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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1935
Page
5
Eugene Hall of Austin visits parents in Whitewright while numerous relatives travel between Whitesboro Dallas and Sherman for visits. Community events include a singing convention announced for Canaan and a talk on glasses by optometrist R L Johnson. Local shop ads promote furniture deals as residents share news of illness travel and school campus improvements.
The Ladies' Auxiliary met in the Legion hall for an all day session. Two quilts were bedazzled for two members and lunch was served with husbands as guests. The group will hold another all day meeting next Wednesday to quilt two more quilts.
The Busy Bee Sewing Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Andy Sanderson’s home for an hour of games followed by a surprise shower for Mrs. Robert Holland. Refreshments served to a long list of members including Mrs. Cull Reeves and Mrs. Johnnie Yeager. The next meeting is at Mrs. Johnnie Price’s home.
The announcement states Wilma Janway of Whitewright wed C B Marlowe of the Canaan community on March 6 in Rockwall. Witnesses were Mr and Mrs Raymond England of the Ely community. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs P Janway, was a Whitewright High School senior. The couple will reside after marriage.
Mrs J L Boone and eight others joined a bridge luncheon at the Durant country club hosted by Mesdames John Haden McDonald Earl Lake and G B Malone. The Sun notes reports of meetings must be submitted in person to the editor. no outside reporters are stationed locally.
Texas lawmakers pass a bill shielding postmen from bites by dogs. Owners of dogs that injure postmen or others performing official duties would be liable for damages. Senator W. R. Poage of Waco sponsored the measure, at the request of the Postal Carriers' Association.
Claude Callan describes a wife who uses relatives visits to leverage new furniture purchases. He notes his sister Mary brought three children and triggered arguments over living room furniture, leading to debt to placate her and avoid anger from the wife. He concludes she enjoys visits to control spending.
Miss Annabel Stephens and Herman Bedford wed Saturday in Paris. Mrs. Bedford, daughter of Mrs. C. F. Collins, is a Whitewright graduate and teacher at Bethel. Mr. Bedford, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bedford, teaches in Detroit and studies at East Texas State College in Commerce. They plan to live in Whitewright after summer school in Commerce.
Mrs. Lester Haile chaired a regular meeting of the Home Demonstration Club. Members received cake flour from Kay Kimbell for upcoming cake school. 48 pounds were collected. Two visitors Mae Hall and Pauline Binion attended. Seventeen members rode to Sherman Friday night for an educational film, Rambles Through the Rockies of Colorado, sponsored by the Sherman Chamber of Commerce. Everyone enjoyed the outing.
The First Baptist Church of Tishomingo held a large funeral for Mammy Hutchens with businesshouses closed. Burial was in City Cemetery. Survived by two sons J B and Hugh, daughter Mrs George Vanny, sisters Mrs Tip Edwards Dustin Oklahoma and Mrs Mary Hestand Slaton, brother Benton McMillin Zavalla.
Denver firemen rushed to a false alarm after a bee crawled into a fire alarm box causing a short circuit. Peter Doelger of Massachusetts says handlebar mustaches are no longer in style, telling a doctor during a wood chopping incident that he prefers a different look.
A sequence of brief incidents: ax handle snag in a mustache injures a man. W. P. Cooper falls 90 feet on an English peak but lands on bread and only suffers minor injuries. Charles Abree dies at an inquest after a lucrative contract. Mrs. Clinton Gurnee dies when a deer leaps into her car. Dr J L Kincannon hooks a duck while fishing in Texas and shoots it after tying his line to a sapling.
A brief comic exchange shows Nit telling Wit he is hungry. Wit mishears and comments on the car’s loudness before clarifying the hunger remark. The dialogue highlights miscommunication and humor in a casual ride.
Ledger excerpt shows demand and time deposit categories, public funds, and U S Government deposits. It lists total deposits, capital accounts, surplus, undivided profits, reserves, and pledged amounts. Notary seal appears near totals and pledge figures.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ for 96 year old Mrs. Martine Carter of Whitewright. Rev. J. R. Waldrum officiated with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two sons and six daughters, with a long marriage to John N. Carter noted.
Mrs H T Atterberry received word Sunday night of the death of her aunt Mrs Lucy Hutchens of Tishimingo. Mrs Hutchens lived here several years ago and was widely known among local friends. Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon.
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