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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
6
The Whitewright Sun announces owners and subscriptions and warns of corrections for erroneous reflections. It notes advertising charges for notices of entertainments and memorials, and adds a holiday message urging local spending to boost the town as Christmas nears.
Sherman pushes sale of 15000 additional stock for the Red River Valley Fair. He mentions ongoing efforts and progress over the past several years with a plan to complete the offering.
The article notes the treasury department will release new dollar bills with twice the durability, but the author expresses skepticism, noting they never wore out any bill in their possession.
The Whitesboro Lions meet the Whitewright Tigers Friday afternoon in the season ender. Whitesboro has not beaten Whitewright in football for eight to ten years, and the Tigers must maintain that edge to preserve local prestige.
The Dallas football season drew 92,763 fans paying 167,156.26 in gate receipts before Thanksgiving. The high point was the A. and M. versus S. M. A. game on November 10 with 19,176 attendees paying 44,885.20. Great is football.
The county paper reports election results: Democrats 1695, Republicans 194, Socialists 13. The writer notes no Hoover Democrats in Leake County Mississippi and expresses nostalgia for birthplace county.
A businessman pursues self employment and needs credit backing. Lenders review his past record to judge if he is a trustworthy borrower. An excellent moral risk leads to approval. a poor one means denial and returns to the old routine.
A drunk father who killed his son in Chicago was found not guilty after showing extreme sorrow and remorse. The judge and jury were moved to tears, and the district attorney declined to pursue further prosecution. The editorial notes forgiveness is possible, but memory endures the stain of innocent blood.
The clipping bundles witty lines and quips from papers like the Punch Fact, Wall Street Journal, Brooklyn Times, Macon Telegraph, Detroit News and New York Evening Sun. It lampoons liquor, schooling, oculists, battleships, and bandit lore with brisk humor.
The New Yorker quotes drinkers who say many supporters will back the Republican nominee and that non-enforcement should stay with a party experienced in that line of work.
Honor roll names for grades one through seven. First grade includes Margie Nell Blanton Alba Elizabeth Dickerman Margaret England Marcelle Gosnell J W Jones. Second grade lists Fred Starr Jr Louise Jared Aline Pennington Sarah Belle Gillet Jo Nell Keeling Fred Coley Ray Mooneyham Thomas Dan Sears Bobbie Nell Cox Hamilton Vestal Jo Willa Stateville Norma Frances Donigan Patsy Jean Young Louise Magers. Third grade features Amateene Rector Litha Sue Hollingsworth Joann Everheart James Lay Anita Vestal Marguerite Allison. Fourth grade lists Katie Ford Anna Lee Yowell Margaret Lilley Dorothy LaRoe Claudine Glidewell Gladys Gosnell Louise Gladden Pauline Coley Isabel Craig Lytle Biggerstaff Jay Lee Vestal Percy Darwin. Fifth grade includes Ray Truett Robert Truett Dorothy Tate Edith Mae Sears Jack Lay Lula Lee Vestal Dwight Coley Inez Coffey. Sixth grade lists Elizabeth Davidson Robert Doss Monabelle Biggerstaff Ruth Jopling Norma Joe Mangrum Billie Earl Montgomery Marl Ryan Thomas Sears David Smith. Seventh grade features Dick Montgomery Guy Hamilton Jr Mary Joe Sears Sarah Janway Elizabeth Keeling Agnes Coffey Ruth Gosnell Pauline Magers Billie Magar.
The kitchen earns a modern look through practical design and durable finishes. Emphasis is on simple decor, color schemes like orange and gray, and functional additions such as a clock calendar scales and a pulley clothes line with a 32 foot cord. Guidance from Mrs. Gilmore Webster and others in the Home Economics Committee.
Dr. Ross R. May led the Friday Rotary Club session with a paper on medical ethics. Visitors Eugene Cherry Sid Little Jim Tong of Sherman Rotary and Lloyd Wright of Mt. Pleasant contributed brief talks.
The Sun advertises engraved calling cards in various styles as a holiday present with new name plates. Prices run from 2.50 to 5.00 per hundred, and orders are encouraged now.
Miss Myrtle Badgett and Miss Dorothy Porter connect across Sherman Marshall and Whitewright while Porter, former local high school teacher, visits friends. Dorcas Circle at Central Christian Church will serve homemade chili in the Telephone building Saturday. Mr and Mrs H G Russell celebrate their fifty third wedding anniversary. Rev G M McNeilly and family visit from Broken Bow Oklahoma, a former pastor of Whitewright First Baptist.
D. S. McMillin former grandmaster Rev. J W Willbanks B B Hall and Jesse Melver attend the Texas Grand Lodge of Masons annual meeting convened in Waco on Monday. Mr Hall serves as the elected representative of the local Masonic Lodge at the Grand Lodge.
Miss Edna Rathbun becomes the first to receive a Christmas gift as the Presbyterian Church members and neighbors pipe her home for natural gas. Gas lines were installed and stoves set up, completed Monday, letting her enjoy the early present well before others.
The Boston Evening Transcript notes that 283 Americans earn more than 1 million dollars annually. It suggests if you cannot achieve such wealth you can still gain the pleasure of supporting these top earners through charitable or civic contributions.
Washington Post remarks that the younger generation did not expend 12 million dollars on an election already settled by The Literary Digest, implying a critique of youth spending patterns compared to established opinion.
The latest census shows Texas with an Indian population of 2 109. The largest tribe is the Alabamas in Polk County.
Banks announce a monthly service fee starting January 1 1929 on accounts with average daily balances below 50 dollars and more than three checks in a month. A 50 cent charge slips on January 28 and each following month, with exemptions for certain accounts and no charge if under three checks. The policy explains rising costs and aim to offset losses from small balances.
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