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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
5
Fort Worth visitor Guy Victory and several others are noted in town alongside a string of local arrivals and departures. Bonham merchants advertise new dresses and big value sales at M. C. Spivy & Co. and Lem Tittsworth’s piano ads.
Miss Josephine May of Waco visited her grandparents Dr and Mrs R May and Mr and Mrs FE E Badgett and children of Denison visited relatives here Sunday.
R H May and daughter Maurine with Miss Lucile LaRoe visited Dallas Saturday. Mrs Kate Kincaid and daughter Olivia Whedbee returned Friday from Memphis after visiting relatives. Simmons Powell returned to Houston Wednesday after visiting Mr and Mrs J W Davidson. Mrs J W Tompson returned to her Dallas home Monday after visiting daughter Mrs J J Sparks. New dresses showcased tomorrow and next day.
Miss Altha Mae Vestal will travel to San Antonio on Saturday to teach school for the coming term. Miss Emma Davidson spent the weekend in Dallas as a guest of friends and relatives.
A roundup of local social activity lists Los Angeles visitors to the Conner and Jones homes, Denison guests with Neff and Bow families in Durant, various Bonham engagements, shop promos by M C Spivy & Co, and remarks on fall dresses. Culled mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Sears, Mr. and Mrs. Meador, and several city and county residents visiting relatives.
Sam Willbanks came back Saturday from Austin where he attended summer school at the University of Texas. Simmons returned from Glen Rose after a two week health visit. Dr. and Mrs. O M Durham returned to Cotulla after visiting her parents. Mrs. Maple Wilson and children returned to Lubbock after visiting here with relatives. S H Montgomery and family went to Purcell Oklahoma for a short visit with his daughter Mrs John Perry.
M. C. Spivy & Co. in Bonham introduces large new stocks for college girls. Local shoppers are invited to view the latest school outfitting selections and accessories now in store windows.
Mrs. G. F. Bryant and Miss Tommie Chenoweth will teach music in the schools again this year with regular periods in each of the schools.
Wesley Newman and his family moved to the area last week from Bells after transferring from rural mail route two in Bells to route two near Whitewright. Family joins a new community as the carrier continues service in the updated route.
Trendon Vestal has moved to Waco and will work for the Waco Drug Company in the afternoons to support himself while attending Baylor University next term. He will attend Baylor in the coming term and work part time to pay his way through school.
Buyers in Bonham visit M. C. Spivy & Co to view an unusual collection of values and styles showcased in the store. The note invites customers to see the new arrivals tomorrow.
A group including Mr and Mrs A J Cannon and daughter Margaret along with relatives from Merkel Abilene and others return from visits in New York Canada and Europe. D Leon Harp reports Europe trip at a Presbyterian service. Local buyers return from dry goods markets and J C Waldrop reports a 13 inch Oklahoma White Wonder corn from Pilot Grove with a strong crop and ample home canning.
Nicholson's Cash Grocery features rates for country produce. The T E L Convention Sunday school class of the Baptist Church met at Mrs. J L Bow home for a business and social meeting. Mrs. George Gattis and Miss Myrtle Badgett helped. Badgett led the business session.
A shopper reports an extraordinary focus on large stock levels during routine store checks. M C notes curiosity about inventory practices and potential supply concerns.
In Shanghai a 1.5 million population district on the border of South Chinai and Northeast Shantung faces mass starvation. Earl Baker of the New York China famine fund says 150000 are dangerously malnourished and 300000 slowly starving while a $10 million relief drive may be needed with relief action by October 1 to avert catastrophe.
Miss Elizabeth Smith departed today for Slaton to teach in the coming term. This marks her fourth year in the Slaton schools.
M. B. Easterling and son Lee Ice Easterling and Poke Tanner of Tu pelo Miss are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Wade, northeast of town.
Mrs Edna Ray Womack and Miss Elizabeth Waggoner returned Wednesday from a six week visit in Boulder Colorado. In Boulder Mrs Womack attended an English and education course at the University of Colorado.
The First Baptist Church pastor Rev J H Hawkins conducts a revival at Delaware Bend this week following a recent revival at Bells where many conversions and additions to the Baptist Church were reported.
Dr and Mrs C L Pickett and their daughter, staying with Mrs Pickett's father Rev A E Major, left Monday to visit relatives in Kansas City.
Texas leads in numbers of sheep mules beef cattle and goats according to the latest agricultural tally. The report highlights the state’s prominent livestock industries and several key livestock counts across species.
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