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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
4
Public notice states that all notices of entertainments dinners and other benefits with admission fees will be billed at regular advertising rates. Obituaries resolutions memorials and corrections policy are also charged at standard rates. The Sun invites corrections for any erroneous reflections and notes the unpredictability of political conventions.
Readable excerpts show Whitewright urged to build a permanent town hall or auditorium to serve crowded classrooms and public gatherings, citing high school and grammar school space limits. Garland Chamber of Commerce backs a hundred thousand dollar school building and campus with an auditorium and training facilities.
Reports from Sherman state the upcoming Grayson County grand jury will be asked to consider alleged violations of the law regarding the sale of extracts and other preparations containing alcoholic content to induce intoxication. It is claimed these items are not being used legitimately.
A collage of editorial quips from papers nationwide comment on presidents, politics, patriotism, and personalities. The snippets mock and muse on leadership, finance, constitutional issues, and national mood with tongue in cheek, citing Butler, Dawes, and other figures.
The piece notes rising interest in commencements and education across Texas, praising gifts to institutions and a broadening intellectual outlook. It highlights civic teamwork over individual brilliance and cites Austin Statesman guidance on community progress, urging coordinated effort to build prosperity amid expanding mills, rail, oil, roads, and schools statewide.
The writer urges personal effort to join the progressive movement, arguing individuals and communities must participate to improve life. The text notes a bill before the House, passed the Senate, granting rural mail carriers four cents a mile daily maintenance, about $220 yearly per route.
The juvenile cantata Dream of Fairyland will be performed at the grammar school auditorium on Friday night May 30. Tickets cost 15 cents and 25 cents with proceeds benefiting the Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. Lucian Andrews received a telegram Tuesday from her husband in Washington, D. C., indicating the postal salary increase bill before congress was passed by the Senate Tuesday morning by a vote of 73 to.
Telegram from C Y Rathbun of Glendale announces the death of his youngest daughter Mrs S S Dudney nee Kittybelle Rathbun on May 26 in California. The child moved there with her father when young and will be remembered by Whitewright residents. Rathbun served Whitewright as postmaster and mayor after the town’s founding.
W. W. Welch, visiting here, received news from Magnolia Mississippi that a tornado destroyed one of ten ant houses on his farm and injured one of Mrs Welch's brothers. The storm caused heavy loss of life and property in the area.
Streets were dragged up and prepared for rain after a Wednesday night electrical disturbance. Lightning flashed nearby and authorities expect electrical damage reports from the area. J. A. Mauk believes his chimney was struck by lightning.
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