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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
3
Local notices report W M Cox paying 15 cents a pound for hens and 30 cents for six pound roosters. The Millis Brown tent show performs weekly, and various residents from Denison to Sherman visit. The city plans new concrete street crossings and extra street lights after recommendations.
W P Vaughn returns from Galveston trip. D A Ray buys lots west of Truett building to build a five room bungalow within 60 to 90 days. John and Mrs Tulloch Curtis Andrews and R M Womack of Sulphur Springs visit Mrs D A Ray. W R Wilson sells western suburb home to Lester Haile and may move to Slaton. Deputy Sheriff Oscar Ryan is ill and confined at home. In Dallas News photo Lloyd Write and C B Bryant with North Texas A M C club likeness. others from Leonard Bells Sherman Denison. Woodmen of the World lodge plans a forthcoming special celebration with ice cream, drill work and festival. T W Gattis Frank Phillips and Paul Delfel visited Corsicana to see the I O O F Orphans home.
Growing crops remain in good shape with prospects above average after a severe storm and subsequent rains. Farmers are busy cultivating as planting season ends. Denison saw wind damage to city property Friday night. Sealed bids for city scavenger service begin May 1 at the next council meeting. J C Fortune elected city school superintendent plans to move his family in July for fall term prep. George Lindsey, National Guard member for ten months, has returned home and is released indefinitely.
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