Movement Under Way To Organize Band In Whitewright
A meeting is set for Wednesday night April 24 at the American Legion hall to organize a Whitewright band. William E. Crelia of Farmersville and Royse City bands visited Whitewright, finding promising sentiment. Crelia has led the Farmersville Band to a third place finish in the East Texas Chamber of Commerce contest and helped form Lone Oak Band. Whitewright’s former band members may form a nucleus for the new group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Whitewright
William E. Crelia
Farmersville
Royse City
Crelia
Colquitt Named to Railroad Board Succeeding Neff
Washington Oscar B Colquitt former Texas governor and Hoover Democrat was named today by President Hoover to the Railroad Board of Mediation succeeding Pat Neff whose term expired Neffs nomination had faced opposition from labor groups and former Senator Mayfield of Texas but the nomination died without Senate action on March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar B. Colquitt
Texas
Hoover
Railroad Board of Mediation
Pat Neff
Colquitt
Pat M. Neff
Coolidge
Neff
Mayfield
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Small Blaze At First National Bank Building
Fire department responded around 7 pm Wednesday to a second floor blaze at the First National Bank building. A lighted cigar stub in a sawdust box started the fire, burning a hole in the floor before discovery. damage was small and covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Kentuckytown Club Holds April Meeting on Eggs and Gardens
The Kentuckytown Club met Friday April 12 with Miss Eunice Turner as hostess. President Mrs Carl Holland led the meeting. Talks covered fertile eggs better quality eggs and community efforts to improve markets followed by Miss Derryberry on flower gardening. Adjourned to meet April 26 with Miss Viva Phillips leading Magazine Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown Club
Miss Eunice Turner
Carl Holland
Holland
Fulton
Mrs. Holland
F. T. Harris
Eunice Turner
Inez Derryberry
P. H. Connelly
Viva Phillips
Layman's Service at Whitewright Methodist Church
The Whitewright Methodist Church will hold an evening layman's service on Sunday April 21 at 7 45 led by Dr R May lay leader Speakers Judge J Q Adamson and Judge Allie S Noble of Sherman will give addresses Both are noted church leaders The pastor H M Cowling invites all to attend this community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. May
Whitewright
Mayor Holcombe Formally Seeks Texas Governor Nomination
Houston Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe, finishing his fourth term, announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas. He vows a statewide campaign through July 1930, touting Houston’s growth and his record of constructive policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Oscar F. Holcombe
Texas
Holcombe
Walter Monteith
City of
South Texas
Driving Car Ends in Death After Ring Returns
In Kansas City Missouri a man, Melvin D Mingler, 20, quarreled with his fiancée Vivian Mitchell, 18. She returned the engagement ring by slipping it into his hand. He drove the car in a zigzag pattern until the switch was turned off and he died shortly after. The cause of death was heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Melvin D. Mingler
Vivian Mitchell
Mrs. Short Visits Fort Worth for Father's Medical Treatment
Mrs. P. A. Short returned Thursday from Fort Worth where she spent several days with her father J. T. Marshall who was under medical care there. Mr. Marshall resides in Hooker Oklahoma and had gone to Fort Worth for treatment.
Parent-Teachers Elect Officers At Grammar Mo
A Parent-Teacher Association meeting on Tuesday afternoon hosted vocal and piano duets and a reading. Officers for the coming year were elected: C. J. Meador president, Susie Noe first vice president, H. T. Atterberry second vice president, Paul Roberts third vice president, Mae Hall corresponding secretary, Sallye Hamilton treasurer, and Margaret Lauderdale parliamentarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar
Guy Hamilton
T. E. Barbee
Tommie Chenoweth
Clyde Johnson
Madge Sears
Billie Magar
Lucian Andrews
M. A. Taylor
C. J. Meador
Susie Noe
H. T. Atterberry
Paul Roberts
Mae Hall
Sallye Hamilton
Margaret Lauderdale
Friday Literary Club Reports Study on Landscape Painting
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. Ross R. May's home with Mrs. Roby Childress presiding. Members discussed landscape painting and featured papers on Corot Millet and Reni, then socialized with pink and green dessert. Mrs. Childress reported on the Federated Woman's Clubs convention in McKinney and Mrs. Ross R. May was elected member. next program led by Lucian LaRoe on Fannie Hurst's A President Is Born on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friday
Ross R. May
Roby Childress
Joe Hamilton
Hamilton
Corot
Guy Hamilton
le Rolle
W. R. Hooper
Francis Jean Millet
C. P. Johnson
Aurora
Reni
Childress
Federated Woman’s Clubs
McKinney
Lucian LaRoe
Fannie Hurst
New Capital Placed Into Utilities in 1928
A Pynchon & Co survey shows nearly 1.5 billion dollars of new money into U S utilities in 1928 for expansion and development. Light and power led with 878 million, telephone 263 million, gas 200 million, water 87 million. Foreign utility securities added about 400 million as part of a record 2.852 billion total financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pynchon & Co
United States
Crop Prospects Look Bright In Whitewright Texas
Farmers in Whitewright and surrounding area report excellent crop prospects for wheat oats and corn with good moisture and a thriving fruit season. Cotton planting is underway and gardens appear fine pending more mild weather. Despite limited field time due to rains residents remain hopeful about the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Old Texas
