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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
4
An old notice details the Whitewright Texas publication Every Thursday with post office second class status. It lists subscription rates: one year for 1.50 and six months for 1.00, payable in advance, and states no subscription will be accepted for less than six months.
The Fort Worth Press discusses statewide school bus safety rules issued after the 50th Texas Legislature. L. A. Woods, state superintendent, emphasizes driver responsibility, weekly bus condition reports, and driver training in first aid. Regulations cover bus paint, markings, and lighting, with drivers escorting children when traffic is heavy and staying with buses otherwise. The piece praises these measures as vital for protecting Texas pupils.
A satirical piece argues that respect for property rights grows with ownership. It notes Uncle Dan and Hazel modify behavior once they acquire property or husbands, suggesting property rights are sacred once personal stakes exist. The humorous tone shifts to warnings about indulgence and social conduct.
A reflective line extols home as the laugh of a baby the song of a mother and the strength of a father expressing warmth living hearts light from happy eyes kindness loyalty and comradeship in a concise ode to family values.
Texas A and M College Extension Service nutrition specialists urge older adults in their fifties to maintain a daily pint of milk to supply calcium, protein, and phosphorus for bone preservation. They warn that mineral depletion can lead to fractures and note ongoing studies to refine dietary needs for seniors.
Chicago The American Washer and Ironer Manufacturers Assn reports household laundering appliance sales shattered all time records in June. January to June washers total 1,754,639, versus 2,023,981 for all of 1946 and 1,959,887 in 1941, the pre war peak. automatic ironers rose similarly.
Contour cultivation on corn land in Illinois saved 0.79 inch of rainfall per year over four years and boosted corn yields by more than seven bushels per acre. In Iowa it cut runoff by 2.32 inches annually for seven years on Marshall silt loam while raising yields by 12.1 bushels. In Missouri on Shelby silt loam it reduced runoff by 0.5 inch over seven years and increased corn yield by 7.9 bushels per acre. The extra moisture aids crops at the critical growing season.
Washington reports that the Bureau of Standards is pursuing a wrist worn radio with a rice grain size tube for two way short wave use and standard reception. The hurdle remains a battery small enough to power the unit as industry patience slows.
Researchers from the University of Puerto Rico explain that white sand on tropical beaches is formed from flat flakes of a limey skeleton left by the seaweed halimeda oppotia. The plant lives offshore, breaks apart, and its shed skeletons become coral-like sand on shore.
The Texas Home Demonstration Association will hold its annual convention in Galveston September 24 to 26 with the theme Let There Be Light. Up to three delegates per county may attend. workshops led by Mrs. O R Copeland and other committee chairs will guide county chairmen and guests. The article notes the poor in the Far East sugar country chew cane to meet diet needs.
Boyce House critiques Billy Rose as a self styled columnist who markets fiction as literature. The piece accuses Rose of egotism and relying on collaborators for scripts and shows while claiming sole authorship. It warns about a Billy Rose book club pick.
Rev E A Doty leads the Assembly of God Church with Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m all welcome to attend services and worship.
Ray Bristol, minister leads Sunday at Central Christian Church with a 10 a.m. Sunday school and an 11 a.m. sermon on the first and third Sundays.
The timetable lists church services led by J Pat Salyer with James I Logan Jr as minister. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Youth meeting at 7:30 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral services for Lester Lee Agee, born December 8, 1913 in Ida, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Ida Baptist Church with Rev. Elwood Carzan officiating. Interment follows in Cedar Cemetery. Pallbearers include John R. Ponder and Houston Smith. Survivors: wife Imogene Anderson, son Wayne Van Agee, parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Agee, a brother and four sisters.
S A Scott Vittitoe 71 former Sherman resident died in Los Angeles after four months illness. Born Grayson County May 17 1876 son of Quince and Mary Vittitoe. Operated an overall factory 1910 1917 then moved to LA to work in real estate. Survived by wife daughter Mary Durdey and extended relatives in Sherman Long Beach Abilene Denton Colorado City and others. Funeral Wednesday 3 PM Waldo Funeral Home with Dr J A Ellis officiating. Burial Wittitee Cemetery. Adding Machine Paper sold at Sun Office 15c per roll.
Friends and relatives gathered Friday for a surprise birthday supper honoring Mrs Peary Cowan Miller. Hosted by Mrs Jack Bigger staff and Miss Doris McKinney with Mrs Bob Cawthon in charge of the register, the group included numerous Millers and related families such as Jack Biggerstaff Earl Fields Burks Burks Miller Vandagriff Jim Grider Buddy Stephens Wortham Cawthon Stephens Frampton Henderson Sloan Reynolds Reynolds Reynolds Williams Vandagriff Wortham Edwards Stephens Cawthon Judy Stephens Kay Cawthon and others.
In Seminole, Oklahoma, dairyman Roy J. Eldridge planned to prepare his own mineral mixes for cattle. Visiting youths took over mixing and added arsenic, resulting in seven cows dying. Eldridge, who will reportedly prepare future feeds himself, faced a devastating outcome from the risky experiment.
Near my furniture store an almost new building well located for a grocery store feed filling station poultry or factory with plenty of parking space. It can be a beautiful home on a high hill near city limits. Some acreage may be included. Lem Tittsworth Bonham Texas.
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