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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1937
Page
5
Dexter Ray Garrison visits Bixlers in town and bills from Waldo Furniture advertise mattresses and bedroom suites. Several locals host and visit kin from Dallas Houston Lubbock and Denton while new babies arrive and birthdays are noted. A string of shoppers and residents purchase furniture, wall paper, and appliances at Waldo and other stores.
A Sherman negro choral club will perform at the negro Baptist Church Friday at 8 o clock. Admission is ten cents and white people are invited.
M E Winburn and W H Stedham returned from Anderson Alabama reporting good crops in Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama. G W Ford plans fall hatchery operations Aug 9 at his West Main Street home after purchasing equipment from his father. Mike Winburn repaired Lone Star Gas measuring station damage in Tren ton after a head on car collision breaking a gas main. Weekend visitors included H E Wilson Mrs J H Biggerstaff Edith Biggerstaff and Robert Dalton of Dallas. Edith Biggerstaff leaves for Chicago this week for work with Western Union. N L Manning and Mrs Manning with daughter visited Dallas after a grammar school principal attended SMU summer sessions. Dr B Wrenn Webb and Mrs Webb depart for vacation visiting Tucson and Phoenix. Webb resumes duties Sept 1.
Joe Billie Dillon Jimmie Erwin and George Fry of Plainview and Marion Cram of Dallas visited in the home of Mrs. W A Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Kate Hastings and daughter Betty of Dallas were week end guests in the home of Mrs S H Montgomery. A Sherman man spent Sunday night in the Whitewright jail after an arrest for drunkenness near the Presbyterian Church. Officer F O Mangrum took charge. He was in an old automobile with two women and two children, all other occupants sober. Mr and Mrs L A Willeford and four children moved from Gladewater to Whitewright living in Penn Apartments. Willeford bought a farm in Ely community and may invest here. He owns land near Gladewater with several oil wells, but sought Whitewright for family life and city conveniences. Gerald Mann of Dallas former Secretary of State visited Rev Joe M Connally at the Methodist Church. They were SMU classmates and lifelong friends. Mann, a former SMU football standout, was Secretary of State under Governor Allred and later joined the State Planning Board. He is now a Dallas attorney and potential Attorney General candidate, with no public campaign announced.
The revival at Enterprise Baptist Church east of Whitewright draws strong attendance and interest. Begun Sunday, Rev. M. J. Shaw preaches with pastor Rev. O. F. Robinson assisting. Services are at 10 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. daily. Shaw is regarded as a top local minister. All are invited to attend.
Bonham reports Fannin County voters will decide August 23 on a $200,000 good roads bond issue, aligned with constitutional amendments. A petition to the commissioners court gathered nearly 700 signatures. It is believed the WPA would add $800,000 if approved, totaling $1,000,000.
The Home Demonstration Club met July 22 with 12 members present at the Boy Scout cabin. Miss Eunie King led a discussion on How to Score Bread. Mrs. S. E. Wallace scored 98 on clover leaf rolls and Miss Hester Martin 97 on sweet rolls. The next meeting is Aug 12, the final one before encampment, and all members are urged to attend.
Sherman judge B F Gafford spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on the six constitutional amendments to be voted on Monday August 23. He explained each amendment and urged all voters to study the issues and cast an intelligent ballot.
Funeral services for Wm T Massey, who died Saturday, were held Sunday afternoon at Marvin Methodist Church near Whitewright. Interment followed at Randolph Cemetery. Massey, a Randolph area farmer and farm program committee member, was ill about a year and left a wife, one daughter, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Massey, among many friends who attended.
Sunday school at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m Epworth League at 7 p m and a second preaching service at 8 p m Pastor Joe M Connally announces regular hours for August 1 in the local church schedule.
During the pastor’s absence at the Presbyterian Church Dr. B Wrenn Webb serves in the pulpit and attends to duties. The notice notes a temporary leadership change and church activities continue as planned.
Morning worship at 11 o clock on August 1 and 8 features Mrs John Madonne presenting a travel talk on Egypt and Palestine, presided by R T Pennington. On August 8 the Woman's Missionary Society offers an informative program led by president Mrs R L Sears and sponsor Mrs R E Hickman. Sunday school is held each Sunday at 10 am with Dick Montgomery as superintendent.
Orangeville News reports extended visits by L W Wilder and family of Valdosta with O W Wilder. Claud Cooper and family from West Texas with Clarence Cooper. and Mrs Leo Hayes hospitalized in Sherman. Mr and Mrs T L Throne Aubry and Y B Crawford with baby from Trenton visited Sam Brown. J E Donihoe and Iline Segers wed with F O Robinson presiding. Vaden Bush of Whitewright attended. bride’s Marshall family noted. groom son of Sam Donihoo.
Ely News reports Bonnie Ruth Cooper and Georgia Ray Moore at E T S T C Commerce spent the weekend at home. Mrs Virgil Cates and Mrs Leo Hayes are in Sherman St Vincent's Hospital after appendicitis operations and are doing nicely. Mrs Bradley Miller of English visited Mrs John Baker Friday afternoon. William T Massey died early Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs Ford Kitching and Betty Cates visited Mahurin with Mr and Mrs J H Hodge. Clarence Barker of Sherman spent Sunday with Charley Cates.
Notice to Oak Hill Cemetery Annex lot owners that a large majority have not paid dues. Dues are $3 per year. Request payment to committee members Mrs. H. C. Willis, Mrs. Lee Kirkpatrick, and Mrs. C. P. Johnson.
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