Three Die Contacting Downed High Voltage Wires North of Whitewright
A Monday morning electrical storm left a Texas-Louisiana Power Company line down. Three men, Dock F. Webster, 20, Tom J. Webster, 23, and Bowen Daniels, 21, were killed near the J. M. Carter farm five miles north of Whitewright after contacting the live wires. Mrs. Dock Webster, with her 15-year-old daughter in the car, searched for help for hours as authorities and neighbors assisted. Funeral plans were announced for Helmbegh and Pride residents, and the tragedy prompted officials to note the downed line was near intact after a lightning strike.
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Whitewright
Dock F. Webster
Tom J. Webster
Helmleigh
Scurry County
Bowen Daniels
Pride
Dawson County
J. M. Carter
Dock Webster
Webster
Daniels
Lloyd Moore Undertaking
Reese Webster
Websters
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
Bells
Texas- Louisiana Power Company
Tyler
Berry Fields
Mecralegh
Savoy
Sherman
Carter Farm
William Jackson
Tom Webster
Mrs. Webster
Jackson
Ten Inches Of Rain In Five Days At Whitewright
Rain gauge at the city pumping plant shows nearly ten inches of rainfall in Whitewright from Wednesday last week through Tuesday morning this week. Several heavy showers left crops helped including corn wheat and oats while low lands suffered damage from washed fields.
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Whitewright
Former Texas Governor Joseph D. Sayers Dies at 89
Former Governor Joseph D. Sayers, aged 89, died at his Austin home Wednesday morning. He led Texas from 1899 to 1903 and was the oldest living ex governor. He served on the Board of Pardons as an appointee of Gov. Dan Moody and remained active at the capitol until illness confined him.
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Austin
Joseph D. Sayers
Texas
Board of Pardons
Dan Moody
Capitol
Texas, My Texas Made Official State Song
The Texas Senate adopted a concurrent resolution declaring "Texas, My Texas" by William J. Marsh and Gladys Youkum Wright of Fort Worth as the official state song. The resolution, signed by Senators Neal McFarlane and Greer, noted the song had been selected after elimination and competition twice.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
William J. Marsh
Gladys Yoakum Wright
Fort Worth
Neal, McFarlane and Greer
Ice Service Station to Be Erected on Whitewright Lots
Material is being placed on the recently purchased Whitewright City lots by Southern Ice & Utilities Company. Work will start in the next few days on the ice service station to be erected on the site and is expected to be completed in about six weeks.
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Whitewright
Southern Ice & Utilities Company
Fire destroys small Cotton Belt house housing Harley Green family
A Negro family home on the Cotton Belt occupied by Harley Green and kin burned Tuesday night around 9. The structure owned by R Gatewood, a Negro, was uninsured. No occupants were present as the blaze began.
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Cotton Belt
Harley Green
R. Gatewood
Ministers Attend Presbytery Meeting Ordain Preacher
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Fender and Rev. J. W. Willbanks attended a special Presbytery of Paris meeting in Sherman Tuesday evening where Rev. Joe Bennett was ordained to preach.
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J. F. Fender
J. W. Willbanks
Presbytery of
Paris
Sherman
Joe Bennett
Louisville man returns home after visit
G. A. Goose of Louisville Kentucky has returned to his home after a visit here with J. A. Pumphrey and other relatives.
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G. A. Goose
Louisville, Ky
J. A. Pumphrey
Two Old Folks And Their Simple Civilization
A Marshall Morning News feature contrasts a frugal, steady couple with modern excesses. The piece notes the granddad's thrift across daily habits, and the grandma's practical care, praising their faithfulness and industry that built a civilization worth preserving.
Couple Traveled in Open Ford in Months-Old Marriage
The pair rode in an old Ford touring car with no top and little camping gear. Mrs. Webster, recently married, carried her marriage certificate, implying a newlywed situation during their travels.
