Whitewright Schools to Open Next Monday at 8:45
Whitewright Public Schools plan a Monday 8:45 a.m. opening with registration until noon and a noon dismissal. classes start Tuesday with regular daily schedule, lunchroom operating from Tuesday onward. Superintendent Montgomery announced new social science and coaching hire Richard Smith of Waco and provided tentative faculty assignments across the district.
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Whitewright
Supt
S. T. Montgomery Jr
the Sun
Richard Smith
Waco
Smith
North Texas State College
Walnut Springs
Montgomery
B. R. Vestal
Percy Darwin
Lillian Neathery
O. V. Barker
al Eva Blanton
David Johnson
Kathryn Roddy
Wilson H. Tarpley
Audra Bennett
Lucile Sanders
Tigers
Commerce
Archaeologist Finds Bronze Age Village in Negev Preceding Abraham
American archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck announced the discovery of a bronze age village on Ain Mufifiq hillside in southern Israel’s Negev. He places its founding around 4000 B C, about 1000 years before the era of Abraham, on a site 40 miles south of Beersheba.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Negev Desert
Abraham
Nelson Glueck
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati
New York
Ain Mufifiq
Beersheba
Glueck
Pastor Tackles Emotional Religion At Adventist Camp Meet
Dr. Taylor G. Bunch of Washington DC urged calm preaching at a Lods California Seventh Day Adventist camp meeting. He warned against yelling at congregations and using harsh demonstrations, noting Christ as the world's foremost preacher would not employ such methods.
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Lods
Calif
Taylor G. Bunch
Washington, D. C
Christ
Dr. Bunch
United States
Child Dies After Contact With Light Cord
A 2-year-old, Donald Ray Mandrell, died in Arlington when he grabbed an extension cord used by his father for under car work. He sat on a metal surface and received a current as his father urged him to drop the line. the cord remained live.
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Arlington
Donald Ray Mandrell
Mansfield Rd
Local Businesses Decide Labor Day Open or Close
The Sun found mixed plans for Labor Day in Whitewright with several business owners undecided. Some will close if they choose, others will stay open as in past years, leaving observance up to individual discretion.
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Whitewright
Feed price rule amended again in relief for stricken areas
The Agriculture Department reinstated an order allowing feed mixers and distributors to offer corn and cottonseed meal at reduced prices to ranchers and farmers in breadstricken areas. The plan includes absorbing part of freight costs to push lower than market prices. A prior 50 percent freight reduction for CCC owned commodities was extended from earlier notices. The department also added a mixed dairy cattle feed with 50 percent corn and 30 percent cottonseed meal, down from 40 percent each.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Auto Liability Insurance Rates To Be Revised
New York agencies announce a seven group rate plan shifting premiums to favor pleasure driving and penalize young and work commuting drivers. The revised structure aims to reduce premiums for about half of U S drivers and will be filed with state authorities for implementation.
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New York
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau
Mutual and Stock
Western Allies Reject New York as Parley Site
The Western Allies of the Korean War plan to tell the Communists New York City is not suitable for the peace conference. They favor Geneva, Switzerland as the first choice with Honolulu as second, and propose an October 15 start through Swedish channels.
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New York City
United Nations
UN General Assembly
State Dulles
America
Russia
Peiping
Pyongyang
Geneva
Switzerland
Honolulu
Deaths Bertha Savage 63 Whitewright Resident
Mrs Bertha Caylor Savage 63 longtime Whitewright resident dies after a year illness at home Funeral services are at First Baptist Church with Rev Newton V Cole and Rev Weldo Drake burial in Wittie toe Kentuckytown Cemetery Pallbearers include nephews J C Powell Avon Powell James D Farmer Duane Caylor Jerry Caylor Cordus Caylor Born October 25 1889 in Aquone North Carolina she moved to the area in 1900 and married Henry Grady Stepp in 1911 later married Ben Savage Surviving sons Guy Stepp Grady Stepp sisters R L Powell Don H Farmer J P Darwin brothers W L Caylor J G Caylor Drewie and Paul Caylor granddaughter Barbara Stepp.
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Bertha Caylor Savage
Whitewright
First Baptist Church
Newton V. Cole
Weldo Drake
McKinney
Wittitoe Cemetery
Kentuckytown
Earnheart
J. C. Powell
Avon Powell
James D. Farmer
Duane Caylor
Jerry Caylor
Cordus Caylor
Aquone
N. C
Savage
W. W. Caylow
Henry Grady Stepp
Ben Savage
Guy Stepp
Grady Stepp
Dallas
R. L. Powell
Plainview
Don H. Farmer
J. P. Darwin
W. L. Caylor
Ravenna
J. G. Caylor
Drewie and
Paul Caylor
Barbara Stepp
Funeral services held for Mrs. A L Conner 60
Funeral services were held at Pilot Grove Baptist Church for Mrs A L Conner 60 who died Sunday night in Sherman after a five week illness. Rev Howard McSpedden and Rev Ross Bourland officiated with burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. She was born July 21 1893 at Leonard and married to Mr Conner May 26 1914 at Bethel. Survived by husband four sons two daughters two brothers two sisters and eight grandchildren.
