Dedication Services At Church Of Christ
The Church of Christ will hold dedication services on Sunday May 12 at 11 o clock. Rev J A Dickey of Fort Worth will deliver the dedication sermon. Fifteen to twenty inmates from Boles Orphans Home near Greenville will participate. Lunch will be served on the church lawn and visitors may bring their own lunch. An afternoon program by home children will follow and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
J. A. Dickey
Fort Worth
Boles Orphans Home
Greenville
Ice Service Station Planned By Sherman Firm
Clyde Lucas of Sherman the Southern Ice and Utilities Company secured a 60 by 90 foot lot known as the old city hall property in Whitewright for 500 dollars. A modern 20 ton brick ice service station will rise facing northwest with an eighteen foot street setback and driveways for auto delivery. The building will include an ice vault a display room and office space.
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Clyde Lucas
Sherman
Southern Ice and Utilities Company
Whitewright
Old City Hall
Lucas
Kentuckytown Club Builds Magazine Day Program
The Kentuckytown Club met Friday with Mrs. P. H. Connelly hosting and Mrs. Carl Holland presiding. Miss Viva Phillips led Magazine Day. Leila Parrish offered Trees. a current magazine feature round table and a recipe were shared. The club reached its April goal with four farm magazines per member. one new member joined and a visitor attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown Club
P. H. Connelly
Carl Holland
Viva Phillips
Leila Parrish
Arthur Badgett
J. P. Darwin
4 H Club Girls Meet at Pilot Grove
The 4 H Club girls of Pilot Grove met at Mrs. Bill Dixon's home with county agent Miss Derryberry giving cooking demonstrations on biscuits and vegetables. They reported progress on club work and noted a candy sale in Whitewright to fund a trip to A M College.
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Pilot Grove
Bill Dixon
Derryberry
Oour
Pauline Binion
Whitewright
A. & M. College
Chenoweths Mark 80th Birthday in Whitewright
Mrs. T. J. Chenoweth celebrated her eightieth birthday Saturday April 27 at home in Whitewright. Surrounded by three daughters and a sister, she received many flowers and gifts. Grandchildren from Bonham and a daughter in San Antonio contributed greetings and a crate of strawberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Chenoweth
Whitewright
Chenoweth
Tommie Chenoweth
E. A. McMahon
C. C. Hodge
Bonham
J. L. German
Tom McMahon
Thelma Hodge
Louella Poston
Garland Owens
San Antonio
Stewart to Receive $50,000 Pension, NY American Reports
The New York American says the Standard Oil Company of Indiana board voted a $50,000 yearly pension for Col. Robert W. Stewart for long service. The pension limits competition, and Stewart was ousted as company chairman by John D. Rockefeller Jr. His son James W. Stewart resigned from Lago Oil and Transport, and Robert G. Stewart faces removal as Pan-American Petroleum head. Both subsidiaries were acquitted of Indiana charges by Colonel Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York American
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Robert W. Stewart
Stewart
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Indiana Company
James W. Stewart
Colonel Stewart
Lago Oil and Transport Company
Standard of Indiana
The
American
Robert G. Stewart
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Indiana
Baptists Welcome New Members and Plan For Growth
An Arkansas church reports five new additions including Eldridge Caylor who was baptized. Visitors from Sherman and Bethel join as the church prepares to expand to a new building and reach the Advanced Standard in Sunday school. Attendance and offerings are noted along with B Y P U gains and plans for a Southern Baptist Convention in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge Caylor
Bro
D. A. Yowell
Shelby Yowell
Sherman
J. P. Autrey
Bethel Church
God’s Vineyard
J. L. Truett
Gladys Magar
J. B. Dickson
C. S. Witt
Myrtle Badgett
W. H. Ackley
Southern Baptist Convention
Memphis
Tennessee
Driver Killed Two Burned In Frisco Crash Near Hiddenville
Sherman engineers W L Miller and fireman Jap Cousins of Frisco trains were burned in a collision with a gasoline laden truck near Hiddenville Oklahoma. The truck driver died instantly. the wreckage set the locomotive and cab on fire.
