Canvass for funds for Scouts begins Monday
Scout committee members R A Gillett John Reeves and B W Newman vote to start a fund drive next Monday for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. They aim to match last year’s subscriptions with pledges payable in lump sum or monthly. Newton Manning leads the Scouts with three summer trips planned and guardians Mrs Joe Johnson and Mrs G K Stephens supervising the girls. To qualify for the August trip, boys must attend 75 percent of meetings and show rank advancement. 18 Scouts are currently registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Gillett
John Reeves
B. W. Newman
Newton Manning
Joe Johnson
G. K. Stephens
Manning
Boy Scouts
Intermediate Day at Baptist Church in Texas
Sunday marks Intermediate Day in Baptist Churches across Texas. The local church hosts special services for intermediates aged 13 to 16 with choir, pianist, ushers. A 60 member intermediate section includes teachers, officers, and parents in colored attire. The pastor preaches That Certain Age. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Sabbath Observance Appeal to Whitewright Businessmen
Local church ministers urge Whitewright merchants to close Sunday hours 10 am to 2 pm for drugs. They call for grocery stores to stay closed all day, filling stations to close all day, and protest Sunday baseball. Signatories include B Wrenn Webb Presbyterian L O Evans Baptist and Ben Bell Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
B. Wrenn Webb
Presbyterian Church
L. O. Evans
Baptist Church
Ben Bell
Methodist Church
Fingerprinting Bill Signed to Aid Unidentified Dead
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel signed Rep. Kal Segrist's bill requiring fingerprinting and full physical descriptions of all unidentified dead persons. Records will be filed with the state department of public safety and certified copies issued free to widows of ex service men, aiding in federal compensation claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Kal Segrist
State Department of Public Safety
Informatin
Segrist
Department of Public Safety
Landlady Earns Credit for Player’s Rise
A witty exchange highlights a rising star credits a landlady for support rather than a neighbor. The remark underscores gratitude toward a key supporter in the athlete’s early career.
Sun Subscriptions Offer Through October One
Notice urging readers to subscribe to The Sun and receive home delivery from now until October 1 for 50 cents. Promotion invites new subscribers to come in tomorrow or Saturday to join the mailing list.
Co operative Gin Plan Explained To Bethel Farmers
Farmers of Bethel community learned how a cooperative gin would be organized at Whitewright. Tom Hymer outlined Texas cooperative gin rules, stock limits, and voting rights. Local committees will contact cotton farmers. members gain one vote each at director elections. Meetings to be held in Whitewright on a future date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Bethel School House
Whitewright
Tom Hymer
Randolph
Orangeville
Ely
Hymer
Bethel Group
Texas
Houston
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
A. & M. College
Whitewright Cooperative Gin Association
Short Weight Evils Told at Houston Meet
Alex Pisciotta of New York City's Bureau of Weights and Measures warned at the Texas Weights and Measures convention that short weight packaging is nationwide. He cited packages labeled a pound weighing 12 to 15 ounces and showed examples weighing 14 ounces. He urged state laws to curb the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Alex Pisciotta
New York City
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Pisciotta
New Yorker
Society Lawyer at Palace Features Walter Pidgeon
Feature picture at the Palace tonight and Friday stars Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. Saturday presents Gun Law with George OBrien. Prevues include Fast and Loose with Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell. Bargain nights Tuesday and Wednesday show Winner Takes All with Tony Martin and Slim Summerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Walter Pidgeon
Virginia Bruce
George O’brien
Prevue
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Tony Martin
Slim Summerville
Extension of Tax Assessment Render Period in Sherman
Sherman officials extend the tax assessment period to May 10 due to many taxpayers failing to render property. The equalization board will meet May 10. Those who do not render by May 10 will be placed on the unrendered roll at 1938 valuation with a 10 percent penalty. Seneca quote noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Collier Yeary
Equalization Board
Mr. Yeary
Presbyterian Men Meet Here Tonight
Members of the Presbyterian Men's Club from Grayson, Fannin and Lamar Counties attend a dinner meeting at the Presbyterian Church tonight. E. T. Allen of Whitesboro presides. Host pastor is Dr. B. Wrenn Webb. Program includes welcome by John Henry Whitewright, response by Dan Baker Whitesboro, vocal solos by Mrs. Horace Gordon and duo Leroy and Lonnie D. Martin, trumpet by Billie Rhom Pennington, readings by Janis Jayne Horton, and addresses by Revs. Spivey Denison Joiner Leonard Graham Estes Whitesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Men's Club
Grayson
Fannin
Lamar
Presbyterian Church
E. T. Allen
Whitesboro
B. Wrenn Webb
John Henry
Whitewright
Dan Baker
Horace Gordon
Leroy
Lonnie D. Martin
T. E. Barbee
Billie Rhom Pennington
Margaret Hanna
Reading
Janis Jayne Horton
James E. Spivey
Denison
J. W. Joiner
Leonard
Edgar Graham
Honey Grove
Charles W. Estes
Final Meeting of PT Association at White Wright School
The final meeting of the White Wright Grammar School Parent Teacher Association is set for next Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the grammar school auditorium. Mothers of pre school children are urged to attend. The program includes Song America Invocation Recreation and World Peace Rev Leslie O Evans Local Recreational Project Newton Manning Need of Vacation Library Mrs Clara Myrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Grammar School
Parent- Teacher Association
America
Leslie O. Evans
Newton Manning
Clara Myrick
AAA to Issue Cards To Regulate Sales Of '39 Cotton Crop
The Agricultur al Adjustment Administration will issue red white and blue cards to regulate 1939 cotton sales under marketing quotas. White allows sales within allotments, red marks over-planting, and blue covers carryover from 1938. Penalty taxes apply to excess marketings. Buyers must collect and report penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The
