Interscholastic Meet entries listed for Whitewright schools
The county University Interscholastic League meet will be at Austin College Sherman on March 22 with intellectual events at 10 am and athletic events at 1 pm. Whitewright representatives compete in sprints relays jumps throws tennis music memory debating declamation spelling and essays including Overton Stateville Everhart Bennett McIver Carr Weldon Blanton Nichols Pennington Cantrell Sears Cantrell Mize Ryan McNeilly Ball.
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Austin College
Sherman
Whitewright
Overton Stateville
Jack Everheart
Charlie Wilson
Eugene McIver
Leon Bennett
Tom Bradley
Joe Weldon Carr
J. B. Riley
Joe Carr
Lowell Blanton
Garnet Nichols
Willis Bailey
Lonnie Myrick
Martha Joe Sears
Laura Elizabeth Cantrell
Dorothy Gordon
Durelle Mangrum
Blanche Montgomery
Margaret Barbee
Allie Sue Mize
Alwilda Ryan
Kathryn McNeilly
Joe Pennington
Robert Cantrell
Beatrice Bennett
Grace Vestal
Babe Nell Penn
Leon Hampton
Lucile LaRoe
Ben Sturdivant
Spelling
Margaret Everheart
Clyde Jones
Mary Pumphrey
Tom Everheart
Velma Bennett
Margaret Pierce
Haskell Thomson
Senate approves January inauguration shift for presidents
Washington reports that the Senate approved a constitutional amendment to move inauguration day to the third Monday in January and to require Congresses to begin in January. The vote stood 63 to 7, well above the two thirds required.
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Washington
Senate
City Garbage Wagon Clears Winter Rubble For Summer
The city's garbage wagon recently cleared winter’s accumulation of cans and rubbish from alleys. Another round will likely occur before hot weather and fly time. Keep rubbish assembled for convenient collection as hauling is done at varying times and without notice.
McMillin Declines Re election in Texas Senate
State Senator Dan S. McMillin announces he will not seek re election. He served six years in the House and four in the Senate representing Grayson Cooke Counties and led the Texas Masons this past year. Will Garnett announces candidacy for Cooke Grayson Fannin district as races proceed under redistricting law. Elections will align terms to alternate two and four years when the Austin session convenes.
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Dan S. McMillin
Grayson County
Senate
Grayson
Cooke Counties
McMillin
Masonic Fraternity of
Texas
Will D. Garnett
Gainesville
Cooke, Grayson
Fannin
Austin
Former citizen will lecture tonight in district
W. W. Welch of Osaka Mississippi, formerly of this section and a former teacher at Orangeville and Hallsell in Savoy, will lecture at the grammar school auditorium this Thursday night on "Success and Failure." Welch, who left here 36 years ago for Montana, served two terms as state superintendent of public instruction and is said to be Montana's first Democrat elected to state office. He has traveled widely, spent time in Alaska, and has lectured in almost every state. Welchs is visiting with cousin Mrs. W. F. Sanders.
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W. W. Welch
Osaka
Miss
Orangeville
Halsell
Savoy
North Texas
Welch
Montana
Alaska
W. F. Sanders
Sanders
Norvell Thomson Approved for Citizens' Military Training Camp
The Commanding General of the Eighth Corps Area approves Norvell Thomson of Whitewright for 1924 admission to the Citizens' Military Training Camp. He may attend at Fort Sill Oklahoma in August with all expenses paid by the Government.
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Eighth Corps
San Antonio
Norvell Thomson of
Whitewright
Citizens
Norvell
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Soldiers' Bonus Bill Passes House by Large Margin
Washington march 18 the house approved the soldiers bonus bill by 355 to 54 with votes to override a presidential veto. the measure provides paid up twenty year endowment life insurance and cash payments to veterans with up to 50 dollars in adjusted compensation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Native Texan Dies at Kentuckytown in Whitewright Area
Thomas N. Parrish aged 67 died at his Kentuckytown home three miles west of Whitewright last Thursday night. Born near Kentuckytown September 12, 1857, he was a Grayson County settler son. He worked with J. C. Sewell and later with T. A. Hamilton before purchasing his partner's interest in 1898 and running the business until death. Survived by brother J M Parrish and sisters Mrs Bob Eatherly and Miss Leila Parrish. Funeral Saturday at home, interment Wittitoe cemetery. He was a longtime Church of Christ member respected in the community. Uncle of Guy Hamilton and Carrie Hamilton.
