre homestead adjoining the city on the west for a residence.
Miss Billye Carter of Denison married Lonnie Frederick Murphy of Whitewright in a 7 30 p m assembly of God parsonage ceremony led by Rev E A Doty.
Mrs. T. L. Cowart hosted eight Bethel Home Demonstration Club members Thursday afternoon. President Mrs. Retha Collins presided. The next meeting is an all day session at Mrs. Floyd Harris’s home on November 10.
Mrs. Floyd Bassett hosted the Whitewright Music Club on Wednesday afternoon as seventeen members answered roll call to study French composers and their works. The program included piano pieces Venetienne and My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, a life of Camille Saint Saens by paper, and rehearsal from the choral group with accompaniment by Mrs. Guy Hamilton. The club plans to meet November 16 with Miss Carrie Hamilton as host and Mrs. O L Jones as co host.
Miss Evelyn Forsyth daughter of L K and Mrs Forsyth Daingerfield wed Joe D Hicks son of Mr and Mrs George Hicks Whitewright in a double ring ceremony at the bride’s parents home October 22. Rev J O Jolly officiated with LaVern Forsyth as maid of honor and William Hall as best man. Reception followed with pink white and gold flowers and cake and punch.
Mr Hicks a Ford Plant employee and Whitewright High School graduate wed in a Dallas ceremony. They left for a brief trip to Hot Springs Arkansas and plan to reside in Dallas after the wedding. The bride wore a brown gabardine suit with matching accessories.
Mrs. J. D. Doggett of Van Alstyne turned 86 and marked 67 years of marriage with family gathered at her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs W H Stedham in Whitewright. Attendees included relatives from Whitewright Sherman Dallas Gunter Garland Denton Amherst and Artesia New Mexico among others.
Farmers report good progress in cotton and corn fields as gins and buyers stay busy. If clear skies continue for ten to fourteen days, most crops will be harvested. Labor shortfalls ease as harvests wrap up and land is prepared for next crops. An east town farmer with bottom land reports about a bale per acre.
Dr Geo W Cox state health officer warns diners to cook pork thoroughly to prevent trichinosis. He urges cooking until pink turns white as the test of safety, noting pork can be dangerous if undercooked. Farmers who raise hogs
The article warns that pork fed garbage and cooked improperly can spread trichinosis. It explains that storing butchered pork at five degrees above zero Fahrenheit for 20 days kills trichinae. If ingested, tiny capsules release worms that travel through the body and lodge in muscles, with symptoms including stomach upsets, muscle pains, chills, sore throat, and fever. acute illness lasts one to two weeks and recovery is slow.
A Plummer man asked Idaho state tax officials to apply his $18 income tax payment to fix a road hole near his home. State Tax Collector P. G. Neill said income taxes do not fund highway repairs.
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