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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1934
Page
5
Local residents travel to and from Dallas, Sherman, and Greenville for family, hospital, and social engagements. Notables include Mrs. Cappie Beard visiting near Leonard, Mrs. J. H. Mershon from San Antonio, and Mrs. Cull Reeves undergoing surgery at St Vincent's. Safety meeting, guild gatherings, and church activities are also noted.
Roberts Co. showcases a wide range of bargains including ladies slippers white and tan Cuban heel at 69c per pair white street slippers 1 49 to 2 49, misses slippers 1 49, ladies silk hose 49c and 79c, men's work shoes 1 65 to 2 49, work and dress pants 1 25 to 2, granite ware 49c for 17 quart pan 25c kettles and stewers 25c, green dippers 20c, combiners 75c, aluminum teakettles percolators, and seed cane at 3.00 per hundred. Swift & Co. Cream Station in Roberts Co. store, John Henry in charge, top prices for chickens and eggs, Admiration Coffee available.
Mrs. Earl Jenkins visits her ill sister Miss Opal Bohrer in Sherman. Families travel to Oklahoma City and Turner Falls. Whitewright Home Demonstration Club hosts art exhibit and silver tea next Wednesday at 2. Other items cover birthday dinner in Farmersville, political visit by Bill McCraw of Dallas, church social, school achievements, presbytery meeting attendees, Music Club program, American Legion gathering, Boy Scouts court of honor, and local ads.
Rev and Mrs E O Whitwell and Mrs R F Whitwell with Charlotte Rea of McKinney along with Mrs M D Abernathy of Longview and Mrs Gertie Benson of Crosbyton visited Mr and Mrs Ben Montgomery last weekend. Kermit Hollingsworth and Lloyd Stowers from Denton State Teachers College returned from a Lexington Kentucky debate tourney. They defeated Baylor University University of South Dakota University of North Carolina and University of Oregon but lost to University of Maine. The Whitewright team advanced farther than any Texas entry, meeting five of nine opponents and beating Baylor University, a win Baylor had denied them in earlier matches.
A sequence of birthday celebrations occurred at Mr. and Mrs. Otto Russell’s residence. On March 31 Miss Clyde Russell turned fourteen with 16 guests, and on April 7 Bessie Joe Russell marked seven, joined by 18 guests, plus a surprise 74th birthday for Mrs. J. D. Russell with 18 attendees.
The grammar school baseball team defeated Mahurin Monday afternoon at Mahurin 21 to 16. Errors and hard hitting fueled most scoring as reports describe the contest.
Anna Clyde Gibson eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Gibson east of town died after illness and treatment at St Vincent's Sanitarium. Funeral services were at Enterprise Baptist Church led by Rev C Chumbley and Rev J A Henderson with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by parents and sister Louise nine months old.
Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to a Sunday afternoon meeting at 3 o'clock. Mrs G C Minor will lead the service with a song story hour. Parents are urged to send their children.
The Woman's Missionary Societies of the Sherman District will gather at the Methodist Church on Friday April 13 starting at 10 am for an all day service with lunch. Mrs H C Willis urges every Methodist woman to attend and participate in the missionary program. You can buy adding machine paper at the Sun office.
The PTA elected delegates Mrs. H. T. Atterberry and Mrs. W. E. LaRoe to the District PTA session in Farmersville April 18 and 19 with alternates Mrs. R. R. Waldo and Mrs. A. L. Jackson. A new Europe map was shown, the second grade won for attendance, and quilt blocks are being collected for sale.
A witty remark frames marriage as the moment a woman shifts from leaning on a husband to asserting dominance, using a humorous metaphor of jumping on his neck to illustrate the dynamic.
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