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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
1
About 2 o clock Monday a trash pile in an alley behind the post office ignited. A spark set kindling and a barrel of cylinder oil ablaze, creating towering smoke until the fire department doused the flames and prevented damage to nearby business houses.
City Council will consider bids for the 1921 city funds depository at a January 10 meeting. The bank offering the highest daily balance rate and lowest general fund loan rate will be chosen. F M Echols mayor S H Montgomery city secretary. White and Haile went to Altus Oklahoma to study Acala cotton and plan to distribute seed if promising.
Mr Stanley Fogle and Miss Ruth Myrick were married last Saturday evening in a private ceremony performed by Rev I F E Teague. The bride daughter of O W Myrick, studied at Kidd-Key College in Sherman, and the groom son of C C Fogle is noted as a fine young man. They will reside on a farm northwest of town.
The article argues for Whitewright to own and operate its electric light system. It cites past municipal reforms, outlines cost figures for one and two unit plants, and notes potential annual savings. It compares local needs with towns like Lubbock Greenville Whitesboro and urges timely action to avoid higher future costs.
The M K and T Ry issued a new time card last Sunday minor change in Katy train arrivals. The Limited due at 5 32 a m was made non stop to this station prompting the Commercial Club and Agent Pope to lobby officials to restore a Whitewright stop. The note ends with a painterly jab about rent demands from a landlord and a Pittsburg Gazette attribution.
Garages and filling stations in Whitewright cut gasoline by two cents on Monday making the retail price 28 cents a gallon. The drop comes after a peak of 34 cents last summer.
After a two week holiday break, the school opened Monday with 703 pupils present, the largest enrollment ever. All chapel seats were filled, with about fifty students standing. Seven new pupils enrolled as classes began and every grade reported readiness for work.
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