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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
5
Local items from Whitewright include visits by residents to relatives in Oklahoma City Dallas and Sherman. Eggs sold at Silmans for nine cents a dozen and tomatoes five cents a can. A Presbyterian pastor and a Baptist class gathering are reported along with a school graduate moving to Dallas and a fire loss on the J E Rutledge farm.
Mrs. Harry Roberts and daughter Anna Martha return from a two month visit to Georgia and Florida visiting Athens, Atlanta, and Jacksonville. Gomer May passed the Texas Board of Pharmacy exam after studying at Danforth Pharmacy School Fort Worth and will receive papers authorizing him to fill prescriptions. Fender May Amarillo also passed the board.
F W Peveto of Sherman met friends in Whitewright and is solicited to enter the State Senate race to succeed Jake J Loy who won the Democratic county judge nomination. Peveto is a Sherman city council member active in civic affairs and would attract a large following. Loy may resign allowing a November election.
W. R. Hooper, president of the Whitewright Rotary Club, introduced the Sherman Rotary Club program. Rev. J. Purvis and Mrs. J. D. Lowe presented readings and a talk on Trust receiving hearty encores. E. M. Hampton, Sherman Democrat advertising manager and former Whitewright citizen, chaired the program.
Mrs. R. L. West of Huntsville Alabama describes weakness and weight loss. She began taking Cardus after an aunt recommended it, and after several bottles her side pain ceased and she felt stronger and healthier. Cardus is sold at local drug stores.
Harold Doss thanks voters of precinct three for support in the public weigher race. He advances to a runoff and asks supporters from the eliminated candidates to back him, planning to meet voters before the August primary to present his case.
Rayburn expresses deep appreciation to the people of Grayson County for their splendid support in the July 23 primary. He says the endorsement renews faith and courage to carry on his work for the people with sincere friendship to all.
Bettie Gay Harrison six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Harrison northeast of town died at Bonham hospital at 1 o clock Wednesday night of pneumonia. Funeral services are at the family residence Thursday at 4 o clock with burial at Oaks Hill Cemetery. Lloyd Moore funeral director in charge. Survived by parents and several brothers and sisters.
Tom Brice thanks voters of Precinct Three for loyal support in the election. He notes he led the ticket for public weigher by 100 votes and promises the same careful service if re elected.
Tom Wells thanks Grayson County voters for support in the first primary and vows to push for economical government. He expects to win in the second primary for Representative Place 1, District 44.
Roy M. Finley expresses gratitude to loyal friends for their support at Saturday's primary and appeals to all citizens to back his effort to enforce the law.
The Methodist Church group met at Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. home for Guest Day with Bonham visitors. The program featured piano and vocal performances, a reading, a one act play directed by Mrs. W. B. Carr, and an after-session game led by Mrs. Ott Lackey.
Mrs G B Pruett 75 of Texas died at 3 a m last Wednesday at her daughter’s home near Trenton after a five week hip injury. Funeral at Orangeville church with Rev H W Chambers and Rev A J Henderson. Interment Burns Cemetery. Survived by husband ten children 45 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. aged 57 years married.
A brief exchange between two girls in the South praises local talk and references the Mason Dixon line, highlighting regional linguistic flavor and cultural context.
Gatum Lake covers 164 square miles and is noted as the largest artificially formed lake. The claim highlights its status as a man made water body and its global scale within a regional context.
Democratic leader James A Farley travels to Washington to press Roosevelt campaign plans while Republican secretary George B Keim finalizes notice procedures for President Hoover. The event includes an 8 30 p m ceremony at Constitution Hall with Everett Sanders and Bertrand H Snell, followed by a White House luncheon on Aug 11 with the hoover party and campaign officials.
James A. Farley, new chairman of the Democratic national committee, presented Roosevelt campaign plans to congressional Democratic leaders and listened to their suggestions during a lengthy conference on Capitol Hill. The meeting, held in Senator Harrison's office, included attendees Senators Hull McKellar Connally Ashurst Hayden Black and Trammell with Farley Robert Jackson and Charles Michelson.
A widow describes hardship as her husband suffers a parallel stroke and they struggle to make ends meet amid mounting medical and living costs. The exchange reveals the couple's fragile finances and urgent need for support.
An excerpt meditates on life as a narrow vale between eternal peaks. It notes that effort to glimpse beyond ends in echoes from the dead and that hope, love, and myth color human joy and grief from birth to death. The passage evokes nature as a magical realm shaping divine and mortal frailties.
The Palisadian notes editorial slips and mis filed letters and misreads in a lighthearted tale. The editor jokes about wrong numbers and misfiled notices while a doctor and preacher are mentioned for comic missteps.
A New York story recalls an Irish driver and helper speeding near Broad Street. The man ignores a rope and warning sign reading Slow Down Men at Work as the helper shouts at him. The driver quips that the sign is Republican propaganda.
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