Former Whitewright Mayor O Y Rathbun Dies in California
O Y Rathbun 76 former Whitewright mayor and postmaster died Sunday in Glendale California where he had lived eleven years He was an early Whitewright business figure and postmaster He moved from Colorado Springs to California and left surviving relatives in Texas and California Burial held in Colorado Springs services noted nearby visitors from Sherman Denison Texarkana and Colorado Springs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Y. Rathbun
Whitewright
Glendale
Cal
R. May
S. A. Rathbun
California
Lee Love
Ivanhoe
Fannin County
Ralph
Joe
Jesse Rathbun
T. P. Miller
John Nash
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pilot Grove Social News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Warm weather boosts farm work as locals share travels and family visits. Miss Jennie Tate stays in Sedalia with the Fowler Browns while Mrs. F Lovell travels to Fort Worth to tend a ill father. Residents attend Rose Hill school picnic and church events. Bethel church groups stage a play and a W M A women’s group also performs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Tate
Sedalia
Fowler Brown
F. Lovell
Fort Worth
W. G. Ramsey
Clara
Mary Robertson
Annabelle Hayes
Sherman and
Denison
J. D. Judd
G. W. Judd
J. H. Dixon
Westminster
C. Moats
Bill Henderson
van Alstyne
Howard McSpedden
Greenville
Howard Kilgree
Electra
Kilgree
Thelma Henderson
Thelma Jo Ashinhurst
Arthur Conner
Henry Farm
Mary Scoggins
Oxford School
J. W. Andrews
Doyle Garland
Lena Russell
Slaton
J. T. McSpedden
Jane Lovell
Gennie Tate
Rose Hill
Boss Garland
Simmie Ward
Simms Wortham
Dan Andrews
Lola
Mollie Scott
Dallas
Viola St. John
Josephine McDougle
Sherman
Jim Gordon
Church of Christ
Dee St. John
Jamison School
George Reeves
Baby
Bethel
Baptist Church
Tom Bean
American Legion In Membership Drive
Preston Everheart Post No 225 American Legion pursues a plan to double its present members by the end of the drive. Sherman drum and bugle corps from Charles R Simmons Post performed Tuesday night attracting a large crowd. Refreshments were served to Sherman visitors and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Everheart
American Legion
Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps
Charles R. Simmons
Sherman
Friday Literary Club Yard Beautification Contest
Whitewright residents are invited to beautify yards by planting crepe myrtle and zennia beds. The town is divided into four sections with $2.50 prizes in each. a grand $5 prize awaits the most attractive yard overall.
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Whitewright
Katy
Main Street
High School Defeats Merchants In Windy Baseball Game
The local high school beat the Merchants 6 to 3 in a short contest halted in the fifth due to strong wind and a sand storm. Standout Merchants players included Roby Childress Cull Reeves Houston Blanton John Silman and several others. Barbee starred for the Tigers with steals while Assistant Coach Cernosek made a key double play.
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Merchants
Roby Childress
Cull
Walter Johnson
Tigers
Silman
Crosby
Coffman
Gordon
Pritchett
Barbee
S. S
Mayo
Penny
C. F
Montgomery
Cull Reeves
John Silman
R. B. Anderson
Andrew
Bethel Defeats Grammar School In Local Baseball Game
The Williams Alexander and Co. team of Bethel beat Whitewright Grammar School 5 to 2 on the local diamond. Spectators included the Royal Party for May Day. The game was short with light scoring and ended as Coach Crosby signaled a stoppage for larger teams to take the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Grammar School
Williams, Alexander and Co
Bethel
Eithe
Crosby
Whitewright
McCoy
England
Nicholson
White
Cates
Montgomery
Roberts
Caylor
Magar
Robert Alexander
J. D. Williams
Malley Joe Williams
de Jerry
Presley Williams
Jones
Manuel Alexander
Joe Alexander
Ben Hur Showing at Palace Theatre Final Show
The final showing of the epic Ben Hur will be this Thursday night at the Palace Theatre. The production cost four million dollars and features a large cast led by Ramon Novarro Betty Bronson May McAvoy Francis X. Bushman and Carmel Myers.
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Palace Theatre
Ramon Novarro
Betty Bronson
May McAvoy
Francis X. Bushmar
Carmel Myers
Tragic triple filicide suicide in Fort Williams case
In Fort Williams Ontario a 30 year old paper mill worker, deserted by his wife, strangled his three sons Charles seven Francis five and Norman two with a scarf and killed himself by leaping in front of a train. Police found the bodies after locating a six page letter explaining his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Williams
Ont
Mike Walchin
Walchin
Charles
Francis
Norman
Red River Bridge Co. Faces Texas Suit Over Toll Nuisance
Texas files suit in Travis County district court to abate toll collection alleged as nuisance and to forfeit charter. The state seeks $3,285,000 including tolls and penalties and appoints a receiver for a bridge company operating a toll bridge without a franchise. The Sherman case remains separate.
