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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1952
Page
1
The weekend rain totaled about 1.125 to 1.5 inches in area gauges, soaking only the topsoil. Farmers report wetting plowed ground to 3 or 4 inches, enough to help sprout wheat if more rain comes. A norther and the season's first killing frost followed Sunday night.
The Sun acknowledges subscription payments for a group of valued subscribers including H. L. Sanders John Reynolds Jr B. R. Super Marguerite Smith B. E. Chesser R. C. Vestal and several others such as Mrs J Frank Benton A A Hudgins T A Gray Tom Barbee John Philip Barbee and O G Bow. The list also features Mrs W J Barbee Clyde Sadler Mrs W C Anderson and L D Selman among numerous names.
Whitewright native Capt. Jack E. Wallace of Cecil Alabama was awarded the Army Commendation Medal with Metal Pendant by Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Sweany for outstanding service in Korea. He served with X Corps Artillery after time with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg and was reassigned to Ryukyus Command. his wife Dora Ann lives in Cecil and his parents reside in Morenci Arizona.
Thomas Robert England died suddenly at 56 from a heart attack at his son W T England’s home in Camden Arkansas. He and his wife had driven from Whitewright to Camden the day before. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at Barnhart Funeral Chapel with Rev. James L Cooper officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Born May 24 1896 in Sunbright Tennessee he was the son of Jim and Betty England. He moved to Texas in 1909 and lived for years in Whitewright. Survivors: wife two sons William T England of Camden and Bobbie D England of Whitewright two daughters Billie L James of Dallas and L R Woodruff of Grapevine three brothers Frank England Lonnie England and George England and two sisters P L Brazel and Olive Howard.
Funeral services for Tom E Barbee 77 were conducted at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church by Rev Lee H Smith. Burial was in Oaks Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included C B Bryant III Jack Farley Clyde Craig Floyd Bassett Roscoe Gillett R M Faison Fender May and Elbert Bennett. Surviving children are John Philip Barbee of Mobile Alabama two daughters Mrs Robert Benish of Houston and Mrs Charles Kelieher of Aqua Dulce and three grandchildren.
Michael D. Oliver aged 78 died Friday at 2 p m in Denison. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church by Rev. W W Alverson and Rev. Lee H Smith. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include Jewel Sue Farrell Oliver, his wife, two brothers John Oliver Tioga J R Oliver Whitewright and sister Mrs J W Davis Dallas. He was born August 22 1874 in Bowling Green Kentucky and married in 1909.
William Albert Murley died Tuesday in a McKinney hospital. Funeral services are set for Friday afternoon in McKinney. Murley was the uncle of Mrs. Billy Muirhead of Whitewright who, with her husband, will attend the funeral.
Mrs Kate Blanks sister in law of Jess Blanks of Whitewright route 4 died Wednesday morning at McAlester Oklahoma Funeral services set for 2 pm today at McAlester Attending from here will be Mr and Mrs Jess Blanks Mrs Edgar Ayers and Mrs W A Martin
The menu for Whitewright Public Schools lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with items such as Sausage and Escalop potatoes on Monday, Pimento Cheese and Tuna on Tuesday, Baked Turkey on Wednesday, Beans and Greens on Thursday, and Fish on Friday with milk served each day. A salvaged tank ship towed from Tampico Bay to a Brooklyn drydock is noted.
At the regular PTA session in the high school library Mrs J C McMillin presiding the group voted to move the December meeting from the ninth to the sixteenth An open Board of Education meeting followed with Thomas Sears presiding Two attendance prizes went to the seventh and twelfth grades each with 13 reps A bake sale is set for November 26 at Meadors store The PTA also sponsors a used clothing drive for needy students Donations urged at Walker Pharmacy
Article examines presidential succession if Ike were unable to serve after the 1948 election. It outlines steps from electors deciding to the House choosing a president, and if needed Nixon becoming president, with Speaker and Senate president pro tempore next, then Cabinet members led by the Secretary of State.
Akron reporter William D. Schlemmer of the Akron Beacon Journal paused after about 100 people refused to take 10 one dollar bills. He faced insults including a man shouting The damned Republicans showing off already.
Grayson County canvassed results show a total 18,184 votes in the presidential race. Adlai Stevenson leads Eisenhower by 2,699 with 10,435 to 7,736 votes. Amendments on workers compensation and state medical education fund passed by wide margins.
Washington reports late returns from 142 465 of 146 370 voting units showing Eisenhower at 33 043 529 votes and Stevenson at 26 600 076 for a total major party vote of 59 643 605. Eisenhower's share stands at 55.4 percent.
The Agriculture Department raised Texas’s 1952 cotton crop forecast by 60 000 bales to 3 660 000. Improved conditions in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and western Texas boosted expectations though the year’s heat and drought halved earlier projections. Nationwide, the November forecast totals 14 905 000 bales, up 492 000 from October and below 1951’s 15 144 000.
Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide Jr. leads the American Junior Red Cross in Whitewright schools. Grade chairmen are listed from 1st Shirley Janway to 12th Betty Jarvis, with separate leaders for the Negro school from Claretta Spencer to Pauline Greene. The AJRC offers organized service within the American Red Cross for students.
President-elect Eisenhower will meet President Truman at 1 p.m. next Tuesday to discuss an orderly transfer. Detroit banker Joseph Dodge arrived to observe the budget process but will not advise or influence the outgoing administration. Truman plans to brief the incoming leader on federal affairs and the pending budget.
The Grayson County Federation of Women's Clubs plans its fall meeting in Sherman on Saturday November 15 with a 9 30 AM coffee hour at the Municipal Building and a 10 AM business session led by Mrs J D Porterfield. Denison's Twenty One Club will host a luncheon at Hotel Grayson at 12 30 PM featuring J B Storey Austin College faculty speaking on The Bible in Many Lands with music by Richard Loveless and Reuben Frantz.
With the death of Adolph J. Sabath Rayburn of Texas will become dean of the House in January. He must give up the speakership as Republicans take the post but can become minority leader. Rayburn set an all time service record and will reach 40 years in the House next March 13. Robert L. Doughton is currently Rayburn’s senior, with Doughton starting March 4, 1911. Doughton retires at year end.
The Whitewright Tigers travel to Farmersville Friday for their final season game. A win could tie the district title if Van Alstyne also defeats Honey Grove. Honey Grove upset Farmersville 26 to 6 and beat Whitewright 19 to 13. Van Alstyne beat Wolfe City 26 to 13 after Whitewright 60 to 0 win earlier.
All Army training within the United States except basic training for draftees and recruits will be suspended from December 20 to January 5 to allow soldiers to take holiday furloughs. About half of those eligible will take leave over Christmas and the rest during the New Year period. Draftees and new recruits in basic training will not receive extended leaves due to requirements for trained replacements overseas.
Washington notes that the incoming president faces vast tasks beyond inauguration day. Budget concerns loom with a projected $7 billion deficit and $69 billion in receipts against $79 billion in expenditures. Budget work already done by the Truman administration must be reviewed, with final decisions due before Congress convenes January 3. Col. 2:6,7 is cited.
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