Approaching Wedding Announced at Monday Tea
Mrs. Stanley Folge hosted a Monday afternoon event at her parents home announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Frances Wilson and Mr. Nornie Phy of Stamford. Guests enjoyed music readings and a heart hunt before Mr. Cupid’s Proclamation then Miss Wilson appeared in rose georgette to receive well wishes and advice written on white hearts.
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Myrick
Ray Manning
J. W. Wilson
Lena Mae Gowdy
Gilmore Webster
Helen Thomas
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Byron Sears
Maud Mangrum
Martha Bow
Miss Mangrum
Annette Harp
Mary Ryan
Mae Badgett
Harp
Luther Gordon
Evelyn Wilson
Lola
Lucile Myrick
Dan Cupid
Mendelssohn
Stamford
New Fishing Lake to Open Soon Near Pilot Grove
Pilot Grove invites Mayor Mack Echols and the editor to attend a Red and Gun Club annual outing at a new fishing lake ten miles west of Pilot Grove, five miles east of Elmont, between the H and T C Railway and Texas Traction Co line. The lake is unsafe for boats due to leftover machinery. mosquitoes are curbed by a local ordinance.
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Pilot Grove
Elmont
Texas Traction Co
Dave Taylor
Self Help Club Hosts Music and Books Social
Mrs F Lovell led a Kentucky town club meeting on May 23 with discussion on music and good books for the home. A social gathering followed in the absence of leader Miss Relda Chumbley, with visitors Alma Ruth Chumbley and Emma Holland.
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F. Lovell
Kentucky
Relda Chumbley
Alma Ruth Chumbley
Emma Holland
Lovell
Jewel
Denton
North Texas State Teachers College
F. E. Vittitoe
F. T. Harris
Sun Office Sells Paper at Quarter Each
Seventy five sheets of good type writer paper available from Sun office priced at 25 cents each.
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Sun Office
God’s great gift to little men reveals self doubt
Bruce Barton in The Red Book recalls how even great figures fear failure and self doubt while ordinary people often show blunt certainty. He argues God distributes talent unevenly and rewards big minds with achievement but also grants them long hours of moodiness and self critique.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Emerson
Lincoln
New York
God
Bruce Barton
For Sale Ad Sparks Berry Sales in Whitewright
J. H. Crane of Bells runs a for sale advertisement in The Sun want column. After paying for the ad, he notes the first issue paid for itself and the Friday after, he sold more berries to Whitewright customers than he expected in a week.
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J. H. Crane
Bells
Sun Want
Mrs Johnson Stricken By Apoplexy. Slowly Improving
Mrs P R Johnson aged 66 suffered a Monday apoplexy causing nearly complete paralysis on her right side. Under careful medical care and nursing she is improving and hopes are high for a near normal recovery.
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P. R. Johnson
Illness and Family Reunion Reported in Local News
Cecil Bradley has been seriously ill at his parents home with rheumatism and other troubles but is improving. Lola and Robbie Broyles Mrs W B Layman and children Laura and Katie Ruth attended a family reunion at Miss Ella Johnsons home in Savoy for their mothers brothers and sisters and families though Mrs R F Broyles could not attend due to illness.
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Cecil Bradley
A. G. Bradley
Lola
Robbie Broyles
W. B. Layman
Laura
Katie Ruth
Enterprise
Ella Johnson
Savoy
R. F. Broyles
Couple McKinneys Visit Then Move to Tioga Schools
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell R. McKinney visited relatives on the weekend. Mr. McKinney has taken the Tioga superintendency and Mrs. McKinney will teach there next session. They plan to attend summer school at the University in Austin in a few days.
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Sewell R. McKinney
McKinney
Tioga
Newman Family Visits Fort Worth Parents for Weekend
Mr and Mrs Guy Newman and their daughter with Misses Katie Lee and Louise Barnett drove from Fort Worth to spend the weekend with Mrs Newman's parents Mr and Mrs Tom Roberts. Miss Gladys Roberts accompanied the Newman party home.