School diploma for faithful horse in York Idaho
York grade school will award Curly Smith, a horse, a diploma after 12 years of daily attendance carrying members of the H. M. Smith family to school. Superintendent F T Barber will present the award for devotion to duty. Curly shows no retirement. Franklin Delano Smith, 5, plans to join next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Idaho
Curly Smith
Curly
F. T. Barber
H. M. Smith
Franklin Delano Smith
Whitewright Music Club to Observe National Music Week
The Whitewright Music Club announces National Music Week activities starting May 7. A union service at the Methodist Church features Rev LeRoy Anderson and church pastors, with club choral music led by several members. A musical tea at the Baptist Church will showcase pianist Mrs G F Bryant and soloist Mrs Sarah Kilgree, followed by a reception for past presidents. The May 13 meeting at Miss Sara Kathryn Atterberry’s home ends the year with a covered dish luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
Methodist Church
LeRoy Anderson
Central Christian Church
Albert Jackson
Paul Ryan
Charlie Ayres
Tommie Chenoweth
Sarah Kilgree
Bryant Penn
C. T. Atkinson
O. L. Jones
Roby Childress
Horace Grdon
the Baptist Church
G. F. Bryant
Denton
Guy Hamilton
C. S. Witt
Celeste
R. T. Pennington
H. T. Atterberry
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Mona Sullivan
Frances Williams
American Legion Aims to Surpass One Million Members
Officials in Indianapolis announced high confidence that the American Legion would exceed 1,000,000 members again this year. The seventh national aerial roundup brought reports from veterans nationwide, totaling 943,611 enrolled so far, about 60,000 more than last year at the same point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
American Legion
Legion
First Land to Be Bought for Red River Dam Project
Land will be bought from owners as needed for the Red River earthen dam across between Denison and Durant. The initial purchase covers the dam and spillway site and nearby land, with work to start this month, announced Capt. Lucius D. Clay, district army engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Red River
Durant
Lucius D. Clay
U S Prepared to Arm One Million Men in Three Months
Washington based War Department plans a mobilization to arm one million soldiers in three months if war is ordered. Col J H Burns told the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that initial strength would be 400,000 with 6,000 airplanes, and about 10,000 plants have agreed to wartime production. He warned on price control, profits, wages, taxes, and morale in wartime, stressing mass production and efficient killing capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
J. H. Burns
Burns
Boy 17 Preaches for Own Graduating Class
Farmington Iowa report says John Salzman aged 17, a high school senior, preached the baccalaureate sermon for his class. He is temporary pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church Missouri and was licensed to preach in Farmington in October 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Iowa
John Salzman
Young Salzman
Baptist Church
Bethlehem
May Day pageant and royal procession at Grammar School
The May Day program presented Monday by the Grammar School drew the largest crowd yet, crowned Princess Patricia Everheart and Prince James C. Stuteville on a throne amid greens and roses. Royal family members and pages wore blue ivory and gold, with a sequence of cultural messages, a May Pole Dance, and a recessional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Mona Sullivan
Patricia Everheart
James C. Stuteville
Texas
Beth Cunningham
Wallace Reeves
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Charles Ska
France
Russia
Holland
England
Spain
Insurance Company Pays Caraway Claim in Grayson County
Grayson County in Texas received a check for 4877.73 from Trinity Universal Insurance, deposited to the county treasury, settling full claims on bond of former district clerk Robert Binion Caraway. County auditor B M Whiteacre noted a February salary credit of 131.94 caused the total to reach 5009.67. Special election to fill vacancy cost 926, and vacancy from Feb 8 to Apr 8 saved 791.66 in salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteacre
Caraway
Be Sure To Tell Mom Before It Is Too Late
Poem urging children to write to their gray haired mothers before Mother’s Day May 14. It warns of unspoken words and unspent love, noting hearts break and loved ones wait for tender messages.
Family Narrowly Escapes As Tom Bean Home Burns
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the six room bungalow of Mr and Mrs T Z Bruce about 145 am Tuesday. The family was awakened by smoke and narrowly escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bean
T. Z. Bruce
Atty General Rules Highway Fund Office Building Bill Unconstitutional
Atty Gen Gerald C Mann ruled that a bill to finance a state office building in Austin with 1,000,000 from the state highway fund is unconstitutional because the money is specifically allocated for highway improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gerald C. Mann
Fruit Shows Planned by Grayson County Club Women
Grayson County club women announce four fruit shows on June 24 in Denison Sherman Whitesboro and Whitewright with J F Roseborough and Eunice King speaking at each site. New clubs Sperry and Oak Ridge attend and 52 members from 17 clubs meet to plan delegations to the District 4 council meeting in Dallas on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Sherman
R. D. Butler
Whitesboro
Grayson County Council
County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sperry
Oak Ridge
R. A. Hanning
Toccoa Caraway
Club
District 4
Dallas
Texas House invites Gov O Daniel to speak May 14
The Texas House invited Gov W Lee O Daniel to deliver his regular Sunday broadcast on May 14 Mother's Day from the House chamber before a joint session of the House and Senate. The Legislature plans to adjourn sine die May 9 but may stay over for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
W. Lee O'Daniel
House
Senate
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O'Daniel
Jan Andersons
Orville Carpenter
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Morris
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Caraway Claim
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