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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
5
LLOCALLG A. M. Bryant looks after business interests in El Paso this week. Ralph Wallace visits Dallas. Several residents report health, travel, and family news. Ray Manning residence changes hands. Glee Club to broadcast. pension and local clerical appointments noted. Dominican Republic authorizes government radio for commercials.
The column reflects on nostalgia for harsh winter days in 1899 and recounts local events. It notes a warm dinner with Mrs Jennie Writtenden and Miss Maggie Noe, a merchant chat about plowing by moonlight, a judge error prompting a new trial, and calls for pastors and churches to invest in books. It cites Baptists' January missionary giving of 56599.53 with 3000 churches and 1226 contributing, urging wider participation and regular offerings. It mentions a forthcoming Texas Centennial exhibition in Dallas featuring J R Oliver’s Duroc Jersey hogs and breeders' showings.
The Young Matrons Sewing Guild met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Andy Sanders with six members present. The hostess served refreshments. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Kelous Watson.
Mrs A L Jackson hosted the Friday Literary Club at her parents Dr and Mrs R May on Friday afternoon. The program featured topics Beauvoir the Home of Jefferson Davis and The Natchez Pilgrimage plus reviews of The Romance of Jefferson Davis and Japonica Grove. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
The Home Demonstration Club met Thursday afternoon with president Mrs. C W Pope presiding. Miss Myrtle Badgett and Mrs Rich Simpson reported on marketing, council delegate Mrs Lester Haile spoke, and a one act play was presented by Mrs Sidney Watson and Mrs Lester Simpson. Two new members joined, and twenty members were served date pudding and chocolate.
Newton Manning led a Rotary Club luncheon program featuring two piano solos by Mary Dale King and a talk on the Origin of St. Valentine’s Day. The club plans a county meeting in Sherman February 25 with a Grayson Hotel banquet. wives will attend and each club will perform. The Whitewright club seeks crippled children for a free clinic and asks help locating them. Dr. F D Layman chairs the committee and asks for tips on missing children.
The church announced a National Day of Prayer service this Friday at 2 30 p m at the Methodist Church with public invitation. Dr B Wrenn Webb will lead, followed by Sunday school at 10 a m and John H Burma's review of the History of the Presbyterian Church at 11 a m. A vesper service at 4 30 p m titled Who Is Worthy will be held. The school of missions ended Monday night with Dr William Hereford of Japan delivering an inspiring talk. Next month Burma will review two books during vesper services as announced for public attendance.
An invitation urging all members and friends to attend Sunday school at 10 am as the church presents a sermon series on the kind of men the church needs today. The message predicts weather for next Sunday and notes it will be warmer than recent cold mornings.
Miss Fay E Foley of Massachusetts State College urges wholesome school lunches built from whole grain bread fruits vegetables milk or cocoa and plain sweets. The leaflet The Good School Lunch offers sandwich ideas packing methods heating tips and free mailed copies from Amherst Massachusetts.
The text notes lower than January 1929 in residential rents and coal costs while December to January declines in foods clothing gas and electricity indexes offset increases. The purchasing power of the dollar is 117.9 cents in January versus 122.5 cents a year earlier using the 1923 average as 100.
New York report from the National Industrial Conference Board states total living costs for wage earners were unchanged from December to January. Costs were 3.9 percent higher than a year earlier and 18.6 percent above the April 1933 low, with a 15.1 percent figure noted though the sentence cuts off.
Pastor C W Dennis notes severely cold weather kept most Methodist members home last Sunday and halted the third sermon in February. The message will be delivered next Sunday as a cordial invitation to attend.
A spring loaded in a recently inherited handle fits multiple safety razor types. Pressing a button whirls the head to expel water, allowing quick drying without disassembly.
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