Local families host and visit across towns this week
Sherman resident Michael R Sims visits grandparents in the area while relatives in Dallas Bells and Plains travel to see kin. Several households receive visitors from Lazelle Randolph and Balboa Canal Zone with others moving professions and homes. Miss Mary Wilson joins Northeast Division of Community Public Service Co. as home service advisor in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wilson
Linden
Community Public Service Co
Whitewright
Texas Christian University At
Fort Worth
Miss Wilson
Emmet Penn
Local Social Visits Across Texas and Oklahoma
Mrs. Robert Gooding and Mrs. Louie Odell of Clarksville visited Dr. and Mrs. Paul Geers on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Loving and son of Waco, moving to Enid, Oklahoma, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Wyatt last week. Dr. Malcolm Williams of Corpus Christi visited Mrs. F C Williams and was joined home by his daughter Catherine who spent a month with her grandmother. The Wyatts and children spent the July 4 holiday with Floyd Kelley and family and Mrs. Nettie B. Davis at Arkansas City Kansas. Mrs. Davis, mother of Mrs. Wyatt, returned to Whitewright with them for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Moore
Peru
South America
Mary Garrison
Whitewight Nursing Home
Paul Geers
Robert Gooding
Louie Odell
Clarksville
Fred Loving
Waco
Enid, Okla
Andrew D. Wyatt
Malcolm Williams
Corpus Christi
F. C. Williams
Catherine
Floyd Kelley
Nettie B. Davis
Arkansas City
Kan
Family Reunion Brings Bennett clan and kin together
Mr and Mrs O A Bennett hosted a large family reunion at the American Legion Hall on Sunday. Ten children and 23 of 25 grandchildren attended along with numerous relatives from Dallas Garland Texas City Altus AFB Leonard Greenville Whitewright and other Texas locales. Dehydration of fruits and vegetables noted as an early Texas food preservation method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Bennett
Route 2
American Legion Hall
R. D. Bridges
Ricky
Gary
Jo Ann
Janice
James Bennett
Jackie
Patty
Grand Prairie
Wilbert Bennett
Garland
Johnny Burnett Jr
Carrollton
Robert Schnider
Sharon
Local Notes Highlight Births, Moves, and Appointments
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lyons on June 28. George German buys the Barrett home. A. C. Keeling injured in an automobile accident Saturday. W. C. Hampton rents Fleming livery stable to operate mule business. Alton May joins Dyer & Jones drug store. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Dyer move to Sherman. Grover Smith mentioned. School board elects teachers for the coming year led by H. L. Durham as superintendent. William P. Cameron, ex-Whitewright businessman, dies in Dallas. Fender May named substitute clerk at the local post office. John Silman Jr. buys the Pratt grocery brick building. Miss Mollie Scott dies in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lyons
George German
Barrett
A. C. Keeling
W. C. Hampton
Fleming
Alton May
Dyer & Jones Drug Store
J. L. Dyer
Sherman
Grover Smith
Gertrude Schooling
Kate Fulton
Mae Hall
Annabel Finnell
Oneida Copeland
Sallye Hamilton
Geneva Gouge
Mildred Cantrell
Susie Noe
Hayden Hamilton
Frederick Tacquard
Christine Stuckey
John Silman Jr
Pratt Grocery
Mollie Scott
Dallas
World’s Fair shows end for Wonder World and Icetravaganza
The Wonder World show at the New York World’s Fair closed Sunday due to poor business. Icetravaganza faces its last performance unless crowds improve after an upcoming Saturday. Texas pavilion’s To Broadway With Love was described as terrible, with Sunday marking its final show and a six day weekly schedule to follow. Exhibitors hoped for 300 000 daily crowds over the weekend, but attendance never reached 200 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas Pavilion
Dallas State Fair
Local notices from The Sun July 5 1934
Douglas Taylor takes a job in Nashville Tennessee. Roger Holcomb and Guy Yowell reenlist in the Civilian Conservation Corps. W N Button Wilson 66 of Orangeville dies. Masonic Lodge installs officers led by Worshipful Master W L Stowers Senior Warden W H Stedham Junior Warden Mack Pierson Treasurer C W Bryant Secretary O L Jones and Dr J N Powell tiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Taylor
Nashville, Tenn
Roger Holcomb
Guy Yowell
Civilian Conservation Corps
W. N. (Button) Wilson
Orangeville
Masonic Lodge
W. L. Stowers
W. H. Stedham
Mack Pierson
C. W. Bryant
O. L. Jones
J. N. Powell
Subscription Rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties
Rates listed for Grayson and Fannin Counties 82.50, outside counties 3.00, foreign subscriptions 5.00. The Sun positions itself as a service and business, inviting news items while reserving editorial discretion to determine news value and exclude aged or purely advertising content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Grayson and
Fannin
the Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Michael R. Sims
Paul Haliburton
O. V. Wilder
Joe Brown
Bells
Clyde Vestal
John Vestal
Karen Schneider
Mrs. O. A. Bennett
Emmett Penn
Stillwater
Okla
Mary Rena Penn Brittain
Elbert Bennett
Milt Simpson
Randolph
Trendon Vestal
Elaine
Balboa
Canal Zone
Rolla C. Vestal
James Peschke
Eddie
Houston
Vestal
Mrs
Cecil Fields
Morenci, Ariz
Earl Fields
Don Cook
Mesquite
C. J. Meador
Maxie Greer
Lubbock
Grace Roberts
Otho Miller
Rolla, Mo
Iola Fae Snodgrass
Oklahoma City
Bill Muirhead
Riley Tabor
Thomas Page
James Cook
Tyler
James Bradley
Clifton Page
Bethany
Oklo
Wilson’s
RCA
Charming
Sweet 16
RCA Radio Sale
RCA Victor
Total Sound Stereo
George Beverly Shea
J. R. Wilson Co
Texas
Estelle Montgomery
Laura Price
Catherine Porter
H. L. Durham
William P. Cameron
Fender May
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Texas Press Association
Amphojel
Haley M-O
ST. Joseph
Alludrox
Infantol Pink
Walker Pharmacy
Dorothy Perkins
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