The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1969 Page: 1 of 8
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CITY ISSUES AND ANSWERS
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The Whitewright Sun, Thursday, March 27, 1969, Volume 84, No. 12
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Basebailers to
register tonight
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Chapter observing
Texas FHA Week
A registration for all boys
interested in playing baseball
this summer in Little League
Pee Wee and Pony Leagues
will be held at 7 p.m. tonight
at the Firemen s Hall.
All boys who played last
year and new boys are urged
to attend along with their par-
ents.
The cast of the Junior
play is currently practicing
day and night on their pro-
duction of ‘The Skeleton Wa-
lks,’ and will present it Fri-
day night.
The plot is set in a lonely
old house situated on an is-
land where many strange th-
to Route 3, where, he served
about the same number of
rural patrons along a 36 mile
route.
Blanton served this route
for 36 years until, in 1963,
Routes 1 and 3 were consoli-
pulsory the cleaningof old junk
on lots.
Curtis: The people and city
should work together to clean
the city regarding such matt-
ers as cleaning out junk cars
and mowing the grass on va-
cant lots.
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Club to relay
this week
A fast- and furious relay
race is in the offing for the
Whitewri^it Riding Club this
weekend.
Club members will journey
to Ross Downs, near Grape-
vine, to take on the Wester-
naires of Hurst - Euless -
Bedford in a relay race.
The race will be a spe-
cial event scheduled to com-
pliment regular races at Ross
Downs.
Some 13 horses and riders
will participate in the race.
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★★★★★★*★*•*■*>******.******* 'THE astonisher
Mr. Burchfield said Tues-
day afternoon that it would
be ‘ Five to twelve days’ be-
fore Sgt. Burchfield’s body
is expected in Whitewright.
Funeral arrangements are
pending.
Annual rental win be $5,460.
Located on the southwest cor-
ner of Highway 82 and Main
Street, the building will con-
tain interior space of 2,592
square feet.
The loading platform will
contain 120 square feet and
the parking area will cover
11,125 square feet.
It will be leased by the
post office department for 10
years with four 5-year op-
tions.
Local residents at
historical
Services
to begin
The annual county-wide
Easter services begins next
week.
Rev. George Topper will
preach at the first service
Wednesday (April 2} at the Be-
thel Baptist Church.
Rev. C.C. Dooley will pr-
each at the First United Me-
thodist Church Thursday night.
Friday night, Rev. Charles
Pierce will preach at the Fi-
rst Presbyterian Church.
Each service is scheduled
to begin at 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited.
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between acts, there will be
entertainment provided by Cl-
yde McMurray, Louis and La-
rry Franklin and Horace Mc-
Donald. In addition to this,
for those who have bought
their tickets before the dead-
line, there will be a cake dr-
awing.
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summed up the organization
this way: ‘As an integral
part of the Home Economics
program in the high schools
Future Homemakers ofAmer-
nmipctc lp^>-n.'r.a —
'fences beycind the classrooms
into the homes and lives of
the individual members. Our
aims are to help develop the
teenagers abilities through ac-
tivities and projects that re-
late to the individual and the
family. By so doing we are
helping to develop leadership
qualities in the individual and
strengthening family life.’
The FHA chapter at Wh-
itewright has scheduled a num-
ber of activities inobservance
of National FHA Week. Acc-
ording to Miss Annette Snider
the plans include a number
of local activities to relate
to the national aims and pro-
grams.
Roads have improved gr-
eatly since Blanton became a
mail carrier. At first, most
were nothing but mud tracks.
Today, few are impassable
except during the worst of
conditions.
But the greatest change
in a mail carrier’s life, Roy
says, is ‘people don’t meetyou
at the mail box like they used
to.’
‘When I first started out,
people would wait for me to
come and would meet mewhen
I arrived and strike up a
conversation. But on my last
days I saw very few people.
Most were out working.’
Roy remembers ‘the good
old days’ welL
But these days he’s more
concerned with retirement. He
is busy playing golf, fishing
and enjoying the finer things
in life.
And he s rarely ever home
when the mail comes.
this happens, my hands are
tied. We need more ACTIVE
public spirited citizens to help
us with these problems.
Thornhill: Pass ordinances
to remove old cars, clear all
fire hazards and make com-
Future Homemakers of
America is a non-profit, self-
supporting organization, offi-
cially sponsored by the U.S.
Office of Education and the
American Home Economics
Association. High schoolhome
economics teachers serve as
advisers to more than 12,000
FHA chapters. National He-
adquarters is located in Wash-
ington, D.C.
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Miss Diana Files, Museum
Consultant, formerly with the
Ft. Worth Museum of Science
and History, spoke on the dev-
elopment of museums in Tex-
as. She is now working di-
rectly for the Texas State
Historical Survey Committee
and will be available to Gray-
son County in the development
of the area museum. \
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Roy Blanton and his certificate
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Rush seen
on tags
Sgt. Burchfield was assi-
gned to the 196th Infantry Br-
igade’s B. Company.
