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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
5
Local musicians in Whitewright formed an orchestra using prior experience to deliver quality performances at public events, becoming a valued town asset. The article notes community outreach and church revival progress, plus a brief report on a Bank burglary case in Gunter involving John Paxton and related questioning and bonds.
C B Bryant Jr visited Clarksville Sunday and Monday while L Z Stateville a Dallas officer visited relatives. Miss Inez McMillin returned Wednesday from a week with Mr and Mrs Clint McMillin at Trenton. Luth er Smith & Son H 8 Bushong of Plano spent the weekend with his sister Mrs D S McMillin. Dr and Mrs Ross R May of Ranger visited their parents Dr and Mrs R May. Mrs R May returned from Waco after visiting Mr and Mrs Lester May. Mrs Morris Fulkerson and a little son of Bonham were guests early in the week. Lee Johnson jeweler offers glasses that fit. Mrs John Haden of Durant Okla visiting sister Mrs L LaRoe and relatives here. C S Means left for Albany Ky to spend months with his children. Missionary Society of Methodist Church to meet next Monday at 3 pm with Mrs F E Douglas. Mr and Mrs H T Atterberry and Misses Mamie and Bess Arterberry of Denison spent a a at the home of Senator and Mrs D S McMillin.
Mrs. B. R. Allison travels to Waco this week to represent the local Rebekah lodge at its annual gathering.
Dr May and Mrs Ross May of Ranger spent Sunday at Celeste with Rev H G May. Three Refrigerators from last summer to close out at wholesale. Truett Moore. Big Easter pot plant sale at Wilson Montgomery hardware store Thursday Friday Saturday. Easter Lily Primerose Coleus Ferns Geraniums. Rev K R Isbell to preach at Orangeville Methodist Church next Sunday at 3 PM. Our next Saturday Special on Box Stationery and Brown Tee Tea Glasses at Johnsons.
Miss Ruth Southerland of Denison spent the week end here with her parents Mr. and Mrs J P Southerland. She was accompanied by Miss Lucile McElhannon of Sherman.
J. E. Webster and M. R. Smith traveled to Waco Sunday to attend the annual meeting of the IOOF Grand Lodge which began Monday Webster represents the Whitewright IOOF Lodge and Smith represents the Ely Lodge.
Dallas businessmen will tour Whitewright on May 17 as part of the twenty yearly trade trip. A special train will arrive at 9 18 a m and stay about twenty minutes, during a schedule visiting some seventy five towns in Texas and Oklahoma.
A Dorset coast tourist stranded on cliffs is rescued by rope lowering, paid a dollar in gratitude, prompting a quip on life value. A lecture recounts a Alpine guide saving three climbers for two francs. A Yorkshire laborer saved a boy, emigrated, and later his former employer left him over forty thousand dollars. Read advertisements it pays.
Saturday news notes Easter Lily Primerose and Mr Jack Mitchell moved to Sherman after months with Dr and Mrs R L Sears. Also Mr F A Benton wed Miss Cordelia Yeager at the Cook home. couple to live in Sherman where Benton works for Gladney Milling Co. Bride well known in Whitewright. Benton formerly bookkeeper at Whitewright Milling.
Mr and Mrs John A Ray are visiting his parents Dr and Mrs A J Ray after a stay in Lourenco Marques where Mr Ray served as American Consul for two years. They traveled from Washington DC and will spend weeks in Texas visiting relatives before returning to the capital.
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