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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
5
Residents and guests populate a week of travel and events in Whitewright and nearby towns. Notables include Miss Mae Hall in Dallas, Mrs. Wade Sears in Wichita Falls, and Sherman hospital surgeries. A Bethel HD Club meeting is announced with Eunice King in charge.
Mrs Grover B Smith and her grandson Grover Carrel Smith joined Mr and Mrs Marvin Smith of Dallas and Mr and Mrs David W Smith of Pecos as guests of Mrs J B Hall and Miss Mae Hall on Saturday.
Mrs. R A Gillett hosts a luncheon announcing Sara Belle Gillett and Joe Thomas May plan to marry October 16 at the Methodist Church. Guests include Dallas and Sherman residents. Gillett a TSCW graduate with IBM in Dallas. May a Sunset High School graduate and former Royal Canadian Air Force member now with North American Aviation. A Thursday Bryant Field football game was canceled due to bad weather.
Rev E P Wootten chaired the Rotary Club luncheon as B R Caraway superintendent of Whitewright schools outlined summer work on the High School and Grade School buildings. Improvements included painting varnishing plaster repairs roof work and updated bus schedules to start later in winter.
Hebron Baptist Church four miles north of Bells holds its annual homecoming on Sunday October 10 with an all day program led by F. W. Alverson of Whitewright. Activities start at 10 a.m. with worship, basket lunch at noon, then talks and singing in the afternoon. Attendees should bring their own lunch.
A woman asks a man if she should remove her hat during a film. He replies the hat is unnecessary and notes that its presence is funnier than the on screen comedy. The exchange captures a humorous theater moment.
The Office of Price Administration issued a new table of processed food point values effective next Sunday. Canned fruits see increases of 11 points on six types, with dried peas and lentils becoming ration-free on War Food Administration advice. Corn and beans mostly decline while grape juice rises.
Washington notes another sharp rise in butter ration costs from 12 to 16 points starting Sunday as production remains low. Most meat point values hold with slight upward tweaks, while country butter climbs from six to 10 points. Standard cuts of beef veal and lamb stay unchanged.
Rev. E. P. Wootten pastor leads at morning worship 11 o'clock with Sunday school at 10 a m conducted by W. T Simmons superintendent. Evening service scheduled for 8 30.
Pastor W W Adcock will preach at 11 o clock at the Methodist Church with a 10 o clock Church School Rally Day program and an 8 o clock evening service. The Youth Fellowship meets at 7 pm. Five new members were received last Sunday. A cordial welcome awaits attendees.
Several lamb and veal variety meats are reduced by one point. Eight standard pork cuts rise one to two points. Eighteen variety meat cuts become point-free. Various cheeses gain one point per pound. Pork center cut chops cost increases to 11 with heavier demands. spare rib falls. Some beef veal lamb brain kidney items and pork ears tails snouts removed. Canned pig feet and brains eliminated.
A new booklet Swimming Through Fire from the Army Air Forces Flight Control Command advises air crews on sea crash survival. It promotes jumping feet first upwind, breast strokes with splashings, keeping mouth and nose to water, and single file swimming to follow the strongest swimmer. A section will also appear in the Jungle Arctic Desert and Ocean Survival manual for RAF emergency kits.
Judge R C Slagle of the 15th District Court of Grayson County will vacate his bench temporarily to become a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps not specified when the transfer will occur.
Judge Slagle, who received his Marine reserve commission two months ago, will serve as pro tem judge while Sherman official is absent. He has been ordered to report for active duty at New River, North Carolina. Marine Corps Reserve announcement came at Sherman Saturday.
Ellington Field WACs ban lip rouge before breakfast to ease KP duty and coffee cup cleanup. They now apply lipstick after breakfast and outside the mess hall door, a wartime rule welcomed by many husbands.
Thieves raided the Will Southerland grocery Sunday night and emptied the safe of $175, $50 of which belonged to the Trenton variety store. The entry was made through the rear door. A truck owned by Mike Hogue of Tyler, used by Joe Murrell, was stolen from a filling station and loaded with corn valued at $75.
The Senate penitentiary committee condemns whipping and shackling of convicts in Georgia prisons calling for sweeping reforms. Investigators report beatings with sticks and rubber hose, leg irons and insufficient clothing, and urge ending state and county chain gang camps with confinement at Tattnall State Penitentiary for training and reform.
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