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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1929
Page
7
The notes list numerous visits and weekends spent by residents including Mrs Laud Bennett in Denison and Dorothy Bennett in Dallas. Others travel to Whitewright Mineola Fort Worth Leonard Dallas Forney Madill and Galveston with relatives or friends. Local cafe ads mention Aladdin Lamp supplies at Gordons Cash Grocery.
Mrs Emmett Penn and daughter Babe Nell Miss Margaret Lauder dale and Mrs J B Hembree of Honey Grove who was visiting here were Dallas visitors Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Roby Childress and Mrs H C Willis were in Pecan Gap over Sunday and Monday as guests of Rev and Mrs C C Childress the parents of Roby.
Multiple residents from Dallas Leonard Denison Denison Mrs Bryan Van Alstyne Sherman Merkel Wolfe City and Bonham visit relatives here. Local business notes advertise living room suites refrigerators and free silverware coupons. Oil company representative Lucian Andrews spent the weekend with his family.
Whitewright residents attended the District Baptist Convention in Greenville with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Simmons and daughter Mrs. Gladys Magar plus several others. Louise Sears hosted a Friday bridge party at her parents home with St Patrick decor and high scores for Pernie Badgett and Willie Ross. A Saturday bridge gathering at Bascom Sears home featured high scores for Inez and Gladys Ray and out of town guests Mrs. Sterling Evans and Mrs. Wm Brown among others. Brick ice cream in St Patrick design and cake were served.
Westinghouse announces steel with a skin produced by nitriding in ammonia at 1000 degrees. The thin nitrided layer is claimed to be extremely hard rustproof and to extend bearing life even after extensive use. Tests show nitrided parts withstood millions of operations, outperforming ordinary steel and resisting rust when exposed to weather.
Readers are invited to The Sun office to purchase typewriter carbon sheets ribbons and paper. The offer highlights availability of supplies for office use and writing needs.
New York report on lead exposure from Columbia University researcher Dr. Frederick B. Flynn notes lead as a broad public hazard found in many places beyond industry. His work cites water supplies with lead and animal tests suggesting possible birth rate declines across generations.
A piece extols the value of work as a source of happiness and thrift noting idle life brings waste of time health and money. It argues progress and humanity’s development arise from work across spiritual mental and physical realms while allowing play in balance.
The text argues that one cannot turn a person into a machine and expect human results. In ordinary life, work brings true happiness when it is right and constructive. Avoid idle ness and wasting time as unthrifty, since happiness through work is a dependable principle and a splendid form of constructive thrift.
Witty snippet depicts a husband reacting to his wife eloping with the chauffeur with humor about a planned firing. The exchange underscores a lighthearted take on domestic mishap.
A memoir fragment notes a speaker claiming travel reveals character and recalls a seafaring first day that cemented the belief. The dialogue hints at adventurous grit and the lure of distant horizons.
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