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, NUMBER 2.
WHITEWRIGHT, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURS
JANUARY 13, 1949.
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Keep-Filibuster
Row Scheduled
Child Receives
Burns In Fire Here
1,105 Added to
Pension Rolls
Lake Texoma May
Get Federal Funds
Methodists Here
Have New Pastor
Keep Air in Room
Moist to Avoid Col
Grab Your Dough,
Dads—Then Read
Special Services At
Church of Christ
Roy G. Baker Endorsed
For U. S. Attorney
DENISON DAM
POWER SALES
OVER $750,000
SAN ANTONIO
SCHOOLS BAN
FRATERNITIES
Texas Polio Hit
Peak in 1948
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Wet, and his friends ar!
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ijonal Bank Two Injured In
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Sherman Preparing
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SPECIAL DAYS
CALENDAR OUT
Up the post on the re-
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krfect plans
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WOMAN SENATOR TELLS
WHY REPUBLICANS LOST
Roy Howell of Madill, Okla., will
preach at the Whitewright Church of
Christ at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, January
18.
SHERMAN. — A di:
will be held Thursday
at the Hotel Grayson^B
for the 1949 Red
any attempt to ■ stock Exposition tfl
spring.
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SAN ANTONIO. — The San An-
tonio Independent School Board
Monday voted unanimously to out-
law high school fraternities and sor-
orities and their secret organizations.
The action was an aftermath of a
recent fraternity initiation in which
three Jefferson High School boys
were beaten. One of the youths re-
quired medical attention.
Both junior and senior high school
students ■ will be required to sign a
pledge against menbership in the so-
cieties.
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H. A. (Red) Bow of.Whitewright
and Miss Lola Craig of Bells were in-
jured in an auto-tr,uck accident in
Bells Friday afternoon. The acci-
dent happened on Highway 69 near
the Bells High School building.
Robert Brueggemeyer and E. R.
Walker, sheriff’s deputies who in-
vestigated the accident, said Miss
Craig was attempting to entei' High-
way 69 from a side street when the
collision occurred. Her car was
overturned by the impact.
Miss Craig suffered a head injury,
a broken left arm and shoulder and
cuts and bruises. She is a patient in
a Sherman hospital and is reported
to be in a critical condition as a re-
sult of the head injury. Mr. Bow’s
injuries were chiefly cuts and bruises
and a breast injury. He was able to
leave the hospital Monday. Mrs. El-
lie Wilson of Bells, a passenger in the
car with Miss Craig, escaped without
injury.
Miss Craig is the sister of M. T.
Craig of Whitewright.
(Reports from the hospital Thurs-
day morning indicated Miss Craig
had begun to show improvement
from the head injury.)
SHERMAN.—Grayson County at-
torneys have endorsed Roy G. Baker
of Sherman for the post of United
States Attorney for the Eastern Dis-
tinct of Texas. A telegram of endorse-:
it was sent to Senators Tom Con-
j£and Lyndon Johnson and Con-
flan Sam Rayburn and Atty.
Bom Clark.
BS*''s colleagues urged that he
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BtauL of
AUSTIN. — Polio hit an all-time
peak in Texas last year.
The State Health Department’s fi-
nal report for 1948 showed a total of
1,765 cases. This broke the 1943 rec-
ord of 1,274. and was far ahead of the
979 cases in 1946—the last big year
prior to 1948.
The Health Department is pushing
community clean-up campaigns and
other polio-control measures in its
program for 1949. ’ 1
There were 16 new polio cases in
the first week of 1949.
Rev. Ashley D. Jameson, pastor of
the Methodist Churches at Kemp and
Becker, Kaufman County, has been
assigned to the First Methodist
Church of Whitewright by Bishop
William C. Martin. He succeeds Rev.
R. L. Gilpin, who was appointed pas-
tor of Rankin Chapel at 3000 Cross-
man in West Dallas. Rev. Gilpin and
family moved to Dallas last week.
The Rev. Jameson will occupy the
pulpit at the Methodist Church Sun-
day morning, but there will be no
evening service, according to an-
nouncement. He will hold his last
service in Kemp Sunday night. Rev.
Jameson is married and has four
children. He expects to move to fl
Whitewright the first of next week.
Rev. Jameson was a chaplain in the
late war and held the rank of major
when he received his discharge.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sen. Elmer
Thomas, D., Okla., today said he
would introduce legislation later this
■\yeek to authorize use of federal
money to improve the land around
government-owned lakes.
Thomas said such spending has
never been authorized specifically
by law. Many of the lakes therefore
have not been developed for recrea-
tion uses.
