Whitewright District Fair and City Improvements Highlight Texan Town
The article urges girls to prepare exhibits for the Whitewright district fair on September 30 with premiums for canned fruits, vegetables, art, and drawn work. It notes Whitewright’s sewerage plans, citylike improvements, and forward push. It mentions candidate activity in El Paso with Charlie L. Vowel for county attorney and praises the Sherman Chamber of Commerce for aiding Gray son farmers. The Sun issued a new telephone directory with new subscribers, and Tom Moore returns to Whitewright praising a prosperous crop outlook.
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el Paso
Charlie L. Vowel
Grayson County
the Sun
Tom Moore
Whitewright
Moore
Sherman
Sherman Democrat
Jefferson Highway Conference Held
A delegation of good roads representatives from Greenville to Denison met in Denison with J D Clarkson of Des Moines to discuss the Jefferson Highway from Winnipeg to New Orleans Texas taking the lead with over two thirds of the road built in the state and a bond plan to fund gravel streets in Leonard and Trenton officials attended and the route passes through Denison Sherman Whitewright Trenton Leonard Greenville Shreveport en route to New Orleans.
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Good Roads
Greenville
Denison
J. D. Clarkson
Des Moines
Jefferson Highway Association
Winnipeg
Canada
New Orleans
Texas
Sherman
Whitewright
Trenton
Leonard
Shreveport
Denison Conference
Trenton and
Fannin County
Commissioners Court
Liklihood
Chamber of Commerce
Katy
W. N. King
Texas Division
National Association
E. C. Bracken
Julian C. Field
J. E. Surratt
Grayson
Whitewright District Fair Planned for September 30
A mass meeting at Whitewright City Hall decided to host a district fair on September 30 and then send top exhibits to the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman the following week. Attendees included C. A. Shock, J. E. Surratt, Mrs. Frank Vaden, and E. C. Hunter who offered assistance and outlined fair benefits. Mrs. Vaden offered to coach girls in canning and exhibits, with Commercial Club backing the effort. visitors praised the town and its school facilities.
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City Hall
Red River Valley Fair
Sherman
C. A. Shock
J.E. Surratt
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Frank Vaden
Grayson County
E. C.hunter
Sherman Democrat
Whitewright
Vaden
Miss Ella Parrish Dies After Prolonged Illness in Kentuckytown
Miss Ella Parrish died at her Kentuckytown home after months of illness. Funeral services were held at her residence by Rev. F. L. Young of Cleburne, with interment in Wittitee cemetery. A Gallatin, Tennessee native, she moved to Texas as a child and taught school in earlier years. Survived by brothers T. N. Parrish and Joe Parrish and sisters Miss Lula Parrish and Mrs. J. Eatherly of Kentuckytown and others in Sherman.
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Ella Parrish
Kentuckytown
F. L. Young
Cleburne
Wittitee Cemetery
Miss Parrish
Gallatin
Tenn
Texas
Christian Church
T. N. Parrish
Lula Parrish
Missionary Doctor Features In Y P U Program
A B Y P U program presents song prayers led by Lena May Gowdy. Articles by Olive Neff Ora McFatridge Clausie Glidewell and Eunice Cook discuss the Missionary Doctor as a pioneer worker healer evangelist and visionary for better hospitals. The Sun and Farm and Ranch subscription offered at $1.50 per year.
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Lena May Gowdy
Olive Neff
Ora McFatridge
Clausie Glidewell
Eunice Cook
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J. H. Waggoner
Nous
van Alstyne
Van
Luther Smith & Son
Victrola
Jefferson Highway
F. M. Echols
Joe
F. Hall
Tom Holmes
Rowan Mills
Good Roads Committee
J. F. LaRoe
C.S. Ferguson
Ed Neale
J. R. Wilson
C. F. Clark
W. N. Miller
Ed F. Winton
J. J. Pendergrass
J. Kk. Norman
B. D, Ewing
Supt
Chas. J. Denton
T.H. Lively
B. Y. P. U. Program
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