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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
3
Sherman visitors and East Texas trips thread through a list of local scenes. Will Looney touts furniture bargains and WilLooney ads fill the page while others trade news of debt and health. The town records plantings, repairs, and social doings with a stream of names and small events.
Miss Hazel Dunley visits grandparents near town while Rev. C. C. Childress and family host a church reception. T. H. Sears reports a France-bound son in a letter postmarked before the armistice. others visit from Wesley College and plan release from the 8S.A.T.C. Subscription and local relocations are noted including Dyer moving to East Whitewright and Claude Cox on furlough from Camp Travis.
Superintendent Harry Durham battles teacher shortages as influenza halves attendance at White Wright Public School. Five teachers are ill while Durham aims to preserve the year's plan and organization until conditions improve. Mrs. Thomas E. Barbee to chair Red Cross membership drives starting December 16 at Sherman Red Cross rooms.
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