Pilot Grove News Highlights Local Visits and School Revamp
Pilot Grove updates report Miss Jewell Dossey and Miss Madge Phillips visiting friends. Sherman and Denison travelers stop by. J. D. Robinson chosen as Pilot Grove school principal and the entire teaching staff for the next term is new. 4-H encampment attendees earn prizes and honors. many local families travel to Sherman, Gainesville, Sulphur, and Bonham for events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Dossey
Bonham
Madge Phillips
Denison
Annie
Mary Robae
Grace Caraway
Sherman
Clint Hopper
R. W. McMillin
Dallas
J. D. Robinson
Pilot Grove
Martha Hunnicut
A. B. Barnes Place
Simmie Ward
Gainesville
Bruce Dixon
Bill Adams
Leonard
G. E. Thrift
Doss
Mitch
Lois Chism
Commerce
Joe Burks
Bill Dixon
D. B. Taylor
Jesse Burks
Durelle Hunnicut
Doyle McKenney
Harold Wallace
Haskell Scott
Woodrow Bal
Pauline Binion
Jane Lovell
Helen Ray
Lena Mae Waldrop
Anna Binion
Rosa Mae
Opal Scott
Lillian Morgan
Anna Lou MccKinney
Alma
Jewell Andrews
Ray Waldrop
A. & M. College
Grayson County
Cornell Andrews
T E L Class Meeting at Mrs Bow Residence
The T. E. L. Class met Thursday at Mrs. J. L. Bow's home with fourteen members and six visitors. Mrs. Fleming led the devotional and Mrs. Witt led prayer. Mrs. Sears supervised the social hour. Ice cream and cake were served by hostesses Mrs. Bow Mrs. Ed Martin Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Gattis.
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J. L. Bow
Fleming
Witt
Oran Sears
Bow
Ed Martin
Turner
Gattis
Dentist To Open Office In Whitewright
Dr. Frank Layman plans to begin dentistry practice in Whitewright after renting an office in the May building and receiving new equipment arriving soon. He states readiness will follow installation and setup.
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Whitewright
May Building
Frank Layman
Pilot Grove Club Sets Fair Plans After Mid July Meeting
The Pilot Grove Home Demonstration Club met July 23 at 2 30 p m with six members present. They discussed fair plans and adjourned for vacation until September 10. Reporter.
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Pilot Grove
Revival at Baptist Church Opens August Third Sunday
The revival at the Baptist Church begins on the third Sunday in August with Dr. M E Hudson of the First Baptist Church in McKinney preaching. The pastor notes a successful Bethel Church meeting with four conversions in four services as it closes. Brother Ackley will start a new meeting at Enterprise Monday night with Brother Grow of Bethel assisting. The Girls Choral Club contributed two special numbers to the evening.
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The
Baptist Church
M. E. Hudson
First Baptist Church
McKinney
Bethel Church
Brother Ackley
Enterprise
Brother Grow
Bethel
Revival Guests Fill Greenville Pulpit Schedule
Reverend H M Cowling requests The Sun announce that Rev F B Wheeler of Dallas will preach Sunday morning at the revival near Greenville. Former local pastor Rev S L Ball will speak Sunday evenings, with Rev A J Weeks preaching August 4th morning.
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H. M. Cowling
Methodist Church
Greenville
The
Sun
F. B. Wheeler
Dallas
Mr. Wheeler
A. J. Weeks
Sherman
S. L. Ball
Mr. Cowling
Ten Cent Night at Palace Theatre After August 1
Palace Theatre announces a change to Family Night. After August 1 all admissions on Monday nights will be ten cents each. The event will be called Ten Cent Night and open to the public for a low price.
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Palace Theatre
Corsicana Farmer Delivers First Bale of Cotton
M. M. Lord, who last year delivered Corsicana’s first bale, beat his own record by 16 days with the first bale Tuesday. It weighed 365 pounds and a premium was being raised.
