Mrs Higginbotham Dies From Auto Injuries in Sherman
Mrs C L Higginbotham mother of Mrs Grover Stateville and Mrs Cull Reeves of this place died at 8 am Monday at the family home 408 South Vaden street Sherman from injuries suffered in a road accident near Bokchito Oklahoma Sunday at 11 am. Her husband C L Higginbotham, neighbor Mrs Stroud and two small children were in the car. A Buick from Texas struck the rear and a southbound Dodge could not stop, throwing occupants including Mrs Higginbotham. Funeral at Key Memorial Methodist Church Sherman Tuesday at 3 pm with interment West Hill Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters six children and the husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Higginbotham
Grover Stateville
Cull Reeves
South Vaden Street
Sherman
Bokchito
Okla
Higginbotham
C. L. Stroud
H. E. Anderson
J. L. Truett
Whitewright
West Hill Cemetery
Stateville
Reeves
Two Men Slug and Rob Texas Minister
Fisher County authorities seek two men who slugged and robbed Rev. R. V. Tooley, pastor of a Sylvester Methodist Church near Sweetwater. Readily, Sylvester businessmen have posted a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the assailants. The Rev. Mr. Tooley is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
Fisher County
R. V. Tooley
Sylvester
Sweetwater
Tooley
School Board Re-Elected In Last Saturday Vote
Four school board members were re elected for two year terms after last Saturday’s election. The four incumbents renewed their seats are Lloyd Moore T E Barbee Emmet Penn and W L Mangrum with fourteen votes cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Moore
T. E. Barbee
Emmet Penn
W. L. Mangrum
The Wardrobe Tailors Invite Your Work for Service
Our experience as tailors enables us to give customers the service expected in larger cities. Send us your work. The Wardrobe, phone 88.
Burleson College Dormitory Burns in Greenville
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Burleson College girls dormitory in Greenville. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Forty residents fled in night clothing, others saved few garments. Boys from the nearby dormitory aided in rescuing girls and belongings. The modern building had been in use only three years. Classes resumed that morning in private homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Burleson College
Christian Evangelistic Meeting Begins April Sixteen
Beginning Thursday night April 16 a two week evangelistic meeting will be held with Evangelist Perley M. Lind from Queen City Missouri assisting at the First Church Paris Texas. Services start at 7 30 each evening with topics including Safety First Mothers Wages the Final Settlement and Why a Christian in a period tone urging all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley M. Lind
Queen City
First
Paris
Texas
A. E. Major
Austin Prayers For Rain Asked In All Churches
Austin pastors, meeting as the Austin Minister ial Association, voted to have prayers for rain at Wednesday night services across all churches in Travis County. The decision followed a plea by A. J. Filers urging divine aid to end a three month drought. A rain prayer was already said Sunday night at First Nazarene Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Travis County
Austin Ministerial Association
A. J. Filers
First Nazarene
King Couple Relocate To Whitewright From Sulphur Springs
Mr and Mrs H C King moved here last Thursday from Sulphur Springs and will make Whitewright their future home. They are relatives of Mr and Mrs W F Brown who moved here from Leonard about a year ago. The Kings reside in the McMillin cottage on West Grand avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. King
Sulphur Springs
Whitewright
W. F. Brown
Leonard
Mrs. King
McMillin Cottage
West Grand Avenue
Remarkable Roll of Whitewright High Alumni 1882 84
A list of 124 former Whitewright High students from 1882 3 and 1884 5 is printed though incomplete. It notes 100 or more are living and in service, only one separation, none are preachers though one faces a crime conviction, and all living except one are married. The call is for a 1925 home coming after forty years, with extra copies available for a two cent postage stamp. D B Smith Bonham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Whitewright
D. B. Smith
Bonham
Improvements Buzz in Northwest Whitewright Homes
Crawford Montgomery and neighbors undertake extensive home work including papering painting new roof and fences while Andrew Pierce remodels his residence near completion B H Thomson plans a modern bungalow on newly purchased lots from Joe McKinsey and K D Neathery adds improvements in city occupied by Morris Hughes and Jim Montgomery The trend sparks talk of new homes and even two modern rental dwellings as Whitewright seeks more rent cottages and beauty grows with each coat of paint
