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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
5
Local items report visits and travels of residents including Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Snodgrass, R. S. Morehead, and Miss Bettye Bob Snodgrass. Tradesmen Fred Clark and Howard Brodhead are noted for seed sales and business visits. Family news mentions Scarlet fever recovery for Mrs. J. P. Montgomery and visits by relatives from Durant and Royse City.
Brand new 3 piece walnut bed suite offered for 37.50 dollars. Includes a hand mirror comb and brush set. Seller Lem Tittsworth located in Bonham.
Bill Jones' Column notes Roberts Co. lists value buys this week. Exami nation size tablets four for five cents, three writing tablets for five cents, three composition books for five cents. Men and misses footwear at reduced prices. Spring school oxford and tan black shoes sized 21% to 8 at 1.49 per pair. Millet seed Sudan Heigeri and Cane seeds available. Seed potatoes and garden seed lines offered. Highest prices paid for chickens and eggs. Roberts Co. home of ADMIRATION COFFEE It tastes better.
Aus tin College student Dick Montgomery spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. S H Montgomery. Mr and Mrs Tom King moved to Dallas for work with a brokerage firm. Jack Spindle and Miss Sarah Ball Brooks of Dallas visited Spindle family in Sherman. Church leaders attended Grayson County Baptist Workers Council meeting. American Legion Auxiliary meets next Wednesday at 3 pm. Mrs Nadine Kight returned from Vernon. Pendleton couple announce a baby girl born March 4. Mrs J R Waldrum is in Sherman hospital with pneumonia. Sewing Guild II met with Mildred Holcomb. next meeting Thursday 7 30 pm with Frances Gillespie. Carl Allred of Sherman visited Joe Johnson. Allred now tax assessor. Birthday dinner in Greenville marked Mrs J F LaRoe’s 78th. West End Bridge Club hosted by H T Atterberry with chili supper and bridge. American Legion and Auxiliary plan pie supper March 15 with Blue Creek negro quartet as entertainment.
The preacher writes after four weeks away due to flu. He credits doctor Bow and nurse care, notes visitors and a visiting prescription from Paul Stephens, and praises church members for support during recovery. He praises pulpit coverage, references editorial interest in a local race, and hints at a strong upcoming youth quartet and attendance.
The Friday Literary Club met with Mrs. Ross R. May to study Texas. Mrs. F. E. Douglas led and the group sang Texas Our Texas. Mrs. Douglas reviewed The Raven and Marquis James life of Sam Houston.
Be er protestors accuse out of state brewers of shipping beer labeled at 6 percent in Texas where 3.2 beer limits apply. Better Business Bureau figures show alcohol content at 1.86 to 2.18 percent. Attorney General Allred says county and district attorneys handle false advertising prosecutions.
A Pennsylvania man has created an envelope that cannot be opened without cutting a tab. A red dye inside marks the paper if someone tries to steam it open. Also, German engineers unveil glider type boats for river passenger service using aerial propellers, claimed to rival express trains in speed.
J C Allred seeks reelection as the combined Grayson County tax official after a 1935 consolidation, urging voters to trust continued efficient service. The message includes promotional notes about a Texas press trip to Washington praising Roosevelt Garner and national recovery efforts, outlining travel costs and destinations.
Grayson County officials filed annual reports with District Clerk 8S. W. Ernest. The totals show fees earned, expenses, and counts of arrests for eight precincts. Notable figures include M. M. Scholl in Denison precinct two and Ira Jesse reporting 1 057.66 in fees with 994.91 collected and 258.75 paid for 69 arrests.
The New Deal train called the Full-House Special will depart Texas for a ten day April journey. It is described as the most modern all steel crack train on fast schedules. Sponsored by the Texas Press and state sanctioned, Capital to Capital will carry 125 Texans to Kansas City St Louis Chicago Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York to broadcast news of Texas prosperity. Two primary purposes lie behind.
Briton Oklahoma two youths ages 15 and 10 were electrocuted when copper kite string tangled with a live electric line at the Methodist Orphanage north of Briton. Carl Spiva and Cecil Hunt, from Henderson Texas and Wenoga respectively, were charges at the orphanage.
A Smith County farmer once destitute until February now earns $600 monthly in oil royalties from an Etex well. He plans to donate to CWA and relief programs, saying the government aided him and his family, and administrator Elizabeth Gardner will route funds to the best uses. Missouri cotton production in 1933 fell 20 percent from 1932.
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