Local visits and community notices in Whitewright region
Local residents and visitors featured include W. R. Hooper from Jacksonville, John Reeves in Dallas, Robert Doss of Sherman staying with parents, and Mrs. Jack Reeves visiting Dallas sisters. Birth announced for Prentiss Compton’s daughter. International Day of Prayer planned February 12 at Central Christian Church with program details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Reeves
Dallas
Call Reeves
Grover
Whitewright Churches
Central Christian Church
Sun
Illness touch rests on J Y Russell and legislature chair
J Y Russell is ill with pneumonia at his parents home after being brought from Denton by ambulance while a Whitewright legislator J H Waggoner has been named chair of the House claims and accounts committee. Also noted are Methodist conference rallies in Dallas Sherman and a Whitewright High School basketball injury at Whitesboro with recovery expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Russell
Otto Russell
J. Y
Denton
North Texas State Teachers College
J.H. Wagoner
Whitewright
Texas
House
Claims and Accounts Committee
Robert W. Calvert
Waggoner
Grayson County
Martha Joe Henderson
Whitewright High School
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sherman
Whitesboro
Henderson
Rotary Club luncheon features violin numbers by Mrs Layman
Dr F D Layman served as program chairman for the Rotary Club lunch and introduced Mrs Layman for two violin numbers. Mrs N L Manning accompanied, while group singing was led by John Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Layman
Rotary Club
Home Demonstration Club Meets in Cold Weather
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Lester Haile’s home Friday with only ten members due to extreme cold. Agent Miss Eunice King attended and presented a helpful talk on Planning Meals for Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Lester Haile
Eunice King
Churches Schedule The Quest of the Best Sermons
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor announces 10 a m Sunday school and 11 a m worship with The Quest of the Best. At 4 30 p m vesper a children sermon The big bully who met his match follows by sermon to adults on Using What We Have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Sundy School
Methodist church to host Dr French Sunday services
Dr. G. C. French presiding elder of the Sherman District will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday night at seven. He will lead the first quarterly conference after the preaching. Morning service at eleven will feature the pastor’s sermon. Sunday school meets at ten, and the Young People's League at six, with Joseph M. Connally as pastor.
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Joe M. Connally
J. B. Hamilton
H. C. Willis
Roby Childress
North Texas Methodist Conference
Dallas
Connally
Sherman Presiding Elder
Travis Street Methodist Church
Sherman
G. C. French
Methodist Church
Sundy
French
Young People’s League
Joseph M. Connally
Sunday services and welcome at O. F. Robinson church
Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m. BT S at 6 15 p m with preaching at 7 p m. Pastor O F Robinson explains weather prevented last Sunday. All members urged to attend. Visitors welcome especially new residents to join as church home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Robinson
W. C. Brown
S. S
J. B. Layman
Bad Roads Plague Mahurin Community This Week
Local residents note very poor road conditions hindering travel to town. Visitors include Carston and Garland Birchfield families from Whitewright with children staying with Ed Patridge, plus T. C. Hall and son Royce in Westminster. Charlie Pierce of Holiday Oklahoma visiting Hutchins family. Charlie Campbell and wife visiting Bonham.
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Carston Birchfield
Garland Birchfield
Baby
Whitewright
Ed Patridge
T. C. Hall
Royce
Westminster
Charlie Pierce
Holiday
Okld
Jimmie Hutchins
Charlie Campbell
Bonham
None in Stock Camel Hair Brushes Joke
An artist on holiday asks a village shop if they carry camel hair brushes. The shopkeeper apologizes and explains they never have such items because no one in the area keeps camels.
Sunset Pride Sparks Cross Atlantic Banter
An Englishwoman boastfully affirms the empire shade with the familiar line about sun never setting. An American girl counters that in the United States sunsets are stunning, prompting a brief exchange about beauty and perspective across borders.
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British Empire
Old-Timer recalls honesty in cattle days on the range
W H Davis, an 84 year old Uvalde resident, recalls frontier cattle dealings marked by strict honesty and a strong code of ethics. He describes gold payments from tally books, secure money belts, and casual cash trades, with tales of camp etiquette and a dramatic horseman’s punishment for a breach. He notes frequent rumors of Jesse James era outlaws nearby and a mysterious branded sorrel rider leaving toward Mexico.
