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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
5
Retail notices announce the arrival of new felt hats at Badgett's Millinery and a sale with matinee prices at the Palace Theatre starting August 26. Various local residents are listed visiting relatives in Dallas area towns and nearby Oklahoma, with several short travel notes and community updates.
Miss Mae Hall and Miss Mae Robbins visit relatives in Dallas. An optometrist advertises new glasses to remedy eye trouble and guarantees satisfaction with a trial.
Local society listings show Mrs Chesley Rutledge and Miss Hattie Lou Harris visiting relatives in Bonham while W L Coggins visits his parents near town. Palace Theatre announces daily matinees starting Aug 26 at 2 pm and Saturdays at 1 pm along with various regional visits and optometrist R L Johnson advertising eye services.
If you need a cook stove now is the time to buy it. We have used oil stoves wood and coal ranges at bargain prices. See us before you buy Lloyd Moore.
Mrs Henry Thomas and her children from Wichita Falls were guests of Mr and Mrs R B Anderson and traveled to Greenville on Friday to visit relatives before returning home.
Mrs Grover Spencer and daughter Elvin of Denison along with Mrs Clyde Thompson and daughter Ruby Jane of Durant Oklahoma were at the bedside of Mrs H F Thompson who has been ill for two weeks.
Mr and Mrs Fred W Smith and son return from Commerce where Mr Smith taught six weeks of summer school at Northeast Texas Teachers College. He now readies Whitewright public schools as they open Monday September 12.
Inez and Gladys Ray hosted a Wednesday bridge party at their home for Lassie Womack and guests. The event featured zinnia decor, music by Tommie Chenoweth, and six monoplanes delivering radiograms from Dan Cupid announcing an October wedding.
Local dealer Lloyd Moore notes heavy demand for affordable stoves and reports a number of gas stoves recently taken in for sale alongside good used oil, wood, and coal ranges suitable for home heating.
Whitewright will likely host two or three lint buyers this season. Lester Haile and Sam McMillin are local buyers, Pete Wilson of Leonard may return, and another buyer is contemplating entry. Strong prices are anticipated and competition among buyers should be brisk.
The premium list for the Fannin County Fair lists 3500 in cash prizes to exhibitors. The event, under the Fannin County Pure Bred Live Stock and Poultry Association, runs at Bonham from September 27 to October 1.
The Lord's Supper pageant has its date moved from Friday evening the 26th to after the protracted meeting. An official date will be announced later.
The Epworth League invites all visitors to a Sunday evening program titled China’s Challenge to the Church. It features scripture reading, prayers, and talks by Janice Melver Elizabeth Waggoner Frances Jared Mary Pumphrey and Madge Sears.
Cast iron is being tried as a paving material in France. If successful, the experiment will offer a use for large quantities of old iron now exported from the country.
The trans-Pecos region of Texas covers a large area with nine counties. Altitude ranges from 2,000 feet in the Rio Grande Valley to 9,500 feet at Guadalupe Peak in Culberton County.
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