If the measure is passed, Thomas
said he would seek a “sizeable sum”
for Lake Texoma, a Red River pow-
er lake on the Oklahoma-Texas bor-
der. He said Texoma’s recreation
possibilities were vast and that the
sitejfrew 3,000,000 visitors last year.
(Fort Worth Press) flfl
Drag out the old teakettle, pfl
on the stove and breathe the irfl
air all day. qfl
It’s not old-fashioned at all, afl
it’s a good way to cope with colds.
And if you have a new-fangled
floor furnace, a shallow pan of water<
placed on top will do the trick.
These hints were passed out tcflfl
by Dr. Dudley A. Reekie, city difl
tor of public health. He said the fl
way to treat a cold is to preveifl
and steam to make the air hunj^fl
one good way to do it. fl
Colds may start in a too-dry ?^B
brane between the nose and m^fl
Ordinarily this membrane will JH
a substance through to the n^B
within 20 minutes. ^^fl
But if the membrane is too dr^fl
cold germ has tiirJ to light and s^fl
multiplying—and^chat’s what ^fl
a cold. -
Dr. Reekie suggesflWi
teakettle to keep thi^fl
ting too dry, also ^fl
“old-fashioned” remedies
hot mustard foot bath, hot; drinfl
production of perspiration by inq
of blankets and hot water bbttlesJ
baths and one or two ounces ofl
cohol. ^fl
But he frowned on use of a^fl
inhaler. This tends to dry fl
important membrane and ofl
gravates rather than helps bfl
cold. ^fl
To avoid colds, Dr. Reeki-^B
plenty of outdoor exercise^fl
feet, stay out of over-heafl
or offi'-^r and neither get^fl
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Jlelp, Cries Army, I
On Enlisting Boom !
WASHINGTON.—The army, with 1
its manpower limit sharply reduced
and men pouring out of its recruiting^fl^
machine, is tiding to slow the thinjjfl
down. fl
The army already has reached oi^fl
is close to the 677;000-man figure setl^B
for the next fiscal year, which starts' ^fl
1. About 3^,000 volunteers fl
have been enlisHflg or re-enlisting
monthly. t"'* 1
Numbers of 'those who have volun-
teered have done so rather than be
drafted. President Truman recog-
nized this in his budget messagge to
Congress Monday when he said the
existence of the Selective Service Act
has helped recruiting.
Although few, if any men, maj^M
actually be drafted hereafter, he said,
it is essential that power to draft re-
main available in case voluntary en-
listments drop too sharply.
Boys of eighteen who volunteer ,
for one year’s training are exernn^fl
from the 21-month draft when tlifl
reach nineteen. Thousands of thfl
enlisted although other thousanfl
have shown an increasing willingn(fl
to gamble on missing the draft rathfl
than volunteer. fl
The army could establish recruilfl
ing quatas, and close the doors aftelfl
'it had taken in all it was allowed.
Whatever the outcome, the cb^fl
calls are likely to remain sma^fl
nonexistent. Originally, the ai^H
had planned to draft 30,000 rfl
monthly for a yearly total of 360,fl
Two of the eight camps set up fl
year for draftees have been closedfl
Pickett, Va., and Breckinridge, ifl
No plans are being made at presfl
to close any of the remaining six. B
official said.
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t AUSTIN.—Texas senators Wednes-
day tried to spend almost all of the
$80,000,000 in the State Treasury.
Even as Gov. Beauford Jester
pleaded for caution in public spend-
ing, an avalanche of money bills hit
the Senate.
The Governor’s first message to
the new Legislature, delivered in
person, outlined the need for in-
creases in state services. But Jester
sounded this note of caution:
“We face the deadly serious neces-
sity of planning wisely and within
our means, to the end that an unpre-
dictable business recession will not
leave the State of Texas in a perilous
financial condition.”
While fifty blue-backed bills in the
upper house called for a total spend-
ing of $71,392,588, there was one sen-
_ ator who asked that $50,000,000 of
'‘•■the nresenf snrnlns: he nnf aisza-v fr>r-
nator Marga-
Ih^said Satur-
flk lost five
be-;
Lourine Ballard, 7, invalid as re-
sult of burns received when a small
child, was painfully burned Friday
afternoon when the dwelling owned
by Clifton Brewer was burned to the
ground. The dwelling was located:
in East Whitewright and was known
as the Dr. W. J. Doss home. Lourine
was alone when the fire started in
the room occupied by her. She was
in a wheel chair, which was given
to her Christmas, but was unable to
roll the chair from the room. She
was rescued by her step-mother, who
was doing the family washing in a
nearby outbuilding when she heard
the child’s frantic screams. She re-
ceived burns on the stomach and
arms, from which she is slowly re-
covering.
The occupants of the dwelling
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ballard, Mrs.
