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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1953
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces weekly publication by JT Glenn Doss editor and publisher. It lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside those counties, and outlines advertising charges for notices of events, sales, cards of thanks, poetry, and memorials with a request for corrections of erroneous reflections.
A telephone call from Houston Stedham of Snyder asks for ideas to raise Texas cotton allotments amid anticipated next year’s cuts. The Sun editor explains the allotment, a product of a Democratic administration, and notes Secretary Benson will seek relief from Congress.
The forecast shows 14,719,000 bales produced, about 1,500,000 bales shy of actual. Three years earlier a cotton shortage existed and a ceiling of 45 cents was set. The passage argues long-range laws like production control can create inequities from unforeseen circumstances.
The 1954 55 Texas Almanac notes a 4 billion dollar 1953 manufacturing value with major new chemical plants on the Gulf and large inland facilities like the Rockdale aluminum plant and Daingerfield steel mill. It details water shortages in 1951 53, reservoir expansion to 36 million acre feet, and eight to nine million acre feet of annual Texas water use.
The 1953 Texas Almanac lists oil producing counties and total state mineral value at 3.72 billion, Texas as a major military center with Fort Sam Houston and Corpus Christi Naval Base, plus tornadoes 1893 1953 and county census details. It also notes ownership of The Dallas News and maps of farm to market routes.
Mrs. Amine Hicks says she carried a sack with eighty five thousand dollars since 1945 and lost it in a drugstore. Police confirmed her story after skepticism. She kept only small bills, claiming the money was her late husband’s and that money is a curse. This account includes her remarks and the pursuit of the missing funds.
In Chicago Central Security Mutual will cut auto rates by 20 to 25 percent for drivers who pledge abstinence for the policy term. The insurer will screen applicants like a credit check to ensure good risk. WCTU president Mrs. Glenn G Hayes of Evanston calls it a fair progressive step rewarding sobriety.
Frank Klock of Pasadena California toured India hoping to perform the Indian rope trick to make a fortune. He wired the Pasadena newspaper declaring his disillusionment as no Indian has mastered the trick and he seeks a magician to succeed there.
A psychiatric board tested a black soldier's mental state. When asked if he hears voices without origin, he replies yes and attributes it to talking over the telephone, exposing a troubling racial stereotype in the era.
A humorous exchange shows Brainy Daisy asking why Crazy wears socks inside out. Crazy explains her feet are hot and she turned the hose on them as her mother advised.
The article warns against unscrupulous vitamin promoters exploiting health fears. It urges readers to consult a physician before taking vitamins and notes that prescriptions can be filled promptly if needed.
A church directory lists service times and leaders for CHURCH OF CHRIST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN FIRST BAPTIST FIRST METHODIST FIRST PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY OF GOD CROSS ROADS PRESBYTERIAN PILOT GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST with ministers like McFerrin Newland Cole Taylor Smith Hill Holland Goodspeed and various weekly offerings including Sunday School times and evening worships across multiple congregations. The Pilot Grove Church adds Thursday preaching by Doyle Goodspeed from Dallas with open invitation.
Bethel Baptist Church with U C Broach as pastor offers morning worship at 11:00, Training Union at 7:00, and evening service at 8:00.
Ministers Rev H P Williamson of Denison Methodist and Rev Lee H Smith of Whitewright Presbyterian lead services at Tom Bean Church with Sunday School after the morning service. Mrs Clifford Phoebus is mentioned in association with church activities.
Lloyd Alexander program chair invited Jim Egan of Dallas to discuss cotton history and the council's work boosting cotton use. Egan criticized substitutes like rayon and noted buyers often choose inferior cotton substitutes at similar prices. Rotary Ann banquet chair Dick Walker announced the Dec 9 banquet in the Methodist Church Annex.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown hosted officers and teachers of the intermediate department of the Baptist Sunday school for a Friday evening buffet. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Marlow and daughter Cynthia, Mrs. Gene Hughes, Mrs. J. P. Darwin, Mrs. J. L. McSpedden, Mrs. Sonny Gosnell and Judy, Mrs. Claud Dillon, Mrs. Marie Jinkins, Rev. and Mrs. Newton Cole, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skaggs.
In Mainz Germany villages near Ginsheim fed and sheltered an American Army sentry who kept vigil over a Rhine pontoon bridge for nearly a week after maneuvers ended because his unit forgot him. Villagers tried to persuade him to leave. police were notified and an Army truck later returned him to his unit.
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