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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
5
Local residents share weekend visits across towns including Taylor, Leonard, Howe, Gainesville, Dallas and Sherman. A Bonham bed suite sale offers a $49.50 price with $5 down and $1.50 weekly. Decoration day services at Pilot Grove Cemetery are set for next Sunday at 2 PM after weather postponed.
Sherman area residents visit relatives in Dallas Garland and local towns while confirming health visits, stores advertise eye care and furniture, and community events include a cemetery decoration day rescheduled for May 19. Notables include guests from Palestine Jacksonville and Moran, plus announcements from local clubs and churches.
The Whitewright H D Club met and attended the Ball canning school at the Community Public Service office. The next meeting is May 16 at Mrs S E Simpson s home. The Wright Music Club met at Miss Frances Bryant s home with listed hostesses and guests. Luncheon with daisies and note cards followed by multiple musical performances and a toast to outgoing president Mrs Rhom Pennington. A yard beautification contest prize and federation music study course were approved. the cantata was postponed to May 19.
The Dunning Club gathered at 4 p m Wednesday at Mrs. Guy Hamilton s home with pupils on the program including Sara Kathryn Atterberry Hugh Tim Atterberry Mrs C H Stuteville Margaret Hanna Dorothy Nell Hall Eugene Reeves Dorotha Darwin C B Bryant III Jo Willa Stuteville Sarah Belle Gillett Frances Pope Betty Jo Morrow Claire Doss Grace Chumbley The monthly top prize for best work went to Margaret Hanna.
The Busy Bee Sewing Club met with Mrs. Leon Bennett Tuesday afternoon. President Mrs. Alton McDowell and reporter Mrs. Bonnie Nicholson were reelected. Mrs. Robert Howard became secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Claud Dillon was named vice-president. New members Mrs. Jack Ryan and Mrs. Lilburn Ross joined. Thirteen members and one visitor attended. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Roy Blanton.
The annual luncheon of the White Music Club gathered members and guests for a midday program. Local organizers announced updates on future performances and community outreach plans.
Telegram to Whitewright relatives reports the death on May 8 of a son born May 5 to Mr and Mrs Aubrey Cook of Smyra Lubbock County. Mechanics overhaul the Community Public Service power plant in three weeks more work remaining. Diesel engines rebored pistons fitted crankshafts repacked. Local notes remind reporters reports must be submitted in person.
Petitioned by onion growers, the plan calls for an onion loading shed. Mr. Shields notes ample facilities at the Katy freight house to be converted by opening all doors. A watchman will safeguard onions at night, and a similar arrangement is expected from the Cotton Belt Railroad.
Churches announce services at Canaan on Sunday May 12 at 11 a m and 7 45 p m with Rev A W Yell, Presbyterian pastor, preaching at both hours.
The Christian Endeavor Union will meet at the Presbyterian Church at 6 30 p m Sunday with J H Burma in charge of the program.
The church to hold services next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a m special musical numbers at 11 a m and a brief pastoral message on Mother Mothers will be honored with flowers and infants may be baptized. Members urged to attend and bring visitors for a community church day.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb presides with Sunday school at 10 a m and morning service at 11 a m titled In Memory and Honor of Our Mothers. Evening programs include a young people's meeting at 6 30 p m and a 7 30 p m sermon on Three Christian Certainties. Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 7 30 p m. Sunday May 19 features movie pictures of Presbyterian mission work among Indians.
Funeral services for J. A. Sanders aged 26 were held in Greenville Sunday afternoon. About 25 Whitewright friends of Mr and Mrs W S Cunningham and members of the public school faculty attended. Sanders was the brother of Mrs Cunningham and died in a Greenville hospital Saturday after being struck by a car Friday.
Norman C. Brown aged 53 a prominent retired farmer died at his Orangeville home. Funeral services were conducted at his late residence by Dr. J. F. Fender and Rev. G. B. Jackson. Interment followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born in Georgia August 24 1851 and married Minnie Amanda May on July 20 1876 in Trenton.
J. C. Shields of the M K T Railroad spoke to local business men and onion growers Tuesday morning detailing how the railroad would handle the Whitewright area onion crop. The presentation outlined logistics and expected impacts on shipments and markets.
Methodist Church invites all to honor mothers next Sunday with Pastor C W Deans delivering remarks. A quote about mothers from a noted author graces the message as part of the observance.
Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, is presented as a typical Chinese city with strong cultural and historical associations. The description emphasizes its regional identity within China.
After 50 years the National League Against Alcoholism concedes defeat in stopping wine in Paris. They admit 145 quarts of wine are consumed per person in France, higher than at founding. The league shifts focus to demon rum and ends a long campaign against wine.
A father explains to a boy that a justice must be thorough respectable and honorable a real master of the law and able to write clearly even if the wording is hard to understand. The exchange highlights the demanding yet paradoxical standards for high legal office.
A playful exchange reveals Clarence unsure if he will marry a blonde or brunette, while his fiancée has not chosen her look for the wedding.
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