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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1960
Page
11
Social items record relatives visiting in Whitewright and nearby towns. Names include Marilou Helms Roxton Donna Franklin Whitesboro and Lewisville gatherings. George Burleson moves toward Gonzales hospital after a deer hunting accident.
Dallas residents hosted relatives over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith and children Jodie and Tommie. Others vacationed in the Ozark Mountains, and individuals from Garland Fort Worth and Howe visited local households. Alec Sanderson completed an aircraft mechanic course at Sheppard AFB and will return to Southwestern Motor Freight Bureau in Dallas. Army Pfe Joe O Wolfe of Whites Wright participates in a field exercise in Grafenwohr Germany after entering the Army in 1959.
Among Whitewright school teachers who will teach out of town are the following: Miss Nellie Brown Linton Miss Margaret Williams Corpus Christi Miss Florena Williams Sour Lake Miss Joan Brown Alice Miss Percy Darwin Abilene Mrs Hugh Hunter Ector David Reeves Dallas William Russell Orange and Obie Rutledge Plainview.
Rotary Club program chairman Clint Hennig introduced Coach Joe Crouch and players Thomas DeBerry Billie Tillett and Al Crouch who discussed the Tiger team and season prospects. Visitors H W Crutchfield of Sherman and Ray Manning of Bonham attended. George Hight will lead next week.
The Daily Mirror reports Italian imported candies in two new flavors whisky at 11.7 proof and cognac at 9.7 proof. Each pack holds ten pieces and delivers a measurable alcohol amount. A single cognac piece equals a half pint of strong beer. Citizen fears temperance impacts.
Guardian Ellen Scroggins Blakley seeks authority to lease two Grayson County Texas parcels for mineral exploration and development with pooling and unitization. Hearings set for September 19, 1960 in Sherman County Court.
Kentucky tops the U S in whisky production per 1959 stats yet ranks 23rd in consumption. The piece notes a rumor of moonshine intake in Kentucky, but statistics do not record any such usage.
National Board of Fire Underwriters reports July fire losses at 82.998 million, up 0.8 percent from July 1959 and 0.2 percent versus June 1960. First seven months of 1960 total 656.969 million, up 2.1 percent from the same period last year.
A brief medical note states that the average human heart weighs about 11 ounces. The line emphasizes this standard weight as a factual detail often cited in anatomical references.
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