Christmas Holiday Visitors and Local Guests
Miss Clara Carlisle of Austin visits Misses Inez and Gladys Ray. D. G. Coley and family visit Dallas. Rayburn Sparks of Bonham visit Miss May Badgett. Theo Miller in Dallas on business. Mrs E A Douglas visiting Dallas relatives. Pollard family from Lone Oak and J B Phillips family celebrate Christmas with friends. Various residents and visitors from Dallas, Whitesboro, Sherman, Leonard, Denton, Durant, and other towns spent Christmas week or weekend with local families in Whitewright and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Carlisle
Austin
Inez
Gladys Ray
Mrs. Rayburn Sparks of
Bonham
May Badgett
Nonnie Pollard
Lone Oak
J. B. Phillips
Mary Joe
Edith Mac Sears
Leonard
Mrs
Bob Everheart
Sun Honor Roll Grows With Subscriptions
The Sun reports a growing honor roll of supporters who have subscribed or renewed, listing numerous individuals led by R. J. Bush and J. Pumphrey among others, alongside community notices. Also noted are funeral attendances, regional visits, and local civic updates including the removal of a steel water tower from the Whitewright mill area and biographical details of Edgar Haywood Atkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Sun
R. J. Bush
R. G C. Montgomery
Roberta Sloan
Sam McMillin
G. D. Bennett
E. W. Robbins
J. EB. Turner
J. B. Burris
R Arnette
Unusually Large Lobster Found on Holy Island Shore
A lobster washed ashore at Holy Island in England measured 8 feet 2 inches in length with claw circumference about 11 inches. The snagged giant was described by local observers as exceptionally large for a crustacean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Island
England
Mrs H C L Dean Dies At 84 In New Mexico
The body of Mrs H C L Dean 84 died Dec 20 at her son Buck Deans home in Corona New Mexico arrived in Whitewright. Funeral service was held at Pilot Grove conducted by Dr W H Ackley pastor of First Baptist Church Whitewright. Interment at Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survived by children: S S Dean Plano Buck Dean Corona NM Mrs Pearl Yates Chickasha OK Mrs Bill Sherrill Abilene and Tom Dean Chickasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. L. Dean
Buck Dean
Corona
N. M
Whitewright Manor
Pilot Grove
W. H. Ackley
First Baptist Church of
Whitewright
New Mexico
BE. Dean
Plano
Pearl Yates
Chickasha
Okla
Bill Sherrill
Abilene
Tom Dean
Daily watch balance vibrates eighteen thousand times hourly
A watch's balance vibrates 18 000 times per hour during its daily operation. This steady cadence indicates the mechanism's regular oscillations and timing accuracy as part of the watch's movement.
Florida Tops as Nation’s Leading Orange Grower
Florida is identified as the premier orange producing state in the United States, recognized for its dominant role in national citrus output and agricultural leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Insurance rate on municipal property reduced 25 percent
Whitewright area has long linked with the League of Texas Municipalities which publishes a monthly magazine and aids in improving city government. The State Board of Insurance Commissioners ordered a 25 percent cut in fire insurance rates for municipally owned buildings and contents, excluding schools, citing a small loss ratio. The piece ends with a quip about the Fire Fiend and municipal holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
League of Texas Municipalities
League
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Texas
Henry Bennett Dies After Fall From Auto Running Board
