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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
5
Silman’s promotes low prices while locals report weekend visits to Clinton Dallas Fort Worth Plano Texarkana and Denton. Residents Alle Man and Mrs. Cates travel Arkansas Waco and Bonham. students Marian Barbee and Babe Penn visit homes and schools. Whitewright residents still attend Sherman theatre amid bad weather.
Mrs A L Jackson and daughter visit relatives in Dallas. Mr and Mrs E J Sparks of Amarillo visit her mother Mrs E O Thomas and relatives. R A Gillett back to work as bank cashier after flu. Anna Joe Pennington visiting parents from Commerce. Dave Beazley Verner Melugin Jim Russell and Irene Mae Smith return from Dallas. Margreta Fender of Texarkana junior college spends weekend here. Ronald Vestal ill at home during flu. Weldon Anthony recovering after appendectomy in Sherman. Palace theatre offers free admission for A students and 5c for B students for current six weeks.
W. J. Martin and family relocate to the Grady Gillet farm one mile southwest of Whitewright. M. Belew leaves the farm for Mrs. A. I. Bowles place north of town. Mrs. Gomer May and son Thomas Kirk visit from Fort Worth to see her mother Mrs. J. L. Kirkpatrick. Mr. May studies in Fort Worth while Mrs. May and son reside there.
J. R. Fleming spent three weeks in a Sherman hospital and returned home Wednesday of last week. He was ill with shingles affecting his left eye, leading to eye removal. The Methodist Church Woman’s Missionary Society hosted a forty two party at Mrs. G. F. Bryant’s home with Martha Washington period costumes and cherry pie and coffee for about forty guests. Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News priced at one year to the same address.
Ronald Vestal and Earl Blanton were sidelined by flu for days. George Burnham kept the Gulf filling station open until Vestal returned Tuesday. Two cars collided at Grand Ave and Sears St. no injuries. Kentuckytown principal T B Johnson and student Mildred Sue White were involved. Church programs highlighted Christianity as a national bulwark with colonial outfits and music. Richard Wellington of St Louis visits Whitewright over his late father Ormsby’s estate. he plans to claim the title of Duke of Wellington and reports a 656 pounds sterling estate income check for late 1931.
Mrs Homer Caston of Leonard visits her parents the Sears family. Fain McMillin and twin sons of Smithshire Illinois along with Robert Foley of Dallas visit McMillin parents. North Texas Seed Company by Pascal Farley and Tom Barbee offers free seed to callers Friday and Saturday. Rev W E Ray and daughters visit Ackley family. Ray is pastor of Leonard First Baptist. Mrs G L Baugher of Dallas improves after illness in Shawnee Oklahoma. Lloyd Moore ambulance to Dallas planned. former Whitewright residents.
Postmaster F A King warns boys and young men to avoid loitering in the lobby after closing and to stop tampering with mail boxes. The city night watchman will lock the lobby after hours to protect patrons and ensure proper conduct.
A State Fire Insurance Department rep inspected insurable property in Whitewright and found the city enjoys a key rate drop from 75 to 33 cents, reflecting superior fire protection. Past year premiums averaged 45 cents per hundred dollars due to strong fire records, with March first credit revisions likely lowering rates after January losses in the Woosley building.
Five hundred city tax receipts for 1931 totalled 20000 with an average collection of 40 per receipt. The 40 was allocated mainly to school maintenance bonds and general operating funds, with a large portion to fire and street services and related equipment, all to be spread over twelve months.
President Hoover signed a bill authorizing a memorial for William Robert Smith former Texas representative. The William Robert Smith Memorial Association of El Paso Texas will oversee the project with support from local officials.
A Arkansas Gazette note reports that girls grow tired of the slenderized silhouette trend as fashion preferences shift away from slimness toward comfort and individual styles.
Sir Malcolm Campbell of England, 47, drives the Bluebird to a world automobile speed record of 253.968 miles per hour over a mile course on the Daytona Beach ocean track. He ran 267.45 mph southbound and 241.773 mph northbound, averaging 14.17 seconds for the mile across two trials and surpassing his prior mark by 8.285 mph.
A press dispatch reports that the Federal Farm Board will function indefinitely. The Thomaston Times quotes the dispatch noting this persistent operation as the ongoing pattern.
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