Whitewright
Section
Manager Of New Gin Moves To Whitewright
J. L. Green and family moved to Whitewright this week from Wolfe City. They occupy the Mrs. Mattie Taylor residence on South Bend street. A gin and ice factory will be built on the property with work to start within days. Company representatives contracted with a local lumber firm for materials and carpenters will soon be at work. Green previously managed gins at Leonard and Wolfe City and is familiar to local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Green
Whitewright
Wolfe City
Mattie Taylor
South Bend Street
Green
Leonard
Farmer Fires Twice at Neighbor Near Oak Hill Cemetery
Andy Rouse, a northeast farmer, shot twice at J E Rutledge on a highway east of Oak Hill Cemetery. Rutledge rode in a farm wagon with C L Winkle. Rouse and another wagon were nearby. Rouse was charged in Bonham and released on a 1350 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Rouse
J. E. Rutledge
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Rutledge
C. L. Winkle
Rutledge
Mr. Rouse
Rouse
Bonham
Durant Wins Game From High School
Durant Oklahoma high school edged Whitewright high school 2 to 0 on the local diamond Tuesday afternoon. Harris pitched well for Durant though the visitors pulled ahead in the final inning, and Durant now pursues the school league title while Denison stands as their only prior loss this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Whitewright
Harris
Crosby
Denison High School
Girl Robber Netted $2000 in Los Angeles Bank
A young woman armed with a pistol and a note demanded cash at a Citizens National Bank branch in Los Angeles, receiving $2000 before fleeing on foot. Police noted a woman of the same description used a bottle of nitroglycerine in a Denver bank robbery on April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Citizens National Bank
Denver
Red River Toll Suit to Be Resumed Saturday
In Sherman the State versus Red River Bridge Company to forfeit its charter will be resumed in the Fifteenth District Court next Saturday morning. Former Senator Joseph W. Bailey, who was in town last Saturday, died suddenly during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
State
Red River Bridge Company
Joseph W. Bailey
Fifteenth District Court
High School Holds Contest For May Queen
High schools plan a spring carnival around May 1 and will crown a May Queen from four nominees chosen in a Wednesday ballot. Candidates are Mary Connelly, Frances Bryant, Mary Lee Andrews, and Louise Sloan with others listed as supporters. The Athletic Association runs the election under a faculty committee, with rules to be posted at the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Connelly
Frances Bryant
Mary Lee Andrews
Louise Sloan
Mildred Sue White
Madge Sears
Dorothy Hamilton
Maxine Roberts
Margaret Sears
Oleta Chambers
Una Mae Mangrum
Laura Jean Fleming
Ollie Mitchell
Athletic Association
Dick Barbee
Fender May
Millard Mangrum
Feminist Party
Farm Population Drops to Lowest in 30 Years
The April 1 Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman reports the current farm population near 27,511,000, about 3.5 million fewer than nine years ago and 4.5 million below 1910 peak. Government surveys show many former farmers left for better business, schools, or easier living, while city migration continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Farmer Tom Graves Buys 98 Acre Whitewright Area Farm
Tom Graves purchases a 98 acre farm about five miles northeast of Whitewright from F. P. Cantrell. The sale was arranged through the S. H. Montgomery & Son insurance agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Graves
Whitewright
F. P. Cantrell
S. H. Montgomery & Son Insurance Agency
Ackley Accepts Call From Baptist Church
Rev. W. H. Ackley of Marshall accepts the pastorate of the First Baptist Church and will preach next Sunday morning and evening. He resigns as field representative of the Baptist College at Marshall and will not move his family until after school closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Ackley
Marshall
First Baptist Church
Mr. Ackley
The
Baptist College At
Trenton Road Work Rushed Near Whitewright Orangeville
Crew with teams grades and blasts rock for a road foundation east of town near T. H. Sears as State Highway Department engineers supervise. The project, started last week, aims to finish in about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Orangeville
Trenton
T. H. Sears
State Highway Department
Hoover Calls for Federal Farm Board and Tariff Rethink
President Hoover urged Congress to create a powerful federal farm board to address agricultural distress, revise tariffs, and reorganize the Tariff Commission. He also pushed suspending the immigration origins clause, taking the 1930 census, and reapportioning Congress, while opposing farmer taxes and seeking government credit only when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Tariff Commission
The
Treasury
Kay Dillon Improves During Hospital Treatment
Kay Dillon at Hestand Hospital Sherman is reported to be improving while undergoing treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Dillon
Hestand Hospital
Sherman
Sun Office Invitations and Announcements Sale
Engraved or printed cards and invitations available at The Sun office. Reasonably priced options for announcements and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Small Blaze
Methodist Church
Parent
New Gin
Farmer
Red River
High School
Ackley
Baptist Church
J.C. Penney CO
Sherman, Texas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!