Down Memory Lane highlights and local notices collected
Fifty years ago items show Annie McGaughey buying Lilley millinery, Mrs Lonnie Gaston hosting Never Grow Old Club, Benedict Dry Goods Co. sale to A M Robinson, and a cotton price surge. Obituary for E P Randle. school bond election details. and local commerce updates including auctions, cattle shipments, and furniture store purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McGaughey
J. F. Lilley
Lilley
Lonnie Gaston
R. L. Sears
Henry Webster
S. H. Montgomery
J. R. Pennington
Bascom Sears
J. T. Still
Frank Christian
Sid Hudspeth
Irene McMillin
Local business moves and bids in McKinney area
Crockett and Frazier will lease the post office building for a new bakery after the post office moves to Main street. Hudson and Davis buys Armstrong dry goods with J C Robinson as manager. F R McFatridge completes Whitewright census west of Katy railroad. Clyde Thompson heads to Arlington for disabled ex soldier vocational school. Garland Bros move meat market to Hestand site. Woosley hardware shifts to Garland’s old building. Dart automobile touring car offered at 1105 delivered. Will It Ever Stop Raining appears in Wilson Montgomery ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crockett & Frazier
McKinney
Main Street
Hudson & Davis Co
Armstrong Dry Goods
J. C. Robinson
F. R. McFatridge
Whitewright
Katy
Clyde Thompson
Arlington
Garland Bros
J. W. Woosley & Son
Garland Bros. Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
Mitchell Cox
Dart Automobiles
Local notices from Whitewright area report deaths and openings
J L Bradford former Whitewright citizen died in California last Friday. William J Cox son of Mr and Mrs W M Cox died at home Tuesday from wounds received in France Sept 29 1918. L LaRoe Co will open a Leonard lumber yard soon the companys fifth yard. Three men died at Memphis Texas last week after drinking toilet water for the alcohol in it. J A Mauk bought Armstrong property in East Whitewright. Born to Mr and Mrs Fitz Bryant a boy last Friday. New post office fixtures arrived this week being installed in Holcomb building. Born to Mr and Mrs Albert Jackson of New York City a boy Sunday. Mrs Jackson daughter of Dr and Mrs R May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bradford
Whitewright
California
William J. Cox
W. M. Cox
France
L. LaRoe & Co
Leonard Soon
Memphis
Texas
J. A. Mauk
Armstrong
East Whitewright
Fitz Bryant
Holcomb
Albert Jackson
New York City
Jackson
R. May
Local Business Moves and Service Prices Reported
Jim Sears buys half interest in a Celina drug store. Whitewright barbers set shaves at 25 cents and haircuts at 40 cents. Dr Edwin May departs Thursday to Ranger to open an office. Max Pope acquires the Will Pender residence. Phone 76 to share news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Sears
Celina
Whitewright
Edwin May
Ranger
Max Pope
Will Pender
If People Believed A Newspaper Could Tell All
A publisher laments poor reader interest and missing notices as townsfolk complain of missing personal news and printer errors. A buyer mocks the paper for not printing ads or change of address cards while debts and deadlines loom. The editor dies from overwork, others critique, and the tale ends with a sly punchline about belief.
Prescribing the Procedure For Candidates To File For City Offices
An ordinance of Whitewright Texas sets municipal election rules including filing deadlines for mayor and commissioner candidates, notice and posting requirements, and absentee voting provisions. It requires sworn applications with loyalty affidavits, posting of filings for public inspection, and ballot printing timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Texas
Whitewright Texas elects officials and sets election rules
Vernon’s Statutes record a 1950 city charter update appointing one presiding officer and two assistants for municipal elections with daily pay, election hours 8 am to 6 pm, posting of notices thirty days prior, and qualification deadlines for officers, signed February 6 1950 by Mayor F M Echols and City Secretary Harold Doss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Whitewright
Texas
Grayson Texas
A. D
F. M. Echols
Harold Doss
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Sun
Austin
Minnie May
Jessie Fogle
Mildred Benedict
Rachel Montgomery
Kathleen Hudspeth
Miss Williams
Clint McMillin
Gaines Bow
George German
Percy Davis
Kern Glidewell
Oran Sears
John Yeager
E. P. Randle
W. F. Sanders
W. R. Ford
W. J. Martin
W. T. Truett
Benedict Dry Goods Co
Jess Graves
Kansas
Board of Education
Dan Gillett
W. F. Holland
A. T. Phillips
W. H. King
H. C. Willis
D. S. Carr
J. F. Dixon
Carlisle Military Institute
Truett
Pauline Binion
Pilot Grove
C. W. Hampton
Kansas City
Europe
People’s Furniture Co
Frank Smith Furniture
R. K. Smith
F.H.A
Whitewright Lumber Co
American Medical Association
Doctors of America
Kingston Drug Store
C. D. Kingston
Chas. Harris
From the Sun
State of
Commissioners’ Court
Tially
City of
Olact
Owe Wee
County
Esate
The
United States
Singer Sewing Machines
Singer Sewing Machine CO
W. Main
Denison, Texas
Sinclair
Sinclair Products
Mobilglass
Npt
Mobilwax
G. C. Stateville
Magnolia
Mound City
Mound City Way
L. la Rue & Dana
White Wright
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