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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
7
A quirky column notes links between feet and a fiddle tune in a revival tent crowd at Bounding Billows. Other items include a pig for a rat dog trade rumor, Sile Kilden’s portraits, and Columbus Allsop’s cozy imagination fueling a ham filled reading spree.
The Pilot Grove column reports beneficial rains for crops but harsh cold. Whooping cough rises among children, with exposure in schools likely. Miss Saunders of Sherman formed the Woman's Improvement Club, with officers named. Various local trips, visits, and hospital updates follow, including Mr. Russell's relapse and transfer to Sherman. The Community Farm Club held a strong program and plans a March 25 meeting with Rev. Lee Johnston and banker E R Williams on community cooperation. Incubator chick care and other topics will be discussed.
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club met with Mrs. Lonnie Darwin on February 26 with many members present. Miss Viva Phillips demonstrated angel food cake served with banana salad and hot chocolate. A March 12 meeting with Mrs. Lanius Everheart featured Kitchen Improvement. Miss Sanders, home demonstration agent, spoke. one visitor attended. Refreshments included date pie and chocolate.
Mrs Albina Medearis died Sunday night at her daughter’s home two miles east of Whitewright after years of blindness and infirmity. She was born October 25 1843 in North Carolina and married in 1865, moving to Texas in 1877. Funeral services were held at the Martins with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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