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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1950
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties at 1 year for 1.50 and six months for 1.00. Outside these counties the yearly rate is 2.00 and six months 1.25.
Dallas News reports uncontested divorces in Dallas proceed in about five minutes with fees as low as 50 dollars, some lawyers charging 18 dollars for pure divorce work. A reporter observed a five minute testimony and immediate divorce as a trend of fifteen such cases daily in Big D.
Los Angeles reports at the 30th annual American Petroleum Institute meeting Dr. Robert E. Wilson of Standard Oil Indiana says gasoline rationing is unlikely in the foreseeable future. He notes current stocks are strong and the industry is balanced, with potential 10 percent production increases for emergencies or military needs, excluding all-out war.
Rep. Emmanuel Celler urged the Justice Department to file an antitrust suit to restore competition in the newsprint industry. He cited uniform price increases by several mills since October, naming Powell River, International Paper Sales, Abitibi Power & Paper, and Consolidated Paper as examples and noting a shift from $10 to $6 per ton in later moves.
The government on Monday ordered a 35 percent reduction in nonmilitary aluminum use effective January 1 to conserve metal for warplanes and munitions. The move, long anticipated, could affect daily life and may be followed by further cuts in copper nickel zinc cobalt tungsten cadmium and manganese. Benjamin Franklin became publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1728.
Local notes publish Sunday schedules for CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, METHODIST Ashley Jameson, FIRST BAPTIST Rev. James Cooper and associates. Details include Sunday School at 10, worship times, Youth Fellowships, and midweek activities. A Men’s Brotherhood meeting with chili supper and film “That Kid Buck” is planned. A Union Thanksgiving Service on Nov 22 at First Baptist with ecumenical participation is announced.
Assembl y of God and First Presbyterian churches announce weekly services in Bonham Paris area. Evangelistic and youth events listed alongside Sunday school times, stewardship canvas day and Thanksgiving union service on Nov 22 at 7 pm. Harvest Home Festival slated for Dec 3 with parish committee meeting notes.
A Bonham church Harvest Home Festival celebration was planned for Sunday December 3. An organization committee endorsed adding two student pastors to the staff. The meeting included Sim Smith Robert Lockhart Mrs Emmet Penn Mrs Lester Haile S T Montgomery R H May John Reeves and Ladonia residents Caroline Stephenson A L Bartley Sr and A L Bartley Jr. Staff present included Dorothy Jane Nelson and Rev Lee H Smith.
Mrs. R D Maddux welcomed members of the Whitewright Home Demonstration Club on Thursday. Mrs. William Milam led with a doughnut demonstration, roll call answered with utensil for deep frying, and 14 members plus one visitor, Patsy Jean Badgett, were served refreshments. The group will not meet Nov 23 for Thanksgiving but will gather Nov 30 at Mrs. Ronald Vestal's home to finish aprons for the McKinney Veterans Hospital gift shop.
Bethel Baptist Church W M U held a Monday afternoon gathering at 2 pm with Mrs. Bob Cawthon presiding. Mrs. Clifton Sanderson led the royal service program and Mrs. Lewis Franklin was elected vice president.
Meeting records show a cash offering for the orphans home. Mrs. Bob Cawthon led the closing prayer as twelve members attended.
The Civil Service Commission reports the federal government payroll excluding Congress and judiciary stood at 2,094,434 at the end of September, up 34,137 for the month. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
In Carthage Missouri police warned cigar store owners about a man calling himself Happy Pappy posing as a new father. He buys a box of cigars then disperses them to customers before claiming he left his wallet at the hospital and offering a check.
A bucket shop is described as a place where customers place bets on price movements of stocks or commodities, focusing on rise and fall speculation rather than traditional investing.
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