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Tween
Two Explosions Cause Bromine Gas Disaster at Cleveland Clinic
In Cleveland Ohio a bromine gas release from burning X ray film storage and a second blast during fires killed ninety five people at the Cleveland Clinic hospital during the busy morning hour. Dozens more injured overwhelmed emergency crews. Police officer Henry Thorpe reported the first blast and was blinded by gas.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Henry Thorpe
Euclid Avenue
Ninety-Third Street
Soil Conservation Plan Discussed at McKinney Meeting
McKinney chamber of commerce chairman W Avery Dowell presided a county wide soil conservation meeting with speakers A K Short M R B Bentley and T C Richardson. The aim is to organize a county program with the extension service the press and the Federal Land Bank. Collin County has 561 000 acres total with 400 000 in cultivation leaving 161 000 acres in pasture woodland and wasteland.
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M’kinney
W. Avery Dowell
McKinney Chamber of Commerce
McKinney
A. K
Dad) Short
Federal Land Bank of Houston
M. R. B. Bentley
Extension Service
A. & M. College
T. C. Richardson
Farm and Ranch of Dallas
Federal Land Bank
Collin County
Forty Boy Scouts Awarded Degrees in Sherman Court
In Sherman the public Court of Honor at Elks hall awarded ranks from tender foot to eagle and conferred merit badges on about forty Scouts. About 178 Scouts and visitors attended, including the Whitewright Court of Honor. Troop 5 won the loving cup for largest visitor attendance with 73 people. Judge R M Carter led entertainment with solos by Dorothy Matlock and Tom Ratliff, and Rev Jap Manton gave an address.
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R. M. Carter
Dorothy Matlock
Tom Ratliff
Jap Manton
Whitewright Plans Revival Attendance at Greenville
Whitewright residents plan to attend the Stephens revival in Greenville on Friday night with a reserved section for the Whitewright party. A local churches committee reports many will go and good weather could boost turnout. The tabernacle is built to seat 4 000 to 5 000, and the revival began with services last Sunday.
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Greenville
Whitewright
Decoration Service at Bethel Cemetery
The Sun invites the community to a decoration service at Bethel Cemetery four miles south of Whitewright next Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock.
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Bethel Cemetery
Whitewright
Mrs Mark Montgomery Visits Denison Wednesday
A note records that Mrs Mark Montgomery was a visitor in Denison on Wednesday, indicating a routine social or civic visit with no additional details about purpose or accompanying individuals.
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Mark Montgomery
Denison
Father’s Night at Grammar School P T A Program
The Parent-Teacher Association plans a Father’s Night program next Tuesday at 7 45 PM in the Grammar School auditorium. Invited are all fathers in the Whitewright district. The program includes Rev J W Willbanks, Mayor F M Echols talks, mixed chorus, readings, piano solos, duets, and multiple speakers.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
J. W. Willbanks
F. M. Echols
Reading
Verma Mangrum
H. G. Webster
Mary Lee Andrews
W. E. LaRoe
Clyde Johnson
Guy Hamilton
T. E. Barbee
G. F. Bryant
Parent
Whitewright
Schoffelmayer Advocates Systematic Dairy on Denison Visit
Victor H. Schoffelmayer of Dallas, agricultural editor of the Dallas News, spoke at Kraft exhibit headquarters in Denison praising productive dairying and soil restoration. He urged replacing scrub cows with high producing ones, warned against one crop cotton, and urged use of home grown feed and cover crops to prevent soil washouts while criticizing a farm relief movement before Congress.
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Denison
Texas
Victor H. Schoffelmayer
Dallas
Dallas News
Kraft
Schoffelmayer
America
Kraft- Phenix Cheese Corporation
Congress
Mrs. Gertrude Goose Heads Home From Visit
Miss Gertrude Goose departed for Louisville Kentucky on Wednesday after visiting Mrs T L Hansard and other relatives in town.
