Whitewright News Digest Highlights Local Events
Whitewright residents subscribed 98950 to Liberty Loan bonds as a campaign closed Saturday. Evangelists Holcomb and Babbett lead a revival at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. J. T. Stillwell dies after three months illness. The Odeon to show The Slacker Monday and Tuesday. Local churches protest playing cards in soldiers comfort bags sent to Washington. Mrs. Grady Gillett undergoes appendicitis surgery at St Vincent's in Sherman last week. Whitewright football loses 66 to 0 to Bonham but cites pride in 66 not equaling 100. A dog allegedly saves an aged man and boys by waking occupants during a house fire. Whitewright plans to revitalize the Commercial Club as activity wanes. Local businesses close 10:30 am to 3 pm Saturday for American Legion armistice program. Mrs. C P Johnson hosts Miss Laura Lynn Major, missionary from China. Sunday school at Baptist Church reports largest attendance in history. City Commission hires Charley Cates as night fire truck driver replacing John Cantrell. Local gas stations cut prices two cents, current rate 21 cents per gallon.
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Whitewright
Liberty Loan
Holcomb
Babbett
First Baptist Church
J. T. Stillwell
Odeon Theatre
Ladies of the Baptist
Presbyterian
Christian
Methodist
Red Cross
Washington
Grady Gillett
St. Vincent’s Sanitarium
Sherman
Bonham High School
W. C. Brown
W. M. Melugin
Whitewright Commercial Club
American Legion
C. P. Johnson
Laura Lynn Major
China
G. M. McNeilly
The
Baptist Church
Local business men plan new enterprise efforts
Local business men outline plans for a new enterprise, seeking community support and potential investors to expand services and stimulate economic growth in the area. The report notes emphasis on practical steps and local collaboration.
Dry goods move and fire damage reported
J W Murphy moved a stock from Whitewright to Frederick Oklahoma last summer and sent another stock to this city with S R Parks as manager. The home of S H Jared near the Baptist Church was destroyed by fire about 4 o'clock Monday morning. J D Wilson Jr and Holmes Connelly of Trenton showed a bottle of high grade oil said to be recovered from a water well at Trenton.
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J. W. Murphy
Whitewright
Frederick
Okla
S. R. Parks
S. H. Jared
J. D. Wilson Jr
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Whitewright Legion Post To Host Box Supper
The Whitewright American Legion post will host a box supper Friday night in the McMillin building.
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Whitewight American Legion Post
McMillin
Reverend Dennis Returns as Whitewright Pastor
In 1934 Rev C W Dennis is returned as pastor of the Whitewright Methodist Church. Cornerstone laying for the new $12 000 Baptist Church building is set for Sunday afternoon. Texas voters face eight proposed constitutional amendments on the November 6 election.
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the Sun
C. W. Dennis
Whitewright
Texas
Sue Barnes
Amazone
Anita Vestal
Nell Holmes
Henry Wallace
St. Louis
U. S
Col
C. T. Curtis
Tom Bean Times
Tom Bean
Allen T. Short
J. M. Simmons
Six Ways to Kill Ants
Oklahoma A and M entomologist G A Bieberdorf explains ant colonies contain queens and workers. Indoor nests are hard to locate making practical control difficult. Six methods include poison baits nests traps barriers powders and sprays with poison bait most effective when nests cannot be found.
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G. A. Bieberdorf
Oklahoma
A. & M. College
Bieberdorf
Texas Citations For Estate and Divorce Proceedings 1949
Grayson County Texas issues two citations from 1949. One calls Rollin Bruton administrator to file final account for Kate Bruton estate with a hearing set November 14 in Sherman. The other requires Henry T Hall to answer a divorce petition filed by Ella E Hall on grounds of cruel treatment in district court.
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State of Texas
State of
Texas
Grayson County
Kate Bruton
Rollin Bruton
Said
Said County
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
J.C. Buchanan
Marguerite Berry
Henry T. Hall
A. D
District Court of
Court House
Ella E. Hall
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Grayson
W. F. Grooms
Pottsboro
15Th Judicial District
District Court
Truman Urges Americans to Back Religion
President Truman calls every American to actively participate in religious life and support religious institutions. He says freedom requires effort and religion must be practiced daily to remain a living force, in a broadcast from the White House cited in the Religion in American Life program.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Federal Council of Churches
The
Synagogue Council of America
Marry First, Die Later: Allegan Farmer Weds at 92
In Allegan Michigan 92 year old Le Roy Irwin plans marriage to widow Mary Sage after placing a tombstone reading born 1856 died 1950. The couple jokes about extending the deadline as Reuters centennial coverage and a separate Grayson County Texas tax suit are noted in a sprawling clipping.
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Mary Sage
Irwin
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Reuters News Agency
Emmett Essin
Justin
Westex
Teitzel
Red Wing
West
Houston
Sherman, Texas
Pittsburg
ROYAL
Tata Coneh Sereee
Rusby
Pha
Whitewright Lumber Co
Ervice
Babelone
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W. E. Stanford
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