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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1952
Page
1
The Whitewright Independent School District will send delinquent notices for 1950 and 1951 school taxes, with collection by a tax attorney if unpaid by December 1, 1952. The board emphasizes fairness and that delinquent amounts are under ten percent of totals.
Registration and lesson assignments will begin Friday at the school. The cafeteria remains closed until Monday when registration is expected to finish by noon. An assembly and pep rally will follow registration in the auditorium with the cry Crush Commerce.
George W Burkett mails a year’s prepaid subscription and recalls a jilted night story. John McMurry renews and is hailed as a longtime Sun reader. Publisher lists renewing names and friends paying for another year.
A quoted reflection contrasts two eras when families endured poverty living on hamburger for a week in 1941 and 1952. The lines juxtapose persistent financial strain across decades.
Rotary Governor H Grady Spruce of Dallas will address the Whitewright Club at a Friday noon meeting after meeting officers at 10 AM in the First National Bank directors room. Last Friday guest speaker J D Butler of Kraft Food Products urged a dairy cotton corn shift. Rev Harold Taylor was welcomed as a new member.
Graydon C. Collins, 45, died in his sleep Friday at his Whitewright home after a period of good health. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery, with Earnheart Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were T. C. Collins, D. E. McCoy, J. P. Harper, E. E. Carter, Roy McDaniel, and A. G. Nicely. He was born February 6, 1907 east of Whitewright, son of C. F. Collins. He had lived in Whitewright for years and is survived by his father, three brothers Bernard, Robert, and C. F. Collins Jr., a stepsister Mrs. Herman Bedford, and two stepbrothers Paul and Finis Stephens.
Funeral services were held in Earnheart Chapel for Cordelia Russell 41 with Rev. Fred Thomas and Rev. James L. Cooper officiating. Burial followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included John Webster Sherman J L Devenport Jacksonville C W Mitchell Tyler Bob Poole Dallas Earl Blanton Whitewright and Gomer May Whitewright. She died Monday in Dallas where employed. born May 1 1911 at Pilot Grove she was daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom J Russell. She attended Whitewright High School and a business college. She worked 17 years in the accounting department of J L Devenport & Company, Whitewright then Jacksonville. She had worked for an insurance company in Dallas the past year. Surviving are her parents two brothers two sisters and two nieces and two nephews.
County Supervisor A A Melton of Sherman announces funds are available under the Water Facilities Program for farmers to improve or install farm water supply facilities. Qualified applicants lacking credit from local sources should contact Melton in the Birge-Forbes Building 207% E Houston Sherman to discuss domestic livestock or irrigation water needs.
A worried father appeals for drivers to slow down near schools to protect his seven year old daughter. He describes her daily routine from dressing for school to playing with her doll Princess Elizabeth and asks motorists to watch for children darting from parked cars. The note urges careful driving and patience as children begin their education.
The Texas Democratic convention backed Stevenson Sparkman on the ballot amid calls to support Eisenhower Nixon for national tickets. A double ballot was rejected and Gov. Shivers signaled he would campaign for Ike if the majority desired it. Atty. Gen. Daniel supported the stance.
About 350000 violators of Texas new automobile inspection law will be warned before court action. The Texas Department of Public Safety will issue warning tickets and offer time to comply, a policy stated by Director Homer Garrison Jr. following the Saturday deadline and praised for public compliance.
A young man answers a question about his school by noting he is only a football player present in the scene. The exchange highlights the player's focus on sports status over affiliation.
Vernon M. Newland takes leadership at Central Christian Church in Whitewright with regular services resuming. He holds three degrees from American universities and has worked in Christian youth, education, and evangelism. He will preach alternate Sundays with a Dallas ministerial student covering the other Sundays. His sermons this Sunday include Discovering a Secret of the Early Christians and Some Good Reasons for Not Becoming a Christian, followed by a 31 month prisoner of war chapter presentation. The public is invited to all services.
General Eisenhower and Governor Stevenson, rival presidential candidates, urged national unity through tolerance and co operation among racial and religious groups. The National Conference of Christians and Jews released their statements and will circulate them via its 62 regional offices to promote better intergroup relations.
A wardrobe scene has an actress trying a gown when a designer criticizes the color. The designer suggests a dress to match the stockings, joking that she would be a sensation if she wore them. The actress responds she is not wearing stockings.
The two Whitewright gins had processed 327 bales of cotton by 11 this morning. This shows a gain of 230 bales since Thursday morning last week when 97 bales were ginned. Gins paid 39c per pound for cotton and 75 dollars per ton for cottonseed, unchanged from last week.
At Amarillo Texas Democrats adopted a state platform opposing several planks of the national platform. Key items attack tidelands policy opposing vetoes of tidelands bills and call for title restoration to the state. The platform also criticizes federal civil rights actions and favors decentralizing powers to the states. It endorses water conservation toll roads and continued state support for hospitals prisons and welfare programs.
Comptroller Robert S. Calvert announced Texas began the 1952-1953 fiscal year with a cash balance of 31.6 million dollars in the black after an August gain of 5.9 million. Revenue for the prior year totaled 682.8 million from taxes bonuses and other sources, led by crude oil production taxes at 119.7 million, a year over year increase of about 8 million.
The Whitewright Tigers host Commerce High School on the local field at 8 o'clock to start the football season. Coach Sam Montgomery has 28 players, including most of last year’s starters, aiming for another strong district finish. The Pigskin Club is being reorganized by Earl Blanton, Mrs. Jack Nossaman, and others to provide postgame meals.
Washington report states T Lamar Caudle, ousted assistant attorney general in charge of the tax division, testified before House investigators that government officials exerted more than normal pressure to influence his decisions in tax fraud cases. No names disclosed, but Congress members were said to be involved.
Texas highway planners face the need for a half mile of clear vision to safely pass at 60 mph when the other car goes 50 mph. With two and three lane roads, the department relies on painted center lines for safety while road use continues to rise. Jack Kultgen of the Texas Good Roads Association warns drivers underestimate danger as speeds and casualties grow.
In Paris Texas a 1921 debt between a young farmer and a Lamar County couple is settled when a well dressed man returns to a local grocery, calls the storekeeper by name, and pays back $100 after thirty-one years, saying he never forgot the debt.
A London dentist reports a Marrakesh Arab dentist pulling teeth by magic without instruments or anesthetics. The Arab allegedly charms the tooth then, with a raised arm, touches it lightly and the tooth drops away. Two patients showed no fear, with minor bleeding observed after the alleged procedure.
LUFKIN Texas Southland Paper Mills announced a $6 per ton price increase for newsprint effective October 1. Southland is a major supplier to Texas daily newspapers.
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