Mary Burchfield, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse James. Mr. and Mrs. James
moved to the dwelling on Thursday
and had no insurance. It is reported
the other occupants of the dwelling
had no insurance. Mr. Brewer had
$1600 insurance on the dwelling.
The fire had gained good headway
when the fire alarm <was sounded
and the building quickly burned. It
was a landmark in East Whitewright.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Seventeen
southern senators banded Wednesday
to defend the filibuster as the last-
ditch weapon for fighting civil rights
legislation.
At the same time, several of the
southern group announced they fa-
vored abolition of the poll tax by
constitutional amendment. This was
the first official announcement that
the poll-tax abolition compromise
was the first southern offer of a deal
on civil rights matters.
The organization meeting Wednes-
day—attended by Sen. Tom Connal-
ly of Texas—was to unite forces
opposing changes in the Senate rules.
Five proposals have been submitted
to limit debate in the Senate so that
talkathons can be cut off and por-
tions of Mr. Truman’s controversial
civil-rights plan passed.
Headed By Georgian
Sen. Richard Russell (Dem.) of
Georgia, again was chosen to head
the southern bloc at the meeting in
the office of Sen. Harry Flood Byrd
(Dem.) of Virginia.
The sense of that meeting, Russell
reported, was that all those present.
were “opposed” to any attempt to ■
reduce the majority by which the
Senate could impose a gag on a fili-
buster.
Present rules require a xwo-thirds
■vote to impose cloture.
These four men hold top party positions in the new 81st Congress. Sen.
Scott W. Lucas (D) of Illinois becomes Senate majority leader when
Sen. Alben Barkley takes over as vice president Jan. 20. Sen. Robert A.
Taft (R) of Ohio is chairman of the Republican policy committee, head-
ing the opposition party in the upper House. Rep. Sam Rayburn (D) of
Texas is the new speaker of the House, a job which he held for years
before the Republican victory of 1946. Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
of Massachusetts steps down from House speaker to House minority
leader, a position he also held previously when Democrats were in
power.
DENISON.—Denison Dam rang up
more than three-quarters of a million
dollars on its power sale cash regis-
ter during 1948, according to figures
released by the Southwestern Power
Administration, the Department of
Interior agency in charge of the dis'-
tribution of power generated Ly
Lake Texoma.
Total sales for the 12 months were
$794,278.54, collected for 166,435,214
kilowatt-hours of electrical energy.
The Rural Electrification Adminis-
tration purchased $62,321.11 worth of
Denison Dam power; the Oklahoma
Gas & Electric Co., $77,141; and the
Texas Power & Light Co., $644,- July
816.43.
Service to the first REA co-opera-
tive in Texas was started in Febru-
ary 1948, and there are now six co-
operatives being served by SPA.
is expected that service will be
tended to at least 18 additional __
operatives in 1949 through the Braz-
I os River Electric Transmission Co-
operative or by the federal govern-
ment.
The Denison Dam output will be
doubled to a total of 70,000 kilowatts
with completion of the second gen-
erator this year. Much of the added
production is expected to go to Okla-
homa consumers through the SPA
distribution system.
^Hal meeting of the
^Bf the First National
fl?wright Tuesday morn-
flklirector's room of the
shares of stock of the
^Bshares represented in per-
flF’ proxy, directors for 1949
Bflected as follows: C. B. Bryant
flrKay Kimbell, R. T. Pennington,
flB Bryant HI, J. B. King, Glen
Earnheart, Gomer May and J. H.
FWaggoner.
In the directors meeting following
the shareholders meeting the follow-
ing officers were elected: C. B. Bry-
ant Jr., president; C. B. Bryant HI,
■vice-president; R. A. Gillett, cashier,
and Miss Pernie Badgett, assistant
cashier. "
W. T. Simmons, former assistant
ma shier, who has been ill for the past
■hur and h&g not been active in the
BflMflflflpast seven months, was
fl Simmons accepted em-
bank in August 1915,
^»vright from the First
Tom. Bean. The
a 'ifl'cra faithful and
iimmons.
in ev-
num-
CHICAGO.—Father, not fully
covered from Christmas buying, was
told to grab a better hold on his
i pocketbook.
! The- “Bobbie” fashion board of the
the present surplus be put away for
aYainy day.
Governor Jester appeared before a
joint session of the Legislature on his
fifty-sixth birthday.
Members applauded his call for
.antilynching legislation. They liked
his statement that such a law was a
duty of states, and “not the Federal
Government.”
A recommendation that the Legis-
lature consider levying a citizen’s tax
■caused much comment in the capitol.
Jester mentioned that possibility in
suggesting that the poll tax might be
repealed.
