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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
5
Numerous visitors travel between Gainesville Denton Sherman and Dallas area towns visiting relatives and attending events. The notes mention Mr and Mrs Murphy and many families hosting kin, church revivals led by Rev Sprinkle with S M A quartet, a turtle crash near Denison injuring none, and doctors visiting for presbytery meetings in Sherman.
Lonnie England and Preston England left for Sunbright Tennessee to visit their ill mother. Joe Alexander, Robert Alexander and families and Gross Alexander and families attended the funeral of their uncle Joe P. Cain in Dallas. Cain was the brother of the late Mrs. Ed Alexander. Rain totals this March rise to 1.71 inches with .19 last Thursday and .57 Saturday night. Farmers may plant corn Monday if weather stays fair. Frost and some ice occurred Monday night but fruit and early gardens were not damaged. North Texas State Teachers College Denton selects Joe Thomas Meador and Mary Lotus Motley to represent the art department in the 1937 Yucca Who's Who. Meador is a senior art student and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Meador.
Mortuary notice records the death of Mrs Georgia Pope Jay wife of R H Jay of Fort Worth Friday night at her home in Fort Worth Funeral services were held there Sunday her body brought to Whitewright for burial at Oak Hill Cemetery A brief service was held Mrs Jay daughter of the late G W Pope pioneer Kentuckytown residents west of Whitewright She was raised on her parents farm and moved to Whitewright years ago She married Mr Jay about twenty years ago and they lived in Whitewright Sherman Fort Worth Survived by husband and one brother C W Pope of Whitewright and sisters Mrs R P Gordon Austin Mrs Em Montgomery Clovis N M and Mrs Sid Hudspeth Oklahoma A brother Max Pope and sister Mrs Alice Roberts died years ago
Funeral services for M. V. McGuffey 64 father of Mrs. W B Head Whitewright were held at the Pike Methodist Church. Burial followed in Blue Ridge cemetery. He died Monday at his east Blue Ridge home. Surviving are his wife eleven children and four brothers and three sisters. Born July 1 1872 in Clinton County Kentucky he came to Texas in 1896 and joined the Methodist Church in 1898.
The article lists services at Dr. B Wrenn Webb’s church with 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m morning worship and an adult sermon on The Causes of Defeat at 4 30 p m plus a children’s sermon Doing Our Duty First An important called meeting of the official board is planned for Thursday March 11 at 7 30.
A brief Sun office notice lists typewriter carbon, pencil carbon, and typewriter paper among available supplies. The card notes stock items and locates them at the Sun office for staff use.
Sidney Watson served as program chair for the Rotary Club gathering Friday and introduced W. J. McGee of Sherman as the guest speaker. Attendees included Dwight Ford of Sherman Dr. B. Wrenn Webb T. M. Johnson and J. B. King.
Mrs. H. T. Atterberry hosted the West End Bridge Club semi monthly gathering Friday night. Mrs. Lucian Andrews and Miss Mary Lou Ross substituted for absent members. A. T. Short won the high score prize for members, Andrews for guests, and J. C. McMillin received the consolation prize.
Mrs K B Simmons hosted a Wednesday afternoon party for son Charles Dee to mark his 4th birthday. Fourteen children attended and were served cake and candies, with mothers Mrs S J Arney Mrs Olive Rutledge Mrs Clarence Martin and Mrs Louis Magers present.
The Friday Literary Club met March 5 at Mrs H T Atterberry's home. After the business session, programs included histories of the Texas oil industry and early settlements, signers of Texas Independence, Texas towns, and a retrospection of the Texas centennial. A piano solo and a Texas flag favor salad course followed. The next meeting is planned with Mrs F D Layman on March 19.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met with Mrs. Rham T. Pennington hosting. Members heard lessons on National and Foreign Work and The Spiritual Life Work. Officers elected include President R. L. Sears and secretary of literature Lester Haile, with several other posts named. An April Presbyterial trip to Texarkana was set for Mrs. Haile and Mrs. Sears as alternates.
Local taxpayers approved two bond issues in two days as 59 to 25 backed $12,500 for street and waterworks improvements. The prior day voters approved a $25,000 school and gymnasium bond. Funds plus WPA aid would finance street blacktopping and water system upgrades with 40 year maturities at up to six percent interest.
Chicago report states Mrs. Edythe Vroonon Trask sues her husband Allen Trask for separate maintenance after a dispute over long undergarments. She said she refused to wear the suit his purchase forced, and he allegedly refused to pay the doctor’s bills when she caught cold.
Denver report notes the arrival of 2,485,000 in gold, carried by George A. Gunkle known as the champion gold truck driver. He quips about the sheer weight, 71 bars totaling 71,000 ounces, valued at 35 per ounce. He jokes about needing a dime for coffee.
New York reports that more American women wear cukoo hats than in any nation. Miss Lillian Fischer, Hollywood fashion expert, notes Paris now appears more conservative about hats while an American milliner says some women crave extreme styles and will pay high prices.
Preliminary reports from sixty six seed dealers in Texas to the Department of Agriculture show farmers will plant more sweet clover millet sorghum and seed corn this spring and summer than last year Decreased plantings are indicated for soybeans lespedeza alfalfa and Sudan grass Approximately the same amount of cowpeas and red top cane will be planted The drought last year and the agricultural conservation program are causes of decreases nationally in lespedeza red clover sweet clover alfalfa and seed corn Higher prices for these commodities are also given as a cause.
Texas DPS officials say 60 mph is the ceiling for safe driving but not recommended on state highways. Captain G P Nulty notes Texas law caps speed at 45 mph, and drivers at 60 mph risk losing control the moment the limit is passed. Patrolmen add that vehicle condition matters. modern cars in good repair are safer at higher speeds than older models, especially Ford Ts.
A columnist warns that wrecks stem from slow drivers in fast lanes and old cars trying to keep pace. It notes a car at 60 mph needs 300 feet to stop without ABS and 272 feet if wheels lock and roll ends upright, urging lane discipline and safer driving practices.
San Antonio scene reports plumber O D Schyler, 36, found guilty of cruelty to a dumb animal for killing a dog by pouring gasoline on it and setting it afire. He was fined $200 by Justice of the Peace Bar Corrigan. Pennsylvania law note: a bicycle is an animal.
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