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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
3
Billie Magar son of Mrs. Gladys Magar won the gold medal for the best declaimer in the district interscholastic junior boys contest held in Paris. He had strong county and district competition and had previously earned second place in Sherman.
CARTHAGE Mississippi reports local farmer Jack Houston sold four bales of long stored cotton held thirty eight years. The bales weighed over five hundred pounds each and fetched 20 cents per pound, while later prices ranged up to 45 cents. Other bales stored at the same time were ginned in 1891 at the Alliance gin near J D Gross's store site.
Mr and Mrs John Calhoun of Sherman visited the Sloans Sunday as the school term ends Friday with closing exercises on Thursday and Friday nights. Howard Kilgroe of Electra nurses his ill father P A Kilevoe. J G Burks made a Sherman trip buying a Pontiac sedan. Willie Moore of Sherman visited Mary and Annie Robertson. A well attended social at the Kaisers. Garfield and Mrs Cornell of Leonard weekend guests. Pilot Grove beat Westminster 6 to 1 in baseball. Noel Ashinhurst broke an arm at school. Mrs J B McDougal 45 died in Van Alstyne. funeral at Pilot Grove First Methodist Church led by Rev J T Knight.
Publication to summon all interested parties in the estate of Anna Hadley deceased. Dr A N Prince filed in Grayson County Court a probate application for letters testamentary to be heard at the May term 1929 in Sherman. Interested parties may appear and contest.
Mrs. McDougal born September 6 1883 in Smithville Tennessee. She married J B McDougal and moved with him to Grayson County in 1919 locating at Pilot Grove then Cannon and Van Alstyne. Her husband died last fall. Survived by two children three brothers two sisters. Local visits and a singing school are noted with church services well attended.
Fleming Hardesty and Elliott of Sherman spudded in the No 1 well on the Dalton tract near Pottsboro. The acreage is owned by a Sherman businessmen syndicate seeking oil and gas. If a producer is found, nearby firms with adjoining acreage will likely start drilling promptly.
A San Diego Union note states a court decided a cow in the road has the right of way, reflecting a humorous take on judiciary adapting to common sense.
Henry F Foster has filed in Grayson County Court an application to probate the testamentary estate of Jack S Foster, deceased, on a date to be set. Interested parties may appear and contest. the writ and publisher affidavit are attached as required. J L Doggett Clerk of Sherman issued April 8, 1929. By Lucile Wilson Deputy.
In the estate of Mrs. 8S. B. Goode deceased W B Goode files in Grayson County Court an application to probate the last will and testament for letters testamentary with an affidavit attached to a copy of the writ. Hearing set in the county court with publisher affidavit attached. Sherman Texas.
Automobile owners are advised that dew on vehicles can cause damage and some cars may already have enough moisture to warrant caution. The notice emphasizes parking in covered or dry areas to prevent harm to finishes and components.
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