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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1927
Page
5
Knox City visitors and locals mingle at the Palace shows. Treasure hunt announced for April 14 with opportunities for prizes. Gordon's Cash Grocery advertises eggs price and Aladdin lamp supplies. Various visits to Dallas Sherman Durant and Denison noted among residents. Continuous Palace screenings listed with Evelyn Brent in The Broadway Lady. Continuous food ads highlight Pierce's Cafe and Pratt's products sales.
Sunday visits feature Mr. and Mrs. Simmons in Sadler with George Riley hosts. Multiple hometown guests include Mrs. D. B. Tate Jr and children in Tom Bean, Mrs. Claud Amos from Dallas visiting Carrs, and L. C. Gee’s Greenville party. Product ads promote eggs at 19 cents and lice remedies at Johnson’s.
Luther Gordon owns Gordon's Cash Grocery. R. B. Anderson starts as head of the cleaning and pressing department at Alexander & Coldwell. Mr. and Mrs. C. 8S. Means travel to Bromide Oklahoma for four months with relatives. Mrs. Lee Whitworth and children move to Shawnee Oklahoma for new work. The Stedhams and baby return to Celina Kansas from a relatives visit. The Stedhams and Austin Stedham visit J. E. Stedham in Lone Oak with family. The Boone party visits relatives in Dallas on Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Porter and Miss Joel Bulliner visited friends in Dallas over the past weekend. Miss Lucile Pritchett, Hebron teacher, spent the weekend with her parents. Willard Young underwent an operation at Saint Vincent Sanitarium in Sherman. Dallas visitors Burl Davenport and family stayed with his parents. Mrs. R. F. Beasley returned from Waskom after visiting her sister. G. Cole of Dallas of Hudson & Davis Company visited for business. Presbyterian Church women plan a produce sale April 2 at Dyer & Jones drug store. Mrs. A. K. Badgett returned to Perry Oklahoma after visiting her parents. J. A. Mauk spent Monday night in Sherman. W. T. Mason and H. Stovall of Dallas visited Huffines. T. R. Davidson returned to Comanche after visiting relatives. Mrs. Eugene McElvaney and son returned to Dallas after visiting here. Mrs. J. A. Kincaid and Mrs. John Johnson of Dallas visited Olivia M. Whedbee. Ray Badgett returned to Floydada after tending his ill father Spivy Badgett. Pernie Badgett resumed teaching in Leonard after caring for her father.
The Pilot Grove girls basketball team defeated Trenton 20 to 11 on Tuesday afternoon at Pilot Grove in a fast game.
Miss Martha Bow of Austin College Sherman spent the week end with her parents Dr. and Mrs J L Bow. She was accompanied by Miss Helen Cunningham. Permanganate of potash in drinking water will save your baby chicks from disease. You will find it at Johnsons.
The Home Economics Club members hiked east of town Thursday for games and a shared lunch then returned home tired but happy. Chaperones Misses Mac Reed Dorothy Cham bless and Joel Bulliner joined the group for the outing. A Long-Bell Lumber Company rep showed a three reel film of the world’s largest saw mill at L. La Roe & Company office. The Longview Washington mill has a 2 000 000 foot daily capacity and is sold by local yards. Audience of lumber dealers and friends viewed the showcase.
The Rotary Club program last Friday was led by B. B. Hall. Music was provided by Miss Babe Nell Penn and Eugene Hall, both high school students. Members shared talks about programs they heard at the district meeting.
Mr and Mrs Ray Manning attended the funeral of Mrs A J Sparger at Bonham on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was the grandmother of Mrs Manning.
Mr and Mrs John H Perry of Purcell Oklahoma traveled to Whitewright as week begins guests of relatives en route from Junction Texas where they visited Mr and Mrs S H Montgomery Dick Montgomery accompanied them to Whitewright having spent winter at Junction with his parents the Montgomerys expected home around April 15
A compact classified advertisement touts Superior and K. B. chicken feed along with Pratt's poultry products and invites readers to compare prices before buying. The note ends with a patronage appeal to Pierce's for satisfaction.
Greenville hosted a recent conference closing on Friday with an attendance contest finale. The losing team will banquet the winners and Rotaryanns at the Baptist annex next week. Whitewright High beat Leonard High the hosts by one run as Neal held Leonard to six runs and Tucker allowed six. Austin Bailey hit a first inning home run to keep Whitewright ahead.
All kinds of printing and engraving obtainable at The Sun office at reasonable prices.
Quick cough relief from Hayes Healing Honey includes Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat applications. Combined treatment claimed to heal inflamed tissues and stop coughing, packaged in one carton for 35 cents, available through druggists.
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