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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
5
Locals visit Dallas Itasca Sherman Paris Denison Houston and Oklahoma City with births illnesses and social visits. The American Legion picnic drew record crowds and a large fireworks show. Typhoid precautions recommended as cases appear rural Whitewright notes include birthdays and Navy assignments.
A Saturday afternoon miscellaneous shower honored Mrs Clayton Jester who wed on June 29. Guests included Mrs Daniel Rhody Miss Helen M Taylor Mrs Lanius Head Miss Ann Mae Watson Mrs George Jarvis Mrs Sam Taylor Miss Mary Nell Talley Miss Oneta Jester Mrs Elmer Sanderson Mrs J C Hagler Mrs W T Goode and baby Miss Wandadell Sanderson Miss Mary Jane Taylor Neal Talley Mrs Mattie James and Mrs Everett Watson. Mrs Jester received many gifts.
Roy Robinson of Trenton was guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday. He was presented by Russell.
Summers who had charge of the program and Mr Robinson used charts to illustrate service points enjoyed by all. Mrs Newton Manning, recently resigning as club pianist, was presented a silver water set. Guests included S P Tucker Dr Herman Klapproth Dr Coble Strother members of the Sherman Rotary Club and O H Woodrow of Sherman.
Mrs. Mary Susan Price 72 died Monday at home in Blue Ridge. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Blue Ridge Baptist Church. Interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Survived by husband J P Price seven sons A L Price Savoy W J Price Blue Ridge Earl Price McKinney Arlan Price Dallas E L Price Leonard O Price Sedan NM three daughters Matt King Goldie Womble Flostine Price Blue Ridge three sisters E T Doss Whitewright Sidney Langham W M Baker Blue Ridge 19 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Directed by Glen Earnheart.
Mrs Elvira Hogue died at 3 55 p m Monday at her home in Trenton Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 30 p m at the Trenton Methodist Church with interment at Burns Cemetery under Glen Earnheart direction She was born December 20 1872 in Lincoln County Tennessee and later moved to Texas in 1893 She married Clyde Benton and after his death moved to Texas where she wed Frank Hogue Survived by two sisters nine grandchildren and four sons and two daughters including Ed Mike Jim Ben Ed Dodson and Archie Holliman, all of Trenton and Orangeville Dallas Los Angeles Barrington Illinois.
Charles C. Bailey aged 69 of Ravenna died of a heart attack at the Kent farm north of Whitewright while visiting his granddaughter Mrs. P. P. Kent. Funeral services were held at the Kent home conducted by Rev. Adams of Randolph. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Born March 16, 1871 in Louisville, he is survived by four sons Melvin, Floyd, Theo, and Clifton. three daughters Ellie Taylor, Ivy Mitchell, and Jeffie Mitchell. 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Washington reports the army contracted 627 light tanks from American Car and Foundry Company for about 11 million dollars, marking the largest single tank purchase in peacetime history.
Bids will be opened at 11 a m July 25 in the district engineer's office for labor material and equipment to repair alter and paint the observation platform at the Denison dam site The platform will be enlarged to accommodate thousands of visitors to the site.
Leroy Anderson serves as pastor at Central Christian Church with Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m.
Church announces a July 14 to July 21 meetings series. Bible study 10 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. preaching sessions with 10:55 a.m. service also listed. Leonard Mullens is the minister inviting all to attend.
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. with Dick Montgomery as superintendent. The 10:50 a.m. sermon titled Unfinished Business. Choirs provide music. At 8 p.m. The Story of Three Men and Three Trees presented by the church.
L. O. Ballard, pastor, lists weekly church schedule with Sunday school at 10 o'clock, morning worship at 11, and evening worship at 8:15, followed by a prayer meeting at 8:15 on Sunday evenings.
Pastor Ben Bell leads Sunday school at 10 a m with N L Manning as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon titled Guided by the Spirit. Evening service at 8 includes a sermon on The Armor of God. Midweek prayer and Bible study Wednesday at 8 covers Matthew 11.
A compilation of quotes on procrastination from Shakespeare Anon Cer Vantes and Spanish proverbs. It contrasts delaying actions with urging to seize the day and live fully. The sayings cover time, decision making, and personal reform.
A humorous exchange features a professor's daughter rejecting a marriage proposal from a man of no means. The student struggles to understand, and she confirms the reason in a witty, clipped line.
Grady Thompson former Sherman Police Chief for seven years campaigns for Grayson County Clerk. Born on a Tennessee farm, educated at Ruskin College Tennessee, moved to Texas in 1913, worked in Dallas offices, served two years as deputy in Tax Collector's office, farmed near Sherman for 14 years where his three children were born. He pledges to serve as agent in charge for the people.
The article presents a historical tidbit that Grover Cleveland, later president, hanged two men in 1872 while sheriff of Erie County New York. It also explains the proper process for resignations, noting Calhoun as the only VP to resign, then shifts to simple science Q&As on milk souring during thunderstorms, throat lump sensations, duck feather oil, and non wooden railroad ties.
The article notes wood ties remain standard on the 414000 miles of U S railways with over a billion ties in service. About 3000 ties per mile exist and three quarters are chemically treated to extend life, yielding an annual replacement rate of 75 to 100 ties per mile.
Poem addressed to Phyllis with affectionate imagery of morning light spring birds and dew. Rises themes of longing and celebration as companions await her arrival and toast her health in a bright verse.
A fragmented verse sequence speaks of appetite and longing with surreal images. It invokes symbolic fills and asks a restless spirit to pour abundance across bodies and landscapes, using vivid metaphors for vigor and renewal.
A young woman arrives at her grandmother's home in a backless evening frock. Grandmother scolds with moralizing humor, saying she would dread the mother’s reaction if she saw it. The granddaughter reveals the dress actually belongs to her mother.
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