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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
8
Mrs Johnson visited first grade as pupils report on a pink cotton rabbit at the sand table. Miss Blanton notes illness absences. First graders will study birds next week. Sixth grade teams Chevrolets and Plymouths race with Plymouths at 16 and Chevrolets at 20 after one day.
Thursday afternoon the third and fourth grades combined for an amateur program with Hugh Tim Atterberry impersonating Major Bowes. Students sang read stories and performed numbers. Pattie Everheart won best performer with Billy Rhom Pennington and Margaret Hanna placing second. Bird themed room decor and bird calls highlighted the event as pupils pledged kindness to animals and birds and a desire to learn about flowers.
Reading over the week shows many pupils write fragments and mirror older students. Absent this week are Homer Coffman Christine Nicely Clarence Bonds and James Stewart. Monty Atkinson visited Hamilton last weekend while Margaret Hanna stayed Sherman with Glenda Rutledge. A brunette described woman weighs 100 pounds five feet tall fond of teaching drives a brown car. A tall straight man with gray eyes brown hair is a carpenter who drives a green car.
Mr Key visited Wednesday morning and gave a test in arithmetic. Three students scored 100 and several reached 90s while many hit 80s. The class studied mortgages interest and taxes this week and drew scale farm plans.
Mary Alice plans a Wednesday wiener roast. Saturday, Miss Clyde Montgomery returned from Sanatorium and looks well. Seventh graders for May Queen are Glenda Mae Rutledge and Drunette Farley, with sixth through first grades also listed for candidates. Lloyd Roddy was sick Monday missing the first absence this year. Mr. Phillips has spring fever. Billy Jack Harper was absent Tuesday for the first time this year. -Frances Riddle.
Friday afternoon sparked excitement as a state inspector visited. The town buzzed with curiosity about the inspector’s purpose and potential impact on local affairs.
State inspector Dr Shepherd toured Whitewright Grammar and other rooms and reviewed mid term papers. The Junto Club program committee prepared to honor him but he did not attend. Miss Hamilton’s illness delayed the fifth grade assembly while students sang Texas songs and doors opened at 8 25 with tardy bell at 8 30.
Cecil Hodges notes Glenda Mae Rutledge poised to win a rope-jumping contest as part of the girls sports showing, while Mary Alice Harrison remains a baseball fiend, still hitting about a home run per day.
The Cardinals and Giants rosters are listed with players and positions. The Giants include G W Ford captain and Jack Thornhill pitcher. the Cardinals list James Norris catcher and Cecil Hodges pitcher. A note says other teams’ lineups will be published later.
Mahurin News notes social visits and relatives in the Savoy area. Bonham visitors Tommie Hall and Oland Bush. Lub bock residents Eva and Hildred Woodruff. Elsie Bush with Whitewright friends. O. P. Hall and Alma Hall in Ector and Bonham. Audrey Faye Kathryn Hutchins and Trevor Dean in Dallas. Oland Bush celebrated birthday with a large gathering of relatives from Whitewright and nearby towns. Velma Kitchen and others also listed among attendees.
Classified brief listing several want ads from Sun office. Rubber stamps and pads sold. real estate note to Tom Barbee. Oole Crowell cottage for sale at 250 if sold in ten days. hatchery operating east of Nicholson grocery. lawn mowers new at seven and eight dollars with trade-ins. handmade gifts at Johnson Gift Shop Bells Texas. Rawleigh Route opportunity in West Hunt and East Fannin with earnings potential. auto finance loan offer with quick approval in Sherman.
First National Bank of Bells Texas announces under Banking Act provisions that liability on holders of its common stock will cease on July 1 1937. The notice is issued by order of the Board of Directors and signed by cashier P H Wilson.
The Sun announces candidates to run in the July and August 1936 Democratic primaries. SAM RAYBURN seeks Congress and JESSE F. HOLT challenges for 15th District Court judge, with J. H. WAGGONER, J. W. ADAMSON, R. C. SLAGLE JR., J. J. LOY, J. B. DAVIS, E. A. CLAYTON, HAROLD DOSS, and C. A. PACE named for various local and county offices.
Miss Iona Bush of Whitewright spent the week end with Miss Leona Bush, sharing time and hospitality in a small community visit likely noted in local social columns.
At the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad board meeting, Matthew S Sloan was reelected chairman and president after returning from the Southwest. He said business conditions are good and reports from Southwest business leaders indicate 1936 will show a notable improvement over 1935.
A windmill operated electric generator for airplanes has been invented that develops one kilowatt, no matter at what speed a plane is traveling.
Publication citation commands Coy Patterson and wife Laura Patterson to appear in the District Court of Grayson County on the third Monday in May 1936 to answer a suit filed February 26 1936 seeking 298 dollars plus interest and attorney fees with a mechanic lien on a 12 1/2 acre tract. Plaintiffs L LaRoe & Company seek judgment and foreclosure with others named in the action.
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