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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
1
The State Fire Insurance Commission lowered Whitewright fire rates by nine percent for the policy year starting March 1. The cut, reversing 1925 losses and 1928 gains, is expected to save residents over $2,000. Officials urge daily fire prevention to restore a good fire record.
R. W. Gallaher a longtime Whitewright drugman died in the W O W Hospital San Antonio at 4 25 Friday after nearly five years as a patient He was 52 and raised at Savoy The service conducted by Elder W N Carter was at Savoy Church of Christ Burial at Sunnyside Cemetery He served on the Whitewright school board and was a lifelong Church of Christ member Survived by wife two sons and a daughter resident of Waco Attended by Whitewright friends across the region
Governor Moody attached his signature to thirteen bills this session, including measures to raise county court salaries, regulate park sites, verify cattle ownership by brands, extend teacher certificates, allow credit unions in cities, and fund court and school expenses. A smallpox case prompted quarantine actions in Whitewright with vaccination for fifty residents. health officials pledged continued enforcement cooperation.
Local dairy equipment dealers report rising interest in dairying in the Whitewright section. A dealer noted more inquiries last week than the prior month and expected sales to rise next month. Demand for good dairy cows cannot be met, a farmer reported selling about 60 dollars worth of milk monthly and planning to add cows, signaling broader adoption in Grayson County.
A district team from Denison Whitewright Van Alstyne and Pottsboro will exemplify the masters degree at the Sherman Masonic temple Friday at 730 PM A banquet for Masons and their wives follows at 8 PM Visiting Masons from Durant and Hendrix Oklahoma will witness the work The Rev H R Long of Denison and Rev Jap Manton of Sherman will speak after the banquet Participants include Dan S McMillin J N Powell Reese Bowen CC W Whitehead C W Coward and others from Denison Whitewright Van Alstyne Pottsboro
The Pilot Grove basketball team defeated Tioga 26 to 16 at Cawthon Gym in Sherman to claim the Class B county title. Burks and Bow led Pilot Grove with high point totals while Davis and Nickson led Tioga. The win marks a second consecutive Class B banner for Pilot Grove as the town rallies behind its squad.
Governor Moody ordered a reprieve for Bill Smith who faced electrocution for the death of Sheriff Bob Smith in Fisher County and for Robert F. Blake who was to be executed for the killing of J Fred Conner in Swisher County. Alienists assess Smith's sanity as the State Pardon Board reviews a commutation plea.
The Sherman Daily Democrat recounts a 17 degree below zero thermometer reading on Gray's Hill thirty years ago near Sherman Texas the coldest in the area and possibly the state. Other notes cite 10 and 11 below zero records with conflicting figures but agreement on a record-breaking deep freeze.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas is selected as Democratic whip for the Seventy-First Congress to begin in April, succeeding Rhode Island's Senator Peter Gerry. The steering committee notes his perfect attendance record and reliability in party leadership with no opposition to his designation.
Central Christian Church Missionary Society met at Mrs. J E Mangrum's home with Miss Tommie Chenoweth leading. Members discussed Mexico and Latin America, with talks on history and religion, a crisis in Mexico, and early days in Mexico. Mrs J R Fleming gave a devotional and piano solo by Norma Joe Mangrum.
D. E. Low led Friday's Rotary Club meeting with Rev. J. T. Purvis as the principal speaker. Purvis discussed the unknown in man, noting how great inventions begin as ideas pictured in the mind before becoming real.
Jefferson Lafayette Taylor, 76, longtime Pilot Grove resident, died at Wilson N. Jones hospital in Sherman from pneumonia. He leaves two sons, two daughters and a widow, with funeral set at 2 p.m. in Pilot Grove Cemetery, officiated by ministers from Van Alstyne and nearby churches. He was a 63 year Church of Christ member and a prominent southwest Grayson County citizen.
In Lovington New Mexico a double burial honors Tom Ross and Walter McGonigal two lifelong friends linked by cattle country after Ross once known as Charlie Cannon killed a ranch foreman Hayward then took his own life amid a 30 below zero night. The crowd from Texas and New Mexico filled the small church and cemetery as cowmen acted as pallbearers and witnessed the end of a turbulent chapter.
Ozro Lee Sloan WWI hero died Thursday morning at Leonard hospital after weeks of illness. He volunteered after war outbreak, served in the Second Division and landed in France in 1917. He survived a German machine gun nest fight, earning American and French medals. He was married to Grace Henderson and left two sons, and is survived by his parents and siblings. Funeral at Pilot Grove Baptist Church led by Rev. J. H. Hawkins.
McKinney has been chosen to host this year’s North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The session at First Methodist Church begins Oct. 23 with eight lay and eight clerical delegates selected for the General Conference and a pending school merger decision by the Texas Methodist Educational Commission.
In Austin Governor Dan Moody granted R B Jackson a sixty day furlough to return home and care for his 99 year old grandmother. Jackson, a Dallas burglary convict serving a two year sentence, received clemency after his grandmother pleaded in the governor’s office recounting Civil War memories.
Former Dallas district congressman and Texas Electric Railway president Jack Beall died suddenly of a heart attack at 6 p.m. Tuesday at his home 8725 Turtle Creek Boulevard. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at the residence with burial in Oakland Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and son Jack Beall Jr. of Dallas.
Whitewright schools shut down Monday afternoon through next Monday morning as a precaution after several scarlet fever cases, traced to the Vestal family. Doctors advised a one week closure to prevent potential spread, with re opening planned if no new cases arise.
United States Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow announces the engagement of his daughter Anne Spencer Morrow to Col Charles A. Lindbergh. Anne, 22, studied at Smith College and earned two prizes for scholarship. The Mexican capital and diplomatic circle view the match as a potential romance following Lindbergh’s Washington to Mexico City flight.
A Texas report by Representative Walter Back and Harris County Auditor Washburn estimates 416.706 million dollars to pave all 17 960 miles of the state highway system. It notes 377.8 million would finish the Federal aid system highways. Under a bond plan most work could be done in six years, with total road income of 662.906 million in that period.
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