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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
5
Numerous Dallas and nearby area guests are listed visiting relatives and friends in Sherman Denison Bonham Leonard Cooper Lubbock Durant and other towns. Names include Ruth Cox Oda Smellage Tom King Marion King Lee Wilson Carrie Hamilton Margaret Barbee and others with several hosting and visiting events noted.
J. D. Lowe visited his parents in Goldthwaite over the weekend. He reports wool at 25 cents a pound and says business conditions in the area are showing considerable improvement.
Mrs. F M Echols came home Friday after visiting her daughters Mrs R R McDaniel of Quanah and Mrs J C Montgomery of Wichita Falls. The city trash wagon completed the spring clean up round last week keeping the town fairly free of rubbish. Jack Ryan and son from McKinney visited Dr and Mrs R L Sears on Monday. Ryan is McKinney schools superintendent. Tommie Jean Rector, son of Mr and Mrs T J Rector, broke his arm Monday after a fall from the porch on East Maple Street.
Mrs H J Bradshaw and children from Abilene and Mrs Fount Kimbell with daughter from Groesbeck visit B S Montgomery. Mrs T P Devenport returns to Pilot Point with daughter Mrs J D Lowe. L P Sears and wife spend Sunday in Gainesville with daughter Mrs L M Williams. they are joined by daughter Mrs Homer Caston of Leonard. Several ladies attend an expression recital at Kidd Key College Sherman Saturday evening.
E E Hanna Denison MT line superintendent visits Whitewright and says business conditions are improving. Several Sherman residents visit local families, including family ties to Mrs Sears and Mrs Dickson. Jopling named valedictorian at Greenville High. Ada and Wichita Falls guests stay with McKinseys. Dr Dwight Allison of Las Cruces NM visits C M Howard. Mrs Allison formerly May Moore of Whitewright.
Miss Aileen Pennington, pupil of Mrs. Frank Spindle of Kidd-Key College, appeared on a musical recital program at the Grayson Hotel in Sherman last Thursday. She was joined by family and friends including Emmet Penn Bryant Penn Jack Lackey Margaret Boone Dorothy Tapscott Inez Gladys Ray Martha Joe Sears and Jack Hanna of Sherman. Mary Rena Penn of Stillwater spent Sunday with them at Turner Falls near Ardmore Oklahoma.
Mr and Mrs John Reeves and children and Mrs Mary McGaughey traveled to Paris on Sunday to see Mrs McGaughey's brother in law Jess Collard of Honey Grove. Collard was kicked in the back by a mule and is in a Paris hospital in critical condition.
Uncle Joe May one of Whitewright's oldest and most respected citizens is seriously ill. At the bedside are his brother A A May of Altus Oklahoma sister Mrs Mandy Mc Intyre Lawton Oklahoma daughter Mrs C C Hill of San Antonio and Nell Peard a Lawton Oklahoma niece and daughter also at the bedside.
Albert Lea Jackson, grandson of Dr. and Mrs. R. May, was operated on Wednesday evening for appendicitis. He was stricken at noon and endured considerable pain until the operation. The appendix was in bad condition when removed and the procedure was performed at Dr. May's home.
Bruce May of Madill Oklahoma formerly Whitewright fell on a concrete walk in Madill Sunday and fractured his thigh just below the hip. He was taken to a Sherman hospital for treatment immediately after the accident. May is brother to Jerome May northeast of town and J B May of Savoy.
Pupils of Mrs. Inez Keith Elmore performed in two dance numbers at Sherman hall on Tuesday evening in Austin College. Whitewright attendees included Mr. and Mrs. H P Donigan and daughter Norma Frances and others. Be sides, the T E L Class of the Baptist Church met at Mary Perkinson’s home with fourteen members and five visitors. Jon Jr., six months old, died Tuesday morning. funeral at Witt tee Cemetery led by Rev. J A Henderson. Duncan Fulton, son of S D Fulton, listed for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Texas. News of W F Barnett, superintendent of the Methodist orphans home at Waco, died after a heart attack following a speech at Arlington. He previously led Van Alstyne schools and Corsicana orphanage.
White Wright Music Club met Friday afternoon for a formal luncheon hosted by Mrs. Guy Hamilton. Members Miss Martha Jo Sears and Mrs. Newton Manning performed tunes, then new officers were installed: Mrs. R. T. Pennington president, Mrs. J. C. Gillespie vice president, Mrs. George German recording secretary, Mrs. J. D. Lowe corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. L. Jackson treasurer, and Miss Tommie Chenoweth critic.
Tom Pierce of the Mahurin community northeast of town is reported to be improving after a major operation at Sherman hospital about three weeks ago. He was very ill for several days following the procedure.
M M Gates announces he has accepted the agency for local Burnetts bread distribution in Whitewright and has ceased bakery operations. Residents are urged to call for Burnetts bread at all grocery stores. Gates praises the product and asks for customer support.
Jess Burks son of Mr and Mrs Joe Burks northwest of Pilot Grove was elected festival king by student vote at East Texas State Teachers College Commerce. The spring festival will be held Friday on the college athletic field at Commerce with Miss Frances Moody of Greenville named queen.
Mrs. C. B. Cates 52 died at home in Ely Sunday after weeks of illness. Funeral 2:30 Monday at Marvin Methodist Church four miles northeast of Whitewright. burial Randolph Cemetery. Survived by husband C. B. Cates two sons Virgil and Les two daughters Nola Reeves and Lillie Mae, mother Mrs. J. W. Gibson, Bonham, and several siblings. Born September 1881 in McMinn County Tennessee. moved to Texas at 11. longtime Fannin County resident. church member since childhood.
Bill Jones reports Roberts Co offers top prices for chickens eggs hams and bacon. The column notes local farmers can sell poultry and pork products to the buyer and urges immediate shipments before market rates change.
Prof. L C Gee head of education and economics at Wesley College is named to Governor Ruby Laffoon’s official staff with the rank of Colonel. The Greenville native received the appointment on a recommendation from Judge Basil Richardson of Glasgow. Col Gee, long a Greenville educator, is to be known locally as Colonel Gee.
John Silman Jr has leased the cafe formerly run by Chesley Rutledge. He is reworking fixtures and painting and refinishing the interior. Reopening is expected after several days of work.
Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. The 11 oclock service is for the high school graduating class with Rev G C Ivins of First Baptist Church delivering the sermon. Evening sermon at 7 45 by the pastor on Gods Call. You are invited to worship with us. A W Yell pastor.
Dr. John H. Burma president of Trinity University at Waxahachie for 13 years was called Sunday night to pastor Central Presbyterian Church in Sherman. The appointment takes effect Sept. 1.
The Church of Christ announces next Sunday services including a baccalaureate sermon and evening sermon to encourage record Sunday school attendance. Plans for a revival begin after the Baptist revival ends, expected on the third Sunday in June, featuring Bro. Frank Mullins of Dallas.
Plans call for a May 30 work day at Blanton Cemetery east of Whitewright. Volunteers will provide lunch and spend the day cleaning the grounds. Interested parties who have not been contacted should call John Henry or Solon Jared for more information.
The piece traces Memorial Day roots from Civil War graves decoration led by Northern women and Gen. John A. Logan. It notes Southern states also set grave decorations on varied dates with Virginia aligning Blue and Gray honors, while North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee schedule different memorial days.
Dunbar’s Weekly notes the French cannot fathom American zeal for 3.2 beer and a seemingly trivial debt of 79 million dollars, highlighting cultural misperceptions of US enthusiasm and finance.
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