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Thomas N. Parrish
Kentuckytown
Whitewright
Joseph Parrish
Grayson County
J. C. Sewell
Kentucky
T. A. Hamilton
F. L. Young
Wittitoe Cemetery
J. M. Parrish
Bob Eatherly
Leila Parrish
Parrish
Guy Hamilton
Carrie Hamilton
Ex Millionaire Robber Sentenced to Two Years
Henryetta Oklahoma March 17. George Morey once a millionaire with vast wealth and friends is sentenced to two years in the McAlester penitentiary. He confessed to burglary of a Frisco car in January and faces a highway robbery charge. He admitted holding up a man on January 16 taking $23 at gunpoint.
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Henryetta
Okla
Yesteryear
McAlester
George Morey
Cushing
Morey
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Frisco
Klan leader held on heavy bonds in Illinois bootleg crackdown
William Young, alleged Ku Klux Klan leader in dry raids, is bound over on about 65 indictments including assault with intent to murder and rioting. Seventy aides receive bonds totaling over 3 million dollars as civil courts hear the case in Herrin County with a June trial date amid near courthouse protests.
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Herrin
Ill
Williamson County
S. Glenn Young
Ku Klux Klan
E. N. Bowen
Young
Bowen
Pittsburg Burglars Take City Marshal’s Trousers and Watch
Pittsburg Texas March 17 three homes were entered by burglars Sunday night including City Marshal John Guest who lost a pair of trousers containing his watch and about eight dollars in cash. A suit of clothes and an overcoat were also stolen from other residences.
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Pittsburg
Texas
John Guest
Greenville owners inspect collapsed awning after snow
The owners of the brick post office building and the Odeon theatre from Greenville visited last Friday to inspect and repair the collapsed awning that fell under heavy snow.
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Post Office
Odeon Theatre
Greenville
La Follette Plans Third Party Bid for President
Washington reports definite plans for a third party movement led by Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin. Illness confined, he may head an independent ticket if Coolidge is renominated on a reactionary platform. Brandeis is eyed as running mate with Daniels discussed for second place.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Coolidge
la Follette
Justice Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Farmer-Labor
Baptist Revival Begins Next Sunday at First Church
The Baptist revival meeting will start Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church Greenville. Dr A A Duncan will preach and M Dow Mooney of Fort Worth will lead song services. Prayer meetings continue this week at the church annex with Rev G M McNeilly inviting city churches and singers to join.
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First Baptist Church
A. A. Duncan
First Baptist Church of
Greenville
M. Dow Mooney
Fort Worth
G. M. McNeilly
Odd Fellows Pick Wichita Falls for 1925 Meet
Fort Worth March 18 Wichita Falls was chosen just before 1 pm Tuesday as the site of the annual convention of the Texas Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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J. D. McMillin
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
Fort Worth
Whitewright Lodge
L. O. Lackey
Wichita Falls
Texas Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Wears announce new Whitewright photo studio opening
The Wears, longtime Sherman photo studio operators, plan a Whitewright studio in the May building for Whitewright customers. It will operate Saturdays only, starting Saturday March 29. Carl W. Alexander, with the firm 18 years, will oversee the Whitewright studio.
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Wears
Sherman
Whitewright
Carl W. Alexander
The
McAdoo Leading Georgia Democratic Primary Returns
McAdoo's lead over Oscar Underwood in Georgia's Democratic presidential preference grows as statewide returns show McAdoo with 250 convention votes to 64 for Underwood. In North Dakota Coolidge leads with 37,287 votes to La Follette 22,283 and Johnson 22,272 as unofficial statewide tally ends for the night.
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Atlanta
William G. McAdoo
Oscar Underwood
Georgia
McAdoo
Underwood
Coolidge
North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Calvin Coolidge
la Follette
Johnson
Snowfall Deluges Area With Variable Depth
After rainWednesday, snow began about noon and fell intermittently until midnight. Ground remained wet and above freezing, so little snow persisted Thursday morning though some open areas and roofs held over an inch. Estimates suggest if all snow stayed, depths could have matched last week’s 7 to 14 inches.
Wall in race for attorney general in Texas
Fort Worth March 19 John C Wall of Sherman First Assistant Attorney General of Texas will run for Attorney General subject to the Democratic primaries His Fort Worth arrival was greeted by a petition of indorsement signed by 150 Fort Worth bar members.
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Fort Worth
John C. Wall of
Sherman
Texas
Judge Wall
Legion Banquet Set for March 21 Night
The American Legion banquet will be held Friday night March 21. It was postponed from last Tuesday due to bad weather and a nice program is planned with the Legion boys expecting a great time.
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American Legion
the Sun
Legion
Fruit crop safety amid recent winter blasts
No one has reported fruit crop damage from the recent cold snaps, leaving hope that the harvest remains safe despite the winter blasts.
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Tiie
Wilson Bro
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Second District
Bailey Mack
Ballinger
ODD Fellows Select
Wall
Lloyd Moore
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