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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
5
Mr and Mrs J A Hardcastle travel to Greenwood this afternoon where Mrs Hardcastle resumes her duties as a public school teacher.
Local families hosted relatives and friends from Dallas Houston Sherman Madison Whitney and Tom Bean with trips to Fordyce Little Rock Jacksonville and Aztec. repetitions note travel for study and medical care plus R O T C summer training and college enrollments at Texas A&M and nearby colleges.
George Hight attends the second annual Industrial Conference of Chambers of Commerce in College Station, representing the Whitewright Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. H C Willis sustains a hip fracture after a church revival outing and is hospitalized in Sherman. The article also notes several local visiting relatives and weekend travels to Glenwood Arkansas and other places.
The Commerce Department reported 63,408,000 Americans employed in August, a postwar high, while unemployment fell to 1,240,000, the lowest since World War II ended.
A. W. Neville, editor of the Paris News, celebrates his 52nd year with the North Texas paper, noting he has been on the payroll every week since Sept 1, 1902 for 2 652 weeks. He has worked in newspapers since age 16 in 1880.
In Plaverville California a Cairn terrier named Chief Chu Jon was left a $5,000 bequest by his late owner Marguerita Morgan. Superior Judge Thomas Maul awarded custody of the dog to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Allen after Morgan’s death, changing him from a poor stray to a well cared for pet.
London reports Britons flocking to buy the first postwar snow white loaf in 11 years as government lifts bread and flour restrictions. The new loaf costs more than the old but offers no apparent quality improvement.
British bakers introduce a lighter loaf claimed to be almost white, a departure from the solid bread Britons are used to, described as an official luxury amid a improving national scene.
Two friends talk and one notices soot on the other’s hands. The man explains he had been at the station to see his wife off on a long trip to visit relatives. He adds that the dirt came from patting the engine.
Commentary notes that the most effective watchdogs are those with alert upright ears, tuned to catch even the faintest sound and alert their handlers quickly.
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