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WHITEWRIGHT, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1948.
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UNWELCOME GUEST
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WASHINGTON. — The
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Win Baby Prizes
Grayson Is Sixth
In Cotton Ginnings
Dr. White Accepts
Baylor Presidency
Eggless Thursday
Drive Abandoned;
Meat Curb Urged
Penn State Collects
$66,453.59 for Trip
Two Added to Lake
Texoma Commission
“Just Bad Cold” Blamed
For Death of Thousands
Of Fish in Florida
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district
U. S. INCOME
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DIVORCES SHOW
DROP IN COUNTY
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It can be combined with either wool
or cotton to produce many new types
of fabrics.
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Remember in 1948
GOP OPPOSITION
i$ 1 ,230,000 From DOOMS TRUMAN,
State Welfare Board TAX PROPOSALS
the
twelfth annual Cotton Bowl classic
football game here New Year’s Day
FANNIN COUNTY
OFFICIALS FAIL
TO GET PAY BOOST
iS. Montgomery
Ed Kent Jr.
Carl May
J. O. Wallace
B. L. Janway
J. H. Gosnell
Mrs. Eva Reid
J. P. Williams
Sonny Gosnell
Elmer Sanderson
Elvin Petty
Lester Simpson
J. R. Hicks
W. L. White
L. C. Cooper
Jack Nossaman
C. J. Meador
Mrs. Albert Partridge
M. M. Cooper
N. L. Bennett
E. W. Fields
Virgil Mullins
Grover Stuteville
R. D. Benson
N. R. Stillwell
Lizzie Miller
Mrs. W. F. Holland
O. J. Hammock
Mrs. Jack Dickerman
W. T. Simmons
Mrs. A. L. Groves
E. O. Thomas
Mrs. W. A. Henry
Grady Gillett
Thomas Gillett
Roger Holcomb
Bryan Weber
H. B. Turner
Mrs. A. M. Bryant
R. I. Scott
Mrs. J. C. Waldrop
J. B. Allison
Mrs. B. G. Gentry
Mrs. A. L. Harvey
J. E. Mangrum
C. E. Young
Mrs. T. J. Warden
Mrs. C. L. Keith
A. B. St. John
Tom Head
Mrs. J. M. Simmons
J. L. May
Mrs. M. B. Morgan
L. C. Bryant
Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick
Mrs. Frank Phillips
J. W. Blakey
H. M. Garner
Mrs. Nannie E. Rhudy
T. E. Blakey
Farm Fire Losses
100 Million In’47
re-
finery would be expanded and over-
hauled under a $2,500,000 program.
adjustments for small corporations.
Tax experts said this would mean
i corporate
profits levy from 38 percent to 51
percent.
“we took care only of the old ege
AUSTIN. — Dr. W. R. White late
Wednesday accepted the presidency
of Baylor University at Waco, oldest
university and largest Baptist school
in Texas.
Dr. White,
WASHINGTON.—The government
announced Monday that eggless
Thursdays will be dropped from its
food conservation program after to-
day, but that meatless Tuesdays will
family affairs to act like , be continued because of high meat
as “pals” toward their
BONHAM. — There will be no
change in the salaries of Fannin
County officials for 1948 following
action of the commissioner’s court in
a special session Thursday, Jan. 1.
All elected officials will receive the
same salary as prevailed during the
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Grayson County’s 10 banks re-
ported an increase of $1^,035,812.93 in
deposits at the close of business for
1947 compared to Dec. 31, 1946. To-
tal deposit figures were $49,729,164.99
at the end of 1947 and $48,693,352.06
at the close of the preceding year.
prices.
The change in the 3-month-old
food-saving'campaign came as James
A. Stillwell, executive director of the
conservation program, said President
Truman’s Cabinet food committee
decided to discontinue eggless Thurs-
day because seasonal increases in
production indicate an abundance of
eggs will be on retail markets before
the end of this month. The govern-
ment abandoned the “poultryless”
phase of its program several weeks
ago.
