Mrs. Ermitta Viser 82 Died Near Whitewright Texas
Mrs. Ermitta Jane Viser died April 15 at her daughter Annabel Neathery’s home five miles southwest of Whitewright after a brief heart attack. Funeral at Pilot Grove was led by Rev. L. G. Hagard and Rev. Tom Stirk, with interment in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by daughters Lelia Sublett Annabel Neathery Lizzie Creswell and Ethel Self and son L A Viser. Born May 6 1850 in Old Fort McDowell North Carolina to Nelson and Mary Byrd with Methodist roots.
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Ermitta Jane Viser
Annabel Neathery
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
L. G. Hagard
Tom Stirk
Anna
Byron Birt
John Scott
Bruce Dixon
Roy Neathery
Ebb Young
Charlie Kaiser
Wiser
Old Fort McDowell
N. C
Nelson
Mary Wilson Byrd
Virginia
Methodist Church
Whitewright Methodist Church
Paragoul
Ark
J. A. Wiser
Duck Hill
Miss
Clay County
Collin County
Texas
Grayson County
Viser
Lelia Sublett
Lizzie Creswell
L. A. Viser
Ethel Self
California
Vandals Target Oak Hill Cemetery Bulbs and Flowers
Oak Hill Cemetery Association warns lot owners report vandalism of private cemetery plots. It states flowers and bulbs are stolen, warns charges will be filed and prosecuted. A Winston-Salem Journal note contrasts Congress setting alcohol content with political content.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery Association
Congress
Winston-Salem Journal
Direct From Grower To You Kentucky Burley Tobacco
A promotional notice touts Old Kentucky Burley Tobacco as superior in flavor and aroma. It emphasizes ripe leaves and aging to deliver a smooth, mellow smoking experience with a claim of unmatched quality.
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Kentucky
Old Kentucky Burley Tobacco Five Pound Offer
An advertisement from the Independent Tobacco Growers Association in Frankfort Kentucky promotes Old Kentucky Burley tobacco. It claims chemical-free leaf and direct grower sales cutting revenue tax and middlemen profits by about 50 percent. Orders for smoking five pounds or chewing options are offered with postpaid samples and trial packages.
Friday Literary Club Bible Program Presented at Home
The Friday Literary Club held a regular session at Mrs. Frank Layman’s home. President Mrs. Guy Hamilton presided as members and two guests, Miss Elizabeth Sears and Miss Mary Marie Mitchell, attended. The program included talks on biblical themes, a vocal solo, and a selected reading, with twenty two members present.
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Frank Layman
Guy Hamilton
Leon Devenport
Olivia Whedbee
C. B. Bryant Jr
Roscoe Gillett
R. P. Childress
J. H. Waggoner
Elizabeth Sears
Mary Marie Mitchell
Recital by piano pupils and rhythm band at grammar school
Miss Tommie Chenoweth presents a group of piano pupils and the rhythm band in recital at 7 30 p m Tuesday April 25 in the grammar school auditorium. The program includes Martha Vestal Dorotha Darwin Jack Smith Mary Phillips Martha Joe Darwin Ethel Harper Anna Ruth Johnson Azilee Smith Billie Joe Phillips Chesley Rutledge Howard Ross C B Bryant Fred Cook Lucile Starr Edith Harper James Deen Bow Glenda Rutledge James Birt Phillips Willie Smith Dale Watson. Miss Chenoweth assisted by Dorothy Hamilton in a piano number the Whitewright Music Choral Club and a reading by Master Eugene Reeves. Public welcome.
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Tommie Chenoweth
Grammar School
Martha Louise Vestal
Dorotha Darwin
Jack Smith
Mary Phillips
Martha Joe Darwin
Ethel Harper
Anna Ruth Johnson
Azilee Smith
Billie Joe Phillips
Chesley Rutledge Jr
Howard Ross Jr
C. B. Bryant III
Fred Cook Jr
Lucile Starr
Edith Harper
James Deen Bow
Glenda Mae Rutledge
James Birt Phillips
Willie B. Smith
Dale Watson
Chenoweth
Dorothy Hamilton
Whitewright Music Choral Club
Eugene Reeves
Only One Passenger Killed in 1932 Rail Accidents
New York reports the American Railway Association announced a safety record for 1932 with only one passenger death. The sole fatality was an off duty railroad employee. The prior year saw four fatalities in 1931.
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New York
American Railway Association
Six year old taunts widow with praise of strength
Willie, six, remarks to a pretty young widow visiting his mother. He repeats a line that suggests her strength by saying daddy told him she can wrap any man in town around her finger. The exchange hints at village rumors about the widow.
