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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
5
A string of visitors and relatives tour Dallas Whitesboro Lone Oak Fort Worth Leonard and Plainview with stops in Dallas. Notable names include Mr and Mrs Charley Ayers J D Heard Bess Joe Barbee and the Barbee family plus many more visiting relatives and friends across the region.
Bill Jones praises Bayou State Oil for hot weather use noting it is 99 81 100 percent pure and remains high grade in SAE 30 40 50 and 60. Roberts Co sells the oil at 15 cents per quart and offers free crankcase drainage plus a range of binder twine hay ties jars and rubbers at low prices.
Several families and friends travel between Howe Sherman Denison and surrounding towns visiting relatives and relatives illnesses. Notable notes include J B Boone and family at the bedside of R B Boone in Marshall and J A May ill in Altus and A A May returning home after nursing his brother.
Mrs. J. D. Lowe, who had surgery at a Sherman hospital Monday, is reported progressing as well as could be expected. Mr. and Mrs. John Russell and Mr. and Mrs. Bernie O'Dell of Dallas were Sunday guests of Mrs. J. D. Russell.
Mrs E T Doss lies ill in a Sherman sanatorium after being taken there Monday. Relatives include Mrs R B Owens of Sabinal and Mrs Joe Clark of New Boston at her bedside. The story also notes rental of Claud R Truett residence on Spruce street by Charley Ayers and his wife, and announces the upcoming marriage of Isabel Noe of Denison to Charles Kenneth Davidson of Colbert Oklahoma.
Reverend Kermit Hollingsworth travels from Monroe Louisiana to Cement Oklahoma to assist in a revival meeting. The evangelistic party recently concluded a revival in Monroe.
Rev and Mrs G C Ivins along with Clay Horton Roy Blanton Frank King Carl May and Mrs W T Simmons and daughter attended the funeral services for F F Newman at Sherman Saturday afternoon. Mr Newman was a brother of B W Newman of Whitewright.
Mrs. Curlee Cummings will leave for Lubbock Saturday to join her husband who works for an insurance company there. The Cummings were members of the Telephone school faculty which has closed for summer vacation.
Rev. J. L. Truett has been moved from Baptist hospital in Dallas to the home of his daughter Mrs. W. C. Johnson. Friends report his condition has improved enough for him to leave the hospital and it is hoped he can return home soon.
Charles R. Truett returned from Lubbock Friday after attending the high school graduating exercises where Charles Truett Jr. was a graduate. Mrs. Truett and son accompanied him back to Whitewright. Charles Jr. will return to Lubbock in August to join the Lubbock band at the World's Fair in Chicago.
Dr. R May oldest practicing physician in Whitewright turns 82 on Wednesday as his children plan a Sunday gathering for the birthday anniversary. Born in Fannin County he has lived in Whitewright for more than fifty years.
M. M. Gates announces he has ceased bakery operations and appointed the agency for Burnett's bread in Whitewright. Burnett's bread will be available at all local grocers, with praise for its quality and a request for customers to purchase it.
Mrs E M Montgomery returns to her home in Clovis New Mexico after visiting her mother Mrs G W Pope and other relatives. The brief note confirms travel from a prior visit and mentions family connections in the area.
Mrs G A Harkey, born July 18 1881 in Lone Oak, died Sunday at her Lone Oak home after illness. Funeral attended by Mr and Mrs W R Hooper and Mr and Mrs Leon Devenport with family and relatives. Survived by husband, a son, a daughter, four brothers and five sisters. Sisters Y T Manning of Leonard and T P Devenport of Pilot Point also named.
The West End Bridge Club met with Mrs H T Arterberry last Thursday. Spring flower decors and flowered tallies were exchanged as prizes. High score winners were Mrs H G Bradshaw for guests and Miss Lena Mae Gowdy for club members. Several guests from Glen Rose Abilene Lubbock Groesbeck Clinton Okla attended.
Claude Callan quotes his wife who lists a long string of worn and faulty household items. She says she has endured a stove, cooking utensils, bed springs, porch furniture, and a rickety table and fears losing her mind if things do not improve.
The Friday Literary Club held its annual entertainment with a noon luncheon at Mrs. Lucian LaRoe's home. Twenty eight members attended at pink and green tables with sweetpea centerpieces. Gladys Ray toasted retiring president Guy Hamilton as Roby Childress sang and H T Atterberry and Mrs. Hamilton performed piano numbers. The afternoon featured games and a reflective close to a successful club year.
Angel of Death took John J Jr at 7 40 am on May 23 after measles and complications. Survivor parents John J and wife, one brother J L, sisters Willadeen Olamay Naweeta, grandparents J F Alley and W L Jenkins. Funeral at home Wednesday 2 30 by Rev J A Henderson. Interment Vittitee Cemetery. Community offers sympathy.
Editorial cartoon notes government plans to loan more millions on agricultural property. The piece critiques policy as excessive mortgage expansion for farmers, implying lawmakers favor increased debt rather than productive support.
Mrs Mary F Perkinson wife of W W Perkinson of Durant Okla died there Monday night after pneumonia developed following a hip fracture two weeks earlier Funeral services were at First Baptist Durant then burial at Pilot Grove Cemetery Surviving are her husband a son Frank and daughter Cecil all of Durant two sisters Miss M J Long and Miss Emma Cowart of Whitewright and three brothers T A Cowart Tucson J H Cowart Plainview C L Cowart Silvertown. Two sons Will and Jim died years ago.
Quote on trust blunting the value of a promise, noting the phrase’s doubtful compliment and connection to the idea of binding one’s word as a bond. Published by Publishers Syndicate.
In Orangeville and Leonard a church calendar outlines Sunday services and preaching. Revival plans note no evening services at the Baptist Church while the revival continues and Frank M. Mullins is slated to preach. Meritt urges attendance and cross church fellowship across Mt. Auburn Dallas visit and Trinity River travel.
Whitewright friends of Miss Edna Merle McMurry of 408 West 14th street Austin have received invitations to attend the Austin High School graduation exercises on June 6. Miss McMurry is a member of the graduating class.
In a humorous note from the Edinburgh Valley Review Gladys Glad suggests frequent water drinking prevents stiffness in joints. The paper adds a playful twist with a pun about joints that do not serve water.
The New Yorker quotes a criticism arguing that moving away from the gold standard harms the dollar and undermines U.S. credibility by inviting global disdain. It frames money as devalued compared with others and questions national economic policy.
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