Restaurant owners in New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago announced
they were dropping both meatless
Tuesdays and eggless Thursdays.'
They said observance was “imprac-
ticable” and was “hurting business.”
Paul .Henkel, president of the New
York Society of Restauranteurs, said
visitors reported that “nowhere did
they find any difficulty in obtaining
meat dishes on Tuesday, as they did
in the better restaurants” in New
York City.
The Cabinet food committee, how-
ever, reiterated its appeal for meat
conservation. It said the diminishing
livestock supply makes it “impera-
tive that consumers intensify their
voluntary efforts to curtail consump-
tion of meat.”
Sen. Ralph Flanders (Rep.) of
Vermont, who has predicted meat
rationing will be necessary by spring,
AUSTIN.—Governor Jester Mon-
day added two Texans to the Lake
Texoma commission.
They were State Sen. Charles R.
Jones of Bonham and State Rep. C.
C. Gardner of Gainesville.
Their appointment will give Texas
and Oklahoma each five representa-
tives on the commission which -is
seeking to work out uniform hunting
and fishing regulations for the inter-
state lake.
Grayson County ranks sixth in
cotton ginnings for the 1947 season,
in the 17-county Fort Worth area, .ac-
cording to figures released by the
Bureau ofCensus district office at
Fort Worth. Grayson County ginned
20,751 bales in 1947 against 13,797 in
1946.
Ellis County was the leader with
66,215 bales as compared with 47,426
bales in 1946. Collin was second
with 49,347 bales against 40,693 in
1946. Hunt was third with 44,306
against 29,516. In fifth place was
Kaufman with 29,544 against 31,157
in 1946. Dallas County had 18,360
bales last year against 12,389 in 1946.
The 1946 season was one of the
poorest cotton seasons in a number
of years and all counties in the dis-
trict are showing gains this year over
their 1946 ginning records.
WASHINGTON.—A state-o;
union presidential message d
tinged with New Dealism was ij
ed Wednesday by Republics
Congress as a piece of dema J
and an open bid for support®
lowers of Henry A. Wallace. B
President Truman’s requM
legislation lifting income ta4H
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taxes on corporations drew^B
of criticism from Republic^B
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tax plan indicated it wo^B
chance to pass. Many «
domestic proposals als^B
doomed. JH
to Kentucky as having tile lowest op-
erating expense of all such programs
over the 48 states.
“The national average is $1.81
per case per month per individual,”
he said. “Texas spends only 85 cents
and Kentucky can operate on 83
cents.
Out of the $4,800,000 allocated to
our department for annual expenses,
last year we spent only about $2,800,-
000, turning the balance back into the
allotment fund. We have 200,941
persons over 65 receiving checks,
42,000 children and 5,400 blind per-
sons. We maintain 284 offices in the
state of Texas, and have one in Sher-
man and one in Denison.”
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A
marine biologist of the State Fresh
Water Game and Fish Commission of the show, figures released Monday
past year, yvhile the court decided to
leave precinct officers-constables and
justices of peace on the fee system
for the coming year.
Salaries of officials were
follows: Assessor-collect
county clerk, sheriff and
judge' $4250 per year and
clerk, $3250.- A salary has not been
announced for the county attorney.
The court gave notice that it Will
issue $50,000 in warrants for road
and bridge work, with the issue be-
ing divided between the four pre-
cincts to be used in carrying on the
work.
Bank Deposits In
Grayson Higher
trical equipment and circuits. Worn
electrical wiring should be replaced.
3. Keep all heating units in good
condition. Stored hay should be in-
spected regularly for odors, smoke,
gas, and heat—all warning signals.
5. Make sure there is equipment on
farms with which to combat fires
Approved fixe extinguishers should
be in every home and outbuilding.
Make sure they are inspected regu-
larly and that every member of the
family knows how to use them.
“Fires are preventable, and as for
fire protection, let’s not have too lit-
too late in ’48. Let’s all get busy and
make American farms the safest
place to live,” Mr. Cook concludes.
