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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1947
Page
4
Whitewright SUT notes publication schedule with entries every Thursday. Postoffice mailing in Whitewright Texas lists second class status and subscription rates of 1 year for 1.50 and six months for 1.00 payable in advance. No subscription accepted for periods under six months.
The president designated Oct 12 to 18 as Letter Writing Week urging citizens to pen overdue letters. It notes the act brings happiness to recipients and writers alike, stressing that someone awaits your letter and you should write it next week.
Independent grocer Peter J. Faith hung humorous displays across his Mid City Super Mart. Signs such as Ain't I Sumpin Best Buy Yet Take Me Home Yes Sir I'm Hot drew attention and prompted shoppers to notice and buy items they might overlook. The best deal sign read I Ain't a Bargain I's a Give Away, causing customers to double take before grabbing the cut-price item.
A passage describes a child's instinct to seek security when caregivers depart or threaten disruption. It emphasizes that reassurance of a caregiver's return builds a lasting sense of safety even amid later troubles.
The Sherman Area Council holds a court of honor at Grayson County courthouse at 7:30 PM to award summer camp honors and recognize Whitewright scouts. Next Monday at 7 PM the troop meets for a camp-fire program at an undisclosed site, with transportation from the scout hut to the Waketas sacred place followed by a weiner roast. Scouting age boys are urged to attend and a breakfast of hot cakes or waffles with heated honey and butter is suggested, with a splash of orange juice and rind for flavor.
To clean glass straws use an ordinary pipe cleaner. For larger straws use two or three cleaners twisted together. Cleaners may be used a number of times.
A long excerpt reviews 1816 as a year without a summer with warm January and February 1816, then repeated cold and frost through May to August, crops failing and high seed prices in 1817. It cites Ripley’s Earth Shaker cartoon and a Yorkshire inquiry, noting widespread cold, ice, and privation across the United States. An unrelated tip on preserving cut flowers follows.
Grayson County Texas court issues a citation to Claud A Glidewell to appear by 10 am on Monday November 24 1947 in district court Sherman to answer a petition filed October 6 1947 by W B Glidewell and others seeking a receiver to sell Lots 25 and 26 N C Ferguson Addition Bells Grayson County valued about 1000 and to distribute proceeds to heirs and owners.
A Danish Sprits recipe combines butter powdered sugar flour almonds and vanilla baked into oblong rolls. A lamb stew simmers with onion tomatoes green peppers corn rice and egg oil and vinegar for a balanced dish. The text notes squirrels use tails as parachutes in long jumps.
Citation No 55951 to William Roberts dated November 3 1947 from Honorable Grayson District Court for a suit by Davie Roberts as Plaintiff against William Roberts in a divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Issued September 16 1947. Drake Deputy Texas.
Delaware River bridge patrol reports Penn students raised 300 dollars to buy a hearse for a joy ride. The three men were found inside the hearse with one hanging feet from the back door at the Philadelphia toll gate. Sergeant McWilliams allowed them to go after a cautionary shake of the head.
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