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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists a subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance and notes second class mail matter. It states notices of entertainments dinners and similar events with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates and obituaries resolutions and memorials also incur the same rates. It adds it will correct erroneous reflections upon request.
The article notes hundreds of shade trees planted in Whitewright and warns that young trees require ample water in the first two years. It calls for enforcement of stock and litter laws, praises good driving and parking, and urges better upkeep of the spacious high school campus and overall town appearance.
A city park improvement proposal urges proper maintenance and beautification of existing spaces. The high school campus is seen as a prime site needing a devoted caretaker with a park vision and resources to realize plans. The Parent-Teacher Association may assist in this effort.
Whitewright residents and business leaders, with J R Oliver as community director, hold paid memberships in the Grayson County Live Stock Association. The city pledges to support county wide bodies while insisting Whitewright be recognized and not slighted, seeking apologies if necessary.
Newspapers praise Whitewright Sun for winning the Belo loving cap and 75 cash at the Texas Press Association convention in Galveston for best country newspaper and best ads. Regional papers echo pride and salute editor J. H. Waggoner and the Sun staff for mechanical and general excellence.
In Galveston this month the Sun was awarded the Belo Silver Cup and a $75 prize for the best composition of small advertisements among weekly newspapers. Editor J. H. Waggoner and foreman Glenn Doss receive congratulations for the Sun’s success.
The Whitewright Sun, publisher J. H. Waggoner, earned the Belo loving cup and $75 in gold at the Texas Press Association meeting for best country paper mechanically and for the ad contest. The Sun is praised as a top country weekly. A thanks note from Mergenthaler Linotype Co. accompanies the prize.
Seventy five sheets of good typewriter paper offered at 25 cents per sheet at the Sun office.
Mr and Mrs Joe Mangrum and children Mrs Ida M Graves Miss Maud Mangrum and F C Mangrum visited relatives at Valley View Sunday Miss Marion Simmons attends summer school at North Texas State Normal College Denton and spent the weekend with her mother Mrs F M Simmons
R. L. Holcomb is renovating his northwest town residence with a fresh paint job new wall coverings and other improvements including repapering to modernize the property.
Misses Inez and Gladys Ray entertained about sixty guests on a Wednesday evening at a lawn party for their niece Miss Edna Womack. Fourth of July decorations and tiny silk American flags as favors set a festive tone. J M Sturdivant of Planters Gin Co reports upcoming improvements and new machinery for the gin plant before the fall ginning season.
Friends of Crawford H. Spearman and Mrs Birdie Finley announce the marriage of their daughter Freda Muriel Stewart to Crawford H. Spearman on Sunday June 17 1923 in Edmond.
Oklahoma ties mark the nuptials of Crawford Spearman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Spearman, former residents. The article notes Crawford’s role as former superintendent of Piedmont aboola and mentions relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Cox and their children left for California after spending time in Albuquerque, with plans to possibly return to Texas.
The White Wright Oil Mill owner ships the engine to Commerce for a new plant installation and razes the local meal house to move its material to Sulphur Springs to build a gin house. A firm member says the local plant will not be dismantled and may reopen in two to three years with updated machinery.
Threshing runs heavy as wheat yields vary with some fields at 20 bushels per acre while average figures hover around 16 to 17. Wednesday’s wheat market near 60 cents tests at $1.03 per bushel. oats sold around 40 cents. Fair weather aids grain drying and collection.
John Burk yields 28 bushels per acre on wheat near Canaan. East Wright, West town, West Central and Northwest areas gain concrete crossings raised to street grade. Open drainage is sized for current and future needs. City commission aims to replace all crossings with durable permanent materials gradually without bonds.
J A May plans concrete curbs at Sears and Maple corners with 18 1/2 foot south extensions and 12 1/2 foot west offsets. Other homeowners Guy Hamilton Walter Hestand T E Sears erect cement curbs in South Whitewright and College Street near the high school. The city has set curb lines and promotes beautified parking strips enclosing along all streets.
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