Whitewright Ledger Notes Local Finances and Community Happenings
City financial statement for year ending May 3 shows receipts 31114.52 disbursements 29384.14 leaving 1730.38 in sinking water and general funds. Real estate tax 646603 and personal property 705540. New Masonic Lodge officers listed. Attendees at precinct singing convention from Whitewright named. New daughter for L R Gaston. Mrs. Liggett under operation. Hail storm losses cited. Local marriages, school honor roll, store consolidation with Spivy Bros. stock acquired by A L Skipworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
T. B. Moore
General Fund
Masonic Lodge
Lloyd Moore
W. M
Ross R. May
S. W
Jack McMillin
J. W
C. W. Bryant
S. H. Montgomery
O. P. Nelson
S. D
W. H. Stedham
J. D
B. F. Gafford
S. S
Max Pope
J. S
W. T. Noe
Tyler
J. F. Spindle
C. D. Alverson
Frank Alverson
Lee Crouch
L. P. Sears
Leonard Bennett
Carrol Dyer
Jessie Biggerstaff
Lois Spindle
Dessye Reynolds
L. R. Gaston
T. J. Liggett
St. Vincent’s Sanitarium
Sherman
W. H. Horton
Mark Montgomery
O. M. McMillin
Frank Montgomery
Frank Hicks
Emma Gordon
Minnie May
Dallas
G. W. Adams
van Buren
Ark
Luther Gordon
Pearl Patterson
Rose Hill
J. F. Fender
White‘wright
J. R. Lewis
Fay McLean
Lola Myrick
Aubrey Hannah
Kathryn Montgomery
Ray Henderson
Benjamin Bennett
Henry Lewis
Josephine Pierce
Fay Reeves
Local couples wed as area updates unfold across Lamar County
Mr M C Kearney of Brownwood married Miss Ermine Webster of the city with Rev C C Childress officiating. J H Biggerstaff leaves Woosley hardware for Horton groceries, Carl May assumes Woosley store leadership, and Mrs Mary McGaughey attends Southwestern Bell operators’ meeting in Paris. Joe McKinsey resigns from Woosley, planning to move to Waco. W T Carroll buys stake in Roberts Garage. Gravel road contracts let in Tom Bean and Celtic districts totaling 100000. A Lamar County farmers mass meeting sets wages at 2.00 to 2.50 daily. landowners favor idle land to avoid labor extortion. Five dollar wheat expected before 1922 harvest per Louis W Hill. T H Lively advertises women’s shoes. Miss Emma Lacy lists a home for sale at 5500.
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M. C. Kearney
Brownwood
Ermine Webster
C. C. Childress
J. H. Biggerstaff
Woosley Hardware Store
Horton Grocery
Carl May
Trenton
Woosley
Mary McGaughey
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Paris
Joe McKinsey
Woosley Hardware
Waco
W. T. Carroll
Dallas
Roberts Garage
Tom Bean
Celtic Road
Lamar County
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
T. H. Lively
Emma Lacy
Northwest
Whitewright
Honor Roll and A Club Students Listed for Last Period
From The Sun May 26 1928 the newspaper presents the honor roll and A Club members for the last period. The feature highlights outstanding students and names those inducted into the A Club, reflecting school achievements and student recognition during that term.
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the Sun
First grade honor roll and school notices from Whitewright
Lists of students named on first through seventh grade honor rolls at Lae St Whitewright grade school, including Arlene Pennington Norma Frances Donigan Louise Mag ers James Clabhorn Lester Pumphrey and many others. Also includes a 1950 citation No. 58144 from Grayson County Court detailing a land title suit by G W Brown and wife against heirs of Charles Quillen for Lots 14 15 16 in Block 7 Collinsville.
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Whitewright
Arlene Pennington
Norma Frances Donigan
Louise Magers
James Clabhorn
Lester Pumphrey
Hamilton Vestal
Patsy Jean Young
Sarah Belle Gillett
Jo Willa Stuteville
Grace Briley
Fred Coley
Thomas D. Sears
Herman Riddle
Jones Alexander
Willie Janway
Louise Jared
Jo Nell Keeling
Rosalee Pritchett
Wheeler Taylor
State of
Texas
Charles Quillen
C. C. Quillen
W. W. Quillen
Walter D. Collins
Lodoeskie M. Collins
Charles C. Collins
A. R. Collins
Holdridge Wells
M. F. Wells
J. W. Dishman
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
G. W. Brown
Ellen W. Brown
C. C
L. M. Collins
Collinsville
S. W. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Army cites get em paid policy for GI overpayments
The Army blamed its wartime policy of paying dependents promptly for millions in overpayments but said there is no evidence of fraud at the St. Louis Army finance center and most money has been or is being recovered. Assistant Secretary Karl R. Bendetsen briefed the House Armed Services subcommittee investigating the center.
