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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
5
Locals report visits and comings and goings across Whitewright and nearby towns. People from Sherman Dallas Plano Fort Worth Nash Perrin Field Higgins and Denison are mentioned with family ties, hospital stays, and travel. Armistice Day events and community notices mark the week.
Mrs H R Tucker and family visited relatives in Athens while Velma Aldridge of Dallas began work near Dallas after a defense course. Mrs Kirkpatrick and daughter Vera Hickman returned from Dallas after visiting in Plainview, while Vivian Grammer becomes county road maintainer succeeding W R Hopper who moved to Denison to join the police. Dr John A Ray visits then heads to Guatemala as first assistant to the U S Minister. he notes WWI service and Odessa posting. Capt Scott Kretz dies suddenly in Florida. funeral held near Marshall. A chicken house escapade ends with Mrs Stuteville shooting an opossum between the eyes. 105 youths attend Sherman district fellowship supper and officers kiva at the Methodist Church in Whitewright. J R Oliver brings hickory smoked ham to Sun editors and cites hog and cattle orders including bred gifts and Jersey heifers funding.
E W Clark returned from Wheeler Texas to visit his son L W Clark. James Meador, ill ten days, is improving. Visitors include Mr and Mrs W B Hestand of Slaton and Mrs S H Montgomery. Families of B Bryant and May attended the A and M S M U football game in Dallas. Thomas Kirk May spent the night with C B Bryant III and met SMU players. He recalls Tigers pointers from Mustang friends for the next game.
Mr and Mrs J L Denton celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a noon dinner and open house from 2 30 to 4 30 pm at their Bethel community home. The couple have five children eight grandchildren and were married in Bethel with Mrs Denton born there. He operates a farm and nursery and is a leading Youngberry producer and shipper in the Southwest. One son M J Denton of San Antonio was absent. Subscribe for The Whitewright Sun.
Rev. W. W. Adcock will speak on Behaving Valiantly at 11 a.m. and The Overruling Providence at 7:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church. Sunday school at 10 a.m. with Roscoe Gillett as superintendent. Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. Fou cheaux Vestal presiding. Choir practice and Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Junior Church Membership Class Saturday at 10 a.m.
Texas growers expect 15,900,000 boxes of grapefruit for 1942-43 based on October 1 conditions, a 10 percent rise from 1941-42, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Collin County sheriff records show September and October liquor seizures on area highways. The inventory lists 2 752 fifths and 2 551 fifths with hundreds of quarts and gallons, most turned over to the state liquor control board. Over 20 cars were seized, some sold or advertised for sale, with fines averaging about 200 dollars per arrestee.
Since the Denison dam project began three years ago, railroad reports show 9 580 carloads of equipment and materials reaching the site. Of these, 7 063 cars arrived on the Texas side and 2 517 on the Oklahoma side, with Texas freight moved via a river-side spur and Oklahoma cars unloaded at Colbert, a total about 160 average trains.
A civilian laments limited power to aid war effort but resolves many small duties. They urge supporting war bonds conserving resources and helping neighbors, finding purpose in daily labor and loyalty. The piece honors MacArthur and Doolittle while stressing every small act counts toward victory.
Wilford A. Peterson urges citizens to value humble daily acts behind victory. He notes millions of small efforts at home support soldiers and morale, asserting teamwork and unity win wars as surely as heroic battles. He signs as editor of The Silver Lining.
The text recalls 1819 Jesse Torrey on coffee as a health risk if daily, a Dutch proverb praising its warmth and wetness, Alexander Pope's quip about politicians and coffee, and a tale of Abyssinian shepherds discovering coffee after observing restless sheep and noting its stimulant effect.
Chicago specialist H. M. Shevnan will showcase the Zootie Shield at Turner Hotel Gainesville on Monday November 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The method promises immediate results, claiming to close openings in about ten days with no straps medicines or medical treatments. Demonstrations offered free. address 6509 N. Artesian Ave., Chicago.
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