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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
3
Arthur McCauley of Dallas visited the city Sunday. Burgher Reed visited home folks at Trenton Sunday. Claude Dillon and Grover State ville went to Greenville Sunday.
Sc Wallace is at Spivy Bros. Co. Miss Evelyn Ayres is reported ill with appendicitis. Kim Henry was in Denison on business Monday. Miss Liza May Love returned to Bonham Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R.H. May and daughter were in Denison and Sherman Wednesday. Cecil Lively and Joe Everheart visited Sherman Wednesday. W. H. Reeves and daughter Miss Blannye spent Wednesday in Sherman. Charley Ross of C. M. A. returned from Royse. Edwin Clapp price cut at Spivy Bros. Miss Jessie Sue Smith arrives from Greenville. Mrs. Joe Mangrum and daughter spent Monday in Denison. Mr. and Mrs. George Williams of Dallas visit A. F. Cameron. Carl Roundtree of Ft. Worth arrived to visit friends. Chas. Ross near town completed a dwelling. Rollie Vestal building a bungalow east of town. 50 pairs of men’s pants on sale at Spivy’s. Mrs. Claude Badgett of Bells visited. Mrs. Carl Hunt and Mrs. Dennie McLair of Dallas guests of Miss Carrie Hamilton. Mrs. Phil Lanius returned home after a few days away.
Mr and Mrs Landon C Moore of Dallas visited H C Sears family this week. Bank cashier Guy Hamilton of Planters National Bank attended the Bankers Convention in Ft Worth Tuesday. Arthur Nall optician with Dr R B Nall of Sherman will be at Dyer Jones Whitewright May 14 15 16. J T Stillwell spent weekend with family then left Tuesday westbound Cotton Belt. Mrs Don Dyer and children returned from Mercury Texas after extended visit. R B Nall of Sherman will be at Dyer Jones Whitewright May 14 15 16.
S H Palmer of the community northwest of town visited town on Wednesday for barn repair materials. Mr and Mrs Joe Ashinhurst of Pilot Grove announce the birth of a fine boy baby on the 4th inst. Dr C P Johnson attended an interesting session of the Gray son County Medical Institute at Denison Tuesday.
A guaranteed all silk ribbon No. 80 in four colors for 100 yards is noted. Spivy Bros. Co. carpenters added porches and other additions to the Presbyterian manse in the past week. Clarence Woosley and family from Trenton visited J. B. Woosley and relatives. Davis Brothers moved confectionery fixtures from the post office area to their restaurant on lower Main Street.
Mrs Arthur McCauley and her little son return to Dallas after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J L Boone in town. An Epworth League player service is announced for the League program next Sunday with Fitz Bryant as leader.
The city will end the school season on Friday May 29. There will be no graduating class this year and no public exercises to mark the close of the term.
C M Sanders of Celina who joined Womack Milling Co as sales manager plans to move his family to the area as soon as a suitable residence is secured. Jack McMillin pitched a winning game for Carlisle against Jacksonville Baptist College in thirteen innings with Carlisle scoring the only run. The old frame building south of Baugher's planing mills that burned last winter has been removed and street appearance is improved. Former United States Senator Bailey has invited to address Hillsboro and Greenville during Confederate reunions this summer.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church plan a dollar social at Mrs. J. M. Carter’s home on Thursday May 14 at 3 p.m. All church members are invited. Fitz Bryant organized a Boy Scouts unit here with 28 boys who have pledged, undergone the tenderfoot exam, and applied for national membership.
Dr. Gunby from Sherman visited T. K. McMillin and family physician. Mr. McMillin’s friends regret his limited improvement. A A Hyde of Sherman spoke to Presbyterian Endeavorers. W H Hansard met his traveling nephew Claude Hansen of Fort Worth. Advice to buy a well broke horse. C B Bryant attends State Bankers meeting at Ft Worth after Mineral Wells stop. Parent-Teachers Association meeting set for Thursday May 14 at C M A auditorium. program in Sun.
A new forty foot bridge has just been completed on Bells road north of Wade Sears and it is opening again for passage on this important highway.
Mrs. L. LaRoe came home Sunday from Sherman hospital where she recently had an operation. It is hoped she will enjoy good health in the near future.
J R Pennington hauls out material for a new barn and home additions east of J H Biggerstaff. Joe McKinsey and Biggerstaff returned Wednesday afternoon from Sherman where they served on jury duty.
Dr Spindle is fitting up offices in the May building and has purchased new equipment for his dental practice. Ira Kirkpatrick visited Bells early this week to help remove Guy Dillon’s household effects to Sherman.
J L Smith and Looney Rob bins are among citizens who recently improved homes with new smoke houses and barns reflecting community agricultural upkeep and modernization efforts.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pierce on May 3.
Mason-Brackneyl Co Sherman Texas advertises for an experienced sales lady in ladies ready to wear underwear and corsets with explicit requirement of thorough experience. The note mentions plant improvements at the oil mill including a reinforced concrete linter and press room to be fire resistant after a damaging winter fire.
This Friday May 8 a store hosts Heinz Day with samples for customers and friends. A Heinz Co representative will explain how the 87 varieties are made and why they are good. Attendees are not pressured to make a purchase.
Jack McMillin returned Monday from Jacksonville where he witnessed CMA ball team games and other intercollegiate contests.
Don Dyer reports farmers, ten mules and a county grader are grading along Freys lane to improve a two mile road. J T Roberts, Walter Myrick and W P Cameron guide the city's equalization board in adjusting this year’s taxable values. Debris from the Dr Spindle dental office fire in the Wilson-Vaghan building has been cleared and repairs begun.
Dr. and Mrs. J N Powell traveled to Sherman on Sunday to be with Dr Powells sister Mrs Bill Sears of Kemp Oklahoma who underwent an operation that day at the local hospital.
Carlisle Military Academy of Whitewright defeated Burleson College 3 to 2 at Greenville to clinch the season pennant in the five team intercollegiate league. Other entrants were Jacksonville Baptist College Jacksonville Alexander College Institute Jacksonville Speer College Mt. Pleasant and Burleson College Greenville. Carlisle won all home games and took two of five on the circuit securing the title despite Capligle still having a game on its own grounds.
Jones May Fallon Skipworth Mark Montgomery Mr Annip and Fitz Bryant live on the county line road north and are maintaining about four miles of road by keeping ditches and culverts open and using the drag under overseer Fitz Bryant. The overseer’s interest yields well kept roads.
Work on the public school building has renewed energy as rains stop. The concrete foundation is finished and reinforced basement walls are being formed. Basement window frames are on the ground and soon will be installed this week.
E A Turner, a candidate for re election as county treasurer, spent Saturday among voters in the Whitewright precinct.
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