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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
4
Notice: advertisements for entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions will also be charged. The paper will correct any erroneous reflections upon a person firm or corporation when brought to the publishers.
The Kingsbury piece tours a tenement “House of a Hundred Sorrows” with grimy walls and starving children led by a sickly five year old. It follows rooms 24 20 23 47 and twins in room 47 to evoke neglected childhood and urge Christmas charity and mercy.
A reflective piece credits early settlers for building rural schools and churches. It describes scant funding, short terms, stern teachers with strict rules, and simple curricula. The essay laments the loss of the old country school and honors its memories and moral lessons.
Mrs. Floyd R. Rigley of Shawnee Ohio who has been visiting Miss Mary Johnson went to Dallas where she will visit relatives before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Davidson of Portland Oregon on a visit with J W Davidson’s family left for Ardmore and Oklahoma City to visit friends.
Miss Gertrude Montgomery, a teacher at the Oklahoma State Normal in Ada, arrived Wednesday to spend the summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Montgomery.
W. T. Hamilton received notification last Friday of his appointment as an officer on the Blue Ridge prison farm and left that afternoon for Hobby near where the farm is located. The post followed recommendations of friends on his ability as a peace officer.
R H May Ott Lackey S H Jared Ek R Lay and Norvell Thomson attended the weekly Odd Fellows meeting in Denison Friday. The Durant Oklahoma first degree team conferred the first degree for the Denison lodge. Roy is driving a new Chevrolet roadster. Mrs G F Bryant presented piano pupils in recital at the Methodist Church with John Philip Barbee and Miss Bessie Joe Barbee assisting.
Roy Blanton spent Monday and Tuesday in Mt Pleasant as a guest of his brother Orbin Blanton who is a teacher.
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