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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
4
Local notice states the publication is issued weekly on Thursdays from Whitewright Texas with the post office as secondary class mail matter. Subscription rates shown include one year for 1.50 six months for 1.00 and advance payment required. No subscription accepted for periods under six months.
Columnists note 1946 will bring higher take-home pay from Congress tax reductions, easing wartime pay cuts and pressuring wage discussions. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram warns against blanket wage hikes while urging caution on postwar price shifts, and Milwaukee Journal questions domestic debate over atomic energy policy and public resolve.
The United Council of Churchwomen in Washington adopted a page-long resolution urging that no atomic bombs be made anywhere in the world. The statement reflects a clear anti-nuclear stance from the council’s leadership and aligns with postwar peace activism.
The new French chamber of deputies elected Gen Charles De Gaulle chief of the state. Leaders of major parties promised unanimous support with a 555 to 0 vote and one absent. The decision followed consensus among the major political forces.
College Station report by Texas A and M Extension Service clothing specialist Dora R Barnes offers practical repairs for worn coats amid fabric shortages. Tips include mending with ravel yarns, patching linings, using old lining pieces as patterns for new linings, reworking buttonholes, resizing collars and cuffs, reshaping sleeves, and steam pressing with cloths to finish.
A dialogue reveals Billy’s playful future plans. He jokes about becoming a lawyer to please his father, then a president for his mother, and finally an aviator to please himself.
Mrs. Claud R. Truett died Tuesday in Texas City after years of residence in Texas. Born Binnie Autrey in Pilot Point, she grew up in Whitewright and married Claud R. Truett there. The couple later lived in Austin and Houston before her passing.
Mrs Truett spent many years with the State Department of Banking. Besides her husband, she is survived by four children.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH holds Sunday school at 10 a m. CHURCH OF CHRIST observes Communion at 11 a m. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH invites Rev W W Alverson of Rockwall to preach at 7 p m Sunday. Bethel Baptist Church south of Whitewright hosts Rev Ed McDonald preaching Sunday morning at 11 and again in the evening.
Rev. E A Doty preaches at 11 a m and 8 p m with all welcome Rev E P Wootten holds 11 a m service and 7 p m worship Training Union and Training Class at 6 10 p m Evening Prayer hour Wednesday at 7 and choir practice at 7 30 Wednesday
Duke R Barron the pastor leads a church schedule with Church School at 10 a m Worship at 11 a m Methodist Youth Fellowship at 6 15 p m and Evening service at 7 o'clock Choir rehearsal is set for Wednesday at 7.
The Rotary Club Friday luncheon program was in charge of Paul Stephens who chose to avoid embarrassing other members of the club.
The Rotary Club arranged a speech free program with a quiz directed by Rev. E. P. Wootten. Claud Meador nearly ended the meeting with a long guess at a word’s definition. Joe Johnson will chair Friday’s program with W. R. Hooper bringing a speaker from Jacksonville. Former members invited. Reports from two committees were read. canvassing for a business association yielded no report. Visitors included Dick Piner, Raymond Kerby, Earl Blanton, and Sgt. Joe Tate Jones.
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