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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
4
The notice lists T. Glenn Doss as editor and owner of The Whitewright Sun. It notes publication weekly on Thursdays and specifies postal mail registration. Subscription rates are given for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside these counties with annual and six month options.
From the Kaufman Herald the riddle extols discipline industry and labor as the source of prosperity progress and lasting legacy It declares work shapes America strengthens youth fuels minds and bodies and preserves character concluding that the answer is work
A Liberty citizen who pays $20 in city taxes each year asks the City Council to require a street light installation, illustrating how budgeting and tax costs influence local government decisions.
A range of citizens petition officials from Dayton to Liberty County and Beaumont asking for favors and pork barrelling. Proposals include roadwork and sewer extensions at private cost, school heaters, aphid life studies, air conditioning in courthouses, new jails, Lamar College funding, and broad state spending, while critics point to waste and privilege.
Mrs. Donald B. Atherton is widowed again after her second husband, Sgt. 1/C Donald B. Atherton, died of wounds from the Korean War. Her first husband, Pfc. Joe T. Winter of Oklahoma, fell in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The piece notes carnations as native to Southern Europe.
Chicago reports researchers from the University of Montevideo and Northwestern University presented at the American Chemical Society that a purple color in blood tests may indicate cancer, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, or rheumatoid arthritis. The color signals specific sugar and protein changes in the alpha globulin fraction when treated with dipenylamine, possibly revealing a fundamental disease response.
A Texas law requires drivers to stop for a school bus discharging children on highways outside business or residence districts. After stopping, proceed at a prudent speed not exceeding 10 mph until safely beyond the bus. Enacted in 1947 by the 50th Texas Legislature as part of the Uniform Act of Traffic Laws.
Citation issued September 20 1950 commands George T Treadville to appear by November 6 1950 before the District Court in Sherman Texas in a divorce case filed by Mattie Juanita Treadville The petition cites desertion and cruel treatment as grounds and lists case No 58407 with court official S V Earnest clerk and Nancy Drake deputy
Central Christian Church led by G William Anderson and Therman Healy offers sermons titled Power of the Blood with morning worship and Lord’s Supper at 11 o’clock. Ashley D Jameson and Rev J P Fleming preside over Bible classes and district conference with quarterly meeting following the Sunday evening service.
A column advises that harmony starts at home by venting bad temper with family to improve outward civility. It notes couples struggle to be pleasant always and suggests staying alert to each other when alone. A quip about in law dynamics and a joke about shelves closes the piece.
Rev James L Cooper Pastor W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Mrs B W Newman W M S president J B Layman Brotherhood president Services Sunday school 10 a m Morning worship 11 o'clock Training Union 6 45 p m Evening worship 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer service and choir practice 7 45 o'clock
Rev R L Hamm pastor schedules Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 11 evangelistic service 7 30 Wednesday prayer 7 30 and young people evangelistic service Saturday 7 30. During his professional baseball career Babe Ruth was struck out 1330 times.
During a patient doctor exchange a line about leaving a legacy is followed by a demand for prescription changes. An auction scene interrupts with a wallet lost in the room offering to reward its return, then a bidding echo raises the reward by $5 to $255.
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