Schools Celebrate San Jacinto Day in Whitewright
Whitewright schools held a full San Jacinto Day celebration with a 1 30 p m parade of students in costumes and on floats, a large track meet at the athletic park, and an 8 15 p m program at the grammar school auditorium. Winners were named in parade displays and athletic events across primary junior and senior divisions.
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San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Whitewright
F. W. Smith
Grammar School
Local Centerville Notes: Travels, Teaching Closings, Probate
Mrs Jim Sears and son left for Chicago to join her husband at Durant Motors HQ in Chicago. Miss Kate Smith and Miss Elizabeth Smith returned home after teaching. schools closed for summer. Mrs M E Pierce applies to probate late husband P J Pierce estate valued about $20 000, entire bequest to Mrs Pierce. WBAP Fort Worth radio program Tuesday night featured Texas Woman's College students including Minnie Willis of Whitewright.
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Jim Sears
R. L. Sears
Chicago
Durant Motor Company
Kate Smith
Luella School
Sherman
Elizabeth Smith
Hopewell School
Trenton
M. E. Pierce
P. J. Pierce
WBAP
Fort Worth
Texas Woman’s College of
Minnie Willis
Whitewright
Ferguson Urges Road Purpose Change and Gasoline Tax
Former Texas governor James E Ferguson told Good Roads delegates that road building should serve farms and mills not autos. He blasted 40 year bonds for four year roads and urged a gasoline tax as fair funding, warning autos mortgage home chances and criticizing a major car maker’s plan to pay for names of high income earners.
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Houston
James E. Ferguson
Texas
United States Good Roads
Ferguson
Local Baseball Season Opens With Sunday School Teams
The Christian-Baptist nine defeated the Methodist-Presbyterian aggregation 5 to 1 on Monday. On Wednesday the Methodist-Presbyterian team beat Monday victors 5 to 0. Next game is Friday at 6 PM. three games weekly at 6 starting, five innings each. admission is free for all.
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Christian-Baptist
Obituary for Mrs. Sarah M. Bell of Bells Community
Mrs. Sarah M. Bell died Saturday in Trenton at her daughter’s home after wintering in Whitewright with her granddaughter. Born in Kentucky, she moved to Texas in 1851 with her parents and married D. J. Bell in 1852. Survived by nine children, forty-two grandchildren, fifty-four great grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren. funeral at Bell cemetery led by Rev. Wright and Rev. W. A. Fleming.
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Sarah M. Bell
Trenton
Mattie Lee
Whitewright
J. E. Russell
Bell
Kentucky
Texas
J. W. Sivells
D. J. Bell
Texonna Stroup
Sherman
Ida Cobb
Wichita Falls
W. J. Burton
Bells
Lillian Hunter
Muskogee
Okla
Dollie Bell
Rush Springs
Marvin Bell
Bell Cemetery
Wright
W. A. Fleming
Burkhalter Injured in Roadside Collision Near Oran Sears Farm
Troyce Burkhalter of the Oran Sears farm east of town received facial and head lacerations Saturday morning after his car struck a bulldog that dashed into the road in front of Charley Wilson's home. The wreck left Burkhalter's head through the windshield and required stitches but his injuries were not serious.
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Troyce Burkhalter
Oran Sears
Charley Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Burkhalter
Mrs H M Clark and Daughter Visit Mrs Pennington
Mrs H M Clark and her daughter from Greenville are visiting Mrs R T Pennington.
Whitewright Alumni Surviving List From 1882-85 Folders Revealed
D B Smith of Bonham compiled a list of Whitewright public school classmates from 1882 83 and 1884 85. The notice enumerates those who have died and those still living in Whitewright with many named individuals and family ties across local businesses and farms.
