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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
9
The Dallas Times Herald extols Mrs Housewife for daily acts of selfless care. She comforts her husband after work, listens with patience, and sustains him through pain and worry. Her virtue shines as a quiet beacon of faith love and charity.
A chamber of commerce is a cooperative society of local business people aiming to serve the community. It reflects member energy and ambitions, fosters civic pride, and unites rivals to build a better town for business and life.
In Columbia Missouri on August 1 jazz becomes ceremony rule as Rev G W Hatcher the marrying parson with 447 wedlocks offers modern vows and a playful Q A exchange demanding groom pledge to chores and family duties amid light verse and humor You bet is shouted as the bride grins and the minister’s satire shines through Also noted are local visits by Master James Lackey to Fairlie last weekend.
A Walters Chamber of Commerce member extols the chamber as the steam engine of progress. He says ideas time money and ungrudging effort propel the community toward a thriving town, or even a municipal graveyard for unkept hopes, with the chamber representing the collective brains and ambitions of local business, professional, social, religious and educational forces.
News comes of the death of Rev L F Mason formerly of Seagoville and church pastor here for several months before his declining health. He left for Tennessee weeks ago, his former home, seeking restoration with many local friends grieving his passing. Reverend McCraw of Seagoville visited friends here this week as word arrived.
The Preston Everheart Post of the American Legion sent about twenty five members and its band to Savoy Tuesday night for a concert and talks by Che Morris and R. C. Brown. The event aimed to recruit new members and featured Savoy residents hearing the program. The post, strong in state ranking, hopes to reach around one hundred fifty members after ongoing efforts. The group also aided in a Bonham soldier funeral with a firing squad from the post.
Brooks Mays of Dallas hails Mack Stauffer as a top piano expert and previews his Double Extension mute promising a clearer treble and deeper harmony across registers. An ad notes tuning at $7.00 from Hotel Brickleader. Also mentioned are local visits by J. H. Richey and family and J. C. Parsons, followed by an obituary for Mrs. John R. Davis of Orangeville, pioneer resident, obituary noting her surviving husband.
Mr and Mrs J Frank Roberts and their young son from Mineral Wells stay several days here. Mr Roberts reports business good in Mineral Wells and is an owner of the Post Office Garage there.
The City of Whitewright adopts the 1920 National Electrical Code and Regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, with NFPA and Texas approval, to govern wiring, apparatus, and installation. An inspector will enforce the code. noncompliance can lead to a misdemeanor and fines up to ten dollars. The ordinance takes effect after passage and publication. Passed August 1, 1921.
The Christian gathering drew a large congregation on Saturday night. Miss Dulsia Belle Garland visited Miss Fannie Robbins at Whitewright last weekend. Mrs. Ida Melson has been visiting relatives for two weeks. Mrs. Lois Henry has been on the sick list for two weeks. S.F. Garland and John McKinsey left for Dallas on business. Hascal Ruby and Mayme Butts attended a family reunion at Ector Sunday, with Mason and Arlie St. John joining them. Misses Maggie Hulett and Mary Lou Andrews went to Sherman to resume school work.
ELY AND ENTERPRISE Mrs Tom Hicks and baby of Ft Worth have visited her sister in law Mrs Pate Hicks Mrs Cora Parker and daughter Miss Faye and Mr and Mrs Jim Butt of Eugene Ore have visited relatives in this community Ernest Smith has returned home from Groom Texas Mr and Mrs Joel Ross of near Ector spent Sunday at W C Brown s home E Harrison wife and little son visited her parents near Ravenna Sunday Mrs Ethie Melugin spent a few days in Denison last week visiting relatives John Wharton and wife of Sherman were in this community Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Parker Nevill of Blue Ridge are spending a few days with their son Walter Nevill
The Modern Woodmen of America will hold a special business meeting at the hall next Monday night. All members are urged to attend. John Savage, Commander. A summer school opened at the high school Monday with about thirty students. Teachers are O. C. Skipper, Robert Holland, and Miss Wilma Harper. Superintendent H. L. Durham will return from Baylor University in Waco soon to lead the term. The session will run six weeks.
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