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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1932
Page
5
A long list of visitors and locals travel between Trenton Dallas Sherman Denison and surrounding towns this week. Notable names include Alfred Hughes O L Jones H T Atterberry Jim Meador and several families visiting relatives in Leonard Dallas Sherman and Madill among others. Silman's Grocery promotes itself as the peoples friend.
Denton visitors Mr and Mrs J W Wilson spent Saturday in Whitewright. Fort Worth couple Mr and Mrs R H Jay visited Mrs G W Pope. Several families hosted relatives and friends including the McElvaneys from Dallas and King, Bailey, and others. The Henderson Players present The First Year at Palace Theatre Tuesday for American Legion charity.
The family of Sear G. W. Pope and children thank everyone for help and sympathy during illness and death.
Mrs J H Moss of Howe visited her sister Mrs J J Silman. Ed Hash bought the Magnolia filling station at Bells and moved there with his family. J Speed seeks a cleaning and pressing plant site while White is a preferred location. Mr and Mrs Gomer May and son Thomas Kirk stayed weekend here then moved to Fort Worth for pharmaceutical studies with Fender May joining.
J R Fleming recovering in Sherman hospital after a severe shingles attack that menaced his eye with possible vision loss. Visitors Mrs Ray McLean and two sons of Cooper saw him. Oklahoma arrest of Ted Cox for shooting two men in a card game led to his detention in Sherman. Local residents attend training at Travis Street Methodist Church with 150 participants through Friday.
Relatives and friends gathered at the First Baptist Church in Van Alstyne Sunday for the funeral of Mrs. D L Lewis who died suddenly of heart failure at age 76. She had lived in Van Alstyne about fifty years and was a longtime Baptist member noted for initiating yearly teacake boxes to the Dallas orphans home. She was the step mother of D R Lewis of Whitewright.
The Ways and Means Committee drafts a revenue measure proposing a federal gross receipts tax on electricity. A 5 percent levy on monthly bills is suggested, expected to raise over 100 million dollars annually. The plan aims to bolster Treasury funds with minimal public harm compared to other tax ideas.
A list of stain removal methods for common spills. Lemon rub for rust or perspiration, sun drying for several stains, borax and cold water for chocolate, milk soaking for ink, and lard or soap washes for grease. Includes coffee, fruit, and rust stain guidance.
Local notes report Elvin Petty and Maurice Hughes in McKinney on business. Charley Adams suffers a leg wound from an iron horseshoe, treated by Dr. Norman in Trenton with fifteen stitches. Flu illness widespread. many names listed as sufferers. poem laments the demon flu.
A $5 bill cycles through John Frank and George settling debts. John borrows from Will, pays Frank, Frank pays George, George pays John, and the same $5 returns to Will. All debts are cleared and everyone is happy.
Women buy a majority of goods in the United States influencing sales across many categories including 85 percent of all goods and 80 percent of electrical appliances and radios. The pattern extends to drug supplies 75 percent, mens socks 75, suits 71, shoes 68, neckwear 68, autos 51 and hardware 51 percent.
A windstorm Wednesday night around 1 15 damaged Whitewright and Sherman areas. Windows blown out and several outbuildings damaged. Highway 160 work halted for hours. Reports say Sherman saw more damage including a box car off track and windows at the temporary courthouse. Bright sun and springlike weather followed Thursday morning.
A European scientist says a female grasshopper lays 600 to 800 eggs per laying and a single grasshopper may produce 15 000 to 400 000 descendants in a year. The figures underline rapid potential population growth.
In Boston, Democrats split between Roosevelt and Smith ahead of the New Hampshire presidential primary. Massachusetts leaders including Senators Walsh and Coolidge, Governor Ely, and party chair Donahue back Smith as the state positions itself for the national contest. Efforts also target relief for Sweden’s July storm aftermath.
Cuba forecasts its current sugar harvest will exceed 3,000,000 tons, signaling strong production prospects for the season. The government cites favorable weather and expanding fields as contributing factors to the expected yield.
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