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AUSTIN.—Texas’ political calen-
dar for 1948 is loaded with important
dates, all leading up to the vital
Democratic primaries and the usual-
ly anti-climatic general election.
Not only is 1948 a presidential elec-
tion year, but Texans will elect a
United States senator in a race that
promises to be one of the hottest in
history, and 21 members of the na-
tional House of Representatives.
The first political red-letter day on
the calendar for the new year is Jan-
uary 31—the last day for payment of
poll taxes or for claiming exemptions
to qualify voters to go to the polls.
May first should likewise be under-
scored.
Day of Conventions
It is the day for the precinct con-
ventions at which county conventions
delegates are elected. This—in real-
ity—is the Texas Democratic voter’s
only real opportunity to express his
presidential preference, since the
county delegates to the May conven-
tion are the ones who ultimately
name the presidential electors. They
also select delegates to the national
Democratic convention.
The county conventions will be
held May 4, and the presidential elec-
tor convention at Brownwood May
25. June 7 is the last day for state
office and U. S. senatorial candidates
' to file for a place on the primary bal-
lot.
On July 4 absentee voting for the
first primary starts. It ends July 20,
and the first primary is dated July 24.
Second Primary
The second Democratic primary
will be held August 28, the Septem-
ber or “governor’s” convention Sep-
tember 14 at Fort Worth, and the
general election on November 2. The
Republican party will nominate in
convention.
In between, there- are numerous
other dates of considerable impor-
tance, but those are the principal
ones.
In the strictly-state elections, Texas
voters will select a governor, lieuten-
ant governor, attorney general, three
members of the Supreme Court, one
member of the Court of Criminal
Appeals, one member of the Railroad
Commission, comptroller, state school
superintendent, treasurer, land com-
missioner and commissioner of agri-
culture.
In the district races, 16 state sena-
tors of the body’j 31 must stand for
election, and the 150 members of the
State House of Representatives from
127 districts. Senators are elected
for four-year terms, representatives
for two years.
THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN
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VOLUME 63, NUMBER
GALVESTON.—Plenty of sugar at
reasonable prices was predicted for
1948 by I. H. Kempner, president of
the Imperial Sugar Company.
Kempner yesterday told a meeting
of sugar brokers and salesmen from
Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas xthat
the supply of sugar is “such that we
can anticipate steady prices for the
foreseeable future.”
He also said the Sugar Land
The following names have been
added to The Sun honor roll this
week. Among them are several new
subscribers.
C. Sutton
J. P. Ownby
Lewis Magers
Edwin Badgett
E. O. Ingram
R. H. May
W. C. Pennington
WASHINGTON. — The govern-
ment reported today that its income
during the last half of 1947 was
$1,659,190,000 greater than expendi-
tures.
These six months which ended
December 31 represent the first half
of the 1948 fiscal year. By the time
June 30 arrives, financial officials
foresaw a surplus approaching
$6,000,000,000 for the full 12-month
period, depending partly upon wheth-
er and how much Congress cuts 1948
taxes.
CHICAGO.—A group of Chicago
fathers were advised Tuesday by an
authority on
fathers, not
children.
Dr. L.„ A. Kirkendall, director of
the Association of Family Living, told
them:
“Don’t try to be the life of the
party when your children are with
their friends. Don’t look for the same
kind of companionship your chil-
dren receive from friends their own
ages, and don’t try to get it.
“Children like it better, and fami-
lies get along better, experience
shows, if the father is a father.”
COLLEGE STATION.—Corn per-
formance tests conducted in 1947 by
the Texas A. & M. agricultural ex-
periment station again proved that
hybrids adapted to Texas growing
'conditions will out-yield other hy-
brids or open-pollinated varieties.
Approximately 7,000 acres of certi-
fied hybrids were produced by farm-
Hk ers cooperating with the station. A
large quantity of proven hybrid seed
will be available for general planting
in 1948.
