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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
8
A reflective April fools editorial celebrates fools who rush in where angels fear to tread naming Columbus Fulton the Wright Brothers Lindbergh and others. The piece casts fools as drivers of progress and declares long live our fools in a personal editorial from the Southwestern Ambassador.
A teacher asks students to imagine a man drowning and his wife rushing to the bank. A boy quips that she rushes to draw his insurance money, delivering a dark twist to the tale. The remark lands as a biting joke about greed in moral instruction.
Appraisers passed on land valuations for condemned tracts to be used as rights of way for Cardinal Highway No 6. R Flowers tract two miles south of Denison, 12.92 acres at 50 per acre, total 640, special damages 258.40, total 904.40. J P Redick tract one mile north of Sherman, 4 13 acres at 90 per acre, total 390, no special damages. Board members Sam H. Thompson Howe J H Johnson Sherman and A P Wood Denison.
The Farmersville chamber of commerce promoted January and February farm programs in Collin County. Over 5,000 attendees included 600 at a dairy play and 2,300 at farm demonstration train lectures. A poultry show with 28 pure bred flocks and a farmers short course were also organized with Lions Club cooperation.
New York report notes only the University Hospital at Nanking remains closed as a Nationalist barracks. Dr. Frank D. Gamewell says medical work in the Methodist mission network is back to full operation after earlier political interruptions.
Representatives of 40 Parent-Teacher Clubs in Grayson County met for the county council P T A organization in Sherman. Elected officers include Mrs. R M Carter president, Mrs. C D Price vice president, Mrs. Harry Steele recording secretary, Mrs. Lucian Andrews corresponding secretary, Mrs. Carl Umphress treasurer, and Jack Conger parliamentarian. Immediate goals are securing a county health nurse and a county librarian.
City Commission of Whitewright Grayson County Texas orders an election at the city fire station on the first Tuesday in April 1928 the 3rd for a two year mayoral term. G W Adams presiding judge J N Powell assistant judge C M Dillon P J Roberts clerks.
The Sun lists candidates: Congress Sam Rayburn. Tax Assessor W J Hogan J H Kimbrough O T Davis R W May C H Durning. County Clerk J L Doggett Mrs C C Langford T L Tennison C W Batsell. County Judge Ed Westbrook J S Kane. County Attorney J P Cox Roy M Finley. Commissioner Precinct 2 Jesse A Reece. Public Weigher Mark Montgomery Sam McMillin W C Bailey T R Brice.
McKinney Lions defeated the Rangers 10 to 6 on the local diamond Friday afternoon. Bogle and Coffey pitched for McKinney with Cox Alexander and Davis for the visitors. Williams and Ryan led the Rangers with two hits apiece. Mayo made two outstanding catches in left field. The Rangers travel to McKinney next Friday seeking revenge.
E S Hodge charged with forgery in Falls County District Court refused to plead guilty saying the Lord told him not to plead guilty The jury acquitted him at the end of the trial.
A. A. Kiser, foreman at the Sherman Manufacturing Company's cotton mill, was seriously injured when struck by an automobile on South Travis street early Sunday. The vehicle carried tourists from Parsons, Kansas, who were detained at McKinney before being sent back to Sherman after word of the injuries reached them.
Sherman city local school leaders report L. C. Gee reelected president of the Fifth District Interscholastic League. Lee Clark chosen secretary replacing Dr. F. B. Hughes. Denton High joins as a new member with H. V. Stanton and A. O. Calhoun. District schools include Sherman, Denison, Greenville, Paris, Sulphur Springs, and McKinney.
The Womack Construction Company of Sherman won the grading and culvert contract on the Whitesboro to Denton County line project for $42,706.22, the lowest bid of four. Denton Construction Company received the bridging contract at $28,897.80. A separate note mentions Berlin’s Prussian state library housing over 3,000,000 volumes as the world’s largest.
Poem fragment compares hardship to a puzzling life game. It notes some will ride in a hearse and suggests enduring hope despite loneliness and fear. Noting there are others who might face harsher fates, the piece ends on a cautious, stoic line.
A Boston restaurant drafts its daily menu based on the latest forecast. Chefs adjust ingredients and dishes to suit expected conditions and seasonal supplies, aiming to balance flavor with weather driven customer demand.
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