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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
2
The Public Health Service issues guidance for handling Asiatic Flu with social distancing, handkerchief use, and staying home when sick. Advice includes avoiding crowds, skipping kissable romance, and strict hygiene to curb spread during an expected fall or winter epidemic.
In a humorous encounter a young man asks a father for permission to marry his daughter after five years of courtship. The father bluntly replies, "Well, whaddye want a pension?" highlighting comic timing and social expectations of romance turning to negotiation.
Citation directs Jessie Lee Norris to answer Zula Lee Norris in the Fifteenth District Court of Grayson County Sherman Texas by 10 A M on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. Case No 64647 alleges divorce on grounds of cruel treatment with publication dates August 15 22 29 and September 5 1957.
Gen Charles Brandon Booth of the Volunteers of America argues that working mothers in well to do families neglect children, causing a surge in juvenile crime. He urges mothers to return home citing overcrowded classrooms poor teacher pay and higher crime spending than education.
Lewis Jones, a Grapevine resident described as a Negro bootlegger, pleaded guilty in county criminal court to liquor law violations and was fined by Judge W. H. Tolbert. Jones commented that he had been fined earlier and avoided capture last year.
The piece notes the 1957 spending estimate of 65.9 billion and actual spending of 69.344 billion, offset by revenues of 70.989 billion. It argues prosperity allowed a 1.645 billion surplus, contrasting with a potential 5.089 billion surplus if officials had kept their budget. The column ends with a cynical quip about bureaucrats.
The State of Texas sues Gus Winsley and Bernita Henson and heirs for delinquent ad valorem taxes on Lots 1 2 and 3 Block 11 Cyrene Park Addition Denison Grayson County Texas in case 64708 filed August 27 1957. The court in Sherman requires appearance on October 14 1957 to show cause why judgment foreclosing liens should not be entered including interest penalties and costs.
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