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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1928
Page
6
Town items list visits and returns across Denison and nearby towns with many Dallas, Sherman, Bonham, and Pilot Point connections. Notables include J. L. (Jim) Doggett campaigning, Mrs. W. C. Bailey and Ruth Cox visiting, and exchanges at Gordon’s Cash Grocery and M. C. Spivy & Co. groups.
Mrs. C. C. Hodge and daughters from Bonham visit Mrs. T. J. Chenoweth. Clyde Craig leaves for Texas City for work with Texas-Louisiana Power Co. M. C. Spivy & Co. touts new spring stocks with favorable styles and values. Sherman visitors include Mrs. Simmons and others. Eunice Turner hosts guests. Bargain spring goods display emphasizes cash values. Montrose, Dallas trips noted. buyers return from markets with cash values. J. R. North and family from Albuquerque visit local relatives. Chesley Rutledge family moves to Beasley residence after fire damage. W. T. Nicholson attends Texas Poultry Dealers Association meeting in Dallas.
Better Oils prices per gallon listed by Better Produce Co. Miss Gladys Ray judged at Gainesville for the Junior Oratorical Association event where Weatherford College won the loving cup with Philip Moeller's Helen of Troy staged. Rev O M Simpson preached at the local Methodist Church after leading a conference.
W L Gordon, en route from Henryetta Oklahoma to San Angelo, will become assistant manager of a Model Clothing Company men's store there. He spent a few hours with his parents Mr and Mrs R B Gordon here Thursday. The position includes a promotion and higher pay in the chain of stores.
Otto Kuehne of Montreal mailed a time delayed letter to himself to recall his wife’s birthday. The note arrived four years later and reminded him of another birth date, adding a curious twist to a longtime memory.
The Bonham retailer M. C. Spivy & Co. touts every department as fresh and attractive with new merchandise purchased by their two buyers on a recent market trip. Values are described as exceptional.
Whitewright merchants announce free tickets with every 25 cent cash sale or paid account. Tickets admit one or provide discounts at the Palace Theatre on Tuesdays and Saturdays until June 1 1928, not valid for road shows or vaudeville.
On Tuesday afternoon 3 to 5 o'clock Mrs. W. H. King hosted an elaborate Valentine tea at her Maple street home. The event featured red heart decorations, sweet pea and red carnation arrangements, and a program of piano and vocal numbers for about seventy five guests. Mary Dale King distributed valentines as a living souvenir.
Miss Laura Lynne Major was the guest of honor at a Monday evening party hosted by Misses Ray and Central Christian Church members. The Valentine theme featured red hearts, games, valentines, a musical program, toasts, and a rhymed reply from the honoree. Refreshments of sandwiches and coffee concluded the event.
The First Baptist Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11. The morning sermon titled The Nobility of the Conflict. Evening sermon is the fourth in Life After Death series discussing knowledge in heaven and Earthly affairs. Public encouraged to attend and worship with Pastor J H Hawkins.
Bonham based M. C. Spivy & Co. advertises money saving spring purchases with a wide variety, strong style, and unmatchable values for shoppers.
The Sun adds a long list of new honor roll names this week as February remains active for subscriptions. The paper notes a third honor roll list this month and favorable subscription gains over the past three months. A special offer with the Semi-Weekly Farm News runs to March 17 for a combined one year at $1.85, then $2.25. Names include W. C. Anderson, J. D. Fleming, Arthur Badgett, F. E. Vittitoe, Mrs. M. E. Mantiply, C. C. McKenna, Tony Weber, S. T. Scott, G. W. Ball, Mrs. J. G. Bowman, Mrs. Jones Adams, Miss May Abbott, Sam Armstrong, L. T. Garland, J. T. Stillwell, F. G. Tacquard, Dr. L. B. Holland, Grady Stateville, Mrs. John Griffin, Mrs. George Bennett, D. W. Smith, Eudora J. Stinnett, J. A. McKinney.
Mrs C M Fulton hosted the Self Help Club for an all day meeting Friday with Mrs Carl Holland presiding. Rules for the club contest with year end prizes were adopted and program parts assigned for two weeks. Miss Derryberry demonstrated Italian hemstitching and Bermuda faggeting to twelve members and five visitors. A covered dish luncheon followed. Mrs F T Harris will host the next meeting.
The Big Dry Goods markets have contributed their best to our spring stocks of Dry Goods. Thousands of dollars in bright new merchandise being checked in this week. M. C. Spivy & Co., Bonham.
The Nation reports that weekly bundles total 15 million shirts 75 million hose 16 million sheets and 168 million handkerchiefs indicating large scale textile production and consumption patterns.
The lowest officially observed continental United States temperature occurred a few winters ago at Fort Keogh near Miles City in northeastern Montana at sixty five degrees below zero.
Tom R Brice declares his candidacy for Whitewright precinct public weigher after solicited by supporters. He cites two years experience weighing cotton at a local gin and vows to meet every voter to earn their vote and influence.
Bible school at 10 a m with Ed La Roe supervising. Communion service at 11 a m. Junior Christian Endeavor at 3 p m led by Mrs John Vestal with Emmagene Sears on topic What America Ex pects of Us. Women's Missionary Meeting at 3 p m Monday at Mrs W F Sanders home with Mrs C P Johnson leading.
The Kantagree Bridge Club entertained at Miss Willie Ross home honoring Mrs. Neville Pierce of Waxahachie a recent bride visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. O W Myrick The house featured Valentine decorations and Mrs Pierce received a basket of gifts A salad course was served to twenty guests.
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