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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1948
Page
7
The Reflector discussed plans to present a ring or jacket to her. After talking about the State Fair trip, the meeting adjourned. Third grade news highlights 36 pupils including three out-of-state students from Louisiana California and Arizona.
The article notes freshmen studying hard with John Dale attempting poetry recital while Dixie, Nancy, Audrey, Dorotha, Alice and Betty Jane join in, likely others later.
The piece records new students Bettye McKinney Prentice Barnett and C L Head with Arlie Ralls leaving. Charlene learns The Eagle while girls chatter through homemaking. English themes judge subject matter and form. Audrey and Sarah argue in study hall as football and baseball engage freshmen. More news next week.
R C Thrasher leads the senior social list amid chatter about charm and romance. Clifton Bass appears to favor underclassmen, while Snafu Smith rises in local circles and may woo Gladine. Neal brothers stand out as the senior women-haters in a lively scene.
This notice records a sheriff sale for Grayson County Texas taken by Sheriff Fred Prestage with deputy Ira Wisely. It details a 1948 judgment in favor of the State of Texas Intervenors City of Tioga Tioga Independent School District against Joe Cobbler et al for 445.40 dollars, with six percent interest and costs, foreclosing liens on property in Tioga. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in November 1948 at the Grayson County courthouse between 2 and 4 PM, describing the real estate in Streets Addition Tioga along Buck Creek with specific parcel boundaries and subject to redemption rights and statutory allowances.
A fragmentary column teases seniors about love interests among named youths and comments on speeding dangers. It cites Jeanette Jongs, Orville Henry, Don Reynolds, Nora Hughes, Dorothy Dooley, Cora Head, Dean Alexander, Wanda Lewis, Anna Neathery and others, then shifts to car safety and speed. A quoted citizen asserts slowing speeds improves life and safety, urging careful driving and awareness of others.
The tale portrays a boy's inner struggles inspired by heroic myths and chivalric ideals. The narrator contrasts battlefield courage with fear and doubt, exploring the mind behind a young soldier facing danger and growth.
State of Texas issues a citation to Oneida Grider in Grayson County. Elmer Lee Grider sues for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Petition filed October 2, 1948. answer required by November 15, 1948 at 10 a.m. before the District Court in Sherman. Case No. 56831. Issued October 2, 1948 by S. V. Earnest, Clerk.
A chucker is a period of play in polo. The Sun invites readers to phone in news items to The Sun as part of its printing promotion.
Democrats and Republicans clash in a state race as a political advertisement funded by Porter for Senate Committee with Lloyd Wheelock as chairman outlines campaign strategies and affiliations.
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