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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1923
Page
5
Mrs Inez Carroll visits her mother Mrs W R Montgomery and many locals host friends from Denton Sherman Plano and Denison. Beveridge Brents ill with pneumonia. Miss Lucy Webster joins New York Sample Shop in Sherman. Local merchants advertise shoes drugs jewelry and vulcanizing services.
Mr and Mrs Pascal Cox of Denison were here Tuesday visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W M Cox.
Rev. J. F. Fender Rev. W. A. Kirkpatrick T. H. Sears and W. L. White attend the Paris Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church gathered in Cooper this week with local church officials.
Mrs Z R Langston of Sherman spent Sunday with her mother Mrs T B Moore.
County court records show Mrs. Julia Everheart applying to probate the will of Henry B. Everheart. The estate is valued at about $20 000.
Commissioner Finis Alverson surveyed road work on Tuesday. R. H. May and his young son Joe Thomas visited Gainesville on Wednesday. Mrs. J. A. Barnes of Terrell visits her ill brother Beveridge Brents, seriously ill with pneumonia. Looney Robbins of Leonard reports heavy rain Tuesday evening. Morehead's shoe repair promises the best workmanship and materials at fair prices.
J. H. Graves shipped a carload of Jersey cattle from East Texas on Tuesday and placed them on his pasture east of town.
Mrs M J Long notes a pleasant shipment of spring hats and invites a call to view them, expressing pleasure at the receipt. The brief notice signals a social or commercial hat presentation.
Mr and Mrs W H King spent Sunday and Monday in Dallas with their daughter Mrs Eugene Mce Elvaney. Mr and Mrs Olan Thomson and their young son returned to Eufaula Oklahoma after visiting his mother Mrs J B Thomson.
R. L. Johnson pledges customer satisfaction and fair pricing for eye glasses. Mrs. Floyd Everheart and her children visited Sherman over the weekend, staying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bryant.
Mrs. John Parker of Sherman and Mrs. Emma Fay Steinberg of Omaha Neb spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. L V Smith.
Postmaster W. O. Brents and route 5 carrier Lucian Andrews attended a postmasters and letter carriers meeting in Dallas last Saturday.
Miss Roberta Sloan, a Bethel schoolteacher, is away for a few days at College Station. Mrs. Gilmore Webster is filling her place in the schoolroom.
Come to the convenient filling station for oil gas tires batteries and accessories. Free air and water. R. S. Morehead promotes a local fueling stop with complimentary air and water services.
A young man living southwest of town becomes the latest among four people hurt with broken arms at the skating rink last Saturday night, according to local reports.
Senator D S McMillin departed Wednesday morning for Austin to confer with the Senate finance committee. The legislature is convening in a special session on the 16th, and the finance panel typically spends about two weeks preparing its reports for opening day.
Rev J A Dickey pastor of the Church of Christ was pounded by church members last Saturday night. It was an old fashioned pounding and another preacher was made happy. The piece notes preachers appreciate poundings and editors always have room for more food in their pantry.
Miss Mary Rena Penn attending the College of Industrial Arts at Denton spent several days this week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Penn in town.
Mrs Benedict departs Monday for Caldwell Idaho to reside with her mother Mrs Marshall who will live with Mrs Benedict. Fair prices and good workmanship claim satisfied customers from O S Finch shoe man. For best shoe repair bring them to S&S Finch at Montgomery hardware store.
J O Kuyrkendall of Atoka Oklahoma an old timer in the area visited friends here on Wednesday He previously owned a store at Orangeville and is remembered by longtime residents.
Dr. R. May has recovered enough from a hip injury that he can move around his home on crutches and will soon be able to venture outdoors. This improvement brings good news to his many friends.
The first of the week was moving day for several Whitewright families. Lloyd Moore moved to the Baugher residence. Bob Bow moved to the residence vacated by Mr. Moore. Rev. G. M. McNeilly, pastor of the Baptist church, moved to the dwelling vacated by Mr. Bow. This place was recently purchased by the Baptist church as a parsonage. H. L. Webster moved to the residence vacated by Rev. McNeilly.
The Star visited Dee Hood and wife Sunday at their Savoy poultry farm where about 900 white baby chicks aged three to four weeks scratch in sand for gravel. The rat proof house, stove and hover provide shelter making the chicks seem cared for as if by a mother.
A notice signed by Lester Haile states The Sun printed an advertisement offering $55 per ton for cotton seed earlier, but Haile now confirms only $50 per ton this week. He invites sellers to contact him promptly due to the looming planting season.
The Friday night minstrel at the grammar school auditorium benefited the high school baseball team. The capacity crowd filled the hall and receipts exceeded eighty dollars. Presented by the high school dramatic club under Miss Gladys Ray, the event featured retort and humor with black faced comedians, delivering a distinctive show of music and comedy.
The entertainment featured an Interlocutor and end men Ben Sturdivant Beveridge Brents John Holcomb Eugene McIver John Webster Haskell Thomson and endwomen Irline Blanton Lucile Pritchett with a large student chorus. The Whitewright orchestra led by violinist Miss Blanche Goodman provided music and the writeup invites readers to subscribe to the home paper.
Bob Sears regained his Ford sedan stolen in Dallas three weeks earlier. He tracked it to Wichita Falls where, with Joe Hamilton, he identified the vehicle. A local youth, who claimed to have bought it, was questioned but released for lack of sufficient evidence.
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