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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
1
Twenty business houses signed a petition led by B. W. Newman showing most will close on Labor Day Monday September 6. Grain and cotton buyers and gins will operate as usual. No local celebration planned. merchants urged annual holiday planning in January to avoid petitions.
Funeral services for Henry Lee Pointer 38 were conducted Monday at Westminster Baptist Church with Rev. Howard McSpedden officiating. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery. Pointer died Sunday at Baptist Hospital Dallas, 24 hours after admission after months of illness. Survivors include his son Jerry and three daughters, his parents, two sisters, and several grandchildren. Pointer moved to Whitewright in 1933 and worked for Pascal Farley for years. He was a Westminster Baptist Church member. Out of town relatives attended from Fort Worth Round Rock San Antonio Arkinda and Round Rock.
Mrs. G. E. Thrift a longtime Whitewright resident died Tuesday at 4 25 a m in Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman after a two week stroke battle. She was born March 30 1875 in Pineville Missouri and moved to Texas in 1887. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p m at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Earnheart Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers named. She leaves five daughters two brothers and two sisters plus 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Washington report says Senator John Wherry of Nebraska and a Democratic colleague agreed it would be unfair to farmers to cut parity farm support prices next year. Wherry forecast Congress would not lower parity prices.
Dr. Hal Buckner head of Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas appeals to Baptists for urgent food and cash gifts. He specifies any food including sweets and canned goods are needed immediately to help the children.
E P Edger Jackson was elected to a third term as county commissioner for Precinct 2 in Denison defeating F M Fat Work in the Democratic runoff. Jackson 2011 votes to 1938, a 73 vote margin, after votes from 22 boxes. Both men advanced from July primary where five candidates competed.
A citizen committee report to the Gilmer-Aikin group urges statewide consolidation of small districts. It cites 469 and 36 eliminations in prior years with 505 total last year and predicts over 500 this year. Poor maps, oversmall classes, and costly administration are blamed. law changes are proposed for countywide consolidation.
Merritt H. Gibson national campaign director for the State's Rights Democrats says the group will place its presidential candidate on the Texas ballot by any legal means. He spoke to the Associated Press from Jackson Mississippi after Secretary of State Paul Brown set September 17 as the deadline to certify candidates for the November 2 general election.
G O Griffin, 73, of Savannah claims a simple device attaches to a car to blend water with gasoline vapor before engine intake. He says it cuts fuel use by up to 50 percent, smooths运行, reduces carbon deposits, and boosts efficiency. Griffin patented the invention in 1936 and hopes to market it. Catherine I, Empress of Russia, began as a peasant.
W. T. Simmons assistant cashier of First National Bank completed 33 years of service this week. He joined from Tom Bean and rarely missed work, suffering a heart attack four months ago and now able to be about at home. He led Sunday school at First Baptist Church and was regarded as a top superintendent in the region.
Russell Long son of Huey P. Long widens lead over Judge Robert Kennon for the U S Senate as returns near completion. Long holds 257,637 to 249,435 with most precincts reported and rural areas still to tally.
Farmer Henry Bobbin in Nanticoke Pa advertised 40 000 cabbages for free but only 4 500 were claimed leaving about 35 500 unsold. He blamed high prices and uncertainty over demand as he wondered what to do next.
A humorous exchange contrasts butter shortages with folk wisdom on home dairy. Tom claims butter can be made from grass using a cow and a churn, while Henry questions the method.
Whitewright reports near million total Texas Senate votes with Lyndon B. Johnson 154 and Coke R. Stevenson 150 in final unofficial counts, Stevenson leading by 362. County race for precinct two goes to E. P. Jackson 210 to Fat Work 95, a 73 vote margin. Turnout exceeds July in Whitewright at 75 percent.
Texas was allotted 25,576,747 dollars for federal aid to primary secondary and urban roads for the 1950 fiscal year starting July 1 1949. New York led with 30,085,757 dollars and the act provides 450 million annually for 1950 and 1951 to continue postwar highway work.
In a Texas history note the Lyndon Johnson Coke Stevenson senatorial contest is deemed one of the closest. It notes earlier near ties in 1861 when Francis R. Lubbock beat Edward Clark by 124 votes with a third candidate. It also cites 1869 when E. J. Davis defeated A. J. Hamilton by 809 votes with Hamilton Stuart earning 380.
Up to Wednesday night 126 bales of cotton were ginned in Whitewright, well above last year’s pace. Buyers paid 31.50 for cotton and 65 per ton for seed as corn moved in rapidly with 21 loads queued for unloading at 7:30 am Thursday. White corn brought 1.45 and yellow 1.20 per bushel, well below last year’s prices.
Coke Stevenson expressed confidence that official returns will show him the winner in the U S Senate race. Unofficial Texas figures from Dallas put him ahead of Lyndon B Johnson by 362 votes, as Stevenson plans to name an observer for the official canvass on September 13.
A Texas official proposes legislative study of campaign spending to curb abuses. He suggests reporting requirements for all expenditures above five dollars and immediate disclosure to the Secretary of State, with felony penalties for noncompliance and removal of any ceiling on expenditures. Public scrutiny would guide voter choices.
The Sun announces this week’s honor roll with names including Jack Meador, Roy Blanton, Jonnie Robbins, E. O. Head, Rev. R. L. Gilpin, Mrs. Sears, J.J. Petrash, B. W. Newman, J. E. Coggins, Guy Davis, Drewie Caylor, Mrs. Kugga Hansard and others.
Billy Ooten World War II veteran was injured Saturday five miles north of Bonham and underwent amputation of his right leg at McKinney Veterans Hospital. His condition is serious. James Anderson was riding with him. Jessie Mills of Leonard drove the other car.
Young men in the area must register for military service. Dr John A Ray and Edwin Badgett serve as registrars at the City Hall election room. About seventy men registered on opening morning. The office will be open Thursday and Saturday 1 PM to 8 PM. If absent, individuals must register at the county office in Sherman.
Roy Belew grossed 116 an acre on six acres of Hubam clover at the H. H. Sears farm three miles north of Whitewright. Seed yield averaged 747 pounds per acre from 4483 pounds cleaned. Sears will plant part of the seed next year. Other farmers report corn yields of 40 bushels per acre northeast of Whitewright and 32 bushels on the Mrs Loubell Phillips farm west of Whitewright.
The Texas Democratic U S Senate contest between Lyndon B. Johnson and Coke Stevenson remains open until the Fort Worth state convention on September 14. Rumors swirl that if Johnson prevails O'Daniel could seek the Republican nomination, aided by anti Truman sentiment and a GOP boom noted by Joe Ingraham of Houston.
A 52-year-old Black woman was forced to produce false teeth when asked for evidence by a desk sergeant. Police later determined the teeth better fit the accuser, a 67-year-old woman who claimed she removed her dentures during a visit. She was allowed to leave but must bring the teeth to trial.
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