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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
8
Washington report shows a 1950 model US senator costs taxpayers 50 905 a year plus staff and travel. Total for all 96 senators runs near 5 million annually due to higher staff pay and expanded office allowances.
H M Harris explains exemptions from forced sale for debt payments. The homestead includes the family dwelling, household and kitchen furniture, cemetery lots, all farming implements, tools and books of any trade, and the family library. The article outlines what property qualifies for protection under the law.
Chicago report summarizes editorial noting that fat men drink more whisky than thin men but that average intake would intoxicate, with 154 pound man converting about 26% ounces of 100 proof whisky per day. The piece cites a Journal of the American Medical Association commentary on Dr. Henry W. Newman's Stanford study.
James B. Storey, director of student activities at Austin College Sherman, will speak at the 11 o clock service during the morning worship at the Assembly of God Church. Evangelistic service follows at 7 30 p m. Sunday school starts at 10 a m.
The schedule lists Therman Healy as minister with Bible classes at 10 a.m. and preaching plus communion at 11 a.m. The evening service is at 7 p.m. The Young People Training Groups time is to be announced and midweek service is at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Ashley D. Jameson minister. Sunday School at 10:00. Morning worship at 11:00 with the sermon The Man Beside the Sea from John 21 2 13. Evening worship 7 30 p m Youth Fellowship 7 00 p m Youth hour 8 30 p m Memorial support requested.
Enterprise Baptist Church lists morning worship at 11 00 a m evening service 7 30 p m Training Union director Mrs W R Drake and other officers are named Sunday school superintendent W T Simmons prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 pm Marriage and divorce rates declined worldwide in 1948 domestic chicken breeds trace from jungle fowl of India
Farm rent ads from Joe Johnson and Mrs Floyd Everheart plus services from Babcock Auto Store Dawson Butane and Hi Way Grocery. Listings include real estate a five room house feed flowers and electrical supplies with contact details and local shop mentions for Whitewright and area.
In Denver an NRA official proposed making firearms handling and shooting training mandatory for all elementary school children 11 years old. He argued compulsory programs would reduce daily firearm accidents and hunting fatalities. The NRA convention also backed civilian rifle training and prepared a protest letter to President Truman over budget cuts.
A gun totin Irish man Peter Holmes of Newcastle County Down Northern Ireland applied to the Ochiltree Herald Perryton seeking ranch work. His letter claims at six years old he can shoot a gun and asks for room on the ranch. Also notes whale blood proportion and a 1696 English window tax from Britannica.
Chicago reporters state two University of Illinois doctors in JAMA report allergies may cause frequent colds not weather. Drs Noah Fox and George Livingston studied over 3000 cold victims, finding 358 with no allergy history and noting allergic noses harbor organisms awaiting a stimulus.
A New York reporter records unusual heat readings during a city heat wave. Measurements include 103 degrees inside a policeman's shoe and 130 degrees on a rooftop while official Whitehall readings top 98.1. A thundershower drops the city to 81 as maple sugar production in 1948 hits a low.
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