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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1928
Page
3
Ruth Cox and Belle Huddleston visited Tioga and Stamford. Eugene Melver, Max Montgomery, and others visited relatives or friends in Tioga, Dallas, Sherman, McKinney, and Denison. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams, and Pierce’s Cafe touted as the place to eat.
A string of local social mentions covers Mr. and Mrs. M H Pappan in Sherman visiting friends, the Smiths in Dallas with Cecil, T H Sears returning from Lubbock Winters and Wichita Falls, and multiple Sherman guests staying with relatives. Also notices on optics by R L Johnson and a county farm paper subscription rate drop on March 17.
Mrs T M Scott of Denison spent the weekend as a guest of her sister Mrs D S Carr, sharing time in the city and enjoying family fellowship.
Numerous residents and visitors are listed as guests or travelers. Names include Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Crush of Garland with son Ben R. Crush. Buster Graves and Gomer May at Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Jones of Celina. Ben R. Roberts and family from Dallas. J. W. McMurry Jr. at Austin College Sherman. Miss Anna Pennington. Trinity University student Miss Margaret Barbee. J. G. Camp and son from Durant. Mrs. Edward Clark. Rev. J. L. Truett at Sunnyside Baptist Church in Denison. Mrs. Cecil Craig from Dallas. Mrs. Grover Spencer from Denison. Jack Ryon and son from McKinney. Margaret McMurry student at Baylor. and families of J. W. McMurry, G. D. F. Whiting, Floyd Everheart, and W. C. Bryant.
Sherman Poultry Service Association names a committee to run a membership and budget drive. The campaign starts April 20. The group, based in Sherman, has a full time poultry expert aiding members to improve flock results and boost Grayson County production.
Athens mail carrier Culbertson popularizes a fishing sign from the Athens Review. He notes minnows in a vat respond to bread crumbs: if they surface to feed, fishing will be good. if not, better to stay home. The method is presented as an unfailing sign based on his years of minnows study.
In London schools pupils range from ages two in nursery to seventy six in night classes, reflecting a wide educational span across local facilities.
Piano tuning service offering tuning regulation and repair with thirty years experience. Call telephone 23 to arrange service. We have tuned 22 pianos up to Monday of this week.
Mrs P L West of Edhube spent part of the week visiting Mr and Mrs Tom Lilley. Their daughter Little Miss Margaret Lilley accompanied her home for a short stay.
Mrs. Lucian LaRoe returned Saturday from a visit in Austin San Marcos and Ballinger. She was accompanied home by her daughter Mrs R B Mack of San Marcos for a visit.
A. FE. Lawson, longtime telegraph operator at the interlocking plant, traveled to Fort Worth on Friday where he accepted a new position with the Western Union Telegraph Company.
C P McGinnis came back from Slaton where he spent the fall and winter months. He was employed at a gin, and reported the last run there occurred a few days before his departure for home.
A Mississippi girl describes a peculiar city trip with vivid scenes of a house where rooms were reached by a refrigerator and the rooms lit with election lights, conveying a sense of whimsy and wonder.
A fragment describes heat from a floor stove causing discomfort and loss of appetite, with the speaker lamenting feeling unwell and nearly becoming indivisible when reaching home. The quote attributes the effect to the heat and mentions the Atlanta Constitution as the source.
A local classifieds notice invites readers to visit The Sun office to purchase carbon paper typewriter ribbons and typewriter paper. The item list targets writers offices and students seeking typing supplies for machines.
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