Blue Ridge Contract Ratified by Board in Texas
Austin April 5 Assistant Attorney General W W Caves reports that the State Prison Commission approved an agreement with Bassett Blakely owner of Blue Ridge farm. Blakely will collect rentals royalties renewals and bonuses from oil leases and post a 50000 bond with quarterly itemized reports. If the suit fails the state may reclaim the funds. if it wins Blakely turns over collections.
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Austin
Texas
W. W Caves
Huntsville
State Prison Commission
Basset Blakely
Blue Ridge Farm
Blue Ridge
Blakely
Methodist Revival To Begin Next Sunday
Rev C C Childress, pastor of the local Methodist church, received a telegram from Rev K A Maness of Atlanta, Georgia stating he will be in Whitewright to begin the Methodist revival meeting Sunday April 11. The telegram said he could not bring his singer this time.
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C. C. Childress
K. A. Maness
Atlanta
Georgia
Whitewright
Pioneer Citizen Dan Gillett Dies at Home
Dan Gillett a respected pioneer of this section died at his Whitewright home Tuesday morning after illness. Born July 18 1841 in Virginia he served in the Confederate army including Gettysburg then moved to Texas to farm and later amassed a comfortable fortune. Funeral Wednesday at the Methodist church with Rev J F Fender officiating. burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by children Mrs Ownby Broken Arrow Oklahoma Mrs Silas Wilson Sherman Roscoe Grover Gillett and Mrs Byron Sears Whitewright.
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Dan Gillett
Mr. Gillett
Tom Gillett
Whitewright
Virginia
Gettysburg
Texas
Judge Bryant
Gillett
Ely
Methodist Church
C. C. Childress
J.F. Fender
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill
Ownby
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma
Silas Wilson
Sherman
Roscoe
Grover Gillett
Byron Sears
Leonard Lumber Manager Enjoys Good Business at Home
Looney Robbins, manager of L. LaRoe Lumber Company at Leonard, visited here Sunday. He reports his firm is enjoying good business and says he is liking his new home fine.
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Looney Robbins
L. LaRoe Lumber Company
Leonard
Minister and Wife Killed by Train in Texas
J E Mangrum and wife traveled from Wills Point in Van Zandt county after learning Rev M A Smith and his wife died in a grade crossing collision near Wills Point. Smith, 68, resident of Howe, longtime Christian church pastor, survived by two daughters and two sons. Funeral services were led by Rev J S Meason in Wills Point with attendance from many communities.
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J. E. Mangrum
Wills Point
van Zandt
M. A Smith
J. S. Meason
Annual Meeting of Whitewright Commercial Club
The Whitewright Commercial Club by its by laws holds the annual meeting for the election of officers on the second Tuesday in April. A meeting of all members and interested residents is set for Tuesday night April 13th at the lodge hall over the fire station. Officers for the year will be chosen and city matters discussed. All citizens are invited and members expected. F M Echots T H LIVELY Secretary President.
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Whitewright Commercial Club
Whitewright
F. M. EcHots
H. Lively
Liberty Players Set for Whitewright Next Week
Charlie Starr and his Liberty Players, a twenty member company, will perform in Whitewright all next week in their big tent theater, presenting new comedy plays and vaudeville. This troupe, currently in Denison, draws large crowds and delivers value at every show. Starr is familiar to Whitewright audiences from his earlier Lester Lindsey show success.
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Charlie Starr
Liberty Players
Whitewright
Denison
Mr. Starr
Lester Lindsey
Odeon Theatre Program Four Nights of Tomorrows Shows
A Friday program features Mary Miles Minter in Nurse Marjorie a love story praised as universally appealing and a Jazz Monkey comedy. Saturday presents Eugene O Brien in His Wifes Money a strong Selznick star vehicle with a two reel comedy. Monday showcases May Allison in Fair and Warmer a witty farce with a two reel comedy. Tuesday offers Ethel Clayton in The Thirteenth Commandment a moral drama with a two reel comedy. Wednesday screens The Invisible Hand a thrilling serial with a Western and Topics of the Day. Thursday highlights Enid Bennett in When Do We Eat a Midwestern life story with a leading man Al Ray. Also notes Bonnette Coffee and Post Office Confectionery candy selections.
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Mary Miles Minter
Majorie
Universal
Mary Pickford
Eugene O’brien
Selznick
Allison
Ethel Clayton
Enid Bennett
Middle West
Miss Bennett Pot
al Ray
Charles Ray
Miss Bennett
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First National Bank
C. B. Bryant, Pres
R. A. Gillett
Erty
Prison Commission
Kimbell Milling Co
Mangrum Bros
Commercial Club
Liberty
Planters National Bank
Odeon Theatre Program
Burt
J. W. Davidson
Post Office
Bonnette Coffee
Davidson’s
Fort Smith Coffee Co
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