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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
1
Voters approved a 25 cent tax per hundred dollar property value to issue bonds of 16000 for a new brick school in Trenton. After canvass, work will start within sixty days and the building should be ready by January 1, 1917. A building committee will arrange plans and may relocate from the old site due to space limits.
A scholarship at Tyler Business College is offered for sale. The listing cites J Waggoner as the contact or seller.
Beginning last Friday morning troop trains have been moving through the area day and night over the Katy. About thirty trains had passed by Tuesday morning and more are expected in the coming days carrying National Guard from northern and eastern states to the border.
Washington announces a reorganization of border command authority. The southern department under Gen. Funston loses jurisdiction to the Texas line, El Paso. New Mexico forms a new department under Gen. Pershing. Arizona border moves to the western department under Gen. Bell. Pershing expedition authority shifts from Funston.
Advertisement proclaims LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE superior to ordinary quinine with tonic and laxative effects it supposedly avoids nervousness or head fatigue. Mentions signature by R. W. GROVE and a price of 25 cents.
San Antonio July 3 Baker orders placing the American border army under three commanders and reducing Funston's command to troops in the Texas line. The move, seen as further indication the administration will mobilize all forces, follows Funston’s recommendation two weeks earlier that one department could not oversee eighteen hundred miles of border.
The Nobility district petitions for a vote on a tax to fund road building. The proposed north line starts north of Blanton Chapel and loops to the county line, bounded by Grayson, Collin and Hunt counties, with the Leonard district line to the east. If compliant, Bonham will likely order the election this week amid strong local support.
Van Alstyne Leader emphasizes that boys should learn to live within means and deny themselves desires rather than incur unpayable debt. He argues debt harms credit and social respect, asserting character outweighs gold in business, stressing integrity over wealth.
The band boys invite good-looking young ladies to attend the Whitewright Picnic and ask them to wear a red rose in their hair so they will be recognized.
W N King secretary of the Denison Chamber of Commerce and Mr Bracken of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce visited Saturday from a pathfinding trip to Jefferson Texas for the Jefferson Highway Association. They report only a 30 mile stretch between Denison and Jefferson lacking good roads or bond votes. The Jefferson Highway will soon extend Winnipeg Canada to New Orleans with Denison Sherman and Whitewright as the Grayson county towns on the route.
Julian Montgomery of Sherman and Miss Annie Dickson of Whitewright wed January 2 at the Binkley hotel in a ceremony by Dr. B. Wren Webb. Accompanied by O.J. Ellingson, the couple hails from prominent local families. Montgomery, a former Sherman engineer, holds a UT civil engineering degree and an Illinois master’s. Dickson is a longtime Whitewright teacher.
Miss Janie Smith of Tom Bean and Miss Monta Crawford of the community visit relatives in Tom Bean and nearby. Rev. Watkins and family attend Sedalia meeting. A large crowd attends the Pilot Grove Baptist church Sunday school rally with dinner under the tent. Speakers from Sherman and Bro. Epting from Whitewright headline the event. Mildred Crawford wins the medal for best Sunday school attendance. Nova Garland also visiting.
In Randolph this week Birt Dennis and a Sherman family visit relatives here. Miss Roberta Sloan from the community visits Dallas. Bro Dunn conducts a series of meetings at the Christian church. Mrs Beulah Burkett of Rose Hill spends Sunday with Mrs Fannie Burkett.
Festivity announced with playful hype as residents prepare for a community Picnic on the 13th and 14th.organizers promise family activities music and food in a town park setting.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church held a dollar social at Mrs. J. W. Wilsons home last Thursday afternoon. An unusually good musical program arranged by Mrs. W. J. Barbee was presented and delicious refreshments were served.
A report notes several reasons cited by young men who chose not to enlist in the National Guard for border duty. It canvasses attitudes toward deployment, personal risk, family ties, and career plans shaping their decision.
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