He was born near White-
wright on May 8, 1945, and
attended schools here. Foll-
owing graduation from Whi-
tewright High School, he att-
ended East Texas State Uni-
versity and received his de-
gree in Industrial Education
in 1967.
He has two brothers, Bob-
by Burchfield of Deport and
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The bitter struggle in Viet-
nam struck home this week
in Whitewright when Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Burchfield were
notified that their son, Jimmy,
had been killed in action.
Sgt. Burchfield, a 1963
graduate of Whitewright, had
lived here all of his life be-
fore he began seiwing in the
U.S. Army. He left for Vi-
etnam on February 27 and had
been assigned to his company
less than a week before Mr.
and Mrs. Burchfield received
the tragic news.
And Sunday, the day he
was reported missing in ac-
tion, was Sgt. Burchfield’s fi-
rst day on the battlefield.
A longtime postman around
Whitewright has made his last
route.
He s Roy Blanton, who’s
been carryingmail around Wh-
itewright since 1923. Roy,
who recently retired as mail
carrier, received a letter of •
certificate from Postmaster
General Winton M. Blount last
week thanking him for his ye-
ars of long service.
The letter read:
‘Dear Mr. Blanton:
It is a pleasure to pre-
sent you with this letter, a
certificate of commemoration
of your more than 45 years
of Federal service.
‘I have been informed
that since your appointment
as ruralcarrieryouhavemade
many friends while performing
your duties regardless of we-
ather or other adverse condi-
tions. Serving the patrons on
your route over such a long
period of time must be a sou-
rce of considerable satisfac-
tion to you.
‘I wish to extend my warm
personal greetings to you and
hope you will accept this hon-
orary recognition certificate
as a symbol of my deep app-
reciation for a lifetime of truly
commendable service.
‘With all best wishes for
many years of happy retire-
ment, I am, Sincerely Yours,
/s/Winton M. Blount.
Blanton s honor
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Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Christian of Whitewright and
Mrs. Claude Lackey of Tom
Bean, members of the Gray-
son County Historical Survey
Committee, attending a re-
gional meeting in Quitman of
the Texas State Historical Sur-
vey Committee, heard a plea
from state leaders for opposi-
tion to two proposed Texas
legislature bills which would
waive requirements for the
teaching of history in state-
supported schools.
The one-day meeting, which
was held last Thursday, was
attended by committee chair-
man J. C. Taliaferro and Mrs.
Taliaferro, Mr. andMrs.H.C.
Gilmer and Mrs. Otto Vehle,
all of Sherman, and Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. Davenport of Howe.
The state committee went
on record as opposed to SB-
45 andHB-162 at their quarter-
ly meeting. These bills pro-
pose to waive requirements
for teaching of Texas and
American history and govern-
ment in state-supported
schools. In detailing the two
bills, Truett Latimer urged
all persons interested in his-
tory to let their representa-
tives in Austin know their
feelings without delay. Lati-
mer is executive director of
the state committee.
The group was reminded
of remarks made earlier by
the committee president. ‘The
heritage of our college stu-
dents will be impoverished
unless colleges continue to
town’s thinking on such mat-
ters. As a councilman, I
can do only what the major-
ity of the people want. It
seems there is not enough pr-
ide in our town to want to
do better or to work towards
a better looking town. Until
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Junior play set Friday
ings happen and mysterious
events begin to occur after
the arrival of Elaine Blaire
and her family. The audi-
ence will be just as surpri-
sed at what happens as are
the unexpected guests in the
play.
To break the suspense
Councilman candidates outline plans
Smith: I feel the sewage sys-
tem and water system are the
most pressing problems. The
only way to solve them now
is to allocate enough money
to repair and extend the sys-
tems.
Thornhill: Streets, sewer plant
sewer extensions and water.
Curtis: The sewers need atten-
tion. The only way is a bond
issue.
Question 3: There are many
unsightly scenes around Whi-
tewright, such as abandoned
junk cars, burned out and va-
cant houses, weed infested lots
run down buildings, etc. Is
there anything you, as a city
councilman, will do to make
the town more attractive?
Smith: This has been the pre-
sent city council's problem
over the past two years. We
get numerous complaints of
this type. We have been cle-
aning up a few lots and send-
ing owners the bill for clean-
ing I think the only solu-
tion is to pass a city ord-
inance requiring that the peo-
ple keep their property clean.
Also, I think Whitewrighj
needs a civic organization that
shows a cross section of the
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To focus attention on the
upcoming city and school board
elections, the Sun is running a
two-part series of questions
and answers directed to the
candidates.
Purpose of the series is
to call attention to some of
the city and school problems
and show how the candidates
plan to deal with the problems.