Henry Bennett a former resident and brother of George Bennett of Whitewright died at Childress Tuesday morning December 24 after falling from a running board of a car. He struck his head on pavement and died within hours. He is survived by his wife and two children his mother Mrs M E Bennett of near Savoy and brothers T W and James L Bennett and sister Mrs P Wrenn plus Mrs E E Wilson. Constable George Bennett attended the funeral held at Childress on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bennett
George Bennett
Whitewright
Childress
M. E. Bennett
Near Savoy
T. W
James L. Bennett
West Texas
P. Wrenn
Savoy
E. E. Wilson
Slaton
Girl with insatiable appetite perplexes Australian doctors
In Sydney Australia doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital study a 24 year old girl who cannot stop eating yet appears youthful. She reportedly consumes fifteen meat pies, twenty four bananas, twelve chops, thirty slices of toast plus bread loaves and eighteen sausages daily, along with twenty seven cups of tea and two gallons of beef tea. Despite this she remains hungry. Spend your money in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jsitdney
Australia
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. G. Coley
Dallas
Theo Miller
Mrs. E. A. Douglas
Mildred Boone
Miss Margaret Boone
Anna
W. C. Bailey
Houston
With. Womack
Mildred Chambers
S. C. Chambers
J. M. McFerrin
Sears Anderson
Louise Anderson
Whitesboro
W. P. Glade
W. J. Combs
Wichita Falls
D. S. McMillin
Bonnie Nell Simpson
Edith Mae Sears
S. H. Yant
Honey Grove
C. B. Montgomery
J. E. Payne Jr
Little Daughter
Mrs. Payne
J. D. Hoard
Ina MaeGuire
C. I. Witt
Florence Wilson
Denton
Mrs. Lloyd Moore and Son
Durant, Okla
Mrs. N. Moore
Trenton
Mrs. Lee Wilson
Jim Hardcastle
Altus, Okla
J. A. Hardcastle
W. E. Wall
Pottsboro
J. L. Cantrell
de Oe
Dora Scales
Denison
R. M. Gray
Virginia Grace Strickland
Madill, Uokla
Owen Hull
Verna Holcomb of
Sherman
Hazel McLean
W. M. Knochs of
Jesse Wallace
Lewis Arledge of
Tom Self
Lubbock
Nesday
Mrs. H. Benedict
Lloyd Wright
el Dorado, Ark
J. A. Stuteville Jr
Frank Wright
J. F. Spindle
C. K. Spindle
W. E. Andrews
Marjory Wright
Ivan
E. G. Gilley
Ector
Jack Spindle
Frank Spindle
Mrs. Ott Lackey
Carrollton
Genevieve Davidson
Helen Wysong
George Arthur Hurst
R. L. Powell
Floydada
W. W. Caylor
Tow
Robert Jones
Celina
S. E. Jones
Eugene McElvaney
W. H King
R. E. Sandlin
Grand Prairie
8. T. Montgomery
Sam Murphy
Cotulla
J. R. Murphy
Cordelia Russell
Lester Haile
Grover Gillett
Gertie Brown
Commerce
East Texas State Teachers’ College
Mrs. B. B. Hall
Capeville
A. W. Robbins
Weeka, Okla
J. M. Robbins
Clarence Woosley
Texarkana
Larry Hammonds
Lula Stephens
Sulphur Springs
C. A. McLean
SUN Honor Roll
D. C. Fuller
John J. Russell
C. J. Pace
GC. A. Vestal
J. A. Downey
J. R. Harper
C. D. Alverson
J. F. Blanton
Simmons Powell
G. M. Garter
W. B. Layman
W. A. Kirkpatrick
C. M. Fulton
A. B. Webster
F. E. Douglas
W. W. Dossey
C. R. Blakey
C. Chumbley
P. McKenna
Rachel Miller
J. R. Fogle
Homer Caston
L. M. Williams
W. A. Brown
Oran L. Sears
Harry O. Leuschner
J. B. Allison
John L. Pumphrey
C. G. Bow
J. C. Waldrop
Iris“Irvin
Fain McMillin
Mattie May
R. P. Gordon
R. Willis
J. T. Williams
W. M. Samples
R. D. Benson
L. P. Sears
Ray Manning
Guy Victory
Lloyd Moore
A. L. Biggerstaff
W. H. Marley
R. B. Gordon
Carl Reeves
J. A. Pumphrey
Ott Lackey
J. P. Montgomery
N. T. Stillwell
Ben Dyer
Luther Smith
Frank Phillips
W. L. Coggins
E. Coggins
C. H. Hart
Joe Andrews
Terrell
Hart
J. F. Lester
Margaret Lester
M. Beaumont
Dallas Wests
George1icks
C. D. Juda
B. Geowdy
Judd
College of Industrial Arts
A. L. Groves
Elizabeth
Garland
Miss Groves
Whitewright Oil Mill
Edgar Haywood Atkinson
Luella
Ss. H. Wallace
Jesse
Atkinson
Ida Atkinson
Ida
Dyer
Jones Drug Store
Stowright
Foana
Cole & Davis
Wright Pharmacy Service
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