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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for Grayson and Fannin Counties at 1 year for 1.50 and six months for 1.00. Outside these counties prices are 1 year for 2.00 and six months for 1.25.
Washington officials say a drastic July move may create a super wartime agency to run the nation’s production program. President Truman may separate the plan from the Commerce Department and empower NPA with broad control to coordinate steel aluminum and copper usage, hiring, and rationing.
George A. Kelly vice president of the Pullman Company warned in Chicago that a slackening in advertising and merchandising would plunge the nation into a deep low mood. He urged business to promote public relations and build lasting customer friendships as essential to a free enterprise economy. John W. Davis, born in 1873 in West Virginia, was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1924.
The government cost of living index rose to a new peak at 174.8 percent of the 1935 39 base. Nearly one million workers with wage contracts tied to the index will gain 2 to 3 cents an hour. The Oct 15 reading surpassed the previous high of 174.5 set last August and September. Davenport, Iowa, a key railroad and shipping hub, is noted in the piece.
Graveside services for Ernest Ownby 78 former Whitewright resident were held at Oak Hill Cemetery after he died Friday in Tulsa Oklahoma. He left a wife three sons a daughter and two brothers with a Presbyterian faith and business history in cotton ginning and oil. Mamie McLemore 80 native of the area died Friday in Baytown after a stroke and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. She was survived by her husband a son a daughter and four grandchildren.
Sandy McTavish attended a celebration with unlimited whisky. About mid evenin g he began bidding guests good night in a polite way. The host urged him to stay but Sandy insisted he was leaving only after saying good night while he still knew them.
Judy says no to marriage because her mother married her father and her aunt married her uncle, implying she won’t marry a stranger. Jane questions why and Judy repeats the family pattern as the reason.
Instructions for preparing roast wild duck with onion or apple in the cavity and bacon on the breast. Bake in a moderate oven until done, 10 hours for young ducks or 30 to 45 minutes longer for older birds. Includes tips to cool meat, conserve moisture, soaking options, and wild rice stuffing with giblets. Extension Service, A. & M. College.
An old Negro preacher explains faith and knowledge with a story. He says a mother knows her children by knowledge while a father believes they are his children by faith, illustrating the difference between belief and certainty.
A dialogue excerpt shows two listeners reacting to a speaker. The first praises the speaker as wonderful and good while the second compares the speaker’s perceived quality to a nanny goat’s noise and milk delivering a skeptical view.
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