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D. B. Smith
Bonham
Whitewright
Mr. Smith
Sarah Woosley Phillips
Charles Savage
Minnie Barbee Stillwell
Nannie McKinsey
Frankie Pennington Reubell
Minnie McMurry McMillin
James Sears
Frank Batsell
William Ragsdale
Sam Houston Landrum
Leroy Tutt Thompson
Maggie Barbee Sears
Lula Doss Hayter
William S. Russell
Milam Ryan
Benton W. Ray
John Price
Lizzie Morehead May
Bush Batsell
Tom Lindsey
Neely Stone Southerland
Julia Woosley Lewellen
Minnie Phillips Harrison
William R. Hoard
Ada Patterson Davidson
Alice Sears Kirkpatrick
Mollie’ Bryant King
Ella St Clair Russell
Annie Badgett Witcher
Stonewall Montgomery
Loud German Phippin
Kate McMurry Gallaher
Jett Brown Johnson
Edna Ray Womack
Bennetta Connelly Duncan
Cora Sears Marshall
Fannie Blakey Badgett
May Batsell Neathery
Ida Pope Hudspeth
Maggie Morehead Riley
William Bray
Nora Savage Bray
Sallie Mitchell Cook
Florence Phillips Spearman
Lula Benedict Holland
Mollie Sears Hoard
Nannie Sears Bryant
Neva St. Clair Noble
Rosa Marshall Benedict
Belle Ragsdale
O’herrin
Beulah Marshall Self
Clara German Vernon
Percy McMurry Truett
Emma Blanton Teel
Stella Jordan Ashley
Lila Patterson Reeves
Lee Sears Anderson
Nettie Pennington Groves
Ruth Hudspeth Wooten
Jennie Hudspeth Willis
Miles N. Jordan
Mary Savage Short
Robert Savage
Lula Miller
Annie Miller
Sylvester Walkup
Lillie Walkup
Allie Blanks
Warren Reynolds
Sam Elliott
E. R. Benedict
Charles Rodman
John Moyer
John McMurry
John Hoard
Robert Morehead
Richard Pennington
Ben D. Patterson
Paschal Head
John Sears
Clara Howard
Robert Blakey
Joe McKinsey
Horace Thompson
Tom Ayers
Joe Parrish
Clare Sandefer
Fount Elliott
Robert Noe
Emp P. Goff
Lonnie Ryan
Trent Phillips
Susie Noe
Lewis Morehead
Ben Savage
John Blanton
Edward Doss
John Robertson
Monroe Price
Thomas Blakey
Joe Payne
al Ray
John Ayres
Agnes McKinney
Frank Simmons
Robert L. Sears
Aged Sherman Woman Hurt When Car Upsets
Mrs. L. E. Mitchell, 69, was seriously injured in a car overturned near Ida while en route to Sulphur Springs with her daughter Mrs. Claud Cannon, two children, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Williams of Denison. Her head injury is reported serious.
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Sherman
L. E. Mitchell
Claud Cannon
E. L. Williams
Denison
Sulphur Springs
Ida
Automobile Crash Near Gunter Injures Woman
J R Fleming and daughter Annette Wilson of Waco were in a Sunday morning crash near Gunter while en route from Sherman to Marlin. The Dodge coupe left the highway, rolled into a 15 foot ditch, but Fleming escaped unharmed while Mrs Wilson suffered back and stomach pains. She was taken to Sherman for treatment. doctors did not expect serious injuries.
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J. R. Fleming
Annette Wilson
Waco
Mr. Fleming
Sherman
Marlin
Gunter
Wilson
Atkins Given Six Years For Killing
G F Atkins was found guilty of murder in the 59th District Court at Sherman for the killing of Melzie Douglass at Farmington on February 23 1925. The jury imposed a six year penitentiary sentence after closing arguments by State and defense counsel.
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G. F. Atkins
Sherman
Melzie Douglass
Farmington
Atkins
J. Q. Adamson
J. P. Cox
James D. Buster
Col. B. F. Gafford
J D Williams Dies Aged 66 A Bethel Farmer
J D Williams 66 a well known Bethel area farmer died Monday after a long illness. Born January 4 1859 in Clede County Missouri he came to Texas at age 13. He leaves wife Laura Bell and nine children with a funeral at Bethel Baptist Church led by Rev Atherton and Rev I E Teague with burial in Bethel Cemetery.
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John Daniel Williams
Bethel
Clede County
Missouri
Texas
Williams
Laura Bell McDonald
W. D. McDonald
Grayson County
J. C. Andrew
M. W. Williams
H. R. Williams
W. D. Williams
Addie Williams
Dee Williams
Amarillo
T. T. Hamilton
Floydada
J. H. Norris
Lubbock
George Williams
Dallas
Jim Williams
Newt
Gainesville
Nancy Yowell
Whitesboro
G. H
Frank McDonald
Abilene
Wm. McDonald
Slaton
Tex Bradley
Dumas
Baptist Church
Pilot Grove
Bethel Baptist Church
Atherton
I. E. Teague
Bethel Cemetery
Evangelistic Meetings At Central Christian Church
Evangelist Perley M. Lind leads a week long series at Central Christian Church with topics including Jesus Saves The Ideal Family The Good News of God Helping God Save My Soul and Business and the Bible A. E. Major Pastor invites business men to attend for a business viewpoint.
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Central Christian Church
Perley M. Lind
Jesus
A. E. Major
Gillespies Attend Mrs Armstrongs Funeral at Wolfe City
Mr and Mrs J C Gillespie and daughter and Mrs J T Gillespie attended the funeral of Mrs Allie Armstrong at Wolfe City Wednesday afternoon.