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Corsicana
M. M. Lord
Ace of Cards The man who refused the city keys
A man refuses the honorary city keys and jokes he would rather pick the locks than accept the honor. The incident frames a local figure known for card play and public stunts as a lighthearted commentary.
Did You Ever Stop To Think Interview With W B Foshay
Wilbur B Foshay president of the W B Foshay Company extols newspaper advertising as the best medium for reaching many people. He notes rising ad spend overall except 1928, with more funds shifted to press ads for continued growth and calls newspaper advertising a major asset in building the business.
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Wilbur B. Foshay
W. B. Foshay Company
United States
Canada
Mexico
Central America
Foshay
Girls Auxiliary Program at Baptist Church Meeting
G A PROGRAM The Girls Auxiliary meets next Thursday evening at 8 at the Baptist annex. Program includes topics What a Friend We Have Hymn Savior Like a Shepherd Devotional Pauls Work through Prayer Prayers and Hymn Quotations from Tennyson A King Prayed Opening Japan Two African Experiences and other segments with leaders Myra Nell Vestal Ruth Melugin Agnes Coffey Alberta Halliburton Sarah Janway and others.
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the Baptist Church
Baptist Annex
Myra Nell Vestal
Paul
Tennyson
India
Ruth Melugin
Japan
Agnes Coffey
China
Alberta Halliburton
Sarah Janway
Rotary Club Speaker Recalls European Travels
Rev. A. J. Weeks of Sherman, a Methodist elder, spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday. Introduced by F. E. Douglas, Weeks described European sights from four trips since World War I. Visitors included Rev. A. J. Weeks, Jack Weeks, Clyde Lucas of Sherman, Chesley Shaw of Fort Worth, and Rev. H. M. Cowling.
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A. J. Weeks
Sherman
The
Methodist Church
Rotary Club
F. E. Douglas
Weeks
Europe
Jack Weeks
Clyde Lucas
Chesley Shaw
Fort Worth
H. M. Cowling
Junior B Y P U program at Baptist annex
The junior B Y P U will present Sunday at 7 00 pm with Group Captain Lula Vestal guiding the session on Understanding Our Church Covenant The plan includes Love one another Ruth Gosnell Love our church Pearl England Give our money J C Hannah Read God's word and pray Emma Vestal Live pure lives Dorothy Gillett Win the lost Pauline Coley Live temperate lives Dwight Coley and other participants listed for the event
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Baptist Annex
Lula Lee Vestal
Granted Ten Reprieves, Man Now Years Chair
AUSTIN Moody may grant no further clemency to Juan Flores who, convicted in San Antonio for the murder tied to the stabbing of 15 year old Manuel Fernandez, has received ten reprieves the most for any Texas capital case. Flores was convicted in March 1927 with an original electrocution date of March 16 1928. Early reprieves followed affidavits from a key prosecution witness who swore falsely at the trial. Further reprieves were granted to allow capture of another Mexican alleged involved in the crime.
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Austin
Moody
Juan Flores
San Antonio
Manuel Fernandez
Flores
Texas
Mental back seat driving greatest burden
Anne Bryan McCall argues in Woman's Home Companion that mental back seat driving frets over imagined troubles. She illustrates with a story of a strong young farmer boy walking home contentedly, burden carried by the back that bears him.
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Anne Bryan McCall
Woman's Home Companion
Miss McCall
The Weary Boy and the Tiny Witch on the Path
A farmer boy helps an old witch who weighs little and sits on his bundle. She whispers warnings about dangers such as a puddle and thieves as he trudges home exhausted, and afterward he refuses to travel again.
Quote on burdens of life from Miss McCall
The passage notes that the weight of life grows when individuals add their own fretfulness envy and irritability to their burdens. Miss McCall emphasizes focusing less on personal affairs to ease life’s load.
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Miss McCall
Telegram says two lions captured for mail
The circus owner’s wife reads a telegram from Africa stating that two lions have been captured and will be sent by mail. Rastus explains the message reads “Jes’ captured two lions” and asks for the details.
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Rastus
Africa
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