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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
5
A long list of residents and guests from Edhube to Denison, Dallas to Gainesville, travel and visit family in Whitewright Honey Grove Paris Sherman Denison and nearby communities during a busy week. Births, moves and community notices add local color with multiple family ties and weekend visits.
Four members of Oscar Brown's family living west of town fall ill with typhoid. Raymond Brown and daughters Lattie Nellie and Joan Brown are among those affected. Other items note Mrs T E Sears and son Thomas visiting Austin, Lula Griffin of Houston and Mrs May Waldrum and Mrs M W Waldrum of Savoy visiting Elder and Mrs J R Waldrum, and Mr and Mrs R P Gordon and daughter Elizabeth visiting relatives in town.
Miss Helen Alexander visits relatives southwest of town. Miss Anna Joyce Benson returns to Sherman after vacation with Benson parents. Jacqueline Nossaman recovering from foot surgery in Dallas. Drewie Caylor of Oklahoma City spends weekend with mother and wife and niece Betty Ann Darwin. Mrs. J B Hall and Mae Hall visit Dallas. Mrs. Rube Parker of Lamesa joins them. J W Hollingsworth and Gae Hollingsworth attend the Sapulpa funeral of J B McAlister, a railroad worker killed in New Mexico.
Mrs Grace Roberts hosted week end guests from Sherman Denton and Dallas including Miss Ray Johnston Branch Mas sey Maxine Roberts Sears Peggy Sinclair and Mary Gee Wood. H P Donigan elected director of the ninth district of the Texas Cotton Ginners Association at Sherman meeting succeeding Gilbert C Holman. Mrs John Hollingsworth reports her husband improving at the Veterans Hospital in Muskogee Okla Rev and Mrs G C Ivins of Texarkana visited Whitewright. Elmer Brown killed a mare two miles west of Trenton when his car struck the animal on the highway. the animal belonged to John Hill.
Dr and Mrs M L Patton of Memphis announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday July 17 Mrs Patton is niece of Inez and Gladys Ray of Epewright and has many friends Four typhoid cases in a Whitewright area family prompt Dr Ross R May city health officer to warn readers to vaccinate The Sun notes urge typhoid serum if not given in two years Lee Wilburn of Austin visits his wife and son here while she visits her mother L LaRoe Whitewright CT Camp enrollees from Whitewright include Lloyd Badgett James Clabhorn Joe Garland Preston Henderson Wilmer Robertson John Wiser James Williams John Baldwin Eldridge Caylor William Janway Herman Riddie Henry Stepp Scoutmaster change Mack Pierson replaces B W Newman Gillett joins committee Miss Sam Phillips of Edmond Okla returns home after visits with relatives Edna Rathbun recalls Sam Phillips was Katy Railroad agent 44 years ago Week-end visitors include Sarah Kilgree Laverne Carrol Jane Ona Bell Hampton Orleta Payne Wyneka Payne Joy Owens Hayden Hamilton Bonnie Belle Hampton Sherman San Marcos Tulsa Commerce American Legion adjutant Allen Short calls Legion and Boy Scout members to meet for park cleanup Friday at 5 30 p m All members urged to attend Danish plumber uses eels to clean clogged drains.
Readers urged to notify The Sun of address changes to prevent misdelivered papers and save 2c per wrong address. If a change is known a week ahead, readers should notify in advance to avoid missed issues and reduce losses.
Blue Ridge mourns as Lloyd and Woodrow Belew die in a truck crash near Henryetta. Attendants include family from Farmersville Lubbock Sherman Frisco Kaufman Anna Melissa and more. service held at First Baptist Church Thursday at 3 pm. R.B. Gordon celebrates 77th birthday, noted as active and youthful.
Two hundred fifty six more vehicles were registered in Grayson County from Feb 1 to July 10 this year than the corresponding period last year, deputy George Schumacher in the highway department reports. Total registrations Feb 1 to July 11, 1936 were 13,590 and Feb 1 to July 10, 1937 reached 13,846.
The young condor cannot fly until they are about a year old. Researchers note the period is tied to growth and development before wing strength and balance enable sustained flight.
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