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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1972
Page
2
An excerpt from Delores Meek recounts a subscriber dispute at Briscoe County News in West Texas. A reader complains of a missed March 2, 1972 issue and seeks reinstatement while the paper explains a move-based mailing halt and partial apology. The piece parodies small-town newspaper life with family anecdotes and local characters.
In Bells and Anna Texas two Brown Recluse spiders were found in the garages and homes of Tom Brookshire Dick Morrell and Jerry Rollins. The venomous spider hides in clothing shoes and undisturbed corners of buildings and can survive 40 to 110 degrees. A 1970 Railway Journal report notes ongoing concern.
The National Safety Council warns that the brown recluse spider is spreading from Southern states to the North and East to West, becoming a year round problem in the area. Though small, its venom is highly potent and fatal cases have been reported in limited numbers.
Mr and Mrs Doug Jester Linda and Jackie attended the wedding of Marian Kayser and John Caulehan at St Pauls United Church of Christ in Little Rock Ark. The piece notes visits among local families including Horace Smith Hodge family Denton and Ruth Thompson and Don William Guymon plus Kincaid visit.
Ethel Green and Maurice Cate undergo surgery at Wilson N Jones hospital. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Pete Jenkins to Mr and Mrs Ray Bennett in Howe, Arch Talley and Perryton to Russell Summers, Ruben Gutierresy to Helen Backus, Mrs Jessie Mead visiting Bells, and Russell Wayne Martin and wife from Sherman visiting local friends. Bites from Brown Recluse spiders are rare but documented with onset two to eight hours later causing severe pain, rash, and fever.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of First United Methodist Church plans to attend the October 7 SMU versus New Mexico State game at Texas Stadium in Irving with a special MYF rate of 50 cents per member and ticket price set at 3 dollars for adults. Previous MYF groups at SMU games with Navy Air Force North Carolina State and New Mexico State drew crowds up to 25 000. Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown and Mr and Mrs Haskell Scott attended the funeral of D W Smith in Garland on Wednesday. Mrs Minnie Childress and sister Mrs C C Willis of Bay City left Dallas for a 19 day bus tour to New England. Mr and Mrs Irrol Blanks of El Dorado Ark and Mr and Mrs Horace Ashlock of Sherman visited sister Mrs E Wallace. Mr and Mrs Ralph Neal of Ft Worth visited Howard Hodge Sr.
Rosalie Geers notes Mrs Gail Shelton and sister Mrs Dora Braswell provided special music at a Sunday church service. Attendance was 44. Bible study was led by Horace Magers, a patient, on Thursday. Various visits and hospital stay updates follow, including Millie Hunter returning from Wadley Clinic in Dallas and Maggie Robbins discharged home. Bingo winners listed.
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