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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1958
Page
4
A collection of humorous vignettes from show business and daily life. Jokes cover a Bronx doctor televised surgery, a TV backstage mishap, a father-son phone clash, a lifeguard’s invitation, a TV set ad, a nurse patient impulse quip, a whiskey tooth pull, and westerns influencing office talk with laid back dialogue and rustic idioms.
A man distraught by constant worry visits a doctor. The physician orders rest and urges him not to bring troubles to bed. The man laments his trouble is his wife, revealing his marriage as the source of stress.
Calendar of church activities includes Bible study at 10:00 a.m. worship and communion at 11:00 a.m. Evening service 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Ladies Bible Class 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible study for all ages 8:00 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Christ Ambassadors 6:30 p.m. Worship 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. Pastor Harlen Duncan.
Kentuckytown Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning worship at 11 00 a m Training Union at 6 30 p m
Morning worship at 10 55 a m Youth Fellowship 6 pm and fourth Sunday 5 30 pm. Woman's Society meets first and third Monday 3 pm Wes leyan Service Guild every other Monday 7 30 pm. Choir rehearsal 7 30. Open house for Linwood Robersons at parsonage Sunday Sept 14 3 00 to 6 00 pm. Fall meetings Sept 15 3 pm home Mrs A M Bryant and 7 30 pm at church by Wesleyan Service Guild.
Bethel Baptist Church lists Training Union at 7:00 p m Evening service at 8:00 Prayer service on Wednesday at 8:00 p m
Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m at First Presbyterian Church. Paris Presbytery to meet Tuesday and Wednesday with overnight at Lake Texoma. Texas Synod actions may affect state Presbyteries. Session met Wednesday night to address planning and other matters to be announced.
The First Baptist Church lists a full schedule for Friday through Sunday with services at 10:00 a.m. and 10:55 a.m., Sunday School at 9:55 a.m., W M U and Bethel events, a Zone 3 youth rally, choir, and a play by the W M U. The Mary Hill Davis state missions offering aims at 150 dollars. Preparation Week runs September 21 to 28 with teaching and planning sessions. A census for the new church year is being conducted.
Governor Faubus says he could close Central High School even before it opens to thwart federal plans to enforce integration. He cites emergency legislation giving him power to close a school on mere threats of violence and says he is watching and waiting with any option still possible.
Pulaski Indiana farmer Bob Thomas aimed a wrench at a stubborn bull when the tool rebounded and struck him between the eyes, leaving him unconscious. A separate note claims starching towels boosts absorbency and lint removal.
A visitor at a hill country door asks for corn liquor. The mountaineer replies with a humorous test asking whether the visitor wants courtin’ liquor or fighting liquor, illustrating local flavor.
Published Thursdays. Entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter. Member of the National Editorial Association and Texas Press Association.
The Hale-Aiken Committee outlines 12 public education proposals to expand schooling in Texas including driver education, gifted programs, longer school years, more principals, preschool English teaching, bus upgrades, and guidance services. Estimated state minimum cost is 349 million with enrichment plans adding up to 150 million, while a 140 million revenue gap looms. Governor Daniel notes Social Security Act changes enable a $5 monthly increase for aged, needy blind and disabled to as high as 65 dollars.
In Newport News a wall of fire equipment sped along Route 60 after a late call claiming a church fire. An embarrassed resident revealed the blaze was a moon reflection, while a separate note states antiques pre-1830 enter the U.S. duty free.
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