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J. C. Gillespie
J. T. Gillespie
Allie Armstrong
Wolfe City
50 000 Assemble On Battleground Of San Jacinto
Between forty thousand and fifty thousand persons gathered on the San Jacinto battlefield fifteen miles from Houston for Texas freedom day services. Governors W W Brandon of Alabama H L Whitefield of Mississippi and E Lee Trinkle of Virginia attended with Governor Miriam A Ferguson. The program included patriotic addresses a boat regatta and athletic events. Official offices in Houston were closed for the day.
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Houston
San Jacinto
Texas
W. W. Brandon
Alabama
H. L. Whitefield
Mississippi
E. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Miriam A. Ferguson
Whitewright Team Visits Bonham Lodge
Whitewright First Degree Team from Whitewright confer the degree at Haywood Lodge No 168 I O O F celebrating the 106th anniversary. The crack team impressed observers with flawless work and no ritual references while Rev. C W Kavanaugh of Dodd City gave an address. Local members and guests from Grayson and Hunt Counties attended a successful gathering.
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Haywood Lodge No
Whitewright
C. W. Kavanaugh
Dodd City
Odd Fellowship
Grayson
Hunt Counties
Autoists Warned Of Light Swindles
State Highway Department warns automobile owners to beware of headlight devices marketed as approved. The department has not approved any devices yet and will publish an official list when ready, around the June 18 law enactment.
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State Highway Department
The
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Death Penalty Given Boy on Assault Charge
Mineral Wells April 22 Doy Arnold 17 was found guilty of criminal assault in a trial before Judge J B Keith and sentenced to death. Arnold and an accomplice allegedly held a Mineral Wells girl at gunpoint and assaulted her then robbed and beat a young man before fleeing in his wrecked car. The companion remained at large. Arnold pleaded guilty and asked mercy. Jury deliberated one hour ten minutes.
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Mineral Wells
Doy Arnold
J. B. Keith
Arnold
Fire destroys eleven homes in Cleburne blaze
A Monday afternoon fire in Cleburne destroyed eleven homes, starting from an oil stove and fanned by strong winds. The Santa Fe shops were saved by firefighters and volunteers, though the disaster damaged property worth over 30 thousand dollars. Mrs. W. F. Williams died in a building hit by the flames.
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Cleburne
Santa Fe
Railway
W. F. Williams
Dallas Guests Visit Webster Family Sunday
Mr and Mrs W W McReynolds and their young daughter from Dallas were guests of Mr and Mrs Gilmore Webster on Sunday.
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W. W. McReynolds
Little Daughter
Dallas
Gilmore Webster
Modern Gin Plant To Rise In Whitewright Soon
H P Donigan of Brookshire Walker County arrived Tuesday to finalize plans for a new cotton gin in Whitewright. He has purchased part of block 13, will grade the site and begin construction within two weeks. The plant will use a 580 Pratt system by Continental Gin Co with 145 horsepower electric drive, galvanized iron buildings on concrete foundations. Donigan, a 12 year veteran in ginning and cotton buying, intends to buy cotton and help expand the local market while moving to Whitewright and possibly buying a home.
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H. P. Donigan
Brookshire
Waller County
Donigan
Farmers Union Gin Company
Continental Gin Co
Whitewright
Sherman Band Wins First Place in Contest
The Sherman Municipal Band led by E. A. Lightfoot won first in its division and posted the top average of 93 among 32 bands at Corsicana for the East Texas amateur band contest. Sherman’s four year band beat Port Arthur public school band. bands paraded the Corsicana business district. massed band concert featured Joel Trimble.
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Sherman
Sherman Municipal Band
E. A. Lightfoot
Texas Bandmasters’ Association
Corsicana
East Texas
Band Teachers’ Association
Port Arthur
Joel Trimble
Man Confesses Sins in Church Instead of Jail
Ray Prince, 22, told congregants at First Methodist Church South in Holdenville Oklahoma he had cut the gang and sought to go straight after Judge Geo Crump offered one more chance. He urged churchgoers to help him reform rather than serve prison time following an assault case.
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Holdenville
Okla
Ray Prince
First Methodist Church
South
Geo. Crump
Prince
J. E. Curry
J. E. Curry, Pastor, He Wanted To Confess. Rev. Mr. Curry
Crump
Snow Sweeps Duluth With Four and Half Inches
Duluth Minnesota reports four and a half inches of snow covering the city and surrounding area today with temperatures around 32 degrees. The spring weather disruption affects traffic and daily activities as the storm moves through.
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Duluth
Minn
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T. Bradley
J. Lackey
J. McMurry
W. Bailey
Joe Noe
G. Stedham
K. Hollingsworth
M. Williams
C. Mayo
J. Bogle
Eldon Horton
R. C. Montgomery
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the Sun
J. F. Fender
Glen Rose
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Davidson
J. D. Williams
Bonham Lodge
Sherman Band
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