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Gertrude Goose
Louisville
T. L. Hansard
Boy Seriously Injured By Auto
Four year old Dick Ellis May son of Mr and Mrs Ellis May was seriously injured Monday afternoon when struck by a rear fender as he ran across Bond street near his grandmother’s home. Roy Nicholson who was driving swerved to avoid the collision and the boy was unconscious with a fractured skull and expected not to recover according to Sherman hospital reports.
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Ellis May
Roy Nicholson
Sherman
Bond Street
Mattie May
Nicholson
Whitewright School Faculty Reappointed for 1929 30
The Whitewright board of education reelected the faculty for the 1929 30 term. Superintendent Fred W. Smith was renewed. The high school athletic director position was discontinued to save funds, with H B Crosby continuing to direct athletics and work with Boy Scouts as Scoutmaster.
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Board of Education
Whitewright
Fred W. Smith
H. B. Crosby
Crosby
Hoover Balks At Tariff Bill
Washington reports indicate President Hoover has not fully approved the House Ways and Means Committee tariff schedules on building materials and sugar. Objections focus on cement, brick, and shingles duties, with concerns about harming the wooden shingle and roofing industries and shifting the market to patent shingles. Advisers consider a sliding scale for sugar to curb foreign competition and aid cane and beet sectors.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
White House
Hoover
Eastern Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Dedication Services Held Here Sunday
Dedication services at the Church of Christ were led by Rev. J. A. Dickey of Fort Worth who oversaw the church’s new edifice four years ago. A noon luncheon followed, and in the afternoon children from Poles Orphans Home near Greenville presented a program of music and readings. Out-of-town attendees included former members.
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Church of Christ
J. A. Dickey
Fort Worth
Poles Orphans’ Home
Greenville
Howe to Obtain Natural Gas Service
Mayor W. P. Thompson said 150 property owners signed on to bring natural gas to Howe. The Consumers' Gas Company of Dallas won the contract to lay the pipelines and work will start immediately.
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W. P. Thompson
Howe
Consumers’ Gas Company of
Dallas
Mr. Thompson
White Wright Public Schools Set for May Commencement Week
The 1928-29 White Wright Public Schools wrap up with Senior Day on May 17 at the High School auditorium. Baccalaureate service on May 19 at the Methodist Church led by Rev. W. H. Ackley. Graduation exercises for grammar and high school to follow May 22 and May 24 with top honors for Mary Lee Andrews Babe Nell Penn Guy Hamilton Jr Mary Jo Sears and others.
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Whitewright
Methodist Church
W. H. Ackley
First Baptist Church
P.T. A
Grammar School
Mary Lee Andrews
Virginia Benson
Mary Connelly
Frances Gillespie
Vernon Gordon
Euna Lee Hampton
Maggie Horton
Millard Mangrum
Fender May
Charley Mayo
Raymond Myrick
Babe Nell Penn
Geo. Gordon Pope
Mardell Pumphrey
Ford Scott Vestal
Florence Wilson
Guy Yowell
Opal Cates
Velma Lee Cates
Anna Hopkins
Bernice Hopkins
Fae Wood
Lula Jarvis
Ollie Mitchell
Guy Hamilton Jr
Mary Jo Sears
Bridges Destroyed By High Water
Sherman reports the heaviest rainfall since 1926 with 6.42 inches in 24 hours. Washouts and creek overflows closed highways from Sherman to Denison and north to Oklahoma, with 30 to 40 bridges along lateral roads washed out or impassable. Traffic to Dallas Whitesboro and Choctaw Creek bridge between Sherman and Bells halted.
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Sherman
L. J. Jones
R. A. Gibbs
Denison
Choctaw Creek
Bells
Dallas
Whitesboro
W. V. Allen
Timber Creek
Oklahoma
Singing Convention at Canaan Church Near Whitewright
The Northwest Fannin County Singing Association holds its third Sunday convention at Canaan church four miles north of Whitewright next Sunday afternoon. All singers and lovers of good singing are invited to attend.
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Northwest Fannin County Singing Association
Canaan Church
Whitewright
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Marshall Morning News
Boy Scouts
Boy
Auto
Singing
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