Whitewright Grocery Stores Change Ownership This Week
Two Whitewright grocery stores changed hands as Sherman brothers Charlie and Frank Smith purchased the Luther Smith & Son store from W. L. Smith, who after forty years retires. W. A. Roberts of Bonham bought the Roberts Company store, planning improvements before a late next week opening.
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Whitewright
Charlie
Frank Smith
Sherman
Luther Smith & Son
W. A. Roberts
Bonham
Roberts Company
W. L. Smith
Harry Roberts
R. K. Smith
Frank
Luther Smith
Roberts
Texas
State Fair to Run as Usual in Dallas This Year
Plans outlined by the State Fair of Texas and Texas Centennial Exposition officials call for a Dallas fair in 1935 limited to attractions fit for the auditorium race track stadium and livestock arena. Construction will be scheduled to interfere as little as possible with fair activities and Centennial preparations.
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Dallas
Otto Herold
Auto Registration Window Closes After Midnight
In Sherman the last applicant reached the license office at 11 45 p m closing the late registration line. Deputy Fred Holloway said registrations are about 700 under last year but many will register in days. He noted late payments can be avoided with affidavits if cars have not operated since April 1.
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Sherman
Fred Holloway
Holloway
Beyond the sorrow a hopeful poem speaks of tomorrow
The verse urges courage beyond present grief and disaster. It envisions a future where happiness returns and burdens ease as hope guides through dark times. The lines emphasize endurance, patient learning, and faith that peace lies beyond current pain.
Crop and Feed Loans Now Open in Grayson County
Emergency loan applications are being received by the Grayson County loan committee led by Judson Wood at the Grayson County courthouse. A. E. Waters of the Dallas district office said loans target farmers unable to obtain credit elsewhere for seed, fertilizer, supplies, or feed, with priority to those cooperating with AAA production control and after PD approval from the Production Credit Association. Loans range from 10 to 5000 dollars.
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Grayson County Loan Committee
Judson Wood
Grayson County
A. E. Waters
Dallas
Sherman
Production Credit Association
Waters
AAA
Grammar School Notes Seventh Grade English Club Program
Seventh grade English Club at Kentuckytown presented a program including an original play by William Janway readings and group songs led by Claud Phillips. Participants listed include Margaret England Bubbles Ford Faustine Spangler Donald Hudgins Sara Kathryn Atterberry Robert Lee Bonham William Janway Ray Mooneyham and Mary Phillips.
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Kentuckytown
William Janway
Claud Phillips
Margaret England
Bubbles Ford
Faustine Spangler
Donald Hudgins
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Robert Lee Bonham
Ray Mooneyham
Mary Phillips
Methodist Revival Progress In Farmersville Services
Rev G P McCollum of Farmersville delivers compelling messages at each service winning listener devotion. Evening services at 745 pm invite former friends to attend Saturday night. Two morning services set for Thursday and Friday at 10 oclock with Sunday preaching and potential next week sessions.
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G. P. McCollum
Farmersville
Brother McCollum
W. Dennis
Whitewright High Wins Cup in County Speech Meet
Whitewright High School claimed permanent possession of the Grayson County Interscholastic League loving cup after sweeping girls extemporaneous speech and essay writing events at the Sherman meet. Martha Bryant won first in extemporaneous speech, the third straight win for Whitewright, while Anna Joyce Benson took first in essay writing and J Y Russell placed second in boys extemporaneous speaking. The school also held the prior cup last year.
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Whitewright High School
Grayson County
Sherman
Martha Bryant
Monabelle Biggerstaff
J. Y. Russell
Whitewright
Loving Cup
Robert Doss
Anna Joyce Benson
Rainfall for March totals 2.34 inches in city report
C C Cates of the city water department notes March rainfall reached 2.34 inches with 0.21 inches on Saturday night. First quarter rainfall stood at 7.69 inches. Farmers are hopeful about crops except wheat, while dairy farmers consider retirement due to high feed costs despite stable butterfat prices.
