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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
3
Dallas visitors include Tocals and Mr. and Mrs. H H Sears. Pierce's Cafe promotes its best service. Byron Sears and others visit Sherman, Durant, and Celina. Leslie Hardware Co. advertises gifts at $1.00. Odeon to show Keeper of the Bees and Lucky Horseshoe with Tom Mix. Many locals and relatives plan holidays in Strawn Waxahachie Farmersville and Amarillo.
R. L. Johnson promotes lasting gifts and invites readers to visit to choose before selections are exhausted, emphasizing thoughtful presents and timely help.
Miss Mary Rena Penn, a teacher at the Columbia Institute in Columbia Tennessee, is spending the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Penn.
D. B. Tate and his family, who have lived at the W. T. Truett homestead for the past year, will relocate on January 1 to the Hopkins place now occupied by Miss Gertrude Schooling and her mother, a property Tate has purchased.
Mrs J Q Adams and sons of Rouse City and Mrs Lois Watkins of Grosebeck visit relatives W T Ross. Miss Emma Davidson teaching in Henryetta and Miss Geneieve Davidson teaching in Purcell spend holidays with the Davidson family. Mr and Mrs George Park reside in Ed Doss residence in Northwest Whitewright after restoration.
Wear Ever Aluminum Turkey Roasters priced small 3.95 medium 4.95 large 5.95. Leslie Hardware Co Sherman Miss Justine Park attending CIA at Denton and Miss Mary Park teaching Brady schools spending holidays with their father S A Park. J H Gosnell bought Dan Smith residence on South Bend street and will move soon.
Mr and Mrs D B Tate visited their daughter Mrs Maurice Hughes in Van Alstyne on Sunday. Hughes had been two weeks in a Sherman hospital but returned home last week.
The oyster season is at its best now and the establishment highlights serving the best available. Local eatery promotes top quality shellfish as prime choice for seafood lovers.
Mr Brown a student minister from Fort Worth preached at Central Christian Church to a large Whitewright crowd. He impressed locals with energy sincerity and affable manner. After Bible school at TCU he will join pastoral work at a future posting.
At a Tickville society function next Wednesday the host plans a write up with full attendee names. Luke Mathewson laments that the public does not treat a candidate properly while the aspiring official hammers home his fitness, warning that the country will suffer if not elected, as voters choose another.
Austin, Texas, Dec. 18. Governor grants five pardons two full pardons three conditional pardons one remission of jail sentence three furloughs and revocation of a parole, raising total clemency proclamations to 1,137. Counts include 675 pardons with 211 full and 464 conditional, plus 67 parole grants and 131 citizenship restorations.
The gifts you seek are here at Johnson's. Come early and make your selection.
Frisby Hancock may open his wife’s cocoanut gift now. Washington Hocks notes some photos resemble people and others unsettle. Sile Kilden jokes about weddings, weather, and Tickville showers. Yam Sims laughs at missed meals, then cannot tell if they matter. Clab Hancock’s birthday passes with little effect. Sid Hocks predicts another moneyless Christmas. Poke Tarley negotiates for a pig, likening it to a wayward woman. Luke Mathewsla doubts a longevity rule, cites Columbus Allsop’s dinner fate. Wild Onion’s home talent aviator ends with gas joke, kept suspense by soda-pop bottle. Tickville depot cow plot and Tidings editor’s invitation noted.
A Christmas suggestion proposes a year long Sun subscription as a gift. It states the weekly delivery renews friendship and kindness between giver and recipient and appeals to entire families who will enjoy it throughout 1926 for $1.50.
A Texas Public Service Information Bureau study finds that highway and traffic rules in big cities curb in-town business, while smaller cities benefit as residents prefer local shopping. The report notes widespread focus on traffic congestion nationwide and its impact on commerce.
The Richardson Echo notes merchants in several cities moved from opposing parking limits to accepting some control. They now see street use beyond moving vehicles harms business through delays. The paper suggests the ultimate fix may be banning parking in business streets and providing off street storage, freeing streets for car traffic and benefiting motorists.
Henryetta Oklahoma December 21 A unique call to Buchanan Undertaking Company asked if Santa Claus was dead A boy caller said his mother claimed Santa was dead to avoid disappointing him at Christmas An investigation showed the family is destitute and the father is unemployed Plans are underway to ensure the boy and family have a real Christmas bonds of aid are being organized by local supporters
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