Texas 20 has given best results
over a wide range of growing condi-
tions. Texas 8 and 18 did well in the
central blacklands and in the western
part of the corn growing area. Texas
12 also gave good results in East
Texas. Of the white hybrids, Texas
9-W gave the best yields at most test
locations. /
Two experimental but unnamed
hybrids, one white and one yellow,
gave promising results in a three-
year test.
'^ Plenty of Sagar,
Priced Right Seen
NEW YORK.—Many of 600 repat-
riated Americans who arrived Tues-
day from Gydia, Poland, aboard the
liner Ernie Pyle brought food with
them because Russian agents had told
them there was a food shortage in
America, a ship’s officer said.
Agricultural ; Department agents
confiscated spiked meats and bologna
as passengers filed ashore, but per-
mitted them td keep dried mush-
rooms. The ship’s officer also said
there was a widespread rumor in
Poland the American dollar would
xz ;
p5, resigned as pastor
of the First Baptist Church here and
will take over at Baylor on Feb. 1,
one month after the retirement of
President Pat M. Neff, 75-year-old
former Governor.
By telegram to Dr. W. W; Melton
of Waco, chairman of Baylor’s
trustees, White accepted the position
which the board offered him last
Saturday.
to 492.
District court judges estimated that
during and immediately after the
war 60 percent of the men in divorce
suits were service men or veterans.
The drop in divorces in Grayson
County in 1947 followed a general
tendency over the nation.
THEY BRING FOOD FROM
POLAND AFTER RUSSIANS
REPORT SHORTAGE IN U. S.
by Game Director James H. Stewart
reveal.
The sellout crowd of 45,507 which
included 5,886 student tickets at half
price, paid a gross gate of $189,388.53.
Under the promotional setup for
this spectacle, all net receipts except
the 15 percent charged for stadium
rental by the State Fair Association
goes to the participating schools.
However, the first $5,000 of the host
team’s take goes to . the Southwest
Conference to help maintain its of-
fice of executive secretary.
Penn State received $66,453.59, xncxc nw wx
Southern Methodist $61,453.59, and | on 85 out of every 100 farms in the
the Southwest Conference $5,000.
said Wednesday the thousands of fish
that died in Lake Osborne in the last
two weeks “simply caught a cold.”
John F. DeQuine identified the fish
as gizzard shad. He said they are
vulnerable to sudden changes in tem-
perature and when the recent cold
spell sent the water temperature
down to 10 degrees they “died like
flies.”
“There is nothing to be alarmed
about,” DeQuine added. “The best
fish in the lake are as healthy as they
can be.”
“With fire destroying more than
$100,000,000 worth of farm property
in America during 1947, the New
Year calls for farmers of Grayson
County to put fire prevention and
i protection practices to work vigor-
ously this year,” County Agent Ben
D. Cook declared today.
Urging farmers to be prepared in
1948, Mr. Cook said, “The only way
that we are going to successfully
combat fires in 1948 is to take all
possible steps to prevent fires and to
provide all possfole protection against
fires. A glance at last year’s fire
loss record should convince all farm-
ers that fires don’t always happen to
the other fellow.”
County Agent Cook offers a five-
point program which farmers could
use as a guide to better fire protec-
tion and prevention. “The best way
to guard against fire is to plan a
safety program. The following sug-
gestions have worked in the past.
Farmers can use them during 1948 as
a basis for effective protection”:
1. Keep your farm clean. Good
housekeeping in and around all
buildings will automatically get rid
of fire hazards.
2. Make regular checks on all elec-
... tue plan to be
with qou for Quite
some time.
DENISON. — Grayson County re-
ceives $1,320,000 annually in govern-
ment checks delivered to old age,
blind and dependent children, John
Winters, executive director of the
State Department of Public Welfare,
told the Boosters Club at Hotel Deni-
son.
Mr. Winter revealed that 3,277
checks were sent to persons over 65
years of age, 103 to blind persons and
132 to children of dependent families
in Grayson County, which had a
monthly total of $110,000.
“The average person in Grayson
County,” the speaker said, “receives
$31.80 per month, which is slightly
higher than the state average of $30.