The poll tax, required for voting
now, brings up to $2,000,000 'a year
in revenue. The Governor suggested
that even if voters were allowed to
east ballots free of tax, a new citi-
zen’s tax “of perhaps one or two dol-
lars” would be a token of contribu-
tion to government and replace the
poll tax revenue.
After hearing the Governor, both
houses quit work until Monday. They
had Been in session only two days.
^^Emergeficv appropriations were
flked by the. Governor. He recom-
^kded $9,00(),000 for rural schools;
^floOO.OOO for country roads; $4,-
■^0,000 for prison improvements;
P$500>000 more td"operate state pris-
ons until Aug. 31, 1949, and $70,000
to photograph on ipicrofilm valuable
historical records m the State Li-
brary. / ./>•
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Merchants/ In Small
Towns Li/cky To Have i
! Formfit Co., noted for its corsets, has
should have the following wardrobe:
Five skirts and five sweaters.
Three dresses.
Six blouses.
Three pairs of shoes.
Two coats.
One formal.
One suit.
Five slips, five bras, 10 pairs of
panties, three girdles, one garter belt.
Eleven pairs of anklets, and four
pairs of hose.
One pair of bluejeans.
Three scarves, two pairs of gloves,
two pocketbooks, and one hat.
no
longer any excuse for not lenowing
when “honey for breakfast week”
rolls around.
The Commerce Department has is-
sued a new calendar, “Special days,
weeks and months in 1949.”•
In addition to all the usual holi-
days, it lists such occasions as Na-
tional Laugh Week (Put a Smile on
the^ Map of America) and National
Donut Week (Good Fellowship
Through Dunking.)
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Sen. Robert A. Taft
the sh^re-
■Frs was made by C. B. Brftmt
flnd showed the instituton
a successful year. Seve'
flareholders present commended tl
Bfficers for the showing made at tl
close of business on December 31.
Local Newspapers
NASHVIJcLE, Tenn.—If y$u are a
dealer in ar rural town where a week-
ly newspaper is published, you are
in a mo5i fortunate advertising posi-
tion, th/ Jarman Shoe Compapy ad-
vises i/s dealers in the current issue
of it spouse magazine, Journal.
‘•^utistical and reader-interest
agencies report almost 100 percent
rea/lership,” the Journal points out.
tYou would think that the influx
Lkf/ the large circulation city dailies in
flural areas would have buried the
fl'.eekly long ago. However, such has
Hot been the case,” the publication
fllvises.
flkRural weeklies,” it said, “are an
flnerican institution, and the small,
Arsenal, strictly rural newspapers)
getting stronger.
The story concluded: ; ret Chase Si
“What of it, if farmers and small i day nighty
town residents receive their metro- I straight
politan papers as soon as their city j cause t^H
cousins? People in big towns and) the go^B
little towns./?dl hanker for th------ 1
about their neighbors their 1<
ganizatio^;, the event^jhaUlJ
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AUSTIN.—The Texas old age as-
sistance program this month had
1,105 more participants than last—
the 44th consecutive monthly in-
crease.
Department of Public Welfare Di-
rector John H. Winters said his de-
partment is mailing 211,321 checks
totaling $7,170,014 to needy aged
persons. Payments average $33.91.
The roll has increased 41,087 since
May 1945, when the continuous climb
began, Winters said.
Welfare checks in all categories
this month went to 260,038 and t-
taled $8,150,774.
Payments included 5,850 blind as-
sistance checks totaling $224,570 and
15,381 checks totaling $756,190 to aid
needy children.
More than two hundred credits
were made on The Sun subscription
list last Friday. Look at the figures
to the left of your name on the first
\page for the date to which your sub-
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found to the l^ft of your name on the
wrapper. Ifzthey read “11-49” your
subscription is paid up to November
1, 1949.
The following names have
added to The Sun honor roll this
week:
Mrs. Ben Dyer
D. C. Hassler
C. E. Young
C. C. Cates
Cole’s Hatchery
Mrs. AV. M. Gates
W. R. Benson
Mrs. John Norris
" Walter Keeling
B. S. Montgomery • <>
S. T. Montgomery Jr.
Mrs. J. A. McKinney
Floyd Taylor
Lewis W. Kidd
R. H. DeBerry
G. D. Bennett
M. L. Bennett
O. G. Alexander
Mrs. Frank Armstrong
Mrs. W. B. Head
Mrs. J. M. Simmons
Beverly Judd
Mrs. Geo. Simmons
Bryan Weber
J. W. Cantrell
W. D. Taylor
Lestei’ Haile
Robert Chumbley
Mrs. B. R. Allison
Robert B. Allison
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Waggoner, J. H. & Doss, Glenn. The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1949, newspaper, January 13, 1949; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1331825/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Whitewright Public Library.