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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1936
Page
5
A long column of local notices records many residents visiting relatives in towns such as Fort Worth Dallas and Houston. It notes illnesses including typhoid fever and a series of hometown guests and graduates, with several students returning from Denton Commerce and Baylor related events.
Greenville visitors Charlton McGaughey family and relatives in Whitewright. officials and teachers travel between Dallas Vernon and Commerce. Gun restoration trip midweek. American Legion orders for Texas flags. Local students from Northeast State Teachers College and Forest Avenue High attend summer sessions and commencements. Barn fire north of Marvin schoolhouse. insurance losses. Lucille Watson travels to San Bernardino to stay with ill brother Findley Haile. Local politics include State representative candidate Clarence T. Jones and a Democratic convention resolution praising crime fight. Eight-year-old Janis Horton hosts birthday party then theatre trip.
Mrs Georgia Anderson died Tuesday night at her daughter Mrs Grady Riley’s home in Trenton after months of ill health. Funeral services were Friday at 2 pm at the daughter’s home with burial in Trenton Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mildred Anderson and granddaughter Anna Jo Riley, plus brothers and sisters in Whitewright Clarksville Garland McKinney and other towns. Rev A E Fite and Rev Arthur Johnson conducted the service. Born September 10 1860 in Kentucky town, she had lived in Trenton for years. Relatives and friends from Whitewright attended.
Dr Reynolds May, the county’s oldest practicing physician, marked an eighty fifth birthday with a family dinner at his home in Grayson County. Attending were his children and grandchildren including Rev H G May of Dallas and Dr E O May and daughter Nora Jane of Wilson Oklahoma. Rev H G May preached at the Methodist Church Sunday night honoring him as the city held a celebration with calls and flowers.
Members of the First Baptist Church gave a Sunday reception for Rev and Mrs G C Ivins prior to their Tuesday departure for Texarkana where he will pastor Rose Hill Baptist Church. Hosts included Mrs B G Gowdy and Guy Hamilton with a long receiving line of church members and friends. Gifts featured an easy chair and ottoman for Mr Ivins and a blue crystal centerpiece for Mrs Ivins from the Woman's Missionary Society.
Rev. G C Ivins, recently added member of the Rotary Club, led Friday's program before moving Tuesday to Texarkana to serve as pastor of a major Baptist church there. The club opened with a quartet developed by Ivins, praised for its journey from Pilot Grove to Bells. Members listed: Cull Reeves, Hugh Trotter, Haskell Williams, and Ivins. Ivins spoke of his appreciation for Rotary fellowship.
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m with Jesus Preached to All Classes. Evening sermon Why Some Are Not Christians at 8 p m. Elders deacons and trustees meet Thursday evening June 4 at 8 o'clock.
J. R. Waldrum and J. M. Simmons lead services with preaching at 10 a m and 11 a m Bible study at 11 10 a m and evening preaching at 8 p m. See front page for full announcement of the special meeting scheduled June 7 to June 14.
At the Presbyterian Church a three o'clock Monday meeting hosted by Mrs. Robert Sears featured roll call of Texas heroes and a devotional by Sears. Leader Mrs. Emmet Penn led discussions on West Indies and the Philippines while Mrs. Sears also presented a devotional and Mrs Oran Sears sang "We've a Story to Tell." Visiting guests included Mrs. John Sevier of Sherman and Miss Everetta Love of New York City, niece of Mrs. Sears, a NBC writer who directed the Centennial delegation's NBC broadcast from New York City.
In Kansas City, Missouri, George B. Acosta and his wife explained they knew they could not get along before their wedding and chose to marry for just one day. The brief union illustrates a unique dissolution after a single day, reflecting unconventional reasons for marriage termination.
President Roosevelt said the Supreme Court majority voided states and federal power to set minimum wages. He called the ruling a no man’s land where government cannot function and noted New York’s prior law was struck down for conflicting with contract rights. Perkins asserted wage flexibility but urged protections for health. Roosevelt discussed old age pensions and Texas funding, praising liberal state provisions. He urged Texans to support the Centennial in Dallas.
Governor James V. Allred officially opened the North Texas Centennial Onion Festival at Farmersville and praised local farmers for building a premier onion growing district with a nationally recognized product. He reviewed state government and highlighted its condition and progress.
Sun office advertises carbon paper and typewriter ribbons available for purchase. Local readers can obtain standard green or white carbon sheets and a variety of ribbon colors and sizes while stocks last.
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