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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists a subscription price of 1.50 per year payable in advance and notes second class mail status. It states notices of entertainments and dinners with admission fees will be billed at regular advertising rates, as well as obituaries and memorials. It invites corrections for any erroneous reflections brought to the publisher.
A prosperous crop year boosts community morale with contentment and goodwill. New jet space and a planned park retreat reflect expanding enterprise. Christmas displays brighten Whitewright stores while driving etiquette and higher insurance costs for fireworks’re warned. Daniel Upthegrove promotes rail safety against pending Congress rail measures recalling Greenville Texas ox wagon days.
A Whitewright resident sought adventure and asked an old man the distance to Leonard. The reply hinted it would feel longer once reached. The tale mirrors a Savoy joke about Bells two and a half miles away, noting the traveler would be two and a half miles from town once there.
The county commissioners vow to finish highway improvements in the county beyond Whitewright to satisfy taxpayers and meet local demands for better roads. The statement signals ongoing focus on infrastructure and constituent expectations in the taxpaying area.
Lee Simmons is reelected president of the Sherman Chamber of Commerce and the Red River Valley Fair Association, securing the 1924 exposition. Plans include a 1844 to present county development pageant, a new athletic stadium, and enhanced fair features.
The stadium and athletic field will host the pageant as part of the R. R. V. Fair with dates September 29 through October 4. Mrs. Howard Brodhead drew a full house at Central Christian Church with her reading The Other Wise Man. Whitewright residents praise her as a top Texas entertainer. Genevieve Davidson visited Bailey earlier this week, staying with Roberta Sloan.
Local market lists steak at 20 cents per pound chuck roast 15 cents rib roast 12 cents per pound. A note mentions J H Biggerstaff as part of the market. The rest references a convention on weather with rain chosen to preside over the gathering of natural forces.
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