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Sherman
Work On New Gin Plant Being Rushed
A large crew works on the new cotton gin building being built by Greenville parties. Much framework is up and foundations for related buildings are laid. The project will be rushed to completion, says J. L. Green, local manager.
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J. L. Green
Class Meeting Of T E L and Convention Classes
The Baptist Church T E L and Convention Classes held a monthly business and social meeting at Mrs Claud Truett s home. Myrtle Badgett presided as 32 members associates and visitors attended. Hostesses included Mesdames Claud Truett Layman Janway and J R Cates with punch cake and ice cream served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Claud Truett
Dorothy Hamilton
Clara Mae Truett
Myrtle Badgett
Ode Crowell
C. I. Witt
Oran Sears
Mesdames Claud Truett
Layman, Janway
J. R. Cates
Odd Fellows To Meet At Tioga Next Year
The Gray son County Odd Fellows Anniversary Association held its annual meeting in Gunter. Officers elected were T. E. Willett Tioga president Mrs Lena Gip son Gunter vice president Mrs Edith Wood Sherman secretary and R S Morehead Whitewright treasurer. Tioga was chosen as next meeting place for April 26 1930. Several Whitewright members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County Odd Fellows Anniversary Association
Gunter
T. E. Willett
Tioga
Lena Gipson
Edith Wood
Sherman
R. S. Morehead
Whitewright
Whitewright Odd Fellows
Merchants Matinee Free Tickets At Palace Theatre
Whitewright merchants offer hundreds of free matinee tickets at the Palace Theatre for Saturday May 4th and May 11th. Tickets are distributed at local merchants with no charge for patrons or their families, while remaining tickets require regular admission of twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Palace Theatre
Whitewright
Play To Be Given By Grammar School
A grammar school play titled Books Come To Bob will be staged in the Grammar School auditorium Friday at 8 o clock. About ninety children will perform with features including The Story Book Parade Foreign Visitors Childhood Pictures of Famous Men and Scenes From the Land of Story Books. Admission is 15 or 25 cents with proceeds for the grammar school library fund.
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Grammar School
Grammar School Library Fund
High Wind Strikes Whitewright Area Wreaks Mild Crop Damage
A strong west wind on Wednesday swept Whitewright and surrounding areas. Sand from the sandy country west of the blackland section filled the air and caused some damage to fruit and shade trees. Farmers arriving Thursday reported no serious crop damage as corn and cotton were whipped about. most cotton had already been plowed, shielding it from harm.
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Whitewright and Section
Blackland
Old Gray Mare Delivers Unusual Twins Near Lawn
Farmer R. M. Pearson two miles south of Lawn in Taylor County reports his old gray mare gave birth on April 24 to twin colts. One colt is a male at 380 inches and the other a horse colt at 36 inches. Both twins are thriving.
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R. M. Pearson
Lawn
Taylor County
Pearson
Texan Aims Nose-Powered Run to Pike's Peak Summit
Rio Hondo Texas resident Bill Williams plans a May 20 start toward Pike's Peak using his nose to propel a peanut halfway across the continent as a test of skill. He will climb on his hands and knees, expecting about twenty two days to reach the summit.
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Peanut
Pike’s Peak Summit
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bill Williams
Rio Hondo
Texas
Pike’s Peak
Bill
Williams
Smith Gentry Wedding in Whitewright Area
Miss Lucile Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs M R Smith joined to Mr Bonnie Gentry on April 25 at the brides parents home Rev G M Byers of Ector performed the ring ceremony The bride a Whitewright high school graduate and the groom a prominent farmer reside on a farm south of town Friends in Whitewright extend best wishes for a happy useful life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Smith
M. R. Smith
Marvin
Marrige
Bonnie Gentry
G. M. Byers
Ector
Whitewright
Mr and Mrs George Burnham Relocate to Lubbock
Mr and Mrs George Burnham moved to Lubbock on Friday for employment. He had been in the city for several weeks, but did not bring his family and household goods until Friday.
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George Burnham
Lubbock
Burnham
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Lon McKown
Grace
Scott and
Grant
Charlsey McClurg
Pilot Grove News
Ben Hur
Bridge Group
Austin
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