Christmas Pageant Planned at Methodist Church
The Christmas pageant Heart Gifts will be given at the Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 pm directed by Mrs Roby Childress with assistants Mrs T E Sears Mrs G F Bryant and Miss Maude Mangrum. Cast includes Scoffer Rev Ben Sturdivant Christmas fairy Madge Sears Spirit of Christmas Janice McIver three story tellers Mary Lou Ross Lucy Craig Una Mae Mangrum and others. Regular church services will be held Sunday at usual hours.
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Heart
Methodist Church
Roby Childress
T. E. Sears
G. F. Bryant
Maude Mangrum
Scoffer
Ben Sturdivant
Madge Sears
Janice McIver
Mary Lou Ross
Lucy Craig
Una Mae Mangrum
Christmas Pageant At Baptist Church Tuesday Evening
A Christmas pageant will be presented at the Baptist Church Tuesday evening at seven o'clock, in connection with the annual Christmas tree event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptists Church
Presbyterian Church Christmas Pageant and Tree Program
A Christmas pageant and Christmas tree program will be presented at the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.
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Presbyterian Church
White Gifts for the King Christmas program at Central Christian
Central Christian Church in Whitewright presented a lavish Christmas program titled White Gifts for the King. The white and gold themed service featured a choir, gift ceremony for the King, and talks to a large audience. Other city churches canceled services for the event. Christmas Eve services were planned by nearby churches.
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Whitewright
Central Christian Church
Whitewright Schools Dismiss For Holidays
Whitewright public schools dismissed last Friday at noon for the Christmas holidays and will not resume until Monday December 30. Some campuses planned a longer break to January 2 but the board decided the holiday period ends Monday. No New Year holiday will be granted this year. Orbin Blanton of the Texas Military Institute at San Antonio is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr and Mrs C S Blanton.
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Whitewright
Smith
Board of Education
Orbin Blanton
The
Texas Military Institute At
San Antonio
Mrs
Cc. S. Blanton
Christmas Greetings From White Wright Business Men
The Sun presents sixteen pages of Christmas messages from White Wright business men to patrons and friends. Most town businesses are represented as friends who spend to wish readers a merry Christmas. The paper extends merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year wishes in return.
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the Sun
Whitewright
The
Sun
Whitewright Cotton Gins Report 5083 Bales To Date
The four Whitewright gins have ginned 5083 bales of cotton this season. Remnants of bolls will not greatly affect the total. Receipts at off city gins or the local cotton yard are not included. Last year the gins in operation here produced 4793 bales, indicating a gain of 290 bales for the Whitewright area.
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Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Expression Recital Highlights Whitewright School
Miss Lucille LaRoe led a grammar school recital with ten girls singing Silent Night and a concluding playlet. The program included solos, duets, scenes like The Doll’s Funeral, and performances by Claudine Glidewell Dorothy Joan Gillett Dorothy Frances Darwin and others.
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Lucille LaRoe
Whitewright
LaRoe
C. B. Bryant III
Claudine Glidewell
James McFerrin
Us Two
Joe Villa
Dorothy Frances Darwin
Clyde Johnson
Claudine
Glidewell
Nora
Elizabeth Waggoner
Noel Biggerstaff Dies at 36 in Sherman
Funeral services held for Noel Biggerstaff who died Friday at St Vincent's Sanitarium Sherman. He is survived by three sons. his wife died Sept 5. Services conducted by Rev C C Merritt at his father's Whitewright home. interment at Wittitee Cemetery near Kentuckytown.
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Noel Biggerstaff
St. Vincent’s Sanitarium
Sherman
Chas. Biggerstaff
Whitewright
C. C. Merritt
Whitewright Church
Good Weather Seen for Christmas Beset by Hopeful Forecast
After rain and cold spell, the forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The piece notes children wish for snow, but adults welcome the mild weather.
Postoffice 15 Having Big Christmas Rush
Postmaster B. P. Brents and three assistants handled heavy Christmas mail at Whitewright this week. The office remains prepared for daily rushes. Christmas Day will be a holiday, the second in department history. The 1926 shutdown was the first full closure.
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B. P. Brents
Whitewright
Christmas Greetings From the Baptist Church Pastor
The Sun newspaper greets readers with Christmas wishes from Pastor W. H. Ackley. He hopes for peace and blessings in the coming year, cites Luke 3:14-19, and invites all to a Christmas Eve pageant at 7 p.m. A tree will bear tokens for Sunday school children. Prayer meetings adjust for the event.
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The
Baptist Church
W. H. Ackley
Injured Youth Hurt When Truck Veers Into Ditch
John Brown Henry suffered serious hip injuries when the truck he drove left the Whitewright Sherman road and plunged into a ditch east of Choctaw bridge. The accident occurred as he was moving a final load of household goods to Sherman from Orangeville. doctors fear the hip break may be permanent.
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John Brown Henry
Frank Henry
Choctaw Bridge
Whitewright-Sherman Road
Henry
Sherman
Orangeville
City-Wide Revival Postponed in Whitewright
The Whitewright Ministers Association postponed the city-wide revival planned for the first week in January. Officials cited the Presbyterians tearing down their church and the arrival of Rev. Joe Russell as reasons, planning a new date after his move to Whitewright.
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Whitewright Ministers Association
Presbyterian Church
Joe Russell
Whitewright
Ministers’ Association
Russell
Southern Ice Gives Whitewright Trees
Whitewright receives a twenty foot fir tree at the west street end near city hall, a gift from Southern Ice and Utilities Company. The firm, operating a year round refrigerated ice service, distributed evergreen trees to Grayson County towns and local merchants used them to attract Christmas shoppers and enhance the mercantile center.
