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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1953
Page
3
Local residents and travelers filled the weekend with social visits and short trips. Names include J P Darwin in Durant, Dallas visitors like Mrs May and Miss Harris, and families from Sherman, Denton, Fort Worth, Commerce, and McKinney among others. Several extended family gatherings occurred in McKinney, Quanah, and Leonard.
Honey Grove area trapper James R. Watson shows his 27th wolf killed in two months on Frank Welch farm west of Honey Grove. Wolves scarce due to dry weather, preying on livestock and fowls, with one calf killed on Bill Weyble place. Lamar County trapper count noted at 75. A call to notify Dan Baker for local help.
A collage of light anecdotes and quips moving from a missing wife ruse to barber shop chatter and preacher humor. Ranging from a detective’s wordplay about a silent wife to a Texas weather joke, the snippets blend regional wit and everyday scenes.
A parson reproves a boy for swearing and imagines a father's garden accident prompting a tame retort. An old Texas cowpoke on vacation jokes about drought and fish three years old that can't swim.
A man visits a barber hoping for a haircut and is met with a proposal to singe each hair at double price. The barber claims singeing seals the cut end to keep hair vigorous, then asks why chin hairs seem to grow stronger despite cuts.
Citation to George McLeary informs him of a 1953 divorce annulment petition filed by Phyllis McLeary in the 15th District Court of Grayson County Texas. The citation sets a 10 am deadline and notes publication in The Whitewright Sun on October 15, 22, 29, and November 5, 1953.
A brief remark frames a comparison between two sides with the speaker claiming their grasshoppers are larger, prompting a lighthearted challenge or boast in the exchange.
The administratrix of the estate of W. W. Ross deceased in Grayson County Texas invites all indebted parties to settle promptly and all creditors to present claims within legally prescribed time at 316 North Burdette Street Sherman Texas. This notice is dated October 14 1953 and issued by Mrs Bertha Ross.
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