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C. C. Cates
City Water Department
Local Negro School Shines at County Meet in Sherman
The Whitewright Negro school sent the largest delegation at the county interschool league meet in Sherman. Weather paused many events but the team delivered an excellent showing. The school observes Negro Health Week April 1 to 5, named for Booker T. Washington. Principal Mrs. Carrie Kirkpatrick leads the local school.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Booker T. Washington
Carrie Kirkpatrick
Meat Shortage Seen Across Regions Warns Industry
The National Livestock Marketing Association heard reports predicting the greatest meat shortage in two years. Managers from 24 regions cited worsening grazing lands east of the Great Divide and acute shortages of cattle and hogs in Texas amid drought and AAA program effects.
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Chicago
America
National Livestock Marketing Association
F. E. Hanks
Intermountain Marketing Association
Denver
Colo
Great Divide
Dick Arnett Jr
Texas Livestock Marketing Association
Fort Worth
Texas
AAA
Arnett
House Debates Prohi Law Repeal and Vague Safeguards
The Texas House revived the repeal issue with a proposal to submit to voters next August 24 the question of repealing prohibition. Delegates argued over constitutional safeguards, local option, state monopoly, and statutory regulation. Senate plans for hard liquor sale restrictions were pared by a House committee.
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Austin
Senate
House Committee
P T Association To Meet Tuesday At Grade School
The regular monthly meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will be held next Tuesday afternoon at the Grammar School building. The program includes devotional by Mrs. Lester Haile, song "America" by all, program by second grade children, reading by Norma Frances Donigan, and a business meeting with officer elections.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Lester Haile
America
Norma Frances Donigan
Award Contracts For Temporary Courthouse Work
Sherman contracts go to Frank Morgan for $527 to erect partitions in the temporary Grayson County courthouse. Caney Hart of Denison wins $381 to build a concrete vault in the Chapman building rear, county to furnish steel for roof support. County clerk C. M. Cole gets an extra deputy for three months at $60 monthly due to heavy filing of oil and gas lease papers.
Terracing Begins Under Rural Rehab Crews in Grayson County
Dan Scott directs the first contract of Texas Rural Communities rural rehabilitation crews in Grayson County. Terrace lines are started on 700 acres south of Dorchester owned by W F Glenn. Crews from relief rolls will do terrace work, well digging, and land improvements at minimal cost with deferred payment.
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Grayson County
Dan Scott
Dorchester
W. F. Glenn
Scott
Dallas
Texas Rural Communities, Inc
Fannin Farmer Sells Much Butter and Diversifies
BONHAM. R. E. Toler of Lannins farms, sells butter to W. E. Newton totaling 22 000 pounds over 11 years. He also grows vegetables, raises cow feed, and keeps cattle on pasture. He avoids cotton, says price does not worry him, lives comfortably, and is out of debt.
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Bonham
R. E. Toler
Lannins
Relief cases drop to 282 in April for Grayson County
Relief office in district four of Grayson County reports 282 active cases representing 1 118 people at April start, down from 398 cases and 1 664 persons on March 1. New cases opened in March were 19. 135 closed. Emory Christian cites credit access and farm work as key factors.
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Grayson County
Ambrose
Choctaw Creek
Ida and
Whitemound
Pilot Grove Creek
Collin County
Fannin County
Emory Christian
Christian
Three Whitewright school board trustees to seek re election
Three members of the Whitewright Board of Education John Reeves Gomer May and R C Vestal reach term limits this year and seek re election at a Saturday city hall vote. C J Meador president says additional candidates may file by Friday noon. W H Horton appointed judge with Dr J N Powell J W Henry and O L Jones as assistants. Grayson County Board of Trustees also to vote Saturday in local election.
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Whitewright Board of Education
John Reeves
Gomer May
R. C. Vestal
C. J. Meador
W. H. Horton
J. N. Powell
J. W. Henry
O. L. Jones
Grayson County Board of Trustees
Garden fund allotted for Grayson County relief gardens
The Texas Relief Commission has allotted 8,842 dollars to Grayson County for funding home gardens for relief cases. Part of the fund will support the Whitewright relief district for planting community gardens and seed loans to relief roll individuals.