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Stanley H. Holm
Uvalde
Gilmer
Upshur County
Atascosa County
Adams
Nueces Canyon
Kansas
Davis
Texas
Cochino Lake
Nueces
Mr. Davis
McCoy
Cochina Lake
Turkey Creek
Jesse James
Missouri
Mexico
Nutrition Vital To Good Health
Dr George W Cox Texas State Health Officer stresses nutrition as the basis of overall health. He notes all body parts rely on blood nutrition and a daily adequate food supply. Vitamin A is essential, found in green and yellow vegetables eggs cream and animal fats. Deficiency harms growth and health over years and can affect eyesight.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Denmark
The Expanding Earth Nose Dive Prompted Panic
An aviator, piloting with a timid passenger, began a nose dive. The frenzied passenger shouted to bail out, claiming the earth was swelling like a balloon and could burst at any moment.
Local quip spotlights a dancing dilemma
A witty exchange features a man claiming insult after a girl asks if he dances. He responds that she asked while he was already dancing with her. The brief joke centers on misinterpreted curiosity in a social setting.
Ancient Popcorn Poppers and Early Indian Maize
The article recounts how prehistoric South American Indians domesticated wild grass into maize and used corn for food and weaving designs. It notes Popcorn proof from remains and a Peru corn popper in the American Museum of Natural History, illustrating early careful design and cultural significance.
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Christopher Columbus
Atlantic Ocean
India
America
Pizarro
Peru
John Smith
Jamestown
Plymouth
South America
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Ancient potter crafts a bird adorned corn popper
A short note from Exchange reflects on a thousand year old corn popper whose maker shaped a graceful bowl with a head handle and a bird drawing on the bottom. The piece is praised as beautiful, showing the potter's love of work and enduring artistry.
Autos Kill 194 Texas Children in 1936
Austin report from the State Department of Public Safety shows 194 Texas children died and 1,169 were injured by automobiles in 1936. Children were 9.5 percent of fatalities, with 46 percent pedestrians. Most incidents involved cars with parents or friends, trains, skating accidents, overturns, or clothing entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Allred appeals Texans to aid flood victims toll free
Governor James V Allred urged Texans to donate generously to flood relief in Kentucky and other afflicted areas. He recalled Kentucky and Cincinnati aiding Texas a century ago and noted the twin sisters cannon from Cincinnati. A San Jacinto battle flag given by Newport women now hangs in Kentucky's House of Representatives hall.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mexico
San Jacinto
Newport
House of Representatives
No Cause for Alarm in Suburban Train Remarks
A small man told his fellow passenger he takes his wife to the pictures nearly every week on a suburban train, prompting others to lower their eyes and resume reading as if startled by the remark.
Notice to Readers About Address Changes
The Sun asks readers to immediately notify of address changes to avoid mailed copies going to wrong addresses. If a reader’s address will change, they should write in advance to prevent missing issues and to save the publisher 2c per misaddressed copy.
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The
Sun
Uncle Sam
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W. R. Hooper
Jacksonville
John Reeves
Robert Doss of
John Lilley
Kenefick
Okla
T. J. Lilley
Mrs. Prentiss Compton
Jeff Southerland of
Cull Reeves
Grover Stuteville
Norma Joe Mangrum
J. E. Mangrum
C. J. Meador
Texas Hardware and Implement Association
Elizabeth Morrow
Shawnee, Okla
Cora Morrow
J. M. Sturdivant
Rev
Ben Sturdivant
Okemah, Okla
Frank Phillips
Billy Sue Phillips
Oklahoma City
Raymond Phillips
O. L. Jones
Whitewright Lodge
A. F
A. M
Ed LaRoe
Gomer May
Murray Bryant
C. B. Bryant Jr
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Canaan
Carl May
Louis May
Olney
Farmersville
Community Public Service Company
Ene
Eleanor Powell
Ace Drummond
Gene Autrey
Jane Withers
Slim Summerville
Dixie
Stuart Erwin
Betty Furness
Robert Armstrong
Thurs. & Fri
Shirley Temple
HD Club
First Presbyterian
Methodist
Enterprise Baptist
Mahurin News
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham, Texas
Allred
Cole €& Davis Co
New York
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