Local Builders Erect Modern Bungalow in Whitewright
The Sun reports carpenters began a modern bungalow for L. LaRoe & Co on West Spruce Street in Whitewright. Supt J C Fortune and family will reside there once finished.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
3
The Sun reports carpenters began a modern bungalow for L. LaRoe & Co on West Spruce Street in Whitewright. Supt J C Fortune and family will reside there once finished.
The board sets non-resident tuition: high school five dollars per month, intermediate four dollars fifty cents, and primary four dollars. Leon Spindle of Whitewright plays on the Sul Ross State Teachers College football team at Alpine. J.C. Parsons trades a 320 acre farm in Lubbock County to W. C.
A collection of humorous rural dialogues and vignettes. A gentleman farmer defends profanity against a golf ball. A father answers a child about fear of animals. A missionary questions a mountain woman about Judgment Day. A guide warns a traveler about cards saving a life on a mountain trip.
A classified Infantry Journal report for the Army Ground Forces analyzes World War II casualty data. It shows machine guns cause the highest death rate, fragmentation wounds from artillery and bombs kill many, and rifle fire follows. The study cites Bougainville, New Georgia, Burma, and Italy outcomes with detailed casualty patterns and fault lines like discipline and leadership.
A pharmacist recalls stopping a would be suicide by rat poison purchase. The man, named Sandy, asked for a dime worth of poison and was quoted 20 cents, an exchange that reportedly prevented the act.
A housewife buys six apples for 65 cents pays with a dollar and, after being told to take change, says she stepped on a grape on the way in so the balance is even. The lighthearted remark ends the small transaction with humor.
Texas remains the largest wool producing state in the United States, maintaining its lead in national fiber output and reflecting strong ranching and textile sectors across the state.
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