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Willie
Parents lack right to refuse life saving operation
In New York the Appellate Division ruled that parents cannot endanger a child's life by denying needed surgery. The decision, in the case of 2 year old Helen Vasco, stemmed from a dispute involving an immigrant laborer's family.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Helen Vasco
For Sale and Card of Thanks in Want Ads
Want ads offer hoes hoe handles sweeps and welding and blacksmithing at money saving prices. Card of thanks expresses appreciation for kindness during illness and after the death of Mrs E J Wiser from her children.
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John Hollingsworth
E. J. Wiser
Auto loans offer quick financing with flexible terms
Notice to debtors and creditors. The executor of the estate of Mrs. J. Lee Yates, deceased in Grayson County Texas, calls all indebted individuals to settle and all claims to be presented within the legal period at Whitewright residence. Guy Hamilton, executor, issues the notice dated March 27, 1933.
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Whitewright
Texas
A. D
Guy Hamilton
J. Lee Yates
Court Rules Operation Needed To Save Eye Child
Specialists warn the child faces certain death without tumor removal from the left eye. Mrs. John Vasco opposes surgery, citing religious beliefs as she clings to God’s will. The father alternated between support and opposition, barricading the house and fleeing with the family, while the court upholds state intervention when guardians neglect duties.
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John Vasco
Facing the Future with Courage and Hope
The poem urges readers to face the future unafraid and pursue new fortunes. It notes the past is dead weight while promising unpenned future books, unpainted pictures, and fresh structures. Arelated quip recalls a bandit not hiding behind a securities affiliate and an ostrich egg size fact closes the piece.
Local folks visit over the past week
Pilot Grove News reports J. D. Judd of Denison visiting home folks last week. Mrs. Louise Merritt returned to Whitewright Friday after a several day visit with Mr. and Mrs. Tom McSpedden. Misses Paige Ashinhurst and Virginia Benson visited friends in Sherman last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Binion and
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J. D. Judd
Denison
Louise Merritt
Whitewright
Tom McSpedden
Paige Ashinhurst
Virginia Benson
Sherman
L. L. Binion
Social notes from McKinney and surrounding towns
Mrs Z W Binion visited in McKinney Wednesday. Dallas guests attended Mrs A H Wiser funeral in Sunday afternoon. Trem on visitors in community Sunday. H L Taylor and son at Bethel home of Tommy Miller. Funeral attendees listed from Greenville Whitewright and neighbors. Easter egg hunt enjoyed by children. Pilot Grove Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday with program on County Government Expenditures in Texas. Quilt show planned. next meeting fourth Tuesday at Mrs D B Andrew home with all day lunch.
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Z. W. Binion
McKinney
Byron Birt
Dallas
A. Neathery
A. H. Wiser
M. G. Davis
Trenton
H. L. Taylor and Son
Tommy Miller
Bethel
Wiser
O. S. Creswell
Greenville
Mary McGaughey
John Reeves
Clay Hansard
Mae Hall
Gertrude Schooling
May
Whitewright
Guy Taylor
J. W. Jones
D. M. Taylor
Earl Benson
W. R. Benson
Hal Benson
Ray Henderson
Helen Taylor
Lee
Ben Taylor
Pilot Grove
Texas
D. B. Andrew
Windy spell and Easter events in Orangeville
The column notes a fierce wind and sunny days with rain hoped for to end the dryness. Local families visit, sick lists improve, and a granddaughter of Lloyd Eason remains seriously ill. Easter egg hunt at the school and a school closure planned for the 28th.
The Eighteen Carat Book Opens Thursday Night
A local entertainment night is planned for Thursday the 27th featuring the play The Eighteen Carat Book with interludes between acts. Several social visits are noted, including Miss Faye Holt with Miss Pauline Ownby and Miss Elizabeth Stroud as a supper guest of Miss Thelma Rushing Howard.
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Faye Holt
Pauline Ownby
Elizabeth Stroud
Thelma Rushing
Howard
Junior Mayes
C. W. Wilder
J. L. Smith
Whitewright
O. W. Wilder
Clarence Mayes
Eugene Evans
Pauline
Addian Ownby
Faye
Mary Ella Holt
Elizabeth
Lillian Stroud
Beula Holt
Gladys Taylor
Loree Browning
Howard West
Woodrow Bowen
Lucian Jones
Frank Holt
Paul Bowen
Marie
Lois Wilder
Oscar Smith
J. D. Richey
Nell Brown
Lawrence Burden
Pat Miller
Leslie Ownby
Sherman
William Clark
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Westchester County Children’s Court
Edgar A. Guest
Dunbar’s Weekly
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Pilot Grove News
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Burr Holt
Claudie Mayes
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Watt
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