Local Schools Ready to Open Wednesday in Whitewright
Whitewright schools will open next Wednesday with the remodeled high school ready for occupancy. Grades seven through twelve will be housed on campus while first six move to three church buildings. Classes run 8:45 to 4 with lunch starting Thursday. New teacher Burgher Reed Vestal joins high school staff as principal and social sciences and math teacher. Football opens Friday at St Jo.
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Whitewright
C. Cummings
the Sun
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Cummings
Burgher Reed Vestal
J. J. Petrash
S. T. Montgomery
Vestal
John Hughes
W. M. Gates
Earl Benson
Harold Thornhill
Joe Miller
Ray Lumpkins
S. D. Blackerby
Tigers
St. Jo
U S Foresees End of Rubber Shortage in Fifty Two
Washington reports the National Production Authority hopes to allocate rubber to tire and rubber companies by need starting New Year’s Day. If demands are not excessive, requests should be met in full in Q1 1952. Synthetic rubber output boosts optimism while natural rubber remains tight.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Rubber Industry Advisory Committee
Fertilizing And Spacing Corn in Blackland Prairie Test
J W Collier of the Blackland Experiment Station reports that 18 and 24 inch row spacing produced higher corn yields than 12 or 30 inch spacings in a Temple three year test 1948 50. Phosphate fertilizer increased yields and 24 inch spacing without fertilizer out yielded 30 inch spacing.
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College Station
Blackland Prairie
J. W. Collier
Blackland
Temple
Collier
Publications Office
Texas
Fish eyes a delicacy in parts of the West Indies
A short aphorism notes that fish eyes are a regional delicacy in some West Indian areas. It adds a caution about people’s pain when they must go without what they want, credited to H. M. Stansifer.
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West Indies
H. M. Stansifer
To Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary Open House
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ayres plan an open house at the Ayres home north of town from 2 to 4 Sunday to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. They were married Sept 9 1901 in Bells and lived on the family farm. Mrs. Ayres is Nannie Windrow of Bells. Six children: Tom Bells Ned Whitewright Mrs Walter Adkins Walters Okla Roy Bells Mark Whitewright and Mrs J Lee Smith Bogota. They have 11 grandchildren.
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Jim Ayres
Ayres
City to Enforce Law Against Use of Guns in Town
Mayor Russell Summers announces a new state law banning airgun use in towns and extending to .22 caliber rifles and all firearms. He cites recent shootings including a child wounded in the shoulder and warns youths will be turned over to county juvenile authorities for punishment.
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Russell Summers
the Sun
Summers
Defense Bond Drive urges thrift to curb inflation
The Defense Bond Drive runs Sept 3 to Oct 27 urging thrift and wider debt spread to curb inflation. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas backs the plan, noting dollar decline but stressing savings as a tool while acknowledging bonds offer no inflation protection.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Reserve Bank
Future of
America
Fort Worth
U. S. to Investigate Adulterated Poison If Not Texas Made
The Agriculture Department told Rep. J Frank Wilson it would probe adulterated cottonsect poison used in Texas if shipped from another state. If the poison was made in Texas federal jurisdiction ends. Wilson asked Dallas man E D Gay who reported the poison to provide the manufacturer name and plant location.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Rep
J. Frank Wilson
Texas
Wilson
E. D. Gay
Dallas
Fannin County
Various visits and guests fill area homes this weekend
Local residents host relatives and friends from Dallas Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Lake Jackson. Notable visitors include Mrs R A Vestal at home, Miss Zelma Moore attending county events, and many families from Dallas Bells Tom Bean and Sherman spending weekends with local hosts. Golf, nursing school and football plans noted amid travel updates.
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A. L. Scott
Ralph Wallace
R. A. Scott
Cecil Wilson
Pete Nicely
Beverly
Betsy Sue
Lake Jackson
Haskell Scott
Myra Nell
Jean
Leon
Court Issues Work Orders To Strikers
A Federal District Court order halted a strike crippling copper, lead and zinc production. Judge Alfred P. Murrah signed the Taft Hartley Act restraining order at President Truman’s request. The order lasts until Sept 15 with a preliminary injunction hearing 24 hours earlier. Unions denounce the action as unfair while mines and smelters stand ready to reopen.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma City
Okla
Truman
Justice Department
International Union of Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Health officer outlines symptoms of devil's grip epidemic
State Health Officer George W. Cox described devil's grip as a virus like a summer flu. Symptoms include violent chest and upper abdominal pains, fever, headache, nausea, and slow recovery with no deaths so far. The Illness affects all ages, spreads quickly in families, and likely transmits person to person.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Texas
Fogging Plan Proposed for Whitewright Alleys
The Sun reports a fogging program for Whitewright streets and alleys next week if households contribute 1.00 each. Mayor Summers says Clyde Craig owns the fogging gear and supplies. Residents wanting fogging should call City Hall Friday or Saturday to arrange early next week work.
