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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun lists postal terms and subscriber notices. Subscriptions in Grayson and Fannin counties are one year six months for 1.00 dollars, outside counties one year 1.50 dollars, six months 75 cents. No period shorter than six months. payment in advance.
The piece urges Texans to vote Saturday on four proposed amendments to the state constitution and warns that if the prohibition amendment passes, Texas cannot return to a wet status without another constitutional change. It also notes bond sale readiness for the Whitewright Ida road project, home landscaping benefits, suffrage activism, bank deposits in May and Whitewright’s prosperity, and mentions Canaan achieving a milestone.
The Canaan Methodist church surpassed its $1000 Centenary drive quota by $600 as members supported the cause at a morning service. Honey Grove churches ran full page ads promoting Centenary efforts, sermons and service hours, showing advertising boosts church attendance. This pattern suggests ads reach people otherwise beyond church outreach.
State Senator Ed Westbrook of Wolfe City addressed a Monday night meeting in support of prohibition and equal suffrage amendments to be voted on Saturday. Representative D. S. McMillin introduced him, praising his five years in the Senate and urging voters to back the two measures. The audience was small but attentive, with several ladies present enjoying the talk.
The Blue Bird Club met last Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Kay Kimbell’s home with Miss Pauline Lenox of Pendleton Arkansas as the only guest member. The event featured a social hour followed by a salad course and grape ice.
Mrs Guy Hamilton and Miss Hamilton entertained last Friday for Pauline Lenox of Pendleton Arkansas. A blue and gold spring color scheme filled the reception rooms with blue sweet williams pale yellows myriads and nasturtiums and sweet peas in the dining room. Centerpiece baskets and place cards named Pauline Lenox Delia Moore Enna Marshall and Carrie Hamilton with Mesdames Bryant King Joe B Foster Max Pope and Guy Hamilton.
About one hundred residents from Grayson County meet in Denison to map road repairs and county wide concrete highway plans spanning from Red River to the south and to the county borders. The gathering endorses funding via potential five million dollars in road bonds and division into four precincts with local chairmen to investigate sections and push gravel or concrete road construction.
Advertisement note promoting tire purchases at a shop offering free air for inflating tires.
A chiropractor announces a permanent Whitewright office on Main Street at Mrs Smith's boarding house. The practice begins Monday morning May 26 at 10 o clock with free consultation and analysis for those not satisfied with their health.
A relative states the patient’s condition and requests understanding. The message implies uncertainty about the ability to provide help and cautions the other party that assistance may be limited.
Sunday school at 10 am with H L Webster as superintendent. Baccalaureate sermon for the high school class by Dr T S Clyce president of Austin College. Evening service by the pastor on the sermon The Hand Writing on the Wall. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings. You are invited to attend these services.
An advertisement touts Rub my Tism as a reliable pain reliever for rheumatism neuralgia sprains and related aches. The copy emphasizes quick relief and broad uses in a general medicinal claim.
All members of Whitewright Camp No 254 W O W and visiting Woodmen are summoned to the lodge hall at two Sunday afternoon May 25 preparatory to unveiling ceremonies at Oak Hill cemetery at three o'clock.
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