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A. L. Conner
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Howard McSpedden
Ross Bourland
Pilot Grove
Earnheart
Leonard
Jim Sumner
Conner
Bethel
D. L. Conner
Hooks
J. B. Conner
Borger
B. R. Conner
Arnold, Neb
L. V. Conner
Capitola Andrews
Whitewright
Martha Jo Johnson
Frank Sumner
Albuquerque
N. M
Ernest Sumner
Stratford
Okla
Velma Dowell
Amarillo
Joe Parson
Wolfe City
First Sunday Singing Convention at Savoy Methodist Church
L. L. Wendell announces the First Sunday Singing Convention at Savoy Methodist Church on September 6. He notes the Savoy singings are well attended and expects singers from across the area to attend.
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Savoy Methodist Church
L. L. Wendell
Savoy
Livestock Parity Prices Report From Fort Worth
Parity prices issued by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics show hogs at 117 percent of parity, with cattle at 78 percent and calves at 72 percent. Lambs at 88 percent and wool at 91 percent complete the snapshot. a Houston marketing school remark misstates cattle price support levels, prompting caution from stockmen. The note cautions that beef production remains hazardous despite high feed prices. The piece ends with an odd line about the marlin fish name.
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Fort Worth
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Daily Papers
Houston
Congress
Washington
Survive the Labor Day Holiday With Safety Tips
Practical advice from the Texas Safety Association stresses cautious travel and outdoor fun. Readiness tips cover recognizing poison ivy, choosing safe picnic sites, pacing physical activity, safe swimming with supervision, and strict adherence to traffic laws and sober driving to protect families returning after the long weekend.
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Congress
United States
Texas Safety Association
The
Money Returned After Nine Years
Chicago police report a wallet found nine years ago containing $60 was returned to Patrolman Frank Keyes Jr. The finder wrote an unsigned letter apologizing for keeping the money and included a money order for the full amount plus $10. The billfold had all identification papers intact.
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Chicago
Frank Keyes Jr
Keyes
Onion Experts Boost Yield and Storage in Colorado
Experts at the Arkansas Valley branch of Colorado A. and M. College experiment station disclosed 200 approaches to improve the lowly onion. Hybrids with good yield, disease resistance and storage quality are expected in about three years, though no aroma details were given. Insects comprise 70 to 80 percent of known animal life, with nearly 700,000 species named and possibly many more undiscovered.
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Rocky Ford
Colo
Arkansas Valley
Colorado A. & M. College Experiment Station
Church Building Donations Sought At Kentuckytown
Mrs. S. O. Pool chairs Kentuckytown Baptist Church rebuilding fund seeking outside help to raise 1500 for new materials while local carpenters offer free work. About 40 youth attend. few adults, so external contributions are needed. Contact Mrs. Pool to donate.
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S. O. Pool
Route 4
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
The
Sun
Southwest farms stabilize as labor falls and efficiency rises
The Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas reports in its Monthly Business Review that Southwest agriculture has become more stable over twenty years. Fewer people work on farms, but earnings are higher as farms grow larger and diversified. Machinery and electricity boost production despite labor cuts. Operators decline from 960,337 in 1923 to 632,005 in 1950.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Monthly
Business Review
Southwest
Whitewright Area Suffers Heavy Rainfall
Rainfall over the Whitewright area has been uneven with Virgil Mullins reporting an inch west of town while Ely community to the east saw much more. Cotton crops at critical stages need two weeks of dry hot weather as harvests pause due to ongoing showers. Longtime resident W C Brown recalls Sept 3 1900 as a heavy rain day coinciding with Galveston flood.
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Whitewright
Virgil Mullins
Ely
W. C. Brown
Blue Ridge
Galveston
Last Prisoner Due Saturday From Korean Camps
Allied spokesman said all American and Allied prisoners due for repatriation from Communist camps in Korea are expected in Allied hands by Saturday. The last captured Communist soldiers would be turned over at Panmunjom Sunday, with the armistice commission noting liberation of prisoners who committed crimes.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Lee Sang Cho
Income Taxes To Go Down Social Security Up Jan First
Washington report shows a 10 percent personal income tax cut effective January 1 but a concurrent increase in social security withholdings. For a $3,000 annual income married couple with two children the tax cut saves $13.20 while social security adds $15, making a net decrease of 90 cents.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Woman in Miami Charged With Reckless Driving After Collision
Mrs. Anna Mary Balman, 60, misstepped while driving in Miami and damaged Joe Alvarez’s parked car, fences, and a stone table. Alvarez, recovering from surgery, was injured when the incident reopened his operation incision and he was rushed to a hospital. Balman was booked for reckless driving.
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Miami
Fla
Anna Mary Balman
Joe Alvarez
Alvarez
Balman
Car upkeep costs rise for 10,000 mile drivers nationwide
New York reports AAA finds average annual car upkeep for 10,000 mile drivers this year is $908, up from $861 in 1951. Survey notes rising costs from gasoline and oil to insurance.
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New York
American Automobile Association
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