Whitewright vivid in Denison editor notes town pride
Denison Herald reporter John Clift visits Whitewright and pens a series on the town. He highlights Rotary Club 100 percent attendance, Boosters Club ties to Whitewright Manufacturing Co, and local leaders like Marshall B. Hasty and Grant Hoover. The piece notes the calendar born from FFA plans, onion slurry from Crystal City, and an upcoming June harvest of 10,800,000 onions with 300 acres of slips.
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John Clift
Denison Herald
Main
Texas
Whitewright
Rotary Club
W. E. LaRoe
LaRoe
Boosters Club
Onion King Drives 300 Acre Onion Planting Near Whitewright
In Whitewright area about 300 acres will be planted in onions with at least 200 belonging to Jack Farley known as the Onion King. Last year Whitewright shipped around 35 boxcar loads of onions. this year, barring unforeseen events, production may reach about 65 loads. The Onion King, a young man around 25, notes the rapid planting pace and expects the crop to fill by week’s end.
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Farley Feed and Grain Co
Whitewright
Young Jack
Farley
Crystal City
Winter Garden
Texas
Jack Farley
Whitewright Dress Plant Keeps Tiny Tots In Mind
Whitewright Manufacturing Co and the Whitewright Boosters Club push a new kids dress plant for infants six months to one year. Dan Smith joins as idealist, Marshall Hasty secures sewing machines, 36 machines via federal priorities, and a brick building is readied. About 25 workers produce around 300 dresses daily. orders come from Johnson Co of Dallas with Johnson label.
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Whitewright Manufacturing Co
Marshall B. Hasty
Washington, D. C
Texas
Bailiwick
Boosters Club
R. E. Lingenfelter
Denison
Grant Hoover
Light Company
Whitewright
Whitewright Boosters Club
Dan Smith
R. F. Pool
Kids Clothing
Pool
Batiste
Johnson Co
Smiths Seek New Home Near Sherman Before Move to Whitewright
The Smiths reside in Sherman and plan to relocate to Whitewright once a home is found. The company’s staff are all from Whitewright and expect to double their numbers as machines arrive. A priority rating shows machines arriving in the next few weeks.
Loans Reach All Time High Near Eleven Billion
The Federal Reserve Board reported a sharp weekly rise in commercial, industrial and agricultural loans, lifting total loans outstanding to about $10.995 billion for the week ended March 12. The increase since March 13, 1946 amounts to $3.509 billion.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Moral Fish Tale and Wheat Grass Discovery
A housewife cleans a goldfish bowl by bathing the fish in a tub and watching them swim in circles, illustrating how people cling to fixed ideas. The note adds that crested wheat grass arrived in the United States from Russia, Siberia, and Mongolia in 1898 and claims owls are ten times better mousers than cats.
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United States
Russia
Siberia
Mongolia
Singing Convention At Red River Valley Livestock Show
A singing convention in the rodeo arena Monday night April 14 directed by Dr. P. T. Vaught of Sherman will highlight the Red River Valley Livestock Exposition free entertainment. Performers include Dr. Vaughts Visionaries and the Troy Jaco Quartet with invitations accepted from Bond Quartet Ardmore Calera Quartets and more. The event aims to attract visitors from North Texas and Southern Oklahoma with seating for over 2,000.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Rodeo Arena
P. T. Vaught
Sherman
Dr. Vaught
Troy Jaco
Bond
Ardmore
Okla
Calera
Ethel
Ethel Community
Grayson County
Stanley
McKinney
Exposition
Prince Kinsey
U S Railroads Hold Enough Cars To Seat Many
U S class I railroads report they can seat 1 705 036 people at once in passenger cars, reflecting capacity for large travel demand across the network.
Good Neighbors Poem and Potato Figures
The piece opens with a poem extolling good neighbors and mutual aid, urging kindness and avoidance of spreading unverified gossip. It closes with a short mortality of potatoes per person: 127 pounds of potatoes and 20 pounds of sweet potatoes in the U S.
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United States
Life of a Town Advertisement Call
A quotation from American Bankers Magazine urges every business man to advertise in local papers, asserting that the life of a town depends on active, liberal advertising and noting the injustice of neglecting public promotion.
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Banker's Magazine
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