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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
5
Whitewright notes show numerous locals and guests from Dallas Sherman Lubbock and Denison visiting relatives and friends. Several train of events include bridge club gatherings and church activities, plus mentions of illnesses travel and a bank conversion in Houston with Clau d R Truett in a vicepresidial role.
Bill Jones reports Roberts Co. offers the best men’s work shoes with new models added. Footwear priced from 1.89 to 2.95 and lavishes on lace boots. Fresh country butter 10 to 20 cents a pound. They pay top prices for well cured country ham and bacon. Roberts Co. remains a good trading place.
The Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Floyd Harris’s home. Frances Phillips presided as president. Yearbooks were distributed. Members discussed goals in bedroom, pantry, and yard improvements presented by L D Cassetty, M C Hightower, and P H Connelly. One guest, Mrs. Claud Phillips, attended along with nine members.
W E Herriage of Harrison in Fannin County describes saving cured pork by smoking with green hickory for about 36 hours and turning brown to prevent souring after warm weather. unsmoked meat spoiled. The piece ends with a Toledo Blade quip about money.
Mrs. Guy Hamilton hosted the Whitewright Music Club as they studied Russia. Highlights included violin and piano solos, a duet singing the Russian anthem, a Tschaikovsky Troika solo, a historic Russian music sketch, a one act Russian play, and a Lark piano piece. Officers elected were Mrs. Bryant as vice president and Mrs. McMillin as corresponding secretary. A salad course followed.
Will H. Evans of Sherman spoke at a Rotary Club luncheon on the topic The Little Things of Life, sharing personal incidents. Rev. C. W. Dennis invited him to present the talk at the Methodist Church Sunday night. Whitewright hosts a three month attendance contest across the 48th Rotary district starting Feb 1. Whitewright aims for a 52nd meeting with perfect attendance, hoping to defend the cup from Garland Rotary Club.
Mr. Will H. Evans of Sherman will speak at the Methodist Church next Sunday evening at 7 15 about The Little Things of Life. He is a layman speaking from experience. The pastor preaches at 11 am and invites all friends and especially the youth. A Seth Parker program is planned for Wednesday evening February 7 with a welcoming note from Pastor C W Dennis.
Sun office offers carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale, highlighting supplies for clerical work and writing tasks. The listing emphasizes compatibility with standard typewriters and practical office use.
A Texas-Oklahoma Boy Scout council meeting at W. H. Halton’s Denison home elected officers for 1933. W. H. Halton was reappointed president with a large slate including J. Rodgers Bonham and C. J Meador Whitewright as vice presidents and Henry Etter Denison as treasurer.
Hon Cyclone Davis will speak at the Grayson County court house in Sherman next Saturday February 3 at 2 p.m. The talk, referencing John the Baptist and figures like Bryan, aims to rally support for Better County and State Government for Fewer Dollars in Taxes. H A Ivy secretary.
Athens Ga Professor A S Edwards of the University of Georgia says the so called lie detector lacks value in criminology. His tests with students show the device measures fear not truth, yielding no reliable indication of guilt. He notes earlier work by C Fere in 1888 and that he began using the device in 1910.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb will lead at 11 a m with the topic The place of the Presbyterian Church in Nation and Kingdom Building and at 7 p m on The Unwelcome Christ.
Bonham area reports an industrial payroll of 156 million dollars while New England with similar size and population shows about 1.1 billion dollars in payroll. The data contrasts regional manufacturing scale.
A testimonial from Alice Burns claims Adlerika cured decades of constipation and sour stomach. The ad urges readers to obtain Adlerika at leading druggists, presenting a positive personal result and urging purchase.
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