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Montgomery
Northwest
Whitewright
Andrew Pierce
B. H. Thomson
Joe McKinsey
K. D. Neathery
Morris Hughes
Jim Montgomery
Whiteawright
Atkins to stand trial April 14 in slaying case
Sherman April 7. G F E Atkins of Farmington will be tried April 14 in Fifty-ninth District Court for the Feb 23 killing of Melzie Douglass at Farmington. Judge Wilcox ordered a 100-man jury venire. Douglass, 26, had just returned from California. Bond was set at 10,000, later reduced to 5,000 on habeas corpus. Atkins, 19, faces serious charges as his case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Buck Blalock
Atkins
B. F. Gafford
Fifteenth District Court
Douglas
California
Poll tax receipts total 18 075 in Grayson County
Poll tax receipts issued in Grayson County this year total 18 075. Names of towns and totals listed include Denison Sherman Sherman Loving Bat sell Park Black ridge Fairview Cushion Preston Pottsboro Locus Cedar Mills Gordonville Rock Creek Delaware Sandusky Basin Springs Sadler South Whitesboro North Whitesboro Southmayd Collinsville Ethel Tioga Gunter Farmington Elmont Van Alstyne Howe Jamison Pilot Grove Whitewright Kentuckytown Tom Bean Ida South Bells North Bells Cherry Mound Shilo Dripping Springs Des Voignes Hyde Park Ellsworth Plainview Cotton Mills Warner Dorchester Hagherman Red Branch Day.
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Denison
Sherman
Loving
Batsell Park
Blackridge
Fairview
Cushion
Preston
Pottsboro
Locust
Cedar Mills
Gordonville
Rock Creek
Delaware
Sandusky
Basin Springs
Sadler
South Whitesboro
North Whitesboro
Southmayd
Collinsville
Ethel
Tioga
Gunter
Farmington
Elmont
van Alstyne
Howe
Jamison
Pilot Grove
Whitewright
Kentuckytown
Tom Bean
Ida
South Bells
North Bells
Cherry Mound
Shilo
Dripping Springs
Des Voignes
Hyde Park
Ellsworth
Plainview
Cotton Mills
Warner
Dorchester
Hagerman
Red Branch
Day
Grayson County
P. T. A. Elects Officers at High School Meeting
The Parent-Teacher Association elected officers for the coming term at the high school auditorium on Thursday afternoon. Names include Mrs. J. W. Wilson as president, Mrs. S. H. Montgomery as first vice president, Mrs. J. E. Mangrum as second vice president, Mrs. W. L. Mangrum as third vice president, Mrs. W. N. Carter as recording secretary, Mrs. J. C. Gillespie as treasurer, Miss Margaret Everheart as corresponding secretary, and Miss Christine Stuckey as parliamentarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teacher Association
J. W. Wilson
S. H. Montgomery
J. E. Mangrum
W. L. Mangrum
W. N. Carter
J. C. Gillespie
Margaret Everheart
Christine Stuckey
Ferguson Appointed To Place on Board
Former Gov James E Ferguson named chairman of the new state iron industry board for Cherokee County and the Rusk blast furnace. Rep H T Brown and Sen I D Fairchild named as members under a bill approved March 18. The board can dispose of iron ore properties and must be approved by the Governor. Members serve without pay but receive $5 daily for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Cherokee County
H. T. Brown
Jacksonville
Ferguson
Brown
I. D. Fairchild
Lufkin
Rusk
Pardons Granted By Governor Ferguson Reach 64 Full 84 Conditional
In Austin on April 7 reports indicate Governor Miriam A. Ferguson has issued 64 full pardons and 84 conditional pardons to date, with clemency often recommended by trial judges juries and the district attorney. The Pardon Board also supported the actions. Also note: more convicts remain in the state penitentiary than at inauguration. A barn owned by Fred Jackson burned with a Dodge car stored inside. the fire department failed to save the structure. Miss Maud Mangrum of Carr-Burdette College Sherman visited home with friends Agnes Watson and Reneva Levsey. The Sun advertises engraved stationery and wedding invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Fred Jackson
Jackson
Maud Mangrum
Carr-Burdette College
Sherman
Will Mangrum
Agnes Watson
Reneva Levsey
Thirty Enter Guilty Please in Graft Cases
Thirty former Cincinnati policemen and rural city agents pleaded guilty to federal liquor graft indictments in U S District Court. Six had pled guilty earlier. two more village dry agents followed. Judge Hickenlooper deferred sentences, with defendants advised they could assist in prosecutions of remaining officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States District Court
Haroth E. May
United States
Hickenlooper
Indict Mrs Collier On Murder Charge
Wichita Falls April 7 a true bill charging her with murder was returned by a grand jury against Mrs Frank Collier. She posted bond $10 000 and appeared at the courthouse Tuesday evening. Her husband former mayor was indicted for murder in the same incident the shooting of Buster Robertson their son in law on Feb 14 at Sev enth and Bluff streets. Evidence at the trial showed Mrs Collier was present.
