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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
7
The community lists numerous Thanksgiving weekend visits and homecomings. Residents from Whitewright and nearby towns hosted relatives and friends from Sherman Dallas Durant Gainesville and other places. Several local events include Legion District meeting in Denison and family travel to Pilot Point Kemp and Waco for holidays.
An advert notes hamburgers and sweet milk available at a plate lunch for a low price. The snippet emphasizes value meals and drink options.
Advertises payment rates for eggs sugar ten pounds for flour forty eight pounds for crackers saltine flakes two pounds for pineapple No 2 percent.
Thanksgiving guests from Kemp and Healdton include the Sears and Powell families. Teachers and friends from Chickasha Sherman and Fort Worth travel, while local residents change homes and futures, with Miss Ray and others attending professional meetings. Socials host bridge groups and children's birthday celebrations.
Local residents hosted relatives and friends visiting from Slaton, Tishomingo, and Oklahoma. Notable moves include O M McMillin relocating with Hest and Kimbell Grocer to Slaton after years in Whitewright and Sam G Stateville moving from route three to Trenton after fifty five years on the same farm.
The Whitewright Music Club gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs. J. C. Gillespie’s home for a Schubert study led by Mrs. C. S. Witt. Participants included Mrs. Witt, Mrs. A. L. Jackson, Mrs. O. L. Jones, Miss Dorothy Hamilton, Mrs. John Silman, Miss Tommie Chenoweth, Mrs. Guy Hamilton, Mrs. J. D. Lowe, and Mrs. Leon Davenport. refreshments followed.
Peter puzzles his father Pa with a word riddle about what occurs once in a minute twice in a week and once in a year. The punchline reveals the letter E as the answer.
Mason judge Carl Runge wrestled a nine point buck on a highway near Mason after the deer became tangled in barbed wire. Pat Hatch from Mason arrived with tire tool and knife to assist. The deer was finally captured and taken to Llano for display.
A Catholic Daily Tribune editorial defends old line life insurance as safe and stable. It argues policyholders need not worry about rumors or crises, noting decades with no policyholder losses and highlighting safety as the core principle guiding investments and contracts.
J D Turner bank president and civic leader in Boley Oklahoma was slain during a robbery attempt by George Birdwell. Birdwell was killed by bank official H C McCormick as officers guarded the services attended by over 3000 people including many whites. Turner is survived by his widow three sons and two daughters.
Governor George W. Hunt signed an order from his hospital bed declaring Arizona’s prohibition law null and void, following the November 8 election mandate. The state’s repeal vote was 63,850 to 36,218, leaving only the federal act in force.
The State of Texas issues a notice by publication in Grayson County for four weeks summoning named defendants including Sam Blagg Charles Carter Elisha Barnard and others and unknown heirs to appear January 1 1933 in the Grayson County District Court to answer a suit by J A Denton Sr and W A Denton for title and to remove clouds from title to Lot 1 Block 6 in Jones & Wainwrights Addition Sherman Texas with claims of fee simple ownership and adverse possession dating back to September 1 1932.
Plaintiffs seek judgment for title and possession prior to October 1 1932 and ask the court to remove any clouds on their title. They request quieting of title and such further relief as law or equity provides. The writ is returnable to the District Court of Grayson County Texas and dated November 28 1932.
The Methodist Missionary Society will hold its annual Harvest Day program next Tuesday December 6 at the home of Mrs Roscoe Gillett starting at eleven in the morning and continuing into the afternoon. The observance helps auxiliaries close their year's work and all women are urged to be present.
A retro fitness ad promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat loss formula. It urges daily half teaspoonfuls in hot water before breakfast, plus dietary cuts of pastry fats and sugar. It claims four weeks to measure fat loss on the scales and offers a money back guarantee if health or vigor does not improve.
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