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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1928
Page
5
Clay Horton Chesley Rutledge and others from Denison Trenton Howe Sherman Royse City Durant and Dallas visited here Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Regina Pennington and Lucille Harris traveled to Tulsa and Lubbock for visits and jobs. Local residents returned from Sherman Wolfe City Terrell Dallas and Cisco with family and hospital news.
Mrs T. D. McLarry and daughter Miss Peggie along with Mrs FE Smith and daughter Miss Nell and Mrs E Woods, former Whitewright residents, visited relatives and friends here at the start of the week.
A flurry of visits and loose social ties fill Sherman during the week with Mrs. J E Payne Jr of Dallas visiting parents, Mrs. Tom Gillett seeing son George Gillett, and numerous other guests from Dallas Fort Worth Graham Cedar Mem phis and Denison. The piece lists gatherings, theatre events, and upcoming performances at the Palace Theatre with local families hosting relatives and friends.
Rev. Howard McSpedden of Greenville spent the weekend in town with relatives, staying at a local residence and attending family gatherings.
Dr. R. May and Dr. Ross R. May attended the funeral of Tom Crowder at Sherman on Monday afternoon. The deceased was a son of Dr. and Mrs. Crowder of Sherman.
Miss Mary Lou Ross came back Sunday after visiting relatives in Royse City. Mrs. Edward Clark returned Sunday from a Sanatorium where she spent weeks for her health. Miss Thelma Hodge went home to Bonham Wednesday after visiting grandmother Mrs. T. J. Chenoweth. Mrs. J. P. Montgomery and Misses Katherine Montgomery and Bessie Barbee were Sherman visitors. Mrs. D. S. Carr and daughter Mrs. Claud Amos of Dallas returned Tuesday from Wolfe City and Leonard. Miss Belle Huddleston returned to Stamford after an extended visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs Floyd Williams and daughter Lucile return from Durant Oklahoma visiting relatives. Wallace Skaggs H E Weathers and daughter Frances of Denton were guests of C H Skaggs. Van Alstyne visitors Sunday included C H Skaggs and family. M P Williamson and son visiting West Texas relatives with C W Anderson family. Edna Ray Womack J H Waggoner Inez Gladys Ray and Elizabeth Waggoner Bonham visitors Tuesday. Rev G M Byers and daughter Jessie of Nashville Tennessee visited W J Martin. See the men of Whitewright July 19th as Toonerville Kindergarten pupils. Teacher Evangline Coppethweight Higginbothem. Oscar Bow returned from Sherman after four weeks in hospital post operation. Bryan Weber of Waxahachie spent weekend with parents Tony and ...
Social notes list guests visiting Durant and Sherman area from Gunter to Dallas. Trustees plan a School event called The Family Group at Palace Theatre on July 19 with a Toonerville Trolly trip for Kinder garten Exhibition. Local families attend funerals and visit relatives while crop prospects in Lubbock County draw comment. Dessie Dee Doody to perform at Palace Theatre with encore planned.
Miss Evangelina Coppethweight Higginbothem will teach kindergarten in Whitewright next year following her success leading Tooner ville Kindergarten. Her appointment marks a continuation of strong early education noted by local officials.
Jakie Zeik enfoose and Tommie Tuckander clash at the Toonerville Exhibition until Miss Evangelena Coppeth weight Higginbothem, the teacher, steps in to separate them.
Mr and Mrs Jack Ryon and their son from McKinney visited Mrs Ryon's parents Mr and Mrs Bascom Sears and left Tuesday for Centerville to visit Mr and Mrs J T Ryon, Mr Ryons parents.
Mrs. A. L. Groves and daughter Miss Elizabeth with Miss Regina Pennington of Royse City depart Tuesday to visit relatives in El Paso and Fabens.
J Alton May leaves Saturday for Amarillo to join the Randal Drug Company after completing a Fort Worth pharmacy course and becoming a registered pharmacist. Rev and Mrs James ONeil and their son from Sprangler NM visit B B Hall family. Mrs ONeil is Eunice Cook. Capt and Mrs D C Kelly and sons from Atlanta GA visit Ott Lackey, with others from Greenville Commerce in attendance. Capt Kelly teaches at University of Georgia.
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Hankins attend the annual Baptist encampment at Woodlake between Sherman and Denison. Rev. Hankins teaches in the Sunday school department and Mrs. Hankins leads in the Woman's Missionary Union department.
Mr and Mrs H G Webster relocate to the Ed Martin home in northwest Whitewright. The former owners Claud R Truett now lives in Abilene and will ship his household goods to Whitewright soon. He works in the state bank examining force and may set Whitewright as his headquarters. Friends cheer their return to the old hometown.
The author argues that the negro possesses a soul and many other attributes, challenging racist theories. He contends that Africans or African Americans are endowed by the Creator, capable of endurance and speech, and critiques white writers who deny humanity to black people while praising civilization and equality.
The passage urges readers to not miss Sun newspaper ads as the best bargains are found there and recommends reading all ads weekly to maximize savings.
The passage mocks a favored class claiming free schooling, reserved rail travel, tax free government, and unlimited wives and dogs. It notes perpetual Republican governance with no taxation or representation, unchallenged gun rights, constant public attention, and ongoing portraiture by artists. It ends amid a claim about widespread graphophone ownership.
A brief item notes a query about timing of an appendicitis event raised years from now. The piece hints at medical planning context and possible scheduling considerations without detailing individuals or exact dates.
A humorous exchange centers on a test of women’s prudence. A man dismisses women as fools, claiming only one sensible woman. The other quips that he valued her but she would not marry him, sparking a lighthearted back-and-forth.
A child recalls maternal bedtime rules and the shifting judgment between being too small at night and too big in the morning, highlighting a playful bedtime power dynamic.
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