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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun outlines notice pricing for entertainments and memorials while promising corrections for erroneous reflections. It notes monthly content policy and a humorous take on rain, reflecting a small Texas town newspaper voice.
The article notes the first of June as a point to replant many cotton acres and hopes for a favorable year for late plantings. It expresses cautious optimism that conditions may improve for cotton sown late in the season.
Now is a good time to do that painting job you have been putting off from time to time. Paint not only helps the appearance of a home but preserves it against decay.
The message states that failure to pay poll tax bars participation in referendum on seven constitutional amendments to be presented for the August election. The policy ties voting eligibility to tax status and outlines the upcoming measure choices.
Farmersville in North Texas hosts an onion festival next Monday and Tuesday. The event promotes the town as the onion center and urges visitors to eat two large onions and sprinkle onion juice on their clothes to combat body odor.
The Sun announces editor Waggoner resumes duties after four months in the Texas Legislature in Austin. He notes relief in returning to Whitewright, saying editing offers steadier hours and less exposure than state politics, while joking about closing the legislative session limits.
The State Press article urges altering open forums and moving legislative work to regular offices. It supports printing matters for lawmakers and voting by city mail, with slips signed and witnessed and counted by presiding officers. The proposal aims for a systematic legislature and would credit the State Press.
The piece defends legislators and notes editor Jim Waggoner now in the legislature. It argues veto power by the executive checks bad laws, cites Roosevelt’s veto as prudent, and asserts leaders aim for national prosperity through measured legislation and revision. The state press in Dallas News comments on public accountability and hopeful governance.
Massachusetts marks the 300th anniversary of Boston Latin School, the continent’s first public school founded in 1635. A bronze tablet proclaims the seed of free education and lists Philemon Parmot as the early schoolmaster. The event followed a military review by 1,700 people.
A school pageant showcased its founding and national growth, featuring a tercentenary tablet presentation and a large alumni banquet highlighting institutional history and community pride.
A neighboring county superintendent asked all teachers at the county institute who took their local paper to raise their hands. only six did. He criticized the district for not spending even a dollar a year on papers while requesting free notices, long programs, and advertisements to aid their advancement.
A compilation of vintage editorials and quips from multiple papers. The items touch on spring fever inaction, the absent minded professor as a government asset, compliments as conversation glue, auto crash insurance via naps, and Napoleon’s Louisiana sale value.
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch notes the twelve Hauptmann jurors are said to be drafting a book with a tentative title Under the Big Top, signaling a curious post trial project.
The samples report speculative lines about unemployment under Hitler, shrinking college diplomas, crime measures by the United States, an airborne car, women drivers signaling, film stars using doubles, and a London joke about long words.
A suitor tells Helen’s father the marriage consent will be observed in the usual way. The father questions who called it a mere formality. The suitor reveals it was Helen’s mother, provoking a sharp exchange as the Sunyells typewriter paper.
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Ray Womack were held at Central Christian Church with Rev. G C Minor. Interment in City Cemetery. She died suddenly Sunday at Wayside Inn Sudbury Mass after a heart attack. Survived by husband R M Womack two sons Dr David Ray Womack and W B Womack a daughter Mrs M L Patton two grandsons two sisters and many friends.
Mrs J H Duke Mrs Quin Horne Sherman Lloyd Moore and Linton Savage are listed in notices from Denison with names connected to a public matter or local notice.
Funeral services were conducted at Central Christian Church for Mrs. W F Sanders with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. She was born 1867 in Orangeville southeast of Whitewright and lived in Whitewright for many years. Surviving relatives include a daughter and three sons, several siblings, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
J A Young, 76, died at his home southeast of Whitewright on Tuesday morning after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Trenton with ministers J A Henderson and E B Jackson officiating and burial at Burns Cemetery. Born in Tennessee on September 20, 1859, he had come to the area years ago.
Funeral services were held Sunday for G W McSpedden 85 who died Saturday at his home near Savoy. He lived in Savoy 30 years and then farmed north of town for 40 years. Survived by two daughters Minnie Hodges Mamie Pritchett of Savoy two sons Will McSpadden Denison and Sam McSpadden Dallas three sisters Katie Stephens Lottie Glass Inis Rowin a brother George McSpadden eleven grandchildren six great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Famous European heavyweight boxing champion Georges Carpentier launches a cocktail bar in the Etoile Quarter of Paris signaling a shift from ring fame to nightlife ventures. He aims to attract patrons with a boxing themed ambiance and famed clientele.
Hartford Courant notes Postmaster General Farley may exclude the Dionne quintuplets from a U S sights commemorative stamp series as they are Canadian. The piece argues against including non U S figures in the national tribute.
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