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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
3
Chesley Rutledge visited Bonham on Friday. Many locals called at relatives in Greenville and Denison, with anglers and travelers from Dallas, Abilene, Houston, and Floydada noted. An August ice cream supper is announced, and the sheriff race results in Young County show J. B. Foster leading with 2,260 votes to Taylor Anderson's 1,176.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Benedict spent the weekend in Crockett with relatives and were joined home by Mrs. Benedict's sister Mrs. Tom Self of Crockett.
Jesse McIver chaired the Rotary Club meeting last Friday with Rev. J. W. Willbanks, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, as guest speaker. Willbanks, a former Slaton Rotary member, spoke on Rotary aims while Lloyd Moore’s resolution praising city pumping plant workers for beautifying the grounds was approved. Visitors Sam Stokes of Sherman and W. Clephane of Dallas attended.
A large Whitewright reception at Mrs. G F Bryant's Main Street home honored Mrs. Nora Little of Houston. Guests included prominent locals and visitors from Sherman Dallas and Oklahoma City. The program featured music readings and a chorus, with yellow and green decor and miniature corsage favors.
Judge J. S. Pearson aged 68 was found hanging from a rafter in the garage of his home at 418 East Gandy street. He had been dead only moments and left behind a wife, three daughters, two sons and a daughter who died three months earlier. Pearson had long practiced law in Denison and Sherman and once worked with Denison newspapers.
Washington notes Dr. Thomas P. Chapman aged 60, chief of the division of appointment at the U S Civil Service Commission, died suddenly Saturday in his office. He hailed from Farmersville, taught there, and had been in ill health for some time. His mother still resides in Farmersville.
A candidate letter from Sam McMillin to Precinct 2 voters thanks supporters in the first primary and asks for backing in the August 25 runoff. He pledges honesty in office and says he will run on his usual ticket.
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