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Whitewright
Russell Summers
Clyde Craig
For The Soil's Sake Help Prevent Fires
College Station urges all residents to prevent grazing land fires during drought. A W Crain of Texas A and M College warns that vegetation protects soil from erosion and retains moisture. Citizens should safeguard forage to prevent livestock losses and meat supply impact.
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Crain
Texas
Cain
Whitewright Observes Labor Day Amid Business Hallmark
The Labor Day holiday was observed by most Whitewright stores as part of a general observance plan. Some merchants say six holidays a year is too many and object to Labor Day timing during cotton picking, noting Dallas stores close only three days. The program began three years ago after the Chamber of Commerce and members surveyed merchants to set advance holiday dates.
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Whitewright
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Metals use cuts hit civilian goods in new NPA orders
The National Production Authority sharply tightened metal allocations for October to December, slashing steel to 984 793 tons copper to 53 million pounds and aluminum to 59 million pounds. Household appliances face reduced output while auto production maintains about 60 percent.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Defense
Manly Fleischmann
Minds of Sharp Cookies Don’t Get Stale in Old Age
Dr. Milton S. Gurvitz of Hillside Hospital reported to the American Psychological Association that mental decline with age is much less among intelligent individuals. In a study of over 4,000 people, those with an initial IQ of 65 lost 80 points by age 54, while those with an IQ of 135 declined only 26 points, with decline beginning as early as the late twenties.
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Chicago
Milton S. Gurvitz
Hillside Hospital
Glen Oaks
N. Y
American Psychological Assa
Gurvitz
Gomer May Joins S H Montgomery Insurance Agency
Gomer W. May becomes co owner and manager of The S H Montgomery Agency now run with W E LaRoe. May returns to Whitewright after two years in Jacksonville in the drug business. He sold May Drug Co. to his brother J Alton May and is grandson of pioneer Uncle Joe May.
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the Sun
S. H. Montgomery
Gomer W. May
W. E. LaRoe
Mr. May
Whitewright
Jacksonville
May Drug Co
J. Alton May
Joe May
Texas
LaRoe
Lucian LaRoe
L. LaRoe & Company
May
Evelyn Cook
Ann LaRoe Faison
Tom Barbee
Sam H. Montgomery
Mr. Barbee
Faison
Holly Montgomery LaRoe
Whitewright Cotton Ginning Totals and Price Dip
The Whitewright gins had ginned 208 bales of cotton by noon today while cotton and seed prices fell to 34 cents and 65 dollars respectively. Local forecasts vary with county agents predicting differing yields across Grayson, Hunt, and Fannin counties, and many farmers consider quitting.
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Whitewright
Denison Herald
Nick Owen
North
Grayson
South
Owen
Dallas News
Hunt County
Fannin County
Fannin
Physical exams before Texas school entry urged
State Health Officer Dr. Geo W. Cox urges parents to ensure children entering kindergarten or first grade have a current physical examination. Vaccination against smallpox and diphtheria boosters are highlighted along with potential immunizations for whooping cough typhoid fever and tetanus as part of pre school health protection.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
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Sam Golden
John A. Ray
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Comfort
Owen Hull
R. C. Caylor
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F. M. Echols
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Roy Belew
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Kermit Belew
Tom Bean
M. Belew
Whitewright HD Club
Otto Russell
Zelma Moore
County Home Demontration
Bill Turner
Garland
J. M. Russell
Gwendolyn Kent
Methodist Hospital
Miss Kent
Ed Kent Jr
Joe B. Johnson
Lake Texoma
R. A. Essary
A. B. Hemphill
Maurice Essary
Charles Essary
James Cappleman
Jack Pritchard
Cpl
David L. Johnson
Bobby Golden
Mrs
Japan
John Spindle
Tishomingo, Okla
J. F. Spindle
Deb and
Luke Grant
St. Joe
F. G. Hoover
Arthur Meador
Arkadelphia, Ark
Brother
Claud Meador
Billie Glen Earnheart
Texas City
His
Glen Earnheart
S. H. White
San Antonio
N. Tumlin
Mike Oliver
Robert Collins
Patsy Jean
C. F. Collins
Dwight Alverson
Carol and
Kay Elane
Ennis
Mr. Alverson
W. W. Alverson
Grayson County
A. and M. College
Whitewright Club
W. C. Wilson
Hollis Ashford
Anne
Linda
Kathy Wilson
Mineral Wells
Willie B. Smith
Max Wilson
Sweden
Gomer
S.H. Montgomery Insurance Agency
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