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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription rates in Grayson and Fannin Counties at 2.00 dollars outside those counties 2.50 dollars and foreign subscriptions 5.00 dollars. The publisher will correct any erroneous reflection upon a person firm or corporation brought to attention.
A concise moral on WON'T CAN'T and WILL types by J B Shores. WON'Ts fault find, CAN'Ts fear and doubt, WILLs pursue goals with vision and action. The piece urges belief and persistent effort to improve one's life, ending with the assertion that if belief remains firm and effort constant, we WILL.
A compact roundup of editorials urging self-reliance and thoughtful living. It notes Sundays for conscience, warns against crowd following, praises honest work, and quips on Fort Knox gold plus large food stocks. It contrasts old and modern life with efficiency by gadgets.
The National Safety Council reports 3,340 traffic deaths in July 1955, up 11 percent from July 1954 and the highest July total in 18 years. Through seven months, deaths reached 19,840, a 4 percent rise from 1954.
Mrs. Mary Plowright aged 25 was fined three pounds after she horse whipped a magazine editor she believed wronged her husband. She waited in the street for him and said she did what she did because it seemed like the ladylike way to express her feelings.
A wooden Eclipse windmill, built in 1867 and used on the South Plains until about 1920, was installed as a permanent exhibit in the South Plains Gallery at Texas Technological College. Found near Lon ney last month, it completes two years of staff search for an old style windmill.
A Columbia service station operator said he would have little luck recovering $8.50 from a check drawn on the Bank of Anywhere USA. The customer provided a verification line claiming the check was valid for amounts over $25.
Local residents report visits among Denton Sherman Sherman Bay City Texas and Arlington with frequent kinfolk and hospitality. J C Whipple was bitten by a water moccasin while reaching into a minnow box and treated by a doctor.
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