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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
8
Denison area charity tale notes Mrs. Elizabeth S. Frost near Denison turning care for the elderly into a full time effort. A trained nurse she built a native rock hospital after her husband’s death to provide dormitories kitchens and a laboratory for aged residents. Some stay for life and optional pensions or gifts support the budget.
Orangeville News records visits among local families including Burden Owens Richey Cooper Wilder Savage McQuire Bennett Robinson and Savage. A barn burned Sunday afternoon on Tom White's farm north of Trenton. Spend your money in Whitewright.
The advisory council on social security debated extending old age pension taxes to farmers, housewives, hospital patients and their employees. About 41 million people are already covered, with farm workers and domestic staff seen as needing protection, though Treasury experts warned collection would cost more than revenue.
Judge G O Crisp in Kaufman presided over a case where J M Wright of Dallas seeks 3500 from his son Carl T Wright, a McKinney businessman. The 84 year old father alleges neglect after 1935 when the son bought the estate for 1100 with a contract to provide care and burial costs. He claims 50 monthly for just over three years life expectancy and 1000 for funeral expenses.
Las Cruces reporter Orren Beaty Jr. covered an early morning wreck in which an unidentified woman died when her car hit a truck. He later learned from papers in her purse that the victim was his mother.
Committeemen from 19 Northeast Texas counties in Extension Service District 5 unanimously petitioned the Department of Agriculture to classify gardens and orchards for home use as soil building agencies. This would entitle families with gardens and orchards to receive payments under the Agricultural Conservation program.
Father and son faced Judge Dick Dixon's court Tuesday over a contracted promise to provide care. The dispute centers on obligations and breach, with both sides presenting their arguments in a concise hearing.
Wanda Garvin woke at night with a throbbing toothache and alerted her parents and sister, enabling the family of four to escape a house fire in Pittsfield Illinois before the structure was destroyed.
Several hundred Hunt County farmers at an all day meeting unanimously support the present AAA program. They favor earlier allotment announcements and quicker payment of compliance checks. The piece notes meat production and consumption distribution across the Mississippi.
A collection of maxims about opposition aiding a man and kites rising against the wind. It includes two well known sayings: It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. attributed to Hamilton Mabie and Robert G Ingersoll.
A dense slate of small ads includes for sale and trade items a 1934 Chevro let sedan in good condition, land rentals at $300, electrical wiring services, Penn apartments rental, funeral designs, rooms and meals, used radios, 55 acres for sale near Whitewright with water and paved highway, posted hunting notice, and a Rawleigh route job lead with contact details. Names include Homer Burris Emmet Penn Myrtle Badgett Tom Barbee Percy Darwin Lonnie Darwin Virgil Murphy Ben Nelson L. R. Alexander D E McCoy J J Smith and others.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for fire aid and bereavement support from multiple Vestal and family members. Auto Financing ad by F W Creager promotes quick loans, vehicle inspections, and discounts on new Chevrolets with H E Barrington in Sherman listing used cars including 1936 Studebaker and several Ford, Chevrolet, and Nash models.
A law professor tests backward students on wills and testaments with a punchline about a dead person and money. A student misanswers, and the scene shifts to playful banter about rivulets and hillbillies.
On a Sunday morning a Negro church pastor welcomes a backslider named Rastus who explains he returned for strength after taking a job whitewashing a chicken coop and building a fence around a watermelon patch. An old lady to a slow chauffeur notes he is not as gallant as he was.
A brief exchange questions a woman's marital status and the idea of a husband. The professor asks if she is married and implies a husband exists, while she clarifies she is not married, prompting a humorous misreading of bachelor status.
A playful dialogue features a bride-elect urging caution about wedding gifts and suggesting a plain clothes detective. The Happy Man retorts by requiring the bride’s brother to obtain a surety bond to act as ring bearer, underscoring humor in wedding preparations.
In a humorous exchange, Ozark Ike admits he has worn his boots swapped since 95, joking about being club-footed. The passerby points out the mix-up, prompting Ike to rib himself in a lighthearted moment.
A mother praises stamp collecting as educational while a visitor watches. Her son, absorbed in his stamp book, answers promptly when asked where Hungary is, quipping that it is two pages in front of Italy. The line showcases a humorous child-friendly view of learning through stamps.
A disconsolate playwright hears hissed groans from a crowd while the manager notes the public wants its money back. The exchange underscores disappointing reception of a new stage effort.
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