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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1933
Page
8
Sherman officials limited a court order reducing camp cooks pay to 40 dollars a month for February to align with Grayson County road law. Judge Loy argued the change should be temporary and paid by the road foreman, not the county, urging farmers to donate rock and gravel to aid road upkeep amid a depleted fund.
Trial on Frank L. Denison's claim to the Texas State Highway Commission chairmanship concluded in District Court. Judge J D Moore will rule soon after reviewing constitutional questions, with the case to proceed to the Supreme Court regardless of the outcome. Senate records show Denison was twice refused confirmation. Governor Ferguson issued a commission arguing a simple majority suffices. The Attorney General's Office argued a two thirds vote is required. Sweet peas will grow in nearly any soil.
California engineering surveys of last Friday's quake wreckage show most deaths came from people running outside or staying on sidewalks. Officials seek 10 million to retrofit county schools and 10 million for a new county courthouse. city schools plan 2 million for reconstruction. Banks resumed activity as relief and medical teams operate. no epidemic risk reported.
H. C. Argo, a federal examiner and former Arkansas bank president, found himself among about 5,000 homeless cared for at a New York municipal lodging house after failing to cash a $100 government expense check. He received two clean sheets a pillow chowder and felt at home until cashing the check at the post office this morning.
The New Yorker notes booming gold mining in Canada and a brighter business outlook, remarking that prosperity appears in a country that does not owe us anything. The comment contrasts economic vigor with debt considerations.
A long list of visits and gatherings fills a period in Orangeville with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Richey, Aunt Betty Blanton, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ownby and children, and many others visiting relatives and friends. Social events include dances hosted by Grady McCarstin and play parties at the Warren home, with extended family members and neighbors sharing time from Bonham to Trenton and Whitewright.
Earl Howard and Belvin West with J P Blanton and Miss Josie Young visited Frank Holt family Friday night. Rev Ryan Hancock preached Saturday and Sunday, stayed with John Will Burden, attended singing at Randolph, and joined family for dinner with Lucian Jones. Rev Marvin Hancock of Randolph preached Sunday night and supported Ryan during illness.
Classified notes include poultry buyers North Texas Seed Company seeking chickens at top prices while Planters Gin Company promotes meal hulls and grind feed. Kimbell Milling advertises cottonseed meal and hulls and grain purchases. rubber stamps offered by The Whitewright Sun. a lost brown kid glove sought for return. eye care advert by R L Johnson optometrist.
Texas Grayson Whitewright election set for April first Tuesday elect two city commissioners each for two year terms officials Ben Savage presiding judge J W Henry assistant judge O W Myrick J W Hollingsworth clerks city secretary Jesse Wallace confirms by order of City Commission February 6 1933 F M Echols mayor Attest confirms notice and election room at city hall
Miss Faye Holt accompanied her aunt Mrs. Maude Worsham home Sunday to spend a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bowen and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hayes of Kerr. Miss Pauline Ownby spent the weekend with her cousin Miss Georgia Jones at Bethel.
The Ely school shares a mosquito awareness drive with posters and malaria literature, notes a shift to agriculture in seventh grade, drainage and irrigation studies in eighth grade, and recent chapel programs. The basketball teams faced a mixed schedule with Ely boys beating the boys’ opponent 8 to 0 while the Ely girls defeated the Wildcats 10 to 6. several players were ill. Reporters are Georgia Mae Hicks, Normagene Smith, and Helen Marie Lane.
Wesley outlined six giving styles including careless impulsive industrious self denying systematic and heroic. The six methods urge careful merit based giving with a proportionate portion each week or on receipt and aim to increase charitable gifts.
Cleveland scholar Dr. Arthur C. Cole of Eastern Reserve University predicts the March 4 1933 era might be etched into history as a turning point toward fascism or rehabilitation of capitalism. He notes headlines of assassination plots bank conferences and a banker governor tied to the President elects journey to Washington while historians await perspective.
Practical safety tips cover avoiding tangles with rubber bands on bob bins and thread spools, preventing cream from freezing, butter texture concerns from dairy, not filling lit lamps, lemon juice in pastry for digestibility, tepid water for mustard plaster, and teaching children fire safety with matches kept out of reach.
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