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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
3
Locals list weekend visits and travel by residents including Clyde Craig, Katherine Montgomery, Maude Mangrum, Lester Haile, T. F. Barbee, Mildred White, Monta Badgett, W L Gordon, Pattie Pritchett, John Reeves, W W Reeves, Brents family, J M McMillin, Evelyn Wilson. Details show trips to Floydada San Antonio Lubbock Dallas Fort Worth Commerce and visits with relatives and family arrivals.
Miss Amateene May is spending the weekend with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. May.
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Andrews have returned to their Grandbury home after visiting her parents Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Spindle.
Mrs. H. L. Durham and her Bryan children visited friends this week. Lem Tittsworth of Bonham offered a bargain office desk and a refrigerator. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. C. May and Mrs. Flora Wright of Leonard joined Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Brents for a Sunday visit. W. D. Higdon of Atoka Oklahoma toured relatives here and guided Miss Viva Phillips home for a stay. H. L. Gordon and daughter returned to Chickasha after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon.
Guy Dillon of Plainview spent the weekend here with relatives. He was accompanied home by his wife and children who were visiting her parents Rev and Mrs W A Kirkpatrick.
Sulphur Springs reports Hopkins County voters approved a 1 750 000 bond issue for highways and lateral roads, carried by a slim margin in Saturday’s election.
State highway engineer Metcalf announced immediate start on the Bonham Bailey highway project. Deeds are signed and preliminary work begun with material staged. The department appropriated 65000 dollars for regraveling and concrete bridges, right of way widened to eighty feet. minimal route changes planned. H S Cole, Bonham Chamber highway chairman, participated in the talks.
Mr Metcalf met here to discuss a potential highway from Bonhamsrorth to Red River. He was assured that both state and federal departments will take part in the project. The proposed road would cost about 180000 dollars.
Mrs Rebecca Ford and Isaac Williams died from bullet wounds received during a Friday shooting at 916 North Branch Street. Ford died at about 7 30 PM from abdominal wounds. Williams died about an hour later from multiple chest and arm injuries. Witnesses say Williams entered the house at 5 30 PM and Ford fled the scene declaring she was wounded. Police found Williams in the room where the shooting occurred.
The Morton Salt Company plans a new mine one mile south of Grand Saline Texas claiming the thickest known salt vein, over 1000 feet. A 200 foot shaft 30 feet wide will begin operations with a rail spur and up to 600 workers, boosting the town’s population by about two thousand within days.
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club met with Mrs. F. T. Harris on Friday for a social gathering led by president Mrs. Carl Holland. The program featured readings by Mrs. Harris and Miss Leila Parrish, songs by several members, a friendship talk, and refreshments for five members and four visitors.
A boy’s early walk uncovered smoke emerging from the ground at the site of the old Taylor Grain & Elevator Co pit in Corpus Christi. Men cleaned rocks and found six years of smouldering grain, some yellow and unscorched, rocks around the pit still hot, and warned a full digging and water soak could quell it for years.
A Minnesota scientist speculates on what cave dwellers used to slam in the absence of doors suggesting a cave man or similar device may have served as a primitive door slam in the ancient setting.
A new law sets the state highway speed limit at forty five miles per hour outside cities while buses may run at forty. City limits impose a twenty mph limit. The act also governs vehicle sizes and parking in lanes after dark with required lights. The Legislature approved a conference report permitting heavy loads on highways with Highway Department permits.
A young farmer near Sweetwater borrows $25 to cover a marriage exam license and preacher as part of Texas new gin marriage law. He says his cotton needs chopping and a proposal from a girlfriend prompts a plan to marry with help from the banker. They filed three days notice of intent to wed.
Detroit News notes an English magazine reports a new musical instrument that combines saxophone and bagpipes. It is speculated that if imported, the device could gradually replace the electric chair.
A San Francisco Chronicle thought piece compares a girl and a car, noting how a good paint job hides age while the lines on both reveal a storied past.
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