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Washington
Army
Army Finance Center
St. Louis
Karl R. Bendetsen
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Thomas Jefferson’s Inauguration First in Washington
The article notes that Thomas Jefferson became the first U.S. president inaugurated in Washington, marking a historic shift in national ceremony location. It highlights the significance of Washington as the new central seat of presidential events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Eisenhower Still Among America’s Most Magnetic Men
New York report credits General Dwight D. Eisenhower with retained male magnetism alongside nine other figures. The Institute for the Study and Development of Male Magnetism lists Alben W. Barkley Ben Hogan Kirk Douglas Arthur Godfrey George Kenney Gordon McCrae Jack Barry Walter Mack and Eisenhower as the country’s top magnetic men.
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New York
America
Eisenhower
Institute For the Study
Faye Emerson
Jo Stafford
Doris Day
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alben W. Barkley
Ben Hogan
Kirk Douglas
Arthur Godfrey
George Kenney
Gordon McCrae
Jack Barry
Walter Mack
Pepsi-Cola Company
Institute
City to Consider Ban on Buzzing Mixers and Shavers
Edinburg officials weigh an ordinance to ban Mixmasters and electric shavers to prevent radio static. City Atty. Sid Harden reviewed legality after complaints from radio owners. Commissioner Sam Pottorff proposed the ban amid speculation about morning shaving or late-night cake making.
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Edinburg
Sid Harden
Sam Pottorff
Commerce Gossip and Lawn Care Quips
A humorous column tells husbands how to avoid mowing by claiming grass health issues. It cites R. L. Frazer of East Texas State College on root leaf balance and sodbound lawns, plus a quirky note about clock hands and horse height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Frazer
East Texas State College
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Idson
Sue King
Mary Bell Savage
Lloyd Wright
Icy Reeves
Bryant Penn
Geneva Carr
Fay Cameron
Mary Davis
Rachel Montgomery
Lila Reubell
Kate Thomas
A. L. Skipworth
Spivy Bros
Truett
Spivy
Findley Haile
Clifton Bass
Dorothy Birdwell
Betty Blacker
Jack Lee Bowen
Don Cook
Billye Faye Dillon Earlene Fletcher
Corinne Hardcastle
Dwayne Hayes Prilla Ann Hinton
Wilford House
Eutolia Judd
William H. King
Jane Meador
Peggy Clark Manning
Billie Jean Milam
Billie Jean Mullins
Janice Neal
Joe Pannell
Kelly Pierson
Bobby Rabjohn
Louise Selman
Don Stephens
Jack Stephens
Mary Frances Thornhill
Martha L. Wallace
Norman Watkins
L.la Roe & Oran
White Wright
Myrick
Alda May Bush
Mary Jo Sears
Dick Montgomery
Leora Short
Billie Magar
Edna _ Earle
Stateville
Agnes Coffey
Freddie Dean Fain
Emma _ Claire Vestal
Elizabeth Keeling
Sarah Janway
Ruth Gosnell
Laura Jo Williams
Nina Faye Grammer
van Vestal
Edwin Fulton
Troy Lee Ford
Oleta Chambers
Jewel Ford
Alberta Haliburton
Stella England
Clyde Johnson
Donald Hall
James Lindsey
Frances Bryant
Ouija Craig
Myra Nell Vestal
Lloyd Stowers
Madge Sears
Ernest Pumphrey
Opal Ford
Pearl Fleming
Harry Mjiller
Gaines Dog Research Center
Des Moines
Col
EE Ferguson
Balto
Central Park
N.Y.C
Nome
Alaska
Louis Dobermann
Sinks
Pipe & Fittings
Whitewright Lumber Co
B. F. Goodrich
BFG
Liberal
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Hitewright, Texas
Tire Headquarters
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