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Whitewright
Southern Ice & Utilities Company
Ice Company
Grayson County
Funeral services for Mrs Queen Victoria Bow
Mrs Queen Victoria Bow died Friday morning at her son Billie Bow's home south of Pilot Grove. Funeral was Saturday at 2 PM at Pilot Grove Baptist Church led by Rev J A Henderson. Survived by six children Tony Skipworth Howe Jim Upchurch Billie Bow Lizzie Cameron Lula Phares Inez Hopper. A devoted Christian, she left Pilot Grove’s community a respected citizen.
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Queen Victoria Bow
Billie Bow
Pilot Grove
J. A. Henderson
M. J. Bow
Tony Skipworth
Howe
Jim Upchurch
Burksville
Fender family spending Christmas in Texarkana
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Fender visit Texarkana for the holidays to join their daughter Miss Margreta Fender.
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Rev
Mrs
J. F. Fender
Texarkana
Miss Margreta Fender
Christmas Day Visit Planned by Meador Family
Mr and Mrs Claud Meador and their children will spend Christmas Day in Leonard as guests of Mr and Mrs Y T Manning.
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Claud Meador
Leonard
Y. T. Manning
The Sun Prints Early For Christmas Greetings
The Sun is issued on Monday instead of Thursday so Whitewright businesses can have Christmas greeting messages read in homes before and on Christmas day. The Sun force worked night and day to make this possible. the office will be open throughout the week except Christmas day and will print and write receipts for subscriptions.
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The
Sun
Whitewright
Sun Force
Rotary Club Christmas Program Brightens Whitewright Meet
The Whitewright Rotary Club hosted a Friday luncheon program led by F. E. Douglas and Fred W. Smith. Smith played Santa and distributed gifts from a decorated tree, each presenting a musical instrument. A later concert featured a range of instruments including a Jews harp and Low leading the performance.
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Whitewright
Cotton Ginned This Year Reaches 13.46 Million Bales
Census Bureau reports 13,461,630 bales ginned through December 13, up from 13,144,333 last year and 12,072,763 in 1927. State totals list Alabama 1,237,093 Arkansas 1,287,594 California 203,086 Florida 29,745 Georgia 1,226,644 Louisiana 788,471 Mississippi 1,746,175 Missouri 172,067 New Mexico 74,154 North Carolina 657,034 Oklahoma 1,046,733 South Carolina 750,664 Tennessee 42,685 Texas 3,658,605 Virginia 39,579 and all other states 6,006.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
States
Countywide plan to improve Grayson agriculture discussed
A county meeting at the Chamber of Commerce decided to develop a farm improvement program for Grayson County. Cecil Witten of Denison chairs the committee with Wayne Shearer and B B Wilbanks. C C Morris, Inez Derryberry, R G Gresham, and Lee Simmons assist. The plan aims to boost feed and livestock capacity, especially dairy cattle and poultry, for a 1930 campaign.
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Inez Derryberry
R. G. Gresham
Denison Chamber of Commerce
Lee Simmons
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Will Higgins
Dorchester
Texas
Miss Mardell Pumphrey Visits Pumphrey Family For Holidays
Miss Mardell Pumphrey of Austin College Sherman is spending the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J A Pumphrey.
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Mardell Pumphrey
Austin College
Sherman
Mrs
J. A. Pumphrey
Christmas Visitors From Texas Family Party
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Cox and son of Denton, Mrs. Gordon Riley and children of Tyler and Fred Neff of Denison are spending the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Neff.
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Claud Cox
Denton
Gordon Riley
Tyler
Fred Neff
Denison
A. P. Neff
Fire Credit Prospects for Whitewright in New Year
City Mayor F M Echols urges residents to renew pledges and help Whitewright restore a credible fire record. The article reviews fire losses from 1914 to 1928, noting the loss of the 15 percent good fire record credit and the 12 percent bad fire record charge, with a possible reduction if no major fires occur before March 1, 1929.
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Whitewright
T. A. McMillin Injured In Truck Accident
T. K. McMillin of the Texas Louisiana Power Company suffered painful but not serious injuries when he lost control of a large truck near Andalusia Alabama. He was thrown into the windshield and received multiple cuts including a face wound requiring fourteen stitches. He is expected to be off work about three weeks. Several others on the truck had minor injuries.
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T. K. McMillin
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
T. K
Andalusia
Ala
Turkey Ready for Guillotine Sends Man to Hospital
An enraged Christmas turkey attacked W. E. Praudweine in Los Angeles as he prepared to decapitate it for dinner. The bird kicked the knife from his hand, gashed his right arm, and mauled his shirt before the man was taken to hospital.
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Los Angeles
W. E. Praudweine
Praudweine
Epworth League Holiday Party at Parsonage
Rev and Mrs Hagard hosted the Epworth League gathering at the parsonage Friday evening. Games and contests followed, with Thomas Sears winning a Santa Claus impersonation contest and distributing small candy suckers from a miniature tree. Refreshments included sandwiches and hot chocolate. Nine tenths of the world s asbestos deposits are found in Canada.
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L. G. Hagard
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Santa Claus
Thomas Sears
Canada
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Central Christian
Oliday Town
Mary Graham Bonner
Mrs. Queen Victoria Bow
Rotary Club
Grayson
T. A. McMillin
Turkey
Man
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