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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
6
Postmaster W. O. Brents visits relatives in Wichita Kansas. Many residents and visitors are listed with travels to Sherman Denison Dallas and McKinney. Local shops advertise tires furniture lawn mowers watches and jewelry while schools and bonds are noted with community events and personnel changes.
Mrs Burn Everheart Mrs Lovell Mrs F T Harris and Miss Eunice Turner visited Sherman Monday afternoon to listen to T O Walton of A and M College as he gave guidance on keeping household account books.
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Stuckey departed Wednesday by car for Marlin. Mrs. Stuckey will stay about four weeks for health reasons, while Rev. Stuckey remains in Marlin for about two weeks.
Joe Bailey Hamilton of Oklahoma City spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs W T Hamilton. He is employed at the Union Soldiers Home in Oklahoma City.
Don't sell your produce to ped dlers. Bring it to us and get more for it. We are paying 17 cents a pound for hens 30 cents a pound for fryers and 16 cents a dozen for eggs. Mr Cotten of the Van Alstyne Leader mechanical department visited The Sun office in Whitewright last Friday.
Fitz Bryant, while prospecting at Lamessa in Texas, received word by telephone of his brother J. M. Bryant’s death. He hurried home and arrived Monday night. The Canaan school closes a successful term Friday with attendance above average. Haden Hamilton is principal and Miss Sallie Hamilton assistant.
Miss Margreta Fender Miss Bessie Joe Barbee and Gomer May of Trinity University Waxahachie spent the weekend with relatives here. Final exercises marking the close of Trinity's regular session will be held June 10. J R Fleming has been ill at his son Wm Fleming's Sherman home for ten days with a carbuncle at the upper mouth and nose, but reports say he is improving.
A mule dealer invites buyers to Whitewright on Monday May 19 to view and trade for a car of fine mules. The note urges bringing trading stock and attending the sale.
A list of commemorative items features graduation journals engraved cards greeting cards and a Kodak desk set gold or silver pencils fountain pens photo albums address books stationery boxed fiction and gift options for boys.
At the College of Industrial Arts in Denton 223 degree graduates and 680 other young women will receive state teacher certificates at term end May 27. Miss Mary Rena Penn of the city is among those earning a B S degree and serves as art editor of the college annual, with other positions of honor in the class.
The committee of the local American Legion posts sale of flags has taken orders for about 25 flags to be displayed on occasions showing the Nation's colors. Flags are fast color wool, uniform 4 by 6 feet, mounted on a twelve-foot staff. A sidewalk socket will hold the flags in front of stores.
The Grayson County Baptist Sunday School Association closed a largely attended semiannual session last Friday night. Over a hundred delegates from 35 to 40 churches attended. H. L. Durham was re elected president and the next meeting was set for Whitesboro in October. The local congregation received praise for hospitality to visitors.
The joint revival committee for the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches met with pastors to announce an indefinite postponement of their cooperative revival. Uncertainty about the visiting preacher’s arrival and busy farming and election-season activities prompted the delay to a later date this year.
Under Mrs. Mery Ryan and Miss Tommie Chenoweth the grammar school auditorium hosted a three act program with over two hundred grade pupils. The event highlighted plays and musical work reflecting thorough school training and Whitewright's strong educational community and facilities.
Raz Barlow, a renowned long range marksman, reportedly fired a couple of shots at the moon last night. The Tickville Brass Band held a free outdoor concert on Main Street Saturday evening attracting a large crowd. Poke Bazley muses on a steadier job if Saturdays were shorter. Sile Kilden, eager to learn about radio, needs one more oyster can and a baling wire to complete an outfit.
Cricket Hicks mocked a Saturday night film at Tickville noting the fire department horses seemed to bounce like bed springs as they rushed the scene.
The piece notes Isaac Helwanger once a skeptic who after a third marriage now avoids disagreement and trusts circus posters he sees. It also mentions Sid Hocks boasting of borrowing money with the promise to repay tomorrow as a simple win from chance without work.
The Mail Carrier notes the job centers on serving the public and delivering mail fairly. Recipients praise the carrier while those missing expected mail call for changes to the system.
The piece argues taxes have long sparked revolts as rulers spend public funds, noting a shift toward equity yet deeming modern governance mostly theoretical. It claims waste remains widespread, urging taxpayer-led reforms.
John Blake urges individuals to cut self imposed taxes by halving daily expenses and wasting less time. He argues government taxes are rising while personal waste drains earnings, urging readers to keep Whitewright money at home and save for old age.
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