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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
4
Whitewright Swr lists J. H. Waggoner and T. Glenn Doss as editors owners. It announces publication every Thursday and details subscription rates for Grayson Fannin counties and outside these counties with minimum six month terms.
A collection of witty, clipped items and misprints from medical and local papers. The piece points to typographical slips in Medical Economics and others, with examples from Wichita Kansas, Little Rock Arkansas, Fairmont North Dakota, Columbus Georgia, Morristown North Carolina, and Norfolk Virginia.
Typographical errors, the editors curse and readers revel in, present a charm in a Rutherford piece noting the belly laughs such slips provide. The column highlights comic slips, misprints, and quirky wording that spark amusement among locals.
A narrator surveys a bare landscape under pine and spruce noting heat and hazards. They identify a poison ivy vine near a spreading spruce and choose an ash as a safer, familiar marker amid past discarded items.
The nation’s railroads canceled more than 600 trains as a coal strike deepened, with the New York Central cutting 146 trains and the Pennsylvania 103. In Chicago, 214 passenger and suburban trains were halted while Western lines escaped heavy impact due to diesel use. The CIO planned a multimillion dollar war chest to aid striking steelworkers, and the UAW contributed 100000 to the fund. The steel walkout threatened automotive production by month’s end.
Washington reports a federal official, J Dan Hull assistant director of secondary education, says 60 percent of high school students receive education far below subsistence level. He notes 20 percent graduate with college prep and 20 percent gain skilled trades, while half of entrants fail to graduate. He urges keeping youths in school through age 18 amid demand from business and industry.
A humorous exchange in a diner repeats as a trucker who finished his meal asks for a fork. The waitress says she cleared it because he was done. The trucker complains about needing a utensil to stir his coffee.
The Texas state fair closed after breaking nearly every record recording attendance of 2 047 540 over 16 days up 155 000 from the prior fair. Rural Youth Day drew 75 000 youths and the biggest single day 276 984 visitors. livestock shows set records in beef cattle swine and quarter horse events.
In Spokane Washington Dick E Shanks a 26 year old dealer reports brisk Geiger counter sales across the Northwest this year. The portable units weigh about four pounds and sell from 55 to 375 dollars with trustworthy models above 100 dollars.
Funeral services were held for Lester R. May, vice president of Southwest Drug Co. in Houston, who died of a heart attack at his La Porte home. Survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter, and three brothers. Also noted are the funeral for Fitz Bryant of Whitewright, a former U S Treasury employee, with survivors including his wife, two sons, two daughters, two brothers, and a sister.
After a wreck one driver confronts a bystander on the sidewalk asking about a tail light. The bystander replies with a pointed remark, implying mistaken identity and a stubborn, sharp response.
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