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Guy Newman
Katie Lee
Louise Barnett
Fort Worth
Denton College honors Miss Mary Rena Penn four years
Mary Rena Penn of this city, a Whitewright high school graduate, earned honor student status for all four years at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton. She was among a select group of fifteen young ladies to achieve this distinction.
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College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Mary Rena Penn
Whitewright
Grayson County Boy Wins Cresson Scholarship Prize
Page Trotter of Whitewright Grayson County has won the Cresson scholarship prize for best year’s work at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. The award includes a medal and a Europe tour. He now lives in Wichita Falls and is noted for his achievements across Grayson County.
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Page Trotter
Whitewright
Grayson County
Europe
Wichita Falls
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
Cresson
Sherman Democrat
Dream of Fairyland Cantata Delights Grammar School
Thirty young girls formed the cast for a cantata at the grammar school auditorium. Mrs. Lucian Andrews coached the juvenile players in A Dream of Fairyland. Mrs. Fitz Bryant accompanied the chorus at the piano guiding the dreamland performances. The play told a pretty story with a good moral and was a decided success.
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Grammar School
Lucian Andrews
Fitz Bryant
Funeral Held for Mrs. Giles in Abernathy Texas
John Wright and his niece Mrs. Jim Akers returned from Abernathy where they attended the funeral of Mrs. J. H. Giles who died May 25 at age 51. She had lived in the area about eighteen months and moved west hoping for better health.
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John Wright
Jim Akers
Abernathy
Texas Plains
Wright
J. H. Giles
Mrs Bow and daughter depart for Northwest vacation
Mrs. J. L. Bow and her daughter Miss Martha leave Thursday for a long summer trip to the Northwest. They travel with Mrs. Lattimore and her daughter from Paris and plan to visit major attractions, with Seattle as the longest stop and Vancouver, B C as the farthest destination.
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J. L. Bow
Martha
Northwest
Lattimore
Paris
Seattle
Washington
Vancouver
B. C
Sad iron starts house fire at Douglas home
A prankish iron caused a fire at noon Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs F E Douglas. Firemen and neighbors quickly controlled the blaze after a neighbor reported smoke from the house. Mrs Douglas was away in Sherman and forgot to switch off the electric iron.
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F. E. Douglas
First honor student valedictorian of Austin College class
Orbin Blanton of this city is the first honor student and valedictorian of the Diamond Jubilee class of Austin College which received degrees at the ceremony.
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Orbin Blanton
Austin College
Whitewright High School Honors Blanton At Commencement
Twenty six students formed the degree class with one student standing at the head. The Whitewright community expresses gratitude for the achievement of this notable young man and honors the Whitewright high school that produced him.
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Whitewright
Blanton
Whitewright High School
Local station agent returns from Southern Iowa visit
D. E. Low, station agent for the Katy, came back early this week after a trip to Southern Iowa to visit relatives. He passed through Kansas City while Shriners were in charge of the town for a national convention.
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D. E. Low
Katy
Iowa
Kansas City
Shriners
Cotton production contest interest noted by high school
C. C. Willis of Whitewright high school agriculture seeks to enroll local farmers in the five acre cotton production contests sponsored by the Dallas News and supported by the State Bankers.
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C. C. Willis
Whitewright High School Agricultural Department
Dallas News
State Bankers
Farmers Enter Contest Near Whitewright
About forty farmers from Fannin and Grayson counties around Whitewright register for the contest. The Dallas News will publish a list of entrants in next Sunday's issue.
J R Jordan Returns from Illinois for Indefinite City Stay
J R Jordan, recently from an extended visit with relatives near his old Illinois home, traveled from McKinney to the city for an indefinite stay. He notes that agricultural progress in his former community has erased familiar scenes from his youth.
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J. R. Jordan
Illinois
McKinney
Merkel visitors stay with Lilley family and kin
Mr and Mrs John Sears and two daughters Lillie Pratt and Johnnie from Merkel plus Miss Kathryn Clapp of Beaumont visited Mr and Mrs J F Lilley and other relatives here during the past week.
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John Sears
Lillie Pratt
Johnnie
Merkel
Kathryn Clapp
Beaumont
J. F. Lilley
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