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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun publishes Thursdays from Whitewright Texas with post office class mail status. Subscription rates are one year 150 and six months 9 1.00 payable in advance. The editors will correct erroneous reflections upon request to protect character and standing of any person firm or corporation mentioned.
Pfc Anther Hudgins writes parents from Europe Oct 31 noting a new AP O 339 and describing Dutch life. He recalls Dutch families hosting soldiers, scarce food, shared chores, church life, and daily customs. He contrasts Holland with France and England and reflects on prayer and war anxiety.
White Bear a Quapaw elder of Quapaw Oklahoma, father of a paratrooper who died in Des Moines Iowa training. He sold his savings to fund a government assisted funeral after viewing his son’s pall, revealing pride and sorrow in a quiet, hopeful community memory.
The message thanks residents for four years of service as County Clerk, expresses gratitude amid wartime shortages, honors fallen loved ones, recalls a blind Tennessee girl as inspiration, and urges daily happiness and appreciation of blessings for the community.
A weary elder of the Quapaw people, White Bear, trudges along a highway toward home after selling possessions to cover a debt and receiving a modest aid from a suburban passerby. His quiet dignity contrasts with sensational tales of wealth and conquest as he nears Kansas City. The piece ends noting Egyptians as the earliest known nation.
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