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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
5
Local residents travel to Bonham Dallas Sherman and Sherman area relatives with many returning home after visits. Notable items include Clyde Vestal showing partial recovery, Miss Myra Nell Vestal returning to Celeste, and Mahlone Haile visiting Floydada. A collision near Thurston Montgomery caused no injuries. A large gathering of visitors from Whitesboro Denison and other towns accompanied by various weddings and moves events.
Sherman candidate R P Bob Hunter seeking the tax assessor collector post spoke to Whitewright voters on Tuesday saying a formal county wide announcement would follow in local papers Mrs Hunter attended the event Funeral services for 60 year old Dr L W Watkins held in Leonard Tuesday afternoon attended by Whitewright area residents Watkins practiced medicine in Leonard for nearly four decades and studied at Grayson College Whitewright ministers Truett and Waldrum assisted in the service Watkins died Sunday in a Dallas hospital.
Rev C W Dennis chaired the Rotary Club lunch program tied to Texas Centennial year. Members answered twenty Texas history questions in five minutes, then graded their results. Newton Manning, grade school principal, posted the highest score while Jess McGee from Sherman Rotary Club visited as a guest.
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association will meet at the Grammar School building Thursday evening January 16 at 7 30 o clock. This will be the first meeting in the new year. A guest speaker will be announced next week.
The Busy Bee Sewing Club met Tuesday at Mrs Lindsey Coffey home with nine members attending a business session and a refreshment course. Next week the meeting will be at Mrs Claud Dillon home. The Presbyterian M S Missionary Society gathers at the manse with Mrs B Wrenn Webb at 2 30 pm. The devotional Paul the Spiritual Athlete is led by Mrs Rush E Hickman. The program on National Missions is led by Mrs Rham T Pennington. Members are asked to come prepared to answer roll call with wishes for the New Year.
Mr and Mrs C M Dillon hosted a Sunday dinner honoring their daughter Billye Faye on her fourth birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs W T Brown and son Coy, Mr and Mrs Marvin Brown, Mr and Mrs Mack Ford and daughter Katherine, Mr and Mrs Elmer Reynolds of Pink Hill, Mr and Mrs Verner Brown and daughter Dorothy Jean, Mr and Mrs Paul Brown, Mr and Mrs Homer Wooten and daughters Camelle and Vernelle, Miss Velma Brown, Mrs Royce Lay of Sherman, Mr and Mrs Otha Brown of Fort Worth, Mrs Boyd Lankford and daughter Lera Beth of McKinney, Kay Dillon, and the honoree.
The first meeting of the Whitewright Friday Literary Club convened at Mrs. Olivia Whedbee’s home. Papers on Home topics were read by Miss Dorothy Tap scott and others while a vocal trio sang Home Sweet Home.
E. T. Doss marked his sixtieth birthday by hosting a venison feast for Grammar School students at the school building. He and his wife had just returned from Uvalde County, where he hunted and shipped a deer to cold storage. In Bells, venison sandwiches were barbecued by Happy Sanford at no charge, with 275 sandwiches prepared for the student body and later shared with The Sun staff.
The column cites college bowl games, mentions T C U and S M U, recalls a Rose Bowl reference and a political jab. It notes W H S aggregation winning a Grayson County bowl, praises coaches Burma and Bryant, and reports Sunday attendance figures and planned future tithe signups led by W T Simmons and church officials.
Sherman, Texas. B F Gafford appointed three assistants for his criminal district attorney office after taking oath. Named were Judge Dayton B Steed Roy G Baker and Claude Boothman. Steed served four terms as county judge from 1914 to 1923 and was assistant county attorney 1904 to 1914. Boothman and Baker run Sherman law offices. Boothman lives in Denison.
Church schedule lists J R Waldrum as minister and J M Simmons as Bible school superintendent. Services at 10 a m preaching, 11 a m communion, 11 10 a m Bible study, and Wednesday lecture at 7 p m on Hebrews 11.
Dr. Wrenn Webb, pastor, hosts Sunday schedule with 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m administration of the Lord's Supper and reception of members and 430 p m Vesper on the topic Preaching in the Desert. The first vesper service last Sunday drew a double average attendance over the former 7 o'clock service.
Pastor C. W. Dennis notes stronger church turnout after New Year. The 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. services drew larger crowds with J. Y. Russell scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. and the pastor to preach at 7 p.m. The call goes out for all parishioners to invite friends and come early for Sunday school at 10 a.m. with hopes to fill the old church next Sunday.
The appeal asks for attendance data across the current conference year to help measure participation. The requester notes that your presence will assist in compiling and verifying the figures for an accurate record.
Argentina's 1934 35 cotton crop stood as the seventh largest globally. Ginned cotton production totaled 64,038 tons, up 50 percent from 43,357 tons a year earlier. Acreage reached 629,000, up 46 percent, with cottonseed output at 106,000 tons as the ministry of agriculture reported.
Sun office lists carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. Stock includes fresh carbon sheets and assorted ribbons for standard machines, with daily restocks and bulk discount options.
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