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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
3
Local items note visits by Mrs. Philipp Hermer in Dallas and various residents to cities like Trenton Sherman Paris Greenville and Denison. Mentions delivery service start February and furniture selling ads.
Ernest Cannon aged 31 dies after a brief pneumonia illness leaving a wife and six year old daughter. Mable Belcher ill in Dallas. sister improving. R C Montgomery sold the gymnasium building to Mangrum Bros for warehouse use. Will Looney markets new furniture stock. Mrs G A Davis recovering from pneumonia. Cyrus Wellington returns from France to Camp Travis for vocational training. Local road repairs underway using cinders south of T A Sears. Marvin and Mrs Bryant visit from Madill Oklahoma. Gattis and son from Sherman visit. Forest works in Sherman laundry. T H Lively returns from Burkburnett oil fields after buying a 40 acre lease. George German home from Camp Sheridan with discharge certificate.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold a social and literary meeting at Mrs. J. L. Boone's home next Monday afternoon at 2 30. Mr and Mrs F E Douglas of Tom Bean visited Mrs Douglas's mother Mrs E O Thomas over the weekend.
For weeks since Clifford Thompson was reported missing in action his parents have waited hoping for word from prison camps or hospitals as among the living. No word beyond the original missing in action report has been received. Albert L. Jackson, son in law of Dr. R. May, arrived to join Mrs. Jackson here after returning from overseas where he served at headquarters in a secretarial capacity. He was mustered out at Camp Pike Arkansas and had been tied to a New York wholesale drug house as assistant manager. He has been offered a sales manager position in a district.
Lieut and Mrs George S Thompson arrived in Whitewright from Panama where Thompson served in air patrol near the canal for the U S Government. He will decide on returning to aviation work or seeking Texas employment. He is a University of Illinois graduate and expert accountant.
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