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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1960
Page
11
The Chamber of Commerce meets at 7 30 tonight at Community Public Service Co division on Highway 69. The Tigers host Gaston Red Devils Friday at 7 30 in their last non conference game, after a 20 19 loss to Farmersville last week.
An Ambrose resident, Mrs. Tom Cobble, sustained a severe leg injury when a lawn mower struck a metal tap, lodging a piece of iron in her calf during a home yard mowing incident. She received surgical care at a Whitewright clinic.
The Grayson County Development Council held its monthly meeting at the American Legion Hall with Whitewright hosts John Biggerstaff Clint Hennig and Russell Summers. Admiral W K Phillips presided. plans discussed a large cattle feeding project near Dallas and Grand Prairie and water needs for 5000 steers. A Willis Bridge opening October 30 and a Lake Texoma resort lease hearing in Denison October 14 were noted.
Budget Director Maurice H. Stans trimmed the fiscal year surplus forecast from 4.2 to 1.1 billion dollars amid lower receipts and higher outlays. Receipts are now seen at 81.5 billion while expenditures total 80.4 billion with a 2 billion drop in corporate income taxes driving most of the decline.
Harvard researchers report six of ten juvenile delinquents come from heavy drinking households and four of five parents show little interest in peers. Three of five show parental discord and seven of ten lack family recreation. Many come from broken families with scant religious training. Loire River noted as France longest at 620 miles.
The Dixon Wrecking Yard began in 1954 as part of Dixon Service Station. J. B. Dixon moved to highway 69 north in 1958, building a large garage for overhauls, welding, and radiator repair. They wreck about 50 cars yearly, selling parts to Fort Worth exchanges, with remaining metal sent to Greenville and foundries. Partners are James Vaughn Dixon and his father, employing one other, Jack Mathis. The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce thanks the firm for its economic contribution.
Uncle Dan from Tom Bean writes to the editor railing at both parties for campaign rhetoric, jokes about prosperity, immigration, and taxes, and declares he will vote a middle path. He jokes about pie shares, misused statistics, and the politicking he expects to heat up before the November elections. He signs as UNCLE DAN.
John Tower of Wichita Falls Republican nominee for United States Senate Texas will campaign in Sherman and Denison Monday Oct. 10 with an 8 p m address at Sherman Hall Austin College Mrs Jack Martin Grayson County Chairman of the Republican Party announced Tower who resigned as professor of political science at Northwestern University Wichita Falls to enter the race against Lyndon B Johnson will arrive in Denison at 4 p m Monday He will visit Nixon Lodge headquarters at 116 North Burnett street meet Denison voters then depart for Sherman He will be interviewed on KXII television Monday afternoon and possibly on Grayson County radio stations
A quoted exchange between two women reveals a belief of early death and a comforting remark from a close friend. The dialogue hints at themes of fate, friendship, and survival against a foretelling mood.
A reunion of ex-students teachers board members and employees of Wesley College will be held at Kavanaugh Methodist Church in Greenville on Sunday Oct 9. Attendees are asked to bring a basket lunch to be served in the church recreation rooms at noon.
Commerce Secretary Frederick H. Mueller denied again that his department told President Eisenhower the economy was in a recession. He repeated the denial in a telegram to Senator Joseph S. Clark and 12 other Democrats who questioned a published report.
The White Wright Parent Teacher Association will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday October 11 at 7:30 p m in the high school library. The program features a football clinic with questions and answers and the public is invited.
Texas voters face four constitutional amendments on November 8 submitted by the 56th Legislature. Proposals include hospital district authorization in limited counties, funding for the veterans land program with bond terms, possible public salary changes for state lawmakers, and state authority to regulate lenders and small loans. Since 1947, approvals in this area have risen. 236 submissions have yielded 140 adopted.
Mrs. Billy Muirhead Mrs. W H Russell and Mrs. C E O Neal traveled to Tulsa Oklahoma Tuesday to support Mrs Bill Kohrs who had bone surgery on her foot The former Miss Johnnie Nell Massey attended Whitewright schools and suffered a leg injury in winter 1947 when a sled overturned pinning her leg in a hospital stay that stretched through Sherman and Dallas The latest operation marks one of several procedures since the accident Mrs Kohrs a niece of Mrs Russell O Neal and C A Massey of Ely is listed in Room 277 St Johns Hospital Tulsa
James McNeill Whistler was dismissed as a West Point cadet after failing chemistry, ending his early military path. The incident marks a notable turning point before his rise as a prominent artist.
Whitewright United Fund nears the halfway point with 1546 dollars reported by 9 am, about 46.9 percent of the 3300 goal. President John Biggerstaff urges full participation to finish ahead of county towns, while S T Montgomery Jr notes confidence in reaching the top this year as in previous four years.
The USDA announced a new regulation for farm housing loans under Title V of the Housing Act of 1949. Eligible farmers who produce at least 400 dollars in commodities annually may now qualify, if they lack credit elsewhere and meet income requirements. Local extension agents offer plan leaflets and B-172 Texas house plans for applicants.
Texas motorists paid 554,405,000 in state and federal gasoline taxes and other automotive levies in 1959, led by 182,286,000 in state levies and 107,990,000 to the federal government. The tax take includes registration fees and new car levies, with total motorist taxes exceeding 9.5 billion nationwide. A petition drive is planned at Texas service stations by Oct 1 to protest extending the one cent federal tax set to expire next June.
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