The legal maximum that can be paid
is $45, but with only $74,000,000 to
cover more than 200,000 persons, the
average can be only $30.”
The speaker, who revealed an in-
tricate knowledge of his department
by pulling statistics from a mental
filing cabinet, tossed a verbal bomb-
shell at the Boosters Club with the
frank statement that “I wish we
could work out a program of insur-
ance, with every wage earner paying
toward it, that would eliminate the
need for welfare organization in the
state.
“We of the welfare department are
for it. And, we know it would ter-
minate our jobs.”
Mushroom Growth
“I come to you today,” Mr. Winter
said earnestly, “to try and explain
what is happening to a large share of
your tax money. Although our or-
ganization was not formed until 1'939, .
we have already grown until we are dlu01’
one of the largest of the big state de-
partments, and, we spend more of
your tax money than any other de-/
partment. h
“Originally,” the speaker related, „2n
“we took care only of the old ege
persons who needed assistance. Later
we expanded to take care of the chil- "
dren of parents who had either died, .
become incapable of earning a liv-
ing or had left the children homeless ’+" °°
with no means of support. Then an
aid program to take care of those not
in the categories set up was started,
with this being principally to care
for the blind.
“We have grown from an organi-
zation with no capital to a business
sending out $74,000,000 annually. We
have made a lot of mistakes, because
it took a trial by error method to dis-
cover the best method of handling
payments.
“We have to go into homes and ask
a lot of questions. People don’t like
government to pry into their lives,
but our rules state we can’t make a
payment until we know all about
them.”
Delving briefly into the number of
people affected by the welfare pro-
gram, Mr. Winter said- that in 1900
there were only 74,000 people over
65, in 1920 only 163,000, but that in
1940 there were 347,000.
“Our over 65 population has more
than doubled, yet our mass popula-
tion increased only 38 percent from
1920 to 1940,” he said. “With the
number of old people increasing, it is
necessary that we set up an insurance
plan. Direct taxation will not con-
tinue to finance an adequate program
much longer.
Not Pension Plan
“If a person paid into the insur-
ance fund all of his life, or, until the
need arose to take advantage of the
program, then he would be getting
the checks as a matter of right.”
Mr. Winters concluded his address
by stating somewhat proudly that
the Texas department ranked next
Sgt. and Mrs. J. E. Auten of Deni-
•son, formerly of Whitewright, won
the prizes offered for the first 1948
baby born in Grayson County and
'the prizes offered for the first 1948
baby born in Denison^ A son was
born to them at 12:14 a. m. New
Year’s Day in the General Hospital
at Denison.
His mother was a war bride from
London, England, the former Miss
Joyce Reid. She met her husband in
Kettering, England, while he w^s
'stationed overseas with the U. S.
’Army Air Forces. Their first child,
'j Carol, was born in Manchester, Eng-
land, and they have been in the
United States for the past two years.
Sergeant Auten is stationed at .the
Fort Worth Army Air Field. The
family was unable to find suitable
quarters in Fort Worth and have been
residents of Denison for the past two
months.
The winner will receive many gifts
from Sherman merchants, as well as
from merchants in Denison where a
“First Baby” contest also was held.
SHERMAN. — Fewer couples ob-
tained marriage licenses, 1,780 com-
pared to 1,901, and fewer divorces
were granted, 362 compared to 545, in
Grayson County in 1947 than in 1946.
First post-war year, 1946, was a
record period for both marriages and
divorces. Part of the increase was
caused by the stringent marriage laws
passed in 1946 in Oklahoma. In
1947 Oklahoma couples continued to
flock to border Texas counties, in-
cluding Grayson, for marriage li-
censes.
During war years the number of
licenses in Grayson County dropped
below the 1,000 mark, with the low-
est figure in 1944 when 620 licenses __________________ „„ _x_____
were issued. In 1945 the licenses to- | has drafted a bill to clear the way for
taled 1,078 and divorces took a rise t it if it becomes necessary. In addi-
' tion, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson is gearing for the possi-
bility of rationing.
The old world rat is numerous in
wa,rm parts of America.
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