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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun is edited and owned by T Glenn Doss. Published weekly on Thursdays. Subscription rates are two dollars and two-fifty per period. Whitewright Texas postal details indicate second class mail matter.
Water Paul Crume notes Mayor R R Summers of Whitewright warned a Dallas guest against hauling Whitewright water to Dallas. He quips Dallas lacks deep well water and teases about surface water. The piece contrasts living in Dallas with Whitewright and hints at water supply constraints.
Telephone exchange between President and John L Lewis shows pressure to end the coal miners strike before the election. Harry negotiates halting the walkout while Lewis cites union policy of no contract, no work. The dialogue hints at political maneuvering and labor conflict in a tense moment.
In a tense exchange John L. and Harry discuss halting the coal miners strike to salvage the election. John L. promises to end the strike but warns it will cost after the election, citing miners' pay under the WSB contract and comparing to cotton pickers in Texas.
Kelly Hill of Frisco Lee Atkins of Farmersville Warren Barnes local real estate man and the writer discuss the current drouth claiming it is worse than 1911. They note that 1911 saw crop failure with rain starting in October and imply 1912 offered a rebound.
Lee Atkins recalls the 1911 12 winter being so mild cotton stalks stayed green all winter. He notes the following year’s heavy rains made stalks taller than a man’s head and some farmers topped cotton to keep it from growing too tall. Kelly adds a remark about a farm near Frisco with deep cracks exposing water beneath.
The Tax Foundation compares a married man with two children across 1939 and 1952. For a $4000 income in 1939 you must earn $9139 to be better off, for $2000 you need $4945, for $10000 you need $30956, and a $2000 pension halves to $1000 now, illustrating inflation and taxes eroding purchasing power.
A preliminary trial in Cleveland reports promising results for a new poliomyelitis vaccine. Dr. Howard A. Howe of Johns Hopkins and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis note vaccinated children did not contract polio and responded to vaccination as chimpanzees and monkeys do. The study supports further development toward large scale production and lasting immunity.
The Central Christian Church led by Vernon M. Newland and Mae Hall offers Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7:30 p.m. Mid week service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Also notes Church of Christ led by Tildon McFerrin with services scheduled throughout Sunday.
The notice lists Sunday services for First Methodist Church with Church School at 10 00 a m Morning worship at 11 00 a m and Evening worship at 7 30 p m Also the First Presbyterian Church in the North Texas Larger Parish led by Rev Lee H Smith with Sunday School at 10 00 a m Floyd Bassett superintendent Morning worship at 11 00 a m Choir rehearsal on Wednesday at 7 00 p m Financial secretary Mrs L E Alexander Training Union at 7 00 p m Evening worship at 8 00 p m and Wednesday service at 8 00 p m Choir rehearsal Saturday at 7 30 p m
Rev. H. P. Williamson from Denison and Rev. Lee H. Smith from Whitewright lead Sunday School at 10 a.m. Mrs. Clifford Phoebus serves as superintendent. Morning worship begins at 9 a.m. every Sunday except the fourth when it is at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Otis Swisher leads morning worship at 9 45 with preaching. Sunday School follows at 10 45 for all ages.
U C Broach pastor M F Alexander Sunday School superintendent James H Gosnell Brotherhood president Mrs Bob Cawthon W M S president Sunday School 10 00 am Morning worship 11 o clock Evening worship 8 00 o clock
James L. Cooper is pastor Paul A. Robertson music director Mrs L E Alexander financial secretary Charles Skaggs Sunday School Ralph Brown T A director Mrs Roy Blanton W M A president Marshall Hasty Brotherhood president Training Union 630 pm Choir rehearsal 700 pm Saturday Wednesday 700 pm On Sunday night Nov 2 a religious film will be shown to conclude the service. The film is produced by.
The Radio and Visual Aids Department of the Southern Baptist Convention invites attendance at a November 4 training union social and planning meeting. All Training Union members are urged to attend.
Mrs. M. A. Deaton celebrated her eighty first birthday with a dinner at the home of Mrs. W. M. Simmons attended by eighty guests. She is mother to eight children, thirty-nine grandchildren, seventy with great grandchildren, and seventeen great great grandchildren, plus a stepson and several step relatives.
The Junior Department of the Baptist Training Union held a Halloween party Tuesday night. Twenty three members attended along with three guests. Members listed include Billy Tillett Johnny Cummings Arthur Hugh Mitchell and others. Visitors were June Gail Bond Janet Smith and Louisa Lackey.
New York inventor Mark Neider has received patent 2,611,901 for a love glove designed as a bundling mitten allowing a boy and girl to hold hands while both hands stay warm inside a single mitten.
A patent description outlines a glove featuring a side slide fastener opposite the thumb. The design adds an extra wrist piece that can be enclosed for single wear or pulled out for double wear, while the glove on the other hand may omit the extra wrist component.
A doctor asks Mrs. Jones about her husband’s symptoms. She notes he talks to himself and believes she is listening, delivering a wry punchline about his self conversation and his lack of awareness.
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