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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
5
Dozens of names appear: Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Jones, Claudine Glidewell, D. L. Morgan, Miss Stephen Badgett, Mrs. J. E. Payne Jr., and many others visiting relatives, attending events, or traveling to Dallas, Sherman, Fort Worth, and beyond. The column notes votes on constitutional amendments, church and revival plans, and local homemaking and education moves, with several mentions of trips to Dallas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
J B Dickson returns from Sherman after two week hospital treatment for a long troubled foot. Glendale California visitors include Mr and Mrs Frank Roberts and son Frank Jr. Sherman Democrat editor transfer for Guy Yowell. Fort Smith Arkansas visitors to Penn family en route to Pan American Exposition in Dallas. Crutch use after a fall sidelined Horace Gordon. Jim Lindsey named editor of Portales Tribune after graduating from Texas Technological College. Jail crowd with five occupants. Leonard men fined for drunkenness, Whitewright men released after bond. Burgher Reed Vestal to teach in Bangs High School after East Texas State Teachers College graduation, class of 410. Sidney Watson and Clarence Pace injured in auto turnover. hospital treatment in Sherman. Gainesville trip to attend sister’s accident injuries to John Griffin and Mrs. Griffin. George T Shook of Hollywood and L J Shook of Tulsa visit relatives. family reunion planned but brother died.
Sidney Watson led the program at the Rotary Club luncheon on Friday and tested members with a series of questions. Answers were not all perfect, but members still performed fairly. Visitors included Tip Newell and Hank McLean of Sherman and Fred Conn of Marshall.
Fidelis Sunday school class hosted a social in the church basement last Thursday evening. Guests included husbands and children of members, associate members Rev. and Mrs. Leslie Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cunningham, Mrs. Guy Hamilton, and Mrs. Jennie Critenden. Watermelon was served after a program with readings and musical numbers by Bettye Nell Yeager, Betty Ann Darwin, Mrs. O. L. Sears, Mrs. O. L. Jones, Mrs. F. D. Layman, and Mrs. Jennie Crittenden with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Guy Hamilton.
A Texas Leonard park Sunday gathering honored R S Couch and John W Golden and families visiting from Arizona. Daughters of Hamilton Henry led sacred songs while many relatives from Leonard Blue Ridge Sherman Celeste Kilgore Whitewright and Phoenix joined in a noon feast and hours of fellowship.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Bassett hosted guests from 7 30 to 9 30 pm Wednesday honoring Mrs Bassett s parents Mr and Mrs J R Pennington on their twenty ninth anniversary Attendants included Mrs T E Barbee Mrs Bryant King and others with Mrs R P Childress and Mrs Emory Christian at the register Assisting with refreshments were multiple Pennington relatives and Garland Waxahachie Fort Worth Farmersville and Royse City residents.
Funeral services for J. Bert Compton were held at Oak Cliff Christian Church Dallas at 3 p m Saturday officiated by Rev Leo Johnson. He died of a stroke in Mineral Wells Thursday aged 50 a longtime Dallas resident and noted druggist. He was a thirty second degree Mason and a deacon in the church. He is survived by his wife a daughter Helen Louise and three sisters Mrs E M Townsley Dallas Mrs Della Clark Gainesville and Mrs C A Wilson Whitewright. Relatives and friends from Whitewright attended.
Mrs. Wright of Farmersville and Mrs. Wilbur Carter of Sherman directed guests to the gifts room where they were greeted by Mrs. T. E. Sears, Mrs. J. F. Fender and Mrs. R. L. Sears. Mrs. Lester Haile and Mrs. Robert Sears bade the guests adieu as a large number of friends called during the evening.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for as s varied posts as associate bacteriologist and assistant bacteriologist with salaries from 2600 to 3200 dollars a year, junior graduate nurse, instructors of Spanish and French at 3200 and 3200, marine surveyor, and several marketing and arts related roles with 2000 to 3200 dollars a year. Full information available from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners or the Commission in Washington D C.
Clarksville report says Geoffrey Bartlett, a Bogata resident for eighteen years, returns to the same church seat and spots a cow in the shade that matches a sight from eighteen years earlier. The cow, now 30, still yields milk, linking past and present in a single scene.
A playful old time exchange featuring a woman asking Elmer if he loves her finds beauty and charm. The dialogue centers on affection and praise as a sales line leads to a printing purchase in Whitewright. The snippet resembles a comic courting moment used in a local advertisement.
The Chicago Tribune reports on Miaos in China's interior where girls freely pursue lovers during slack farming. Couples are formed after trial marriages with singing dances, colored ropes, and pursuit games, leading to a simple wedding and later incorporation into the husband’s home after childbirth.
A boastful man boasts about himself to a woman who counters with a witty line about his vanity. He claims modesty while she questions his self admiration, framing a light interaction on vanity and humor. The exchange reveals social dynamics and playful teasing in a brief scene.
A geographic note states rubber plants do not grow north or south of the equator beyond 28 degrees. The assertion implies a climatic bound affecting cultivation and distribution patterns across equatorial regions.
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