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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
5
Local notes report visits and illnesses among residents. J C Gillespie and families travel to Dallas and Sherman, with several others visiting here or recovering from pneumonia. Promotions and new postings at Tom Bean and Fort Smith are noted, plus local shops advertising eggs and auto parts.
R L Johnson has purchased the Mrs CC Bailey residence on Maple street and will occupy it next spring.
Gordon Bros. offer 30 cents a dozen in trade for eggs. Frank Alverson travels to Abilene as a witness for a murder trial set for Monday. Pierce's Cafe proclaims Where good things to eat and the best people meet. Olive Neff attends a Dallas style show to buy millinery for Hudson Davis & Co. D. W. Davis ships stock to Knox City to join his brother in a store there.
Dr Minnie Harmon Pirtle formerly of this place and now a Dallas resident has moved to Denison and orders The Sun sent to 831 W Main St.
An advertisement urges readers to repair old shoes now and directs them to the R. S. Morehead Electric Shoe Shop as the place to get the work done. The line emphasizes timely service and a specific shop location.
Gordon Bros grocers advertise to buy 1000 dozen eggs this week paying 30 cents per dozen in trade. They demand no deviations. The ad also notes a product claim for 666 quickly relieves a cold.
Oscar O Touchstone born and raised in Ida community west of town was elected president of the Dallas Bar Association at a meeting held last Saturday.
An ad touts fair prices, good workmanship, and best materials used in all shoe repair work by R. 8S More head.
Mrs. John Everheart and two daughters visit Mr. and Mrs. Henry Everheart in the Kentucky town area. Mrs. Everheart plans to travel to Long Beach California in a few days to join her husband and establish their home there. Local shop Morehead's offers tire and tube work with workmanship, service, and fair prices.
Bob Bow displayed a crate of grapefruit from the Rio Grande Valley at Bow-Wright Drug Company attracting notice. The fruit is noted as larger and sweeter than California and Florida varieties. It also mentions Rio Grande Valley oranges as larger and sweeter and offers 30 cents a dozen for eggs in trade this week.
J. R. Fleming moves into a new bungalow on West Main after his home, burned out three times in twelve years, is rebuilt. He lost all household goods and clothing in fires in 1911 1918 and again several months ago, then recovered and relocated.
Whitewright Electric Company manager Howard Brachead says if fair weather holds, reducing stations at Whitewright and Bells will be finished in two to three weeks and connected to the Texas Power and Light Company grid.
The latest bulletin on Max Pope after a week with pneumonia notes he is somewhat better though still in danger. Mrs. Pope remains ill but not seriously. Friends of the couple hope for a speedy recovery barring complications.
Heavy rains have left roads in poor condition with deep ruts. Farmers come to town in wagons now, as even the owner of an automobile returns to wagon use for supplies. One farmer note marks it the first wagon trip in years. Another local farmer uses only the two front wheels of his wagon, a rarity in Whitewright.
Rev. Robert F. Jones remembers Christopher Sears born in North Carolina in 1804 who died in July 1881 at his home in Fannin County Texas. Sears married in Alabama, joined the Cumberland Presbyterians then the Primitive Baptists, raised twelve children, many of whom survived and became Christians. He moved to Texas in 1851 with his family amid sparse settlement, facing early community hardships.
Vernon Rector reports Brother Sears died peacefully after Twenty eight years as church builder and devoted member. He opened his home to a minister and funded a church bearing his name where he attended services until death. He fed the hungry and inspired many with strong faith and charity. R. F. Jones notes his exemplary life and enduring legacy.
Norman McFatridge purchased the Whitewright Bakery from Harry Whitlock and is cleaning, painting, and rearranging the shop. He learned the baking trade under Shorty Lane seven or eight years ago, served as a baker in World War I, then worked in Oklahoma City and Ranger. He aims to provide the bakery service the people want, predicting business success.
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