Whitewright News Notes New School Year And Local Developments
Whitewright opens the school year with 310 total enrollment 93 in high school and 217 in grammar school down from 442 in 1940. The decline stems from fewer local school age children and limited rural consolidation. The town reports improved streets with gravel and asphalt, new homes, and growing housing stock. Farmers benefit from high corn prices boosting local prosperity while rural truancy remains unaddressed.
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Whitewright
Texas
Texas farm sales show cash purchases dominate three years
Government reports indicate that more than half of the farms sold the past three years in Texas were sold for cash. When a person pays cash for a farm there is no danger of him losing it, if prices should drop.
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Texas
Ark town names debated as settlers seek final pick
A group of Arkansas settlers sat for hours debating a name for their newborn community without reaching a decision. The stalled naming effort reflects small town hopes for a strong local identity.
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Arkansas
Tomato, Toast, and Torpedo Names in American Towns
A playful survey of unusually named places shows towns named Tomato in Arkansas, Toast in North Carolina, and Biscuit in Kentucky. The piece lists other quirky monikers like Soldier, Cannon Ball, Comfort, Content, Happy, Faith, Hope, Charity, Suit, Smock, West, Coats, Steptoe and Startup, reflecting American ingenuity and regional flavor in place naming. It weaves in biblical tithing references and a note on the enduring practice of tithes, citing Matthew 23:23 and Malachi 3:8-10 as context.
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Ment
Arkansas
North Carolina
Kentucky
N. Dak
Tex
Mont
N. C
Steptoe
Jesus
Bible Questions Answered by The Voice Broadcast
A theological exchange explains why Deuteronomy repeats the Ten Commandments differently from Exodus, noting Exodus as the original, Deuteronomy as Moses’ later rehearsal. It confirms manna as miraculous food, not a natural desert product, and discusses the meaning of “forever” as used in Scripture, citing Clarke’s rule and contextual eternity for righteousness and happiness.
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Mount Sinai
Moses
Adam Clarke
God
Billions Paid to Vets in Job Claims
Washington DC report says over 2.5 billion dollars has been paid to veterans in unemployment or self employment allowances since autumn 1944. The VA notes only about half of 14.5 million WWII veterans have received readjustment payments and fewer than eight in every 100 have claimed all entitled GI bill allowances.
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Washington, D. C
Veterans Administration
Meal in One Soup Recipe for Hearty Stew
Grounded as a historic home kitchen recipe, this card lists 1 pound beef for stew with bones and vegetables. Water covers, salt, onion, bay leaf, celery and pepper are added, then simmered 2 to 3 hours before rice potato and carrots join and cook until tender. Parsley finishes the batch for color and flavor.
How to Make a Breath and Weathered Rain Mirth
Fragments describe removing bones from a preparatory soup step adding pars ley tomatoes and water to yield one gallon then simmering 15 to 20 minutes. The text bleeds into boastful lines about cloud bursts dry ice rain makers and a promised drought following deluge.
Drouth Making Company Reported Forming in Circleville
H B Fox says a group of citizens in Circleville Williamson County are organizing a drouth making company. The report notes community efforts to address dry conditions and water supply concerns in the area.
Trade offers antiques for household furniture in Bonham
Lem Tittsworth on East Highway Bonham advertises items for trade including a China Cabinet for 39.50, Studio Couch 49.50, Bed Springs 8.95, gas range 89.50, bed and living suites 69.50 and 89.50 and 169.50, inviting exchanges for furniture.
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Lem Tittsworth
East Highway
Bonham
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