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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
5
Locals from Sherman and nearby towns fill a sequence of visits across Texas. W. S. Cunningham, Roscoe Pace and Dr. J. F. Spindle travel to Sherman while others tour Dallas Midland and Denton. Families gather in Leonard Bowie and Big Spring as Misses and Mrs. visitors log short trips and summer stays.
A long list of visitors and stays around Whitewright and nearby towns includes Paul Collins with cousin A N McCoy in Rose Hill, Mrs Raymond Phillips in Ivanhoe with Mrs J D Russell, Mildred Jordan in Melissa visiting Anita Vestal, and many others from Sherman, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Durant. The note also mentions the Whitewright summer school closing Friday with examiner Sue Stephens reporting good work by students.
Misses Nita Fern Roe and Norma Jo Gunn visit Waxahachie home of the Stowers. Mrs. Percy Darwin and Mrs. Frank King visit A. T. Short in Sherman hospital. Mrs. R. L. Sears and Mrs. Clarence Pace also visit A. T. Short there. Mangrum returns from Valley View. Norris and family from Madill Oklahoma spend weekend with Norris in Waxahachie. Cook and Hall families attend Capeville community homecoming. Mrs. John Philip Barbee of Henderson visits T. E. Barbee’s home. D. B. Smith plans extended South Texas trip. J. G. Camp and son visit W. F. Humphries in Waxahachie. R. W. Reed of Detroit and Mrs. Charles Ruth visit W. F. Sanders. Blanche MontgomeryVacationing in Mexico. J. W. Rodgers Jr. of Leonard visits grandparents W. F. McDowell. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bryant and daughter Mary of McKinney spend Sunday with H. F. Thompson.
Jim McCallum of Fisher County visited Ross Dickson here Wednesday and Ray Jones with Dorotha Reedy hosted in Sherman. W E LaRoe and Les LaRoe of Leonard visited sawmills and wholesale lumber centers. Elizabeth Waggoner returned home from Texas Woman's College Fort Worth. Frank Spindle and family left Sherman for Chicago World's Fair after visiting his parents. Margreta Fender began a Northwest motor trip with Dr and Mrs J B Smith. Meador family traveled to Arkadelphia after death of his father. Roberta Sloan visiting Denton summer school spent weekend with Pilot Grove parents.
Jimmie Lewis Carpenter of Trenton and Miss Mabel King of Whitewright were married in McKinney on Saturday July 7 by Rev. W. M. Lightford. The bride is daughter of Mrs. H. P. Ross of Whitewright and the couple will reside in Trenton. Mrs. C. W. Pope returned from Sherman where she visited her sister Mrs. A. T. Short at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, where Mrs. Short is recovering after last week’s operation.
Miss Mary Pumphrey a grade school faculty member currently attending summer school at Austin College Sherman will be awarded her degree at the close of the school on August 25.
Miss Johnnie V. Dossey, attending summer school in Denton, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dossey. She will receive the B. S. degree at the close of the school on August 25.
G F Bryant of the U S Department of Justice spent the weekend here with his family and will headquarter in Wichita Falls after a transfer from Fort Worth. A Grand Lodge official will attend Friday’s lodge hall meeting and all former members are urged to attend.
A called session of the Masonic Chapter will be held Monday night July 23 for installation of officers and other important business. The Grand Chapter visitor will be present.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb assists Dr J F Fender in a meeting in Little Rock this week. Lloyd Stowers will fill Dr Webb's place at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Reverend J. R. Waldrum of the Church of Christ conducted funeral services in Savoy last Thursday afternoon for Emmet Melugin a 25 year old resident of the town.
Alvis McDowell of Wolfe City spent the weekend here with his Dowell. He recently returned from the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition and visited Detroit points in Canada Niagara Falls Buffalo Mammoth Cave and Floyd Collins Cave in Kentucky.
A Courier editor endorses Hubert Bookout for a second term as Grayson County District Attorney. The piece praises his background from Van Alstyne to Sherman, notes his schooling and law career, cites 18 months of prior service with distinction, and rejects long ago slander as unfounded. It frames Bookout as fearless, capable, and best qualified for the office.
A Grayson County District Attorney candidate delivers a statewide address asserting his record and attacking his opponent. He cites murder convictions, sentence totals, and economic comparisons to argue for a second term and continued efficiency.
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