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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
5
Local residents and visitors travel between Van Alstyne, Midlothian, Muskogee, Vernon, Mineral Wells, Dallas, Fort Worth, Sherman, Denison and other Texas towns. People on illness lists, housing changes, and family visits are reported alongside plans for theater openings, parish engagements, and participation in Chicago Century of Progress events. Prohibition and civic notes appear with dances, picnics, and education updates.
Bill Jones highlights next Monday as Trades Day in Whitewright. Farmers welcome the event to exchange goods and access a cash market while local business interests back the program. Roberts Co. advertises a strong line of Dependable Oil Stores and reasonable prices for cookware and other items.
Roberts Co offers Bayou State Lube Oil at 99 81/100 pure and 15c per quart with no extra charge for heavy grades. They advertise oil prices as well as affordable Men’s Work Shoes and predict higher fall prices. The store buys Country Lard Hams Bacon Irish Potatoes and sells Country Butter at 15c to 25c per pound.
Rev. S L Ball will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist Church Sunday morning in the pastor's absence while Rev L G Hagard conducts a revival at Marvin Methodist Church east of town. Sunday visitors include Mrs C E Gilmer and children from Oklahoma City and Mrs J M Gilmer with Mrs S K Mc Gaughey of Honey Grove.
Mrs C J Meador hosted guests from Freeport for a bridge afternoon with three tables and Inez Ray as high score winner. A salad course followed. Mr and Mrs J W Burden then hosted a family reunion with an old fashioned country dinner at their home featuring numerous relatives from Tupelo Lakeview Orangeville Ely and Whitewright. A daughter could not attend. Bookbinding of early days described as rolling script on cylinders.
John Winton Davidson age 71 died Monday afternoon and funeral services were conducted at his Whitewright residence. Rev L G Hagard led with Dr J F Fender assisting. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by widow Ada Patterson Davidson a son Leon Davidson two daughters Simmons Powell Genevieve Davidson and a sister Mrs J S Badgett. Out of town relatives attended from Oklahoma Texas and Oregon.
Mrs Palestine Cooper aged 75 died at her Randolph home last Friday night. She was wife of the late Alfred Cooper a longtime Randolph farmer. Funeral at Randolph Baptist Church Sunday at 2:30, Rev R L Cates. interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by sons Emmet and Leslie, daughter Mrs F A Spencer, four brothers and one sister.
Round after round of debate centers on beer as a revenue source. Wets claim beer will lift budgets from red to black with federal and state gains already seen where legalized. Drys warn beer brings costs in human misery and shifts tax burden to the poor. In Texas, revenue hinges on consumption and licensing, with detailed tax totals for brewers, distributors, and retailers and a question of 3.2 percent beer legalization on Aug. 26.
At the close of Wednesday trading cotton stood 331 points under last month’s high record, a decline of 16.55 dollars per bale. The market has fallen for several days amid favorable weather in the cotton belt.
In Champoeg Oregon a single apple tree over 70 years old blooms its west half first then about ten days later the east half follows. The tree yields roughly 20 bushels of early sweet apples each year.
Mrs Naami Swindle aged 82 died Friday at 5 20 am at the home of her nephew R D Maddux in Sherman after weeks of illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at Walnut Street Church of Christ with Rev J P Sanders in charge. Burial was in Akers Cemetery. Born July 11 1851 in Putnam County Tennessee she was daughter of S S and Lane Simmons Maddux. She married Sheppard Harris in 1869 and had two children. After losses she moved to Texas to live with relatives. later married C C Swindle. Survived by nephew R D Maddux of Whitewright and five stepchildren.
Mr and Mrs J F Blanton returned to their home in Lubbock on Tuesday after visiting relatives here. They were accompanied by Miss Monta Badgett and Charles Badgett Truett. Miss Badgett will live in Lubbock and Charles Badgett will attend Lubbock Tech.
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