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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
3
Local notes show C J Denton Sherman visitor, Mrs J F Spindle visiting Tioga, Wayne McGaughey at Aquilla with grandparents, A J Badgett with son in Waco, and many others from Sherman Fort Worth Dallas and Camp Bowie visiting relatives and attending occasions in towns like Marlin Lubbock Greenville and Menard Texas.
Mrs A B McCauley and children of Dallas visit her parents the Boone family. Sherman guests include Mrs R M Womack and children at the Ray sisters home. Kentucky visitors join D S McMillin household. Social notes detail multiple visits, travels, and receipts of wartime drafts. Gardiner buyers urged to patronize P J Pierce and Son. Denison groups plan Camp Travis calls. thirteen to depart.
Tom Brice is called by the Bonham exemption board for training at Camp Travis. J.L. Dyer reports crops fine near Clarksville. Will Looney promotes his prices and invites purchases. Hon. D S McMillin to speak at Pottsboro on Saturday supporting Gov Hobby. The Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Saturday at 4 PM. all members urged to attend.
I have a full stock of furniture with low overhead and small profits. Get my prices before you buy and be convinced. Wil Looney, the furniture man, in the telephone building. 666 cures Malarial Fever.
A San Francisco visitor will travel to Los Angeles and Pomona and attend church next Sunday morning where the Dr. will discuss The Effect of the War on Foreign Missions. Ott Lackey of Whitewright jokes about missing Rhode Island fryers. He requests information on their whereabouts.
Red Cross workers and volunteers are urged to make hospital shirts from cloth at home and deliver to Red Cross rooms by Thursday the 1th. Headquarters announce a change in the home sewing department after this date. Mrs. Bos Beasley is chairman of the home sewing department.
Miss Sue Stephens comes home from a visit with relatives at Caddo Oklahoma accompanied by two relatives. Howard Brodhead spent a week in his room with a badly burned foot from stepping into hot waste water at the light plant. Mr and Mrs C J Meador left Wednesday by auto for Arkadelphia Arkansas to visit several days. Citizens may leave worn tires at garages for Red Cross funds aiding soldier boys.
The Red Cross urges owners to donate old worn tires to salvage drives running until August first. Place tires in cars and deliver to local garages where they will be collected for the Red Cross, a small act that could aid the organization with about fifty dollars in value.
Dr Pickett and family plan to depart Whitewright next Monday for a long voyage to the Philippine Islands. They will follow the southern route through El Paso to reach their destination.
Beginning next Sunday services at the Presbyterian church will start with Sunday school from 9.45 to 10.45 a m followed by the preaching service. Instructions specify the schedule for worship and religious instruction.
The text states activities will begin at 10 50 and close at 11 50 am with an evening service from 8 30 to 9 20. It provides two distinct time blocks for services.
The Denison exemption board reclassifies last year registrants and forwards names and numbers of men in class 1 to Austin. Appeals will go to the district board at Tyler. the public is asked to report any false dependents or misstatements. Two Whitewright men, Luther Gordon and Frank V. Hicks, are already in class one as of Wednesday noon.
An American citizen is asked to report to the board the name of any registrant given a defered classification when not entitled. The notice says the exemption board cannot grant perfect classifications without citizen help and will value any assistance.
Local notice asks residents to settle sanitary water and scavenger fees for the third quarter at the fire station. Those who have not paid are urged to call at once to avoid additional costs.
A short ad asserts happiness depends on good health and regular bowels. It claims Chamberlains Tablets move bowels purge poisons and relieve headaches and indigestion enabling real joy of living. Try them.
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