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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
5
Mrs John Reeves and kin visited in Denison on Friday. John Reeves business in Garland on Monday. Several relatives and friends from Sherman Dallas Bonham Van Alstyne Whitewright Plano and Ivanhoe are noted as guests or visitors this week. Families include May Badgett Pember Wallace Vestal Clo tfelter and others with health update on S H Montgomery improving.
Social rounds include visits by Mr. and Mrs. R H Jay of Fort Worth to Mrs G W Pope and kin. Funerals, illnesses, and campus news mix with church活动 such as a quilting gathering and Methodist youth program. Regular notices feature Mr. and Mrs. Stuteville and other families, plus a Lee anniversary and local court happenings.
O L Jones secretary says Friday night address by Grand Master Wallace Hughston of McKinney is canceled due to his absence for the annual McKinney Chamber of Commerce dinner. The dinner date had not been announced when he accepted the Whitewright invitation.
The T E L Sunday school class of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. B G Gowdy home for a joint business and social gathering. Hostesses Mrs R S Morehead Mrs Earl Myrick Mrs W H Ackley and Miss Monta Badgett arranged piano solos contests and refreshments.
Fender May appointed manager of Randal Drug Store No 2 in Amarillo located in the Amarillo building. The four-store firm promotes from clerk to manager in just over two years. Born and raised in Whitewright he is a registered pharmacist after passing the state board last summer.
The Whitewright Music Club met January 13 at Mrs. Guy Hamilton's home. Clyde Montgomery joined the club. Officers elected for two years: C. I. Witt president, J. C. Gillespie vice president, George German recording secretary, J. D. Lowe corresponding secretary, A. L. Jackson treasurer, H. T. Atterbury parliamentarian, Guy Hamilton critic. Refreshments were served. next meeting set with Mrs. Grover B. Smith on January 27.
Manning Clark and Meador advertised two trades day specials in The Sun last week galvanizing buckets and brooms for 15 cents each. They sold out before two o clock. seven dozen buckets and ninety brooms were sold with several dozen more possible. The Sun proves bargain visibility drives sales.
Ryon Wallace and Elmo Wallace announced their marriage solemnized in Shreveport Louisiana on July 15 1932. The bride daughter of Mrs W A Martin formerly worked in the local telephone exchange and now at Pittsburg. The groom from a Grayson County family is an ex service man active in American Legion. They plan for Mrs Wallace to continue her job at Pittsburg.
A group of young women organized the Needlework Guild at Miss Carolyn Simmons home with Miss Simmons elected president. Guests included Mrs Floyd Bassett of Commerce. Charter membership to those joining soon. Next meeting set for January 24 at Mrs Roy Blantons.
Corringham horticulturalist faced seizure as tobacco plants grown in his back garden were uprooted by customs officers under the new tobacco act of England restricting cultivation.
Soviet scientists report a new process to produce synthetic rubber from acetylene using limestone and coal. Directors of the State Institute of Applied Chemistry and the Rubber Industry Research Institute say the product is superior to existing synthetic and natural rubbers. The USSR plans large-scale production leveraging abundant limestone and coal deposits.
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson granted a ten day reprieve to Hilton Bybee who faces execution by electrocution for assault with violence and robbery with firearms in Cottle County.
Funeral services for Harry Brown of Denison were held at Calvary Baptist Church and Oak Hill Cemetery with Odd Fellows participation. Born in 1876, he worked for the Katy Railroad and White Produce before becoming a popcorn merchant. Survived by his widow Daisy, a son Ray, a daughter J H Crane, five brothers and four sisters.
In Hays Kansas after Kathryn O Loughlin’s November election to Congress four men sent marriage proposals by mail. A 56 year old cowboy cited her broncho busting past, a banker sought her as stepmother to his 12 year old daughter, a farmer admitted poverty, and a wealthy retired farmer offered freedom from worries.
An unidentified woman swapped sand or bran for new coffee cans at nearly every Holdenville groceries store. She claimed she wanted to exchange the coffee for another brand. Police have not yet found the swapper.
Shipments of American aircraft to foreign countries this year are expected to surpass the 1931 totals, signaling a rising export pace amid growing international demand and manufacturing output.
Chicago report describes Uncle Sam’s air lighthouse system guiding 400 emergency fields along 18 000 miles of federally lighted airways. Beacon and radio beacons spaced 10 to 15 miles apart aid night landings, with lighthouse keepers guiding pilots from first light to safe arrival using direct radio dialogue and weather information.
Lynwood Massey a Bonham shoe business partner in Lewis Shoe Store was seriously hurt when a shotgun he carried discharged accidentally during a Friday bird hunt near Bagwell. He was treated at a Paris hospital where his condition improved by Sunday leaving his recovery promising.
The article notes Canada as the leading asbestos producer while the United States is the top consumer, highlighting global trade and regional market roles in the mineral.
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