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Texas Relief Commission
Grayson County
Austin
Whitewright
Enterprise School Honor Roll for Sixth Month
Miss Gertrude Brown announces the Enterprise school honor roll for the sixth month listing Grades. First grade Doyle Harvey. Second grade Rutha Mae Hickson Irene Harvey Gladys Ral Cambron Billie Charles Harvey. Third grade William Curtis Kidd Mildred Kent. Fourth grade Glen Robarts. Seventh grade Geneva Hickson Junior Cambron.
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Gertrude Brown
Enterprise School
Doyle Harvey
Rutha Mae Hickson
Irene Harvey
Gladys Ral Cambron
Billie Charles Harvey
William Curtis Kidd
Mildred Kent
Glen Robarts
Geneva Hickson
Junior Cambron
Supreme Court Lets United States Drop NRA Case
The Supreme Court agreed to allow the Government to drop its NRA case against William E. Belcher of Alabama, a move seen as avoiding a test of the Recovery Act's constitutionality. A resolution by Senators Hastings and Clark urged the Attorney General to permit the case to reach a decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William E. Belcher
Alabama
Hastings
Delaware
Clark
Missouri
Senate Finance Committee
Attorney General
High Court
NY Stock Exchange posts 1934 loss with reduced trading volume
New York stock exchange and its five subsidiaries reported a 1934 loss of 1,060,890 in the year, up from 199,121, despite 272,000 in initiation fees treated as capital contributions. Trading volume dropped about 50 percent to 323,871,840 shares from 654,84,210.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Increase in Number Of Farms in County
Grayson County reports 5665 farms as of January 1 1935 up from 5169 in 1930. Fannin County shows growth from 5894 farms in 1930 to 5907 in 1935, per census office in Dallas.
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Grayson County
Dallas
Fannin County
Relief Work Force Criticizes Dressed-Up Workers
Tom Field, county relief commissioner, complains that relief workers sent to gravel pits arrive with painted nails and groomed eyebrows. He says such men have no business in relief labor and questions their readiness for work.
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Dallas
Tom Field
Field
E. J. Stephany
Auto Production Hits All-Time High Nationwide
Detroit firms posted an all-time peak of 103,286 vehicles produced last week, beating the prior record of 102,000 set on July 12, 1930, per Cram's reports.
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Detroit
Cram
Molyneaux Denounces U S Policy Hampers World Recovery
Dallas Times Herald quotes Peter Molyneaux editor of the Texas Weekly from New York saying U S commercial and monetary policies are chief obstacles to global recovery. He notes finance and international leaders abroad urge Britain and the United States to adopt policies enabling settlement of international obligations in goods and services to sustain a stable monetary standard.
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Dallas
Dallas Times- Herald
New York
Peter Molyneaux
Texas Weekly
United States
Texas
Great Britain
Court Upholds Texas White Primary Rule
Washington reports the Supreme Court sustained Texas method to bar Negroes from Democratic primaries by restricting party membership to whites. Grovey, a Harris County Negro, sued after being denied a ballot in 1934. the court ruled no constitutional right was violated and that the party's voluntary association could set its own membership rules.
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Washington
Texas
Supreme Court
R. R. Grovey
Harris County
Democratic Party
Grovey
Albert Townsend
High
Justice Roberts
U. S. Government Raises Civil Service Pay to Pre Depression Level
Salaries of federal workers were restored to the 1933 pre economy act level, adding about 65 million dollars annually. The civil service commission report shows 680,546 workers in executive departments, with 95,517 in Washington, the highest since 1920. records cite 917,760 in 1918 armistice. Don Pedro renounced Portugal to remain Brazil’s first emperor. The Philippine legislature plans funds to add 1,843 enlistees to the island constabulary.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
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Dyer & Childress
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Modene Vineyard
Janis Jayne Horton
Henrietta Jackson
Eugene Reeves
Betty Nell Yeager
Billy Christian
Don Newman
Ruth Lightford
Billy Cantrell
Margaret Ann Burnham
Sue Garner
Harry Watson
Nancy Garland
Katie Kincaid
Jimmie Lou McCarstin
Lonnie Dee Martin
Joe Truett Vestal
Jimmie Watkins
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HOUSE
P-T Association
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Portugal
Brazil
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