01 Dec 1927
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
1
Pas tors Association votes to designate Sunday December 11 as go to church day for all Whitewright churches. Special sermons planned at 11 a m with all members urged to attend at their own church to show loyalty and unite the town in worship.
The Adams Motor Company reports full information on the new Ford will be ready Friday morning. Folders and advertising materials will be distributed and large pictures shown by all dealers. The cars will be displayed in Dallas and Fort Worth Friday, with Whitewright receiving information afterward.
A mercy plane traveling 180 miles in 105 minutes carried J. T. Wilkes and pilot Paul Vance from San Antonio to Waco Texas to catch the Katy Flyer north to Charleston West Virginia. Wilkes aimed to reach his dying mother after missing the fast train, aided by a 20 mile tail wind enabling a timely connection.
Chicago police charge 20 year old Kendall Cowgen with manslaughter in the death of his wife Voila aged 18 who killed herself by gas after an argument in which he supposedly goaded her into despair. He returned home three hours after her death.
Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer says a prominent Austin woman confessed to at least three small thefts and doubts she will be prosecuted due to her social prominence. He claims he can show her written confession.
Police recovered six ounces of nitroglycerin from five Greenville youths Tuesday while investigating a stolen car. All five, who list Fort Worth as their home, were detained for further questioning.
Announcement states construction will begin soon on a new Texas Louisiana Power Co plant to serve Whitewright and nearby towns. The project, with a 300000 investment, includes 150 local communities and a high voltage transmission network backed by leaders A P Barrett Allan J Smith and T A Burdick.
A. J. Jasper Robbins a respected farmer from the Ely area northeast of town died Saturday at 9:45 a.m. after a six day illness. Born April 17, 1851 in Franklin North Carolina he married Martha J. Howard on August 3 1884. They moved to Texas in 1900 later settling Whitewright then the Ely community about twenty years ago. He was a member of Enterprise Baptist Church. Survived by wife and children Mrs. J. W. Keeling of Lubbock Mrs. Mae Moore of Abilene Mrs. Gilliam Lindsey of Whitewright Mrs. Howard Stokes of Leonard and Jack Robbins of Ely. Funeral at Enterprise Baptist Church Sunday at 2 30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Cleophus Chumbley with Rev. J. L. Truett and Rev. J. H. Hawkins assisting. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Many friends attended from Bethel south of town and Tom Bean.
H R Bruton pleads guilty in Eighty Seventh District Court to robbery tied to the Tehuacana bank hold up. A forty year penitentiary sentence is agreed by both sides. Bruton’s brother Arthur was sentenced to death last week in the same case. Two other men remain jailed awaiting trial.
James S. Kone attorney of Sherman has announced his candidacy for the Grayson County county judge nomination in the 1928 primaries. He will make a formal announcement at a later date.
The district headquarters likely will move to Whitewright as the company eyes a substantial uptown office and storeroom. Citizens support securing a central generating station due to strong regional benefits, road access, schools, banks, railroads, sewer, gas, low taxes and insurance, plus a favorable power demand outlook. The water supply tested as pure and soft, suitable for cooling large engines.
Dr May exchanged a two story brick building home to Lloyd Moore furniture store for a 237 acre farm north of Ely with frontage of fifty feet. The second floor hall 25 by 40 feet hosts the American Legion. three offices include one used by Dr C P Johnson. Dr May also owns a building used by Gordon Grocery adjoining the traded property.
Van Alstyne and Whitewright high schools meet Friday at 3 30 p m on the local gridiron in a much anticipated game the first in six years. The affair serves as both a friendly gathering and a genuine football contest with county booby prize implications and a chance to settle modest inexperience and financial goals for the Whitewright Rangers.
Fort Worth city attorneys from Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Houston and Austin will combine to set aside a state supreme court ruling that municipalities cannot abandon streets. City Attorney R. E. Rouer announced a hearing date to be set this week.
The Orangeville Methodist Church invites the community to worship Sunday at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o clock. Grover Vestal is superintendent. Pastor T W Lovell urges everyone to attend and bring a friend.
A large Whitewright audience attended a Sunday night Boy Scout program at the Methodist Church presided by Rev J H Hawkins. County official H L McLean and Pat Mayse spoke on scouting, praising local troops and urging permanent support and a scout hut.
Dallas reports the 1928 Conquest Campaign to raise 1.5 million dollars for Texas Baptist institutions runs January 15 to March 15. Eighteen hundred organizers will solicit pledges before, during, and after the drive. 1927 pledges largely collected as pastors push to close remaining funds.
In Austin four Texas convicts gained temporary freedom through furloughs granted by the Governor. The men are Homer B. McCannon Minor Payne Harmon Powell and J A Robbins. The grounds cited include a fatal auto wreck four children with whooping cough a dying nephew and a lawsuit.
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club was entertained by Mrs Arthur Badgett. Miss Inez Derberry spoke on A Livable Living-room. Miss Eunice Turner was elected reporter for the year. hostess served sandwiches and hot chocolate. Mrs Judson Badgett to entertain December 2. Reporter.
Rev Morris A Lively formerly of Whitewright now pastors Trinity Christian Church Dallas announces construction of a new Denley Drive church with dedicatory services planned for Sunday afternoon December 11. Whitewright natives Truett May and Lively have deep ties to Dallas pulpits.
Alvin Jones was arrested by Constable George Bennett on a bad check charge after passing worthless checks to businesses. He confessed to forging three checks. A raid in the industrial district yielded eight gallons of beer, with Columbus Freeman and Jimmie Briggs arrested.
The Grayson County Boy Scout Council executive committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to plan a county field department with a full time field executive. The aim is to extend scouting into rural areas and expand the loan scout program for farm boys. Frank Jennings of Denison presided as members from Denison Whitewright Van Alstyne Collinsville and Bells attended.
James D. Buster, Sherman attorney and former recorder of the Sherman Corporation Court, announces his bid for the county attorney nomination in the 1928 primary. James H. Smith has moved to Big Spring for dairy work and attends Big Spring High School. his father H H Smith reports improvement after months of illness.
Chicago census survey shows women spent 24 million dollars on hosiery last year versus 21 million by men for furnishings. For entire outfits women dropped about 80 million, men about 55 million. The clothing industry overall totals 250 million, ranking sixth after fuel and furniture.
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