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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
5
Iles Sanders of Dallas is mentioned along with Mrs W F Sanders and Mrs J Gillespie in a busy social notes page. Numerous visits populate Sherman, Whites, Durant, and Dallas, with many returning travelers and relatives. Local business promotions feature shoe repairs, cafe fare, jewelry watchmaking, and lemonade stands during a community event.
Preston Everheart Post of the American Legion will join the Bonham picnic sequence starting next Tuesday through Friday. The local post will march in the parade Tuesday morning and its Legion band will also participate. Whitewright Legion boys will play daily against Bonham Legion in the picnic baseball games.
A Sun readers column notes people looking to purchase items. Shoppers seek details on listings and prices, with readers inviting responses from sellers.
Miss Marguerite Montgomery returns from Ardmore Oklahoma where she taught in the summer school. She is a member of the Ardmore high school faculty.
The ladies missionary society of the Methodist Church will sell lemonade and sandwiches in front of the Odeon theatre on Saturday August 26, an election day. Mrs J F Lilley Miss Monta Badgett and E J Lilley left Sunday for St Louis to buy fall and winter stock for the J F Lilley dry goods store.
Advertisement highlights the Whitewright Cash Grocery Store as successor to Hestand grocery. The notice promises news of interest to readers and invites attention to its listings and offerings in this issue of The Sun.
T. H. Lively and Clyde Craig returned Saturday from a visit to To hok a and other points in that section of the State. Mr. Lively stated that he purchased 480 acres of land while there, which brings his total land holdings near To hok a to a little over 2,000 acres.
Rev Laseter, pastor of Bethel and Shady Grove Baptist Churches, has moved into the residence recently vacated by Mrs Durham on Spruce Street to take advantage of Whitewright schools and settings.
S. L. Young advertises violin lessons for the coming session in Whitewright schools. Students who want to take violin should respond immediately. Those without a violin can see the instructor at second door north of the Sears garage.
A Whitewright laundry agent urges customers to drop laundry by 9 a m on laundry days to ensure timely return. Flat work priced at 7c a pound with a promise to return in good condition. Customers may also leave laundry at the middle barber shop where a basket is kept.
W T Nicholson plans a partition in the brick building adjoining his cafe on the west. After completion he will move the cafe to the west side and store groceries in the current cafe and grocery building. He has leased part of the building to a business enterprise but will not reveal the east side tenant yet.
Mrs. Morgan daughter of John Wellington was struck while walking on the road Saturday night. She suffered severe bruises and possible rib fractures. The Ford driver sped away after the collision without offering aid, a penitentiary offense in failing to stop and assist.
T H Sears and S E Jones left Tuesday for Lubbock County to oversee farming interests. They plan to erect several houses on the land they recently acquired.
After a visit with relatives, Misses Lillian and Kate Harris have returned to their home at Royse City.
Brooks Mays of Brooks Mays & Co. Dallas praises Mack Stauffer as one of the greatest experts in the piano business aside from the Obenchain method.
Endorsement from Paul G. Mehlin & Son of New York City, longtime leader of the Manufacturers' Association, shows interest in Texas talent. Mr Stauffer presents a new piano voicing method that yields a clear treble and deep balanced bass and middle range. Phone Brickleader Hotel. standard price five dollars.
Robstown Texas reports ginning receipts for the week ending Aug 12 at 2 094 bales and season total at 5 917 bales. Outlying districts add about 1 400 bales. Wagon and truck receipts last week 2 479 bales, season total 6 893. Local compress has handled 16 637 bales with 11 774 from the Rio Grande Valley.
Reverend K R Isbell conducts a revival at the Orangeville Methodist Church with assistance from his brother Chaplain J Fletcher Isbell of San Antonio. The two clergy are featured leaders in the event and work together to bring outreach and spiritual renewal to the congregation.
Brooks Field sees growing revival interest with converters and an arbor erected attracting good crowds. Chaplain Isbell, a four year army chaplain who joined in World War I, remains in service as captain. His sermons are well received by Orangeville residents.
Idabel Ok Aug 14 Three men including McCurtain County Sheriff S D A Bud Felker are dead and two others may not recover after an early arrest attempt for Clayton Thompson of Wright City following a man s murder near Wright City The dead are Sheriff Felker John Anderson 38 and Clifford Pruett 18 Those badly wounded are Cleveland Christian Mountain View and Clayton Thompson Wright City
A woman asks if this weekend's guests are social notables. Her mother dismisses them, saying they are all her father’s friends, downplaying status and highlighting familiar connections.
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