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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
2
Local residents report visits across Holden Mesquite Dallas Whitewright and Sherman. Social items include club meetings readings and planned programs with notes on upcoming Grayson County Federation of Women's Clubs event and safety committee presentation.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met Friday at 10 30 a m at the clubhouse. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon. In the afternoon the business session proceeded with reports and plans for upcoming activities.
Rev Bill McFatridge pastor of Josephine Baptist Church presented slides and spoke on the Holy Land at Friday's Rotary Club meeting. He was introduced by Kenneth Frisby the program chairman. Visitors included Rotarian Bob Cherry from Denison and guests Jack Douglas Dallas Paul Stephens Mrs Kenneth Frisby Mrs George Hight and Mrs B W Newman. Joe Bodine will lead the program next week.
Dallas IRS agents urge taxpayers to keep receipts to claim sales tax deductions on federal returns. They say deductions may be possible even without records, but advise saving receipts. Governor says Texans may claim the deduction via a formula tied to income and dependents.
Texas health officials monitor fallout from renewed Soviet tests at two stations in Austin and El Paso. Filtration devices draw air samples as engineers note radioactivity declined during the 4 year test ban, with Russian blasts expected to show up in days. Padre Island study backs paper back books in schools and evaluates potential savings. Governor backs a feasibility study on Padre Island beaches becoming a state park with a fast report by a statewide committee.
The Sun lists Grayson and Fannin County subscriptions at 2.50 and other regions at 3.00 with foreign at 5.00. It adds that the paper is a service to disseminate news and invites items while the editor may reject old or promotional material.
The piece notes planning for maintenance funded Farm-to-Market roads and vetoed earmarked construction funds. It cites expected special session action and quotes threats to legislators over a new sales tax. It also mentions cigarette tax stamp sales, a traffic safety week, and a gas tax remark by Hank Brown.
The text marks the 61st anniversary of the Texas Galveston storm of September 8 1900 described as a tropical hurricane with a great tidal wave. It flooded the Gulf Coast city, killed 5000 to 8000 people with uncertain casualties and damage estimated at up to 40 million dollars.
A veteran requests entry details for a writing contest by the Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project, sponsored by Sigma Phi Phi national fraternity for women in journalism, limited to VA hospital patients. It also covers VA volunteer programs, recheck questions, transportation eligibility, and a note on Death Valley temperatures reaching 126 degrees.
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