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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
13
A roundup of residents visiting friends in Fort Worth Dallas Paris Denison San Augustine Austin Huntsville Galveston and Sulphur Springs. It notes travels returns attendances illnesses and a high school teacher Miss Margaret Boone underwent an appendicitis operation in a Dallas hospital.
Mrs J W Gordon and L W Gordon of Frisco visited Dr and Mrs J F Spindle on Wednesday. They were joined by Mrs L W Gordon who had been visiting for a week.
Mr and Mrs Will Bryant of McKinney and John Berry of Melissa were guests of Mr and Mrs H F Thompson on Sunday. Mrs Thompson is sister of Mrs Bryant and Mr Berry.
Rev J L Truett spends a few days in Dallas this week. T J Lilley returns from Lubbock County where he oversaw farming interests. Tom Davidson and family visited Sulphur Springs friends in the home of Mr and Mrs Carl May. Several residents visited Dallas and Shamrock while others traveled to Bonham, Sherman, Leonard, Galveston and Mississippi. Families also spent time in Durant and Durant Oklahoma visiting relatives.
Mrs EB. L. Hooper, Mrs Alma Wooten, and Mrs Ray Ferguson with daughter Betty Gene of Vernon visited Mr and Mrs W R Hooper. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wright and sons John and Bill returned to Little Rock after visiting Frank Wright and other relatives south of town.
Carl R. Nall is appointed acting postmaster of Sherman replacing E N Mulky whose term would have ended February 1935. The Needlework Guild met with ten members and will meet at Miss Mildred Holcomb’s. Katy schedule changes affect No 6 northbound and No 5 southbound. Local visits include Horace Gordon and family from Chickasha, Okla. Prohibition rally announced in Whitewright Friday night at 8 on street near First National Bank corner with two speakers. Trades Day drew a smaller crowd due to cotton picking though rodeo drew many. Lyman Pittman sustained a shoulder dislocation and fracture from a Brahma steer, now hospitalized with X rays.
Mr and Mrs H W Dodd hosted a Sunday gathering with Mrs Dodd s mother and brothers and their families from Hillsboro. Attendees included C L Herring and two sons Jack Jr and Billy Gene C T Herring and son Dillian Ray L S Herring and sons Charles William and James Ralph Herring Leonard Shoemaker Herring and Douglas Herring. Lunch was on the Dodd farm. one son W B Herring Jr could not attend.
Claude M Blanton born May 25 1879 in Orangeville died August 20 1933 after two weeks illness. Funeral at Burns Cemetery east of Trenton. Survived by children Mrs Earl Hansard Tom Bean Artis Blanton J P Blanton Mrs Alton Robinson five grandchildren and nephew Eddie Felton. Also survived by brothers Will Blanton Dee Patterson Rosc o e Patterson and sisters Mrs Proctor Carter Mrs O G Smith.
Mrs Allie Forest of a Kentucky town died at her daughter Mrs C E Allen’s home 205 East Brockett Street Sherman. Funeral arrangements and full obituary details are being prepared by local sources.
Noon last Thursday funeral services for Mrs. Forest, 59, longtime Gray son County resident born October 2, 1873 in Hartsells Alabama. The Kentuckytown Baptist Church service was led by Rev Clephus Chumbley of Howe with Rev John Henderson assisting. She is survived by husband John H. Forest and multiple children, including Ernest Maddox of Tom Bean and William Maddox of Sherman, plus several daughters, sisters, and a half brother.
The article discusses the inflation rider attached to the farm bill and the Thomas amendment as tools in Roosevelt era policy. It notes the use of gold export embargoes and tax measures to curb production while weighing whether production control suffices or new inflationary steps are needed. Secretary Wallace cautions against repeating speculative price booms in grain markets.
The essay notes that the Roosevelt program blends monetary tools with production and consumption regulation to fix malfunctions in the economy. It reports progress under the National Industrial Recovery Act toward employment and wages, especially in textiles, while agricultural measures show limited success. It warns inflation pressures may grow, calling for an equalization fund or a return to gold, as demand for further stimulus increases with initial gains fading.
Walter A. Holford aged 25 of Madill Oklahoma was instantly killed two miles northwest of Denison on Wednesday afternoon when he fell from his milk truck en route to Madill. The truck ran off the road into a meadow. Holford was believed to have lost his grip while leaning from the cab. He worked for a milk truck serving a large cheese factory.
George Garvin of 302 East Seventh Street, a known dry Democrat, was held on $500 bond by United States Commissioner Lee R. Smith on charges of possessing and manufacturing eighty five gallons of wine and maintaining a common nuisance. Howard Dailey, Garvin's attorney, and bondsman Gus Sabanovich stated Garvin was active in the dry movement and recalled he led the dry forces at Precinct 31's presidential convention last year.
Postmaster General James A. Farley, on a Texas radio appeal from New York, urged Texans to deliver the largest beer and repeal majority in Saturday's election. The broadcast aired over WBAP Fort Worth KPRC Houston and WOAI San Antonio under the Texas Liberal Legion.
Local dealer Lem Tittsworth of Bonham markets used furniture and household items at discount prices. Listings include bedroom suites from 12.50 to 35.00, dining sets 18.50 to 39.50, porcelain enamel electric range 18.50, refrigerator 28.50, cook stoves and coal or oil stoves, a used bicycle 12.50, and cabinets 8.50 to 15.00. See us first.
From Malaya comes the famous noisy rat a strange wild roden rarely seen in captivity.
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