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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
5
A long list of visitors and residents moves through Sherman, Leonard, Dallas, Greenville, Gainesville, Van Alstyne, and other areas. People travel for family visits, church events, meetings, and healthcare, with multiple names including Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Mangrum Meador Manning Bailey Binion LaRoe Ayres Johnson Nicholson Wright Dennis McMurry Spindle Powell Gordon Barbee Boone Bryant, and many others.
Mrs. W. S. Caraway hosted a Desert home shower Friday for Mrs. Roscoe Pace and Mrs. Printess Compton of Whitewright. Guests enjoyed games readings by Mrs. Clay Horton and Jean Ray Caraway and refreshments. Pace leaves Saturday for a new home in Dumas.
R R Waldo led the Rotary Club luncheon last Friday with Rev J R Waldrum as guest speaker. The talk centered on Service and closed with Edgar A Guest's poem Compensation. Waldo concluded by performing harmonica numbers The Old Spinning Wheel Imitation of a Train Old Black Joe and Comin Round the Mountain for the attendees.
Mrs. Murray Bryant hosted the Friday Literary Club as they presented a Texas program. Olivia Whedbee performed Pioneer Women and Margaret Lea and the Alamo Baby, with Inez Ray singing Texas the Bright Star of the Nation. The group also featured Our Observatory by Grady Gillett, a vocal quartet of Mrs. Childress Layman King Bryant Jr, and piano by Mrs. Murray Bryant. Refreshments followed and plans were set for the club’s annual entertainment.
The West End Bridge Club met with Mrs J C McMill on Friday night. Miss Gladys Ray won high score prize for club members and Miss Mae Badgett won the guest prize. Refreshments were served to 10.
Miss Sara Kathryn Atterberry served as hostess to the newly formed Rick ety Rackety Club last Friday. The group gathers for bridge games, reflecting a social club activity in the community.
The Busy Bee Sewing Club gathered Tuesday afternoon with 10 members present. Refreshments were served and the group will meet next Tuesday at 2 30 with Mrs Gene Hughes.
The H. D. Club met Thursday with Mrs. Clarence Pace and the home demonstration agent. They discussed Garden Budgets. The next meeting is scheduled for March 7 at 2 30 p.m. at Mrs. Sidney Watsons home.
Mrs George Baugher hosted a birthday party last Saturday from 2 to 4 PM honoring Martha Joe Darwin on her 12th birthday. After games and contests, refreshments were served to 17 of Martha Joes friends with Miss Percy Jacquelyne Darwin assisting.
The Boy Scouts met Thursday night with good attendance. Members listed include Albert Lea Jackson Walter Tom Holmes Jack Meador Lloyd Badgett James Ervin Hughes Hamilton Vestal William Janway Lewis Vestal Dale Watson Merri well Vineyard and five visitors. A hike is planned for Friday March 8 for the yearly community good turn. Scouts are urged to attend the next meeting and learn their duties and the time of the good turn. Each boy should bring a coping saw and a piece of wood for handicraft work.
Rev. Ben Sturdivant visited his mother Mrs. J. M. Sturdivant this week. Andy Sanderson returned from St. Vincent's Sanitarium after surgery. R. L. Johnson promotes glasses with satisfaction guarantee. Seymour visitors Sp. S. Sandlin and Tyri Harrison with Mrs. Sandlin. Ruth Cox, ill in Sherman hospital, convalescing at Bailey residence. Local pastors and others attended a prohibition rally at First Christian Church. High school assignment asks to diagram a sentence and define terms. asks for author of Ulalume.
Claude Callan reflects on shifting from debt during prosperity to living within means as income falls. He notes previous luxury spending, current smaller debts, and a plan to avoid new borrowings even for essentials, hoping to reach a cash-based lifestyle despite salary reductions.
The 1934 gold influx into the U S mint came from old trinket boxes after the $35 ounce revaluation. Old watches and wedding rings led the receipts, with a Kentucky derby cup among items. A New York dealer reported a police badge and a Shubert theatre pass as valuables turned in.
A man recalls receiving a $450,000 gift from his broker in 1928 as the market soared. He later lost the same amount through that broker as the crash unfolded. Douglass notes scrap gold buyers face difficult customers misled by gold plated items.
Sherman Texas letters were mailed to teachers in Grayson County rural schools by E A Miller county superintendent offering free diphtheria immunization for school children on behalf of the Charles R Simmons American Legion post at Sherman The legion calls the program the diphtheria preventative and urges parents to mail completed applications to Forrest Peveto Sherman post commander.
Jackson questions a young suitor about courting the banker's daughter. The suitor says he is getting encouragement, but notes she told him she had said No for the last time yesterday, implying a change in her stance.
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