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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1936
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun reports on local notices including entertainments and bene fits with ads, corrections policy, and upcoming trades day. It notes Texas gubernatorial candidates, a modern Grayson County court house project, and G-Men campaigns against gangsters. It previews the Texas Centennial exposition opening day with an estimated 500,000 visitors.
The formal entry of Tom Hunter into the Texas governor race promises a hot off year contest. Hunter's campaign vigor pressures incumbent Allred and unsettles the Ferguson-Sanderford shadow, potentially reshaping the race dynamics and vote blocks in a way not seen in a typical off year.
Homer Craig of Whitewright marries Lanelle Snell in Sweetwater in a home ceremony officiated by Rev. George T. Palmer. The bride, reared in Sweetwater, wore navy net with pink rosebud bouquet. groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion T. Craig and worked as a salesman for Ferry Seed Company. They plan a wedding trip to El Paso and New Mexico.
The column notes the adage that defeats come in threes and jokes that Mr. Allred might gain cheer from that saying, while recalling the counter saying that the third time's the charm.
Mr and Mrs Ford Kitchen are visiting in the Kerr community this week. Miss Eva and Hildred Woodruff returned to Lubbock after a visit here. Oland and Leon Bush Paul Prestage and Vivian Grammer spent the weekend in Mayfield. Mr and Mrs Aaron Burris visited his parents in Fairview Sunday. Miss Alma Hall visited her cousin.
Miss Thelma Baldwin visited in Ector last week with Mr and Mrs Virgil Cates and daughter Beth of Kerr. Lyndell Bush of Whitewright visited Mr and Mrs Vivian Grammer Saturday night. Wyona Bush, once ill, is improving. Mrs J B Blanton is very ill at home. Elsie Bush visited in Ector Thursday. Tom Blanton was in Savoy Tuesday on business. Laura May Brown was a Dallas visitor Wednesday.
New York reports a widespread hoax urging readers to discard the Ulster County Gazette dated January 4, 1800 claiming Washington's death. Millions of reprints flood libraries and book dealers but one genuine copy is now held by the Library of Congress after bibliophiles questioned authenticity. Additional notes mention ship radio communication and enlarged canvas photographs for wall display.
Whitewright friends gathered Sunday afternoon for the funeral of Ira H. Ginnings at the family home in Whitesboro. Rev. W. J. Epting of Celina and Rev. F. A. Tippen of Whitesboro conducted services. Ginnings, 42, died Friday afternoon from liver cancer. He is survived by his wife, his mother Mrs. Molly Ginnings, two sons Charles B. 7 and James Ira 2, and several uncles and aunts. He was a rural mail carrier from Whitewright for three years before moving to Whitesboro sixteen years ago to continue delivering mail until retirement due to illness.
About 4,200,000 acres of Sweden’s cultivated land have been electrified, roughly half of the total. Petrels, called Mother Carey's chickens in folklore, are noted by readers for their common name and cultural reference.
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