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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1932
Page
5
Locals mention Mrs. Mary Hestand from Slaton visiting relatives. Lloyd Moore’s Furniture Store advertises 9x12 rugs and wallpaper at 12 cents per double roll. Several residents travel to Fort Worth for the Fat Stock show while others host and visit relatives in Denton Bells Denison and Denison. Prohibition officer G F Bryant spends weekend with family in Whitewright.
Mrs J L Kirkpatrick returned from Fort Worth after visiting Mr and Mrs Gomer May. The Rose Hill school will present The Gate to Happiness at Pilot Grove Friday night March 11 at 7 30 oclock. Admission 10c. Mrs Charles R Truett and son and Frank Lee Johnson of Dallas spent the week end here visiting relatives.
Mrs H M Hamilton and her young daughter from Oklahoma City travel to Sherman to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Hampton after a stay with Mrs W T Hamilton.
The Whitewright Masonic lodge will confer the entered apprentice degree in special communication this Thursday night at 7:30 oclock. O L Jones secretary announces. Visiting Masons are invited to attend.
C. S. Blanton moves his cleaning plant into the former Pool Val-A-Plus building. Troy Sharp, ex cleaning dept head, joins Blanton after returning to Whitewright from a two month absence. Attendees at the Wednesday funeral in Caldwell included Self of Crockett and several residents from Oklahoma and Texas.
Mrs. Robert Holland Mrs. Lloyd Hughes and Mrs. W P Cameron of Dallas Mrs. George Palmer and daughter of Durant Okla and Mrs Hazel Glidewell of Wichita Kansas were among the out of town relatives and friends to attend the funeral here Wednesday afternoon for Mrs H Benedict.
Llyod Sanstrom now heads the Texas Pacific filling station at Grand avenue and Sears street, succeeding Jack Lackey. He previously worked at the Texaco station on Bond street and is familiar with the business.
Jones Pennington brother of J R Pennington died suddenly at Alpine last Thursday. Funeral services were held there Saturday. Born southeast of Whitewright he was about 60 and formerly cattleman in West Texas and New Mexico. For years in the drug business at Alpine he leaves a wife a son a daughter two brothers and a sister including J R Pennington Whitewright Wm Pennington Royse City and Mrs A L Groves Garland.
The Rev. J. A. Lovell, long missing from Abilene since Saturday, arrived at his father's home near Tom Bean at noon Tuesday. He spoke of a very peculiar experience and declined to detail it. He said he slept in Paris Monday, returned to Abilene alone Wednesday, and appeared exhausted and frightened, needing rest.
Rev. J A Lovell, 24, Trinity Baptist Church crusading pastor, has not been seen since 7 p m Sunday in Abilene. Police and church and Simmons University friends search. his sedan with highway plate F 94 115 and motor A 467143 not found. Lovell, Fort Worth Central High School 1927 grad, Simmons University alum, last seen on campus. several professors warned him about overwork.
An Associated Press dispatch in Washington says the Reconstruction Finance Corporation faced a strong jolt after a bank borrowed 1 million dollars on February 15 and returned it February 20. The bank cited changed depositor attitudes as the reason, easing credit fears and signaling a broader potential easing for other banks and businesses.
The Presbyterian Church women staged a quilt display in the church basement with over a hundred pieces across five rooms. Best in show included silk, patchwork, velvet, applique and modern quilts earning blue, red and white ribbons among dedicated makers.
Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick displayed a handwoven quilt 130 years old made by her grandmother. Out of town guests included Miss Ann Jenkins Savoy and Mrs. John Jenkins Savoy. Program featured piano, vocal, violin solos and readings by local ladies. Coffee, sandwiches and cake served to 94 guests.
Texas produced 92,400,000 pounds of peanuts in 1931. A relatively small portion of the crop was processed in Texas into peanut oil peanut butter and other products.
Farmers in the Denison trade territory received over 200000 dollars for milk from the Kraft Phenix cheese factory. They delivered about 13000000 pounds of milk, a 38 percent rise from 1930 and a notable gain over 1929 turnover.
Houston announces major industrial expansion with a 1 million dollar cement plant addition, 1.5 million dollar oil refinery, 3 million dollars in refinery improvements, a 200 thousand dollar fertilizer plant, and 2.5 million for elevators and port facilities. Texas industry spends 41.49 million annually on fuel and electricity, with payrolls near 160 million and sizable tax contributions to state and local governments.
A church leader calls members to swift revival preparations within three weeks. He cites Bro Phillips's past successes, urges earnest prayer for the preacher to come in God's grace, and asks for conversions and forgiveness of neglected Christians before March 380 to April 12 per C C Merritt.
The article notes women's observance of the March week of prayer for Home Missions despite cold weather. It mentions a Friday evening program, District 13 Sunday school and B Y P U Convention at Sherman First Baptist Church, and the hope that educators and workers attend to boost Master’s work. It urges eggs for Buckner's Orphans Home, requesting deliveries Monday to the annex, aiming to surpass last year's 90 dozen. Lazarus at Our Gate will be the 11 a m Sunday topic.
Kraft Phenix Corp with Texas HQ at Denison to purchase the entire output of the Muenster cheese plant in Cooke County operated by local farmers. The plant is expanding for a third time to add another unit. Eastern capital backs plans for a Marion County paper mill near Jefferson. New pine timber promises quick paper making in East Texas. Lufkin to print newspapers on locally grown pine newsprint after University of Wisconsin tests.
A church invites readers to worship services and Sunday school led by Pastor W. H. Ackley. It urges bringing lost friends, especially for Sunday night services, and prays for the preacher and all services. The Sunday school lesson will be John 14.
Federal figures show Texas crop value at 297 281 000 for 1931, a drop from 1930 driven by overall price declines despite bumper yields in some crops. Cotton output rose by over a million bales, yet the total farm value declined about 465 million, with livestock valued at 150 million, bringing total farm production near 450 million.
A western hardware dealer’s wife buys a “greatest potato parer” from a porch peddler for a quarter. He boasts of a gross in store selling at 10c each. She retorts to advertise locally so townsfolk won’t be stung, ending with a moral about advertising in the home paper.
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