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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
2
The notice lists subscription terms for the Whitewright Post Office with One Year at 1.00 dollars, Six Months at 60 cents, and Three Months at 25 cents. No further details or dates are provided.
To subscribers the date printed opposite your name on the wrapper indicates the time to which your subscription is paid. All subscriptions expire on the first of the month. Any subscriber not receiving the paper regularly will please notify us.
Subject to action of the Democratic primary July 22 1916. For SHERIFF TOM L Tennison T W Tom Roberts Tom Rowland F B Frank Kidd John Bowen For County ATTORNEY For County Supr Pas INSTR F L Stamps W N Holly For Judge 15th District Court Silas Hare
Greene ville district allocates 400000 for concrete and gravel roads. Sulphur Springs votes 400000 road bonds in Hopkins county. Mount Vernon in Franklin county seeks 200000 for roads via election. Mount Pleasant in Titus county approves 200000 road bonds with early construction. Pittsburg in Camp and Gilmer in Upshur discuss bonds to connect to Longview roads. Marshall in Harrison county hails Jefferson Highway prospects. Whitewright eyes park and sewerage in 1916. Andrew L Randell of Sherman files for Congress in McKinney Paris interurban district. Jefferson Highway interest rises as W H King notes north east Texas crossing. Grayson county to spend 900000 on roads through Denison, Sherman, Whitewright. Trenton and Leonard weigh bonds in Fannin county. Hunt county faces paper shortage due to wartime exports. prices for paper climb. Whitewright sewer plan advances with M Griffin O’Neil & Sons survey contract funded by warrants. mayor and secretary report progress.
The Trinity University Glee Club of Waxahachie will give a concert at Whitewright public school next Thursday evening March 2. Tickets are 25 and 35 cents, cheaper than many lyceums. The program includes three parts with varied numbers and readings, praised by multiple clippings for strong singing and engaging performance.
The Commercial Club completed a town wide canvass last week to gauge property owners willingness to adopt sewerage connections on a rental basis. Results show strong, nearly unanimous support for the sewerage system, and the council moves forward with confidence in public favor.
The civic league and the National Congress of Mothers branch in Sherman conducted a welfare program at the public school auditorium last Thursday night. Speakers included J C Pyle Superintendent, Rev W J Epting, Mrs Guy Hamilton, Mrs E F Everheart, Mrs C J Denton, Rev A R Nash, Dr C P Johnson, with papers and addresses on motherhood, thrift, birth registration, and compulsory attendance law. The Civic League will meet again next Tuesday at 3:00 PM, urging all Whitewright ladies to join.
The ladies of White Wright are invited to the next Civic League meeting. The president hopes to attract many members to improve the town. A city cleanup campaign will be discussed as spring and summer approach.
J R Fleming visited Dallas for several days this week, staying at a local hotel and meeting with colleagues. He toured business sites and discussed regional projects with assorted executives.
Mrs W E Blaine requests subscription orders for Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman. Readers are urged to phone 122 to place orders for these popular magazines, claimed to be essential in every home.
Mrs. O. P. Spradling and her son have gone back to Wolfe City after visiting her mother, Mrs. J. W. Nash.
Miss Lela Chumbley has returned from an extended visit at Sherman and Tom Bean, where she spent several weeks visiting relatives and friends and attending local activities.
B Y P U program features a Sallie Joe Gowdy song prayer and scripture reading from Phil 2 1 11 The Great Supper by Ora Mc Fatridge The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver by Audrie Glidewell Laborers in the Vineyard by Claude Truett Benediction
Mrs C C Carlton of Dallas is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J H Biggerstaff, as reported in local society notes. The visit highlights family ties and social connections within the Dallas community.
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