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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
1
Stop lights were installed at two Main street intersections on Monday, at Main and Sears and at Main and Bond. The signals allow right or left turns on green, with a red for everyone. U turns are prohibited to reduce hazards and improve safety.
Mrs. B. W. Newman assessor and collector for Whitewright Independent School District has opened her office in the election room of the city building to collect school taxes. Tax statements were mailed recently and property owners may pay between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday each week.
Gov Allan Shivers said he may call a special Texas Legislature session for drouth relief by Friday. Delays came as William L McGill was in Washington on civil defense matters. A February session is expected, with teachers' salary issues likely on the agenda.
The United Nations and Communist forces united to prevent South Korea from releasing 22 500 anti Communist prisoners and possibly jeopardizing the armistice. The five nation repatriation commission warned Rhee and pledged to protect neutral custodial troops. Communist leaders warned the armistice could collapse if Rhee acted.
In Salt Lake City the United Livestock Producers Association pressed Secretary Ezra Taft Benson to implement a cattle price support program. They urged a parity-based system as the best way to stabilize cattle prices and prevent catastrophe.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company informed Whitewright exchange patrons that all numbers will change when the dial system is completed in February. The notice explained rebuilding of the distribution system and cables before installation. City officials discussed prior rate increases linked to rural service expansion and the dial era.
President Eisenhower released 10 million dollars from emergency funds to buy winter hay for farmers in 13 drought affected states. Ezra Taft Benson announced extra aid for transporting hay and noted existing 40 million dollars approved earlier for seed and feed. Loans totaling 12 million are available, and the agriculture department has bought 130 million pounds of lower grade beef for canning, with total purchases expected over 200 million pounds. States named include Arkansas Colorado Kansas Kentucky Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
Undersecretary of Agriculture True D Morse predicts food prices at grocery stores will likely not rise much further. He cautions there will be little decline either due to factors widening the gap between consumer prices and prices paid to farmers. The Agriculture Department is examining the price spread, citing packaging and processing methods including frozen foods.
Red Cross handled 4,000 casualty cases over the two week Munich Oktoberfest as about 5,000,000 revelers attended. Vendors served roughly 1,100,000 gallons of beer and 100,000 roasted chickens amid Bavarian celebrations. The festival drew 2,000,000 more visitors than expected. A joked exchange between two men closes the fragment.
Community health drive plans a mass chest X-ray in Whitewright on October 21 and 22. Adults over 15 invited for free X-rays funded by the State Health Department with prizes donated by merchants and sponsorship by the Rotary Club and Friday Literary Club. Local pastors, teachers, and club members coordinate outreach and publicity.
By 8:30 am Whitewright gins had processed 1313 bales of cotton earning 31 12 cents for snapped and 32 cents for picked with seed at 53 per ton. Rain slowed picking and lack of laborers may delay harvest toward Christmas while October forecast boosts production to 15 586 000 bales and implies quotas next year.
The week’s meals include roast beef and gravy with sides on Monday, green blackeye peas and escaloped potatoes on Tuesday, red beans with corn bread on Wednesday, baked hamburger loaf with creamed corn on Thursday, and oven fried fish fillets with potato salad on Friday. Each day includes milk and a dessert or fruit option.
A Whitwright child avoided poisoning after handling what looked like a tortilla with white powder believed to be strychnine. Donald Walker and other boys played football as authorities warn a dog poisoner remains at large and a $100 reward stands for arrest and conviction.
Dr. Clive R. McCay of Cornell told the Food Editors Conference that Americans carry about one half billion pounds of excess fat. He linked high caloric diets to midlife illness and earlier death, urging people to relate today’s eating to tomorrow’s health.
A nurse leads a student through a hospital ward and warns that the most dangerous cases are the ones that are nearly well. The remark suggests the risk of relapse or sudden deterioration in recovering patients.
Dearborn Michigan L S Smead announced four assistant general sales managers to align Ford Divisions sales organization Guy Hamilton Jr promoted to planning and analysis He formerly served as administrative assistant to the Ford Division general manager Born in Whitewright Texas he attended Rice Institute and the University of Houston and served in the U S Army reaching major in the Ordnance Department
The first PTA meeting for the new school year will be at 7:30 p m Tuesday Oct 13 in the High School library. All parents and others interested are invited. Thomas Sears board president will lead. Rev Newton V Cole pastor will speak about his Air Force duties and show photos from Newfoundland Iceland and Greenland. A reception follows to welcome new teachers and PTA members.
Bonnie Nicholson of Rusk renews his newspaper subscription for four years through May 1, 1958, noting prior payment through May 1, 1954. He visited with his mother Mrs. W. T. Nicholson and hinted funds may be needed after moving and fixing up. Subscriptions acknowledged this week list numerous local signatories.
The Treasury said it will borrow another 1.5 to 2 billion dollars late this month or in early November. The move would bring the national debt to within about 0.5 billion of the $275 billion legal ceiling.
Whitewright High School Tigers travel to host Whitesboro Bearcats for a District 13 A opener. Game time is 8 p.m. Both teams seek bounce back wins after Friday losses, with Tigers aiming to overcome size disadvantages and injuries for a close contest.
Kansas City report says six year old Bobby Greenlease was killed after being kidnapped from a local school. His body was found in a lime filled grave near St Joseph after captors extorted $600 000. Carl Hall Bonnie Heady and John Marsh face first degree murder charges and federal extortion counts.
Governor Allan Shivers told Texas Republicans not to count on Democratic support as in 1952 when Democrats carried the state for Eisenhower. He described such votes as a temporary loan and warned that politics will be discussed during President Eisenhower's October visit to Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande.
Malcolm Gramling, 25, from Kenneth Missouri, won the national cotton picking title in Blytheville Arkansas topping 152 pickers from six states by 118 pounds in two hours earning $1000. The top woman was Blytheville resident Mrs Charlie Bruntz 26 who picked 87 pounds earning $250 based on weight and cotton condition.
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