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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
2
We list dozens of Sherman area families with weekend trips and host visits. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole of Sherman visited Miss Lola Scott Saturday. Other pairs travel to Dallas, Plano, Bay City and Fort Worth for family time and meetings.
Joe Johnson was a Dallas visitor Monday. Fred Stegall visits Mrs. Frank England and other relatives this week. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Flowers and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lemons in Ardmore Oklahoma last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. England and Mary Lynn visit Mrs. W. G. Perkins in Dallas Sunday.
The Texas A&M Association of Former Students will mail 10 000 letters to alumni with a form to complete. The project aims to place all alumni records on magnetic tape, making the university the first to do so, and has drawn national attention as one of the largest such conversions by an educational institution.
In Philadelphia a member of the original Congress, Dr. Benjamin Rush, urged congressional rations of intoxicants for generals. He proposed that any officer drinking more than a quart of whisky or getting drunk more than once in 24 hours be reprimanded at the head of his unit.
The 58th Legislature imposes a 165 day compulsory attendance rule for ages seven to sixteen, raising fines from five to twenty five dollars for truancy. Migrant families face travel but districts must enforce attendance while parents bear responsibility. The article notes illiteracy concerns and contrasts state literacy by race.
Highland Park Michigan resident Ruth Orr receives a postcard sent 31 years earlier from Muskegon dated August 11 1932 addressed to her Prescott Michigan home. Postmaster waives the 3 cents postage noting aging service. Buenos Aires noted as largest city south of the equator.
Samuel Grafton argues that modern families have shifted away from a traditional head of house dynamic. He laments the loss of the real man role as fathers become mere public utilities and chores rise, urging a return to paternal leadership in family finances and discipline.
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