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Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
Thirtieth District Court
Seventeenth
Bluff Streets
Collier
State Penitentiary
Trinity Glee Club program at local high school
Trinity University Girls Glee Club will present a program at the high school auditorium on Wednesday night April 15 under Alpha Kappa Club. Twenty four talented members will perform quartets octets vocal and violin solos readings with Clark Leaming directing Monte Gray Payne assisting Leah M Steed violin Irene Evans piano. Tickets on sale at Dyer Jones Monday April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity University Girls Glee Club
Alpha Kappa Club
Clark Leaming
Monte Gray Payne
Leah M. Steed
Irene Evans
Dyer & Jones
Negro Song Festival at Negro Baptist Church
An advertisement notes a Negro Song Festival at the Negro Baptist Church on Wednesday night April 15 featuring old fashioned spirituals hymns jubilees and gospel songs by the Dixie Land Male Quartette from Denison. Program begins at 8 p.m. Admission 25 cents. Mr and Mrs L P Sears visited Gainesville to see their daughter Mrs L M Williams on Sunday.
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Negro Baptist Church
Dixie Land
Denison
Denison Cloudburst Causes Major Damage and Fatalities
A Denison cloudburst and hail storm shattered the town with 3.40 inches of rain in half an hour. One man, D. J. Bell, 40, was electrocuted by a downed wire. One or more persons may have drowned in a flooded subway near Katy and Southern Pacific tracks. Buildings, sewers, and power lines were wrecked, and property losses reached thousands, with a new Crystal Ice cooling plant demolished. Numerous homes, churches, schools, and greenhouses were damaged as streams overwhelmed downtown area.
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Denison
D. J. Bell
Katy
Southern Pacific
Crystal Ice Company
Lynch Davidson Lumber Company
Union Station
M-K-T Railway
City Commissioners Re-Elected Tuesday
Thirty four votes were polled in the city election Tuesday. W H King and Guy Hamilton, serving since the city adopted the commission form four years ago, were re elected for a two year term without opposition. Four citizens received complimentary votes with May and Gillett getting two each and McMurry and Moore one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. King
Guy Hamilton
R. H. May
R. A. Gillett
J. W. McMurry
Lloyd Moore
P. T. Association Box Supper Planned at Grammar School
The Parent-Teacher Association will host a box supper on Friday evening, April 10, at 7:30 at the grammar school auditorium. A short program will be followed by the auction of boxes and a quilt. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
Easter Service at Methodist Church
A special Easter service will be held at the Methodist Church Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Star
G. E. Atkins
Tom King
Madill
Madill Grain & Elevator Co
W. D. Ownby
Dr. Ownby
Broken Arrow
Oklo
Cecil Blanton
Mrs. B. F. Blanton
Trinity Glee Club
Mrs. L. P. Sears
Gainesville
Mrs. L. M. Williams
P. T. Association
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