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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1928
Page
5
Fort Worth visitors and friends travel through Sherman Dixon and Denison. Notable names include Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brown, Hubert Cox, John Valentine, Dr. Ross R. May, Emmet Penn, J. M. Wright, Earl Hill, Miss Bertha Lee, James Wallis, Dr. W. J. Doss, Roy Miller, Noel Roach, W. C. Huffines, and Grace England. Gordon's Cash Grocery and Pierce's Cafe advertise produce and meals.
Mr Ira Fleming and Mrs Fleming along with Miss Mollie Wright visited friends in Sherman on Sunday.
Farmers advertise 18 cents for large hens through Saturday noon at Nicholson's Cash Grocery. Mrs Neville Pierce of Waxahachie visits parents O W Myrick. Several residents visit relatives in Strawn, Celina, Grape Vine, Van Alstyne, Trenton, Denison, Dallas, Memphis and Greenville. Rev Purvis and Rev McSpedden attend services. Swift's teabone steak promoted at Nicholson's Cash Grocery.
Nicholson's Cash Grocery proclaims high prices for hens and eggs. Better Oils lists per gallon rates for Medium 45c Heavy 55c and E Z Ford oil 75c. Miss Margaret Barbee, attending Trinity University in Waxahachie, visits her parents Mr and Mrs T E Barbee in Whitewright while Mr and Mrs Floyd Everheart and children of Sherman visit relatives here Sunday.
J. W. McMurry Jr. and Tommie Bradley, students at Austin College in Sherman, spent the weekend here visiting relatives.
Miss Mac Reed, a high school teacher, spent the weekend in Trenton visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Y. B. Reed.
C. W. Hampton who oversees road construction in Abilene spent the past week visiting here with his wife and children.
Nicholson's Cash advertises garden seed from Northrup King & Co and Irish seed potatoes for sale.
Various residents and relatives visit and travel between Dallas Jefferson Sherman Tulsa and Loganport. Names include Earl Wallace E L Bonham S E Gist Mary Johnson C A McLean Lula Mare Caylor Pauline Bradley Lucile Pritchett and Grafton Montgomery. Local businesses advertise services and goods plus eye fittings and hens for sale.
Mrs. Pascal Cox recuperates after a serious operation at Baylor Hospital in Dallas last week. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Spindle hosted Sunday guests including Mrs. W. E. Andrews and her daughter from Thorp Springs, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Gilley and children from Ector, and Frank Spindle of Sherman. J. W. Pender and Bishop Alexander of Greenville are supervising roof work on the Huffines Lindsey building, formerly Whitewright residents now based in Greenville with a plumbing and tinning business.
Frank Roberts mailed a check to renew his Sun subscription for two years in advance, ensuring no renewal until 1930. He grew up in Whitewright, now lives in Waco, and travels for a large gin manufacturing company. His wife, also from Whitewright, may have urged sending the payment.
T W Yant, a leading Honey Grove farmer who arrived in Whitewright 34 years ago with eleven dollars, visits R C Montgomery and old friends. He reflects on his journey from Tennessee and his gratitude for past favors while touring North Texas communities.
Mrs. R. J. Smith, mother of Fred W. Smith, superintendent of Whitewright schools, died at her Tahoka home at 3 AM after a brief illness. He traveled from Whitewright Monday, arriving Monday night, five hours before her death. Funeral and burial were held in Tahoka on Wednesday as friends sent telegrams of sympathy.
The Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 54 will meet at Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday February 14 at 7 pm. Important business. All members urged to attend. Flora L Harbet N G Ruth Gattis V G Paul Delfel Secretary.
Three services are planned next Sunday at the Church of Christ. Bible classes begin at ten o'clock with an emphasis on punctual attendance and adding new names to the roll. The minister Brother Waldrum will preach at eleven in the morning and at seven fifteen in the evening with a Young People's meeting at six fifteen.
Next Sunday evening the third sermon in a series on Life After Death titled Our Home In Heaven will examine what it is what we do there who will be there and how we get there Pastor J H Hawkins invites all to attend at seven o clock for a blessing from the study of this theme
Rev Purvis will preach Sunday with morning and evening services. Morning topic Practical Christianity and a strong evening evangelistic message. Bible school at 10, communion and sermon at 11, Junior Christian Endeavor at 3 led by Mrs Vestal, and an evening service at 7. Women's Missionary meeting postponed to Monday Feb 20. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7. Reporter.
Community Sunday school for all in Orangeville every Sunday morning. Oscar Bowen serves as superintendent. Preaching alternates between Baptist and Methodist churches most Sundays. The Reporter notes the program is thriving but seeks broader participation.
A poem notes the wife of a farmer rising at dawn to manage lunches, milking cows, planting, cooking, sewing, chores, and running errands. Despite a full set of duties she is listed as "Housewife, No Occupation" in assessor records.
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