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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1959
Page
2
A collage of social notes lists visits from Dallas to Whitewright Sherman and surrounding towns. Highlights include a birth at Wilson N. Jones Hospital Sherman on October 16 and several family gatherings in Lubbock Dallas Garland and Enfield Illinois.
Dr. Frank Gunsaulus of Chicago rejects the idea of a rigid backbone. He says a backbone must have joints to bend and admit mistakes. He warns that stubborn minds mistake prejudice for conviction and urges strength of mind with a flexible spirit.
A sequence of light anecdotes unfolds from a perfume counter to a postal clerk, a Sunday School teacher and a rock idol. Jokes revolve around flirtation, misheard lines, missed lessons, and a boastful ex-worker trading woes for wit.
A anxious man follows a friend’s tip to eat when nervous. While his wife drives him to work, smoke rises from the hood. He tells her to run home while he fights the fire and eats a sandwich. A minister describes a tornado’s danger and its inches wide path of destruction.
A husband recounts to a marriage counselor that ten years in the dog brings slippers while his wife barks at him, noting that the service has not changed though the roles have. The counselor highlights the ongoing joke about evolving marital dynamics.
Two young delinquents were seen near a palatial home with burglary in view. One crawled through shrubbery and glanced into the living room where two young ladies played a piano duet. He told his partner to cross the place off the list.
In a small town church the groom waited as two o’clock passed and guests grew restless. The bride finally arrived and the ceremony proceeded. Years later the minister learned the farmer still keeps her.
The Oil and Gas Journal predicts a five year shortage of butane while propane remains plentiful. Refiners will need more butane for isobutane alkylate, raising costs for domestic use and prompting potential LPG imports and expanded LPG shipments as new alkylate demand grows.
A tale of a famed artist who weeps beside his finest work because satisfaction would kill future greatness. It argues that ambition and struggle yield lasting joy, while idleness leads to misery. The excerpt adds notes on a looming mathematician shortage and Siamese twins traveling on one ticket.
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