First part of the series
asks three questions to the
three city councilmen candi-
dates, Sonny Smith, J. B. Tho-
rnhill and John Curtis.
The questions and their
responses follow:
Question 1: What will be
your major goal as city coun-
cilman the next two years?
Smith: My major goal will
be to work toward street im-
provement and repair.
Thornhill: I’ll work to do what
I can for the majority of the
people.
Curtis: My goal will be to
work for the interest of all
the people of Whitewright.
Question 2: What do you con-
sider to be Whitewright’s most
pressing problem and how will
you go about solving this pro-
blem?
Sgt. Jimmy Burchfield
SGT. BURCHFIELD
IS WAR VICTIM
J.W. Burchfield of Paris. His
three sisters are Mrs. Peggy
Smith of Whitewright, Mrs.
Doris Sheridan of Paris, and
Mrs. Dorothy Christopher of
Howe.
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‘Focus On Positive Ac-
tion’ is the theme of the na-
tional FHA Week which will
be observed by the Whitewri-
ght Chapter, Future Homema-
kers of America, ivlai-nh 9S-
29. They join 1,550 chapters ''
throughout Texas in carrying
out special projects and act-
ivities during this week to
give exposure to what youth
is doing in a positive way to
promote the principles of good
citizenship.
There are more than 600,
000 members of this national
organization for the home ec-
onomics students in over 12,
000 junior and senior high sch-
ool chapters throughout the
cpuntry.
These young people are
prepar ng themselves for the
responsibilities of leadership
through such experiences as
serving on committees, pla-
nning andpresentingprograms
planning and carrying out in-
dividual and group projects,
presiding at meetings and wo-
rking with others in both sch-
ool and community. Such par-
ticipation helps prepare them
to be responsible, contribu-
ting adult citizens and work
toward good home and family
life.
Miss Mildred Reel, Na-
tional Adviser for the FHA,
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Roy toted the mail for
Route 1 from 1963 until his
retirement this year.
When he first started his
career, Blanton used a horse
and buggy. But that lasted
only one day. Then he swa-
pped the animals for a Model
T. It wasn’t until after the
war, when he bought a war
surplus Jeep, that Blanton sol-
ved the problems of the muddy
blackland.
A last minute rush to get
1969 Texas license tags was
predicted today by Helen Bill-
ner, city secretary.
Mrs. Billner said regis-
tration is. going normally but,
as usual, many will wait until
the last few days to get the
tags.
Motorists have until mid-
night Tuesday (April 1) to get
their license plates and get
them on their vehicle. There
can be no extension of the
deadline since it is set by
Bryant, Mrs. J. C.
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meeting
teach Texas and American his-
tory and government,’ said
Charles R. Woodburn, presi-
dent of the state committee.
Woodburn said the bills would
have the effect of depriving
this state and nation of en-
lightened voters and leaders.
‘Our children need more
courses in history and gov-
ernment—not fewer. The
known history of Texas and
the United States .is so vast
that courses presently taught
in colleges would do no more
than brush the surface. To
abandon these courses would
be sultural suicide,’ Woodburn
s aid.
Also during the regional
meeting, a color slide presen-
tation of the Texas Forest
Travel Trail was presented
by Dick Roberts of the travel
and information division of
the Texas Highway Depart-
ment. The local committee
is planning a showing in both
Sherman and Denison of the
forthcoming Texas Lakes
Travel Trail which includes
Texoma and the local area.
law.
What happens if a motor-
ist fails to get his license
plates in time:
He must obtain plates and
at a 20 per cent increase
in fee as a late penalty. If
he should drive his vehicle
without the new license pla-
tes, he can be fined up to
$200 for operating a vehicle
without current license plates.
Besides the vehicle title,
motorists need last year’s re-
gistration receipt, current ad-
dress and correct ZIP code
to obtain license plates.
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fitting climax to his years of
service.
He began his service in
Sept., 1923, on Route 2, with
some 750 patrons living along
a 25 mile route.
In 1927, he transferred
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Grade school students practice ror
Tuesday's show, (story on page 2)
Savoy to construct
new Post Office
Congressman Ray Roberts
announced Friday, March 21,
a contract had been awarded
for construction of a new post
office building in Savoy. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph C. Hlavinka
of East Bernard, Texas, were
successful bidders. Seven bids
were received. Total cost of
the building will be $46,000.
The one-story, air con-
ditioned building is due for
completion in October, 1969.
Roy Blanton commended for 45 years
service as Whitewright mail
dated into Route L Then,
Roy’s route became longer-
71 miles- but his patrons num-
bered barely more than 300.
‘It seems most of them
moved to metropolitan areas’,
Blanton commented.
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Camper, Buddy W. The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1969, newspaper, March 27, 1969; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1369605/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Whitewright Public Library.