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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
7
Notices show numerous visits and travel by residents including Tocals W. R. Hooper Lola Myrick Ben Patterson and others. Highlights include Rev J L Truett starting a revival in Dodd City and Miss Margreta Fender returning home after teaching in Paris. Summers and weekends feature relatives visits in Sherman Durant Dallas and Waxahachie with theater plans at the Palace Theatre.
Lovell Wrenn of Burleson College Greenville spent the weekend here with relatives. Mr and Mrs Looney Robbins and children of Greenville visited relatives Sunday. Gerald and Bill Powell of Sherman visited grandparents Dr and Mrs J N Powell. Miss Minnie Willis returned from Madill Oklahoma Friday. George Paschal of Dallas spent the weekend here with his sister Mrs Pascal Cox. Rev and Mrs H G May and children of Celina were weekend guests of Rev May's parents Dr and Mrs R May. Luther Skaggs returned Saturday from Springfield Missouri accompanied by his brother W R Skaggs and Mrs Skaggs. Donald Valentine returned to Durant Oklahoma Saturday after a visit with Mr and Mrs W R Vestal. Mrs Maud Holcomb of Dallas and Miss Myldred Holcomb left Saturday for Hope Arkansas to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Bryant King and daughter Mary Dale spent the weekend in Denton with Mr and Mrs V R Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Sanders of Dallas spent the past week end here as guests of his parents Mr. and Mrs. W F Sanders.
Mrs Euell Bradley of Childress visits at A G Bradley residence. Pierce s Cafe touted as meeting spot for good food and friendly people. Ray Manning and son David Ray spend Thursday in Dallas. J W Hicks of Sulphur Bluff stay Thursday and Friday with J N Carter and relatives. Mrs A M Roberts in Dallas visiting son Ben R Roberts then to Waco to see another son M J Roberts.
Dr and Mrs John A Ray of St. Louis visit his parents Dr and Mrs A J Ray in Whitewright. They traveled by automobile from Washington DC where they visited Mrs Rays parents. Dr Ray teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.
R C Montgomery and Mr and Mrs S T Montgomery returned Tuesday from a visit with Mr and Mrs Frank Montgomery at Corona New Mexico. They report crop conditions fine in New Mexico and the Plains section of Texas noting early cotton in the Lubbock section is good and young cotton is blooming with a late frost potentially yielding a good harvest.
Mr and Mrs Chesley Rutledge and children and Mrs J E Rutledge with Raymond Chambers visited relatives in Dallas last Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. S. O. Chambers and her daughter came home Friday after visiting relatives in Dallas. They were accompanied by Miss Myldred Chambers.
L. C. Gee, superintendent of Greenville schools, and Mrs. Gee spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Smith. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gee.
Mrs W T Ross and her daughters Miss Willie Ross and Miss Mary Lou Ross, along with Mrs W D Badgett of Gordon Arkansas visiting here, spent the first of the week in Sulphur Oklahoma as guests of relatives.
Ek G Beall of Texhoma spent the past week visiting his nieces Mrs Edna Ray Womack and Misses Inez and Gladys Ray. Beall was a pioneer businessman and leading merchant of Van Alstyne before moving to the Panhandle.
Bow Wright Drug Co advertises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore or bleeding gums and pyorrhea with a money back guarantee. The boast claims the product is unlike prior treatments and yields certain results.
A questionnaire of successful merchants in the East and Middle West lists minimum advertising outlays as a percentage of sales. Department stores 4 percent, shoe stores 5 percent, women’s special shops 6 percent, millinery 5 percent, music 5 percent, furniture 6 percent, electrical 7 percent, jewelry 6 percent, men’s clothing 6 percent.
The Wyoming Press notes merchants believe any businessman's funds under the stated percentages miss an investment that would yield high returns when properly managed.
Wedding notices and announcements appear in the Sunday edition with engraved or printed invitations indicating nuptial details and social notices.
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