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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1957

Page

4

Texas faces mounting school costs and water plans

The piece notes rising tuition and school expenses as 1,885,640 Texas children return to class, with $526 million planned for education this year. Gov. Price Daniel launches a 100 member water planning committee in Austin to craft a master water plan and seeks a $100 million bond for water projects, plus a special legislative session to pass related laws.

Austin Texas Price Daniel Ber Daniel

Pay TV Experiment Begins in Oklahoma

In Bartlesville the first pay roll television experiment starts with a $9.50 monthly fee for 30 movies, 13 of them first run. Telemovies will run on two channels one with new releases and another with 17 older top quality titles. A switch on TVs enables customers to opt in. Vamore Corp. sponsors the project aiming for 200 customers in year one. This is the industry’s first such venture and remains highly controversial.

Bartlesville Okla Vamore Corp

Harvesting lure not what it used to be

A 1912 Hutchinson Kansas wheat harvest notice shows harvest hands were offered high wages short hours five meals a day joy rides chicken three times a day and pretty girls reflecting past promises in the motorized combine age.

Peka Kan Kansas Wheat Fields Kansas Historical Society Hutchinson

Social Roundup of Visits and Birth in Sherman Area

Numerous local and nearby residents are listed visiting relatives, attending events, or staying with friends across Sherman, Whites, and nearby towns. Notable items include a newborn at Community Hospital, a flight wing ceremony for Herman Musser, and gatherings from Bonham to Dallas with extended kin across several counties.

Frank Rushing Bonham State Park Grand Prairie el Paso Talala Okla Sherman Dallas Denison Fort Worth Arlington Trenton Leveland Leonard Bonham Whitewright

Church Activities and Services Schedule Update

Church announcements outline weekly worship times Sunday School at 9 55 a m and 10 55 a m worship 8 00 p m Training Union 7 00 p m plus weekday meetings at First Baptist Sherman Junior G A Youth Night and choir changes for Carol Choir due to G A schedule. Ministers gather Sept 7 8 at Southern Methodist University Dallas for Methodist retreat.

First Baptist Church Sherman G. A Methodist Youth Fellowship First Methodist Church Sarah Kilgree Southern Methodist University Dallas

Pastor John Roberson Advises on Further Information

Brief note from John Roberson urges readers to contact the pastor for additional information and guidance.

John Roberson

First Presbyterian Church Sunday Services Preview

Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11 with music focus next Sunday. R W Grant from Bonham to sing Hear My Cry Oh Lord joined by Mrs Johnson and Miss Sears. Sermon titled When Jesus Got Happy. Session met and Paris Presbytery meets at Lake Texoma next week.

R. W Bob) Grant Bob Bonham David Johnson Gayla Wren Sears Jesus Paris Lake Texoma

Church Meeting Notices And Wedding Belief Note

Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock Crossroads Presbyterian Church will host a meeting with O R Edwards as moderator. The Aid Society will meet Monday at 3 p.m. in the church parlor. Wedding rings are worn on the third finger of the left hand due to a belief of an Egyptian nerve connection to the heart.

Cherub R. A G. A Crossroads Presbyterian Church O. R. Edwards Aid Society C. C. Dooley

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