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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1927
Page
5
Citizens note the weekly social bustle with visitors in Galveston Plano Paris Dallas Sherman and Lubbock. Local shops advertise new goods and jewelry while theater Palace Theatre invites audiences.
Leon Spindle spent the week end at Frisco as guest of his sister Mrs L W Gordon. Annette Wilson of Fort Worth visits her father J R Fleming and relatives here. J C Gillespie and daughter Frances were Dallas visitors Tuesday. Mrs Ray Manning and son David Ray spend Friday in Bonham with her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Myers. Roby Childress spends the week in Grandfield Okla with Rev and Mrs C C Childress. Mr and Mrs B R Roberts and son of Dallas visit here with his mother Mrs Mel Roberts. Mrs T E Montgomery and son of Clovis New Mexico visit her mother Mrs G W Pope and other relatives. Miss Ruth Byers returns to Celeste after teaching at Ida school which closed Friday. Charlie Sanders and Ralph Sanders of Dallas visit their parents Mr and Mrs W F Sanders Sunday. Bettie Lou McLean, student at Burleson College Greenville, spends weekend with her parents C A McLean.
Miss Samantha Murphy attended the Car Burdette College alumni homecoming and banquet in Sherman over the weekend. Misses Mary Lee Andrews and Margaret Barbee visited Sherman Saturday as guests of Martha Bow, a student at Austin College. Mr and Mrs J Maurice McMillin of Dallas visited his parents D S McMillin in the area on Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Montgomery returns to Ada Oklahoma after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Montgomery. Miss Vona Mae Akridge, studying at Commerce, spent the weekend with her sister Mrs. Roscoe Pace.
The American Legion plans the Palace Theatre program Tuesday night featuring Summer Bachelors and a Battle Royal. Tickets are 25 and 35 cents. Mary Lou Ross, a Burleson College student, visited her mother Mrs. W. T. Ross for the weekend. Mrs. J. S. Badgett and daughters were Dallas visitors May 31 to see the same show. Winnie Hamilton of Sherman and Ben Patterson of Denison spent Sundays with local relatives. Bob Sears, local Chevrolet dealer, attended a four day dealer school in Dallas. The Badgetts returned to Floydada after funeral services for J. S. Badgett on May 13.
M C Walter Harris Bogle, SMU student from Dallas, visited his grandmother Mrs. W C Fain after a buying trip to Chicago that yielded unusual values and large assortments of dry goods delivered locally.
Frank Spindle of Sherman attended the high school graduation exercises here Friday evening. His brother, Leon Spindle, was a member of the graduating class. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hanna and daughter of Sherman visited relatives here Friday and were accompanied home by Mrs. Maud Gray for a short visit.
A midseason market buying effort promises substantial savings on new merchandise. The initiative aims to offer sharp prices on fresh stock under a concise shopper emphasis.
Mrs J W Pender of Greenville and Mr and Mrs W C Pittman with Mr and Mrs Frank Pittman of Gainesville were guests of Mrs G W Pope in a social gathering.
J J Silman and family moved to the Mrs H C Sears residence on Monday. They formerly occupied the Murphy residence on West Grand Avenue.
Mr and Mrs F C Mangrum spent Sunday at Valley View with his parents Mr and Mrs J C Mangrum. They were accompanied home by Marvin Mangrum for a short visit. Frequent market trips buying for cash at underpriced figures enables us to do the unusual thing for our patrons. M C Spivy and Co Bon.
Miss Mabel Mangrum returned to her Valley View home after a visit with relatives. She was accompanied home by her grandmother Mrs. M A Mangrum for the trip.
Mrs Lucian LaRoe and guests Mr and Mrs John Haden and Mr and Mrs Earl Lake of Durant Okla spent the weekend in Dallas as guests of Mr and Mrs D T Howard Dutch Holland and Lowell Blanton went to Seminole Oklahoma Friday where they are employed by an oil company The company supports a baseball team and they will join the squad Both young men are skilled players and expected to succeed on the team
Misses Gladys Ray and Edith Clark of Dallas spent the weekend here with relatives and friends. Miss Ray teaches at North Dallas High School and Miss Clark is an instructor at Southern Methodist University.
Mr and Mrs R B Mack left Tuesday for Edinburg Hidalgo County after visiting Mrs Macks parents Mr and Mrs Lucian LaRoe They have been living in Frederick Oklahoma where Mr Mack was employed He recently accepted the post of assistant manager of a compress company in Edinburg and they will reside there going forward.
Mr. and Mrs. Euell Alexander and son of Fort Worth spent the weekend here with his father E. S. Alexander and other relatives. Mr. Alexander is a court reporter on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
M. C. Spivy & Co. of Bonham reports large shipments of bright new merchandise arriving today from last week's market trip for store display and sale.
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