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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
1
Relief officials move to enroll eligible unemployed and draft civic projects for a county wide drive to employ at least 1000 workers at 12 dollars a week. Money comes from federal and state funds. Transients are excluded and asked to return home. Roads and street work get priority in Whitewright as plans await approval.
Federal and Texas extension officials outline a plan to spend 500000 dollars to purchase 20000 to 25000 cutter cows in Texas. The cattle will be slaughtered locally and canned into roasts and other products to provide six million pounds of beef for needy residents. Unemployed will work at canneries under extension service supervision.
Senator Thomas D. Schall faced boos from a University of Minnesota audience during a talk on the national recovery program. He drew jeers after mentioning Frankenstein Roosevelt in reference to war debts and claimed Lincoln and Washington would turn in their graves at NRA activities run by the government in media.
The rear coach of the Texas and Pacific Railway pneumatic tired train between Fort Worth and Texarkana jumped the track and rode the ties for 1000 feet a few miles east of Sherman. Cause of the trouble was not ascertained. None of the passengers was shaken and no tires were damaged.
The Sun promotes a $1.00 yearly offer for new and renewing subscribers, with the campaign ending November 30. Dozens joined last week and a long honor roll lists many names including R. M. Mayse Joe Logan T. B. Blanton and Mrs. Coleman Carter.
In New Orleans Huey P Long clashes with a women's leader during Senate inquiry into Louisiana fraud charges. Mrs Hilda Hammond accuses Long of firing her husband, Long denies and offers to prove it. He confirms using dummy candidates and defends patronage as standard politics.
The report notes the train traveled at fifty two miles per hour when the accident occurred.
The churches of Whitewright will join in a Thanksgiving service on Wednesday November 29 at 7 o clock at the Methodist Church. Rev B Wrenn Webb of the Presbyterian Church will give the sermon. A choir program features songs from church choirs arranged by Mrs Guy Hamilton Mrs E Barbee and Mrs Roby Childress.
A letter from T B Blanton of Dexter Texas Route 2 praises The Sun for government news and farm coverage. He notes Whitewright roots and good crops in Walnut Bend. He urges twice weekly issues but accepts weekly delivery and promises to read every weekend.
The Parent Teacher Association hosts a cake walk offering over thirty prize cakes by expert bakers. Tickets cost five cents. proceeds fund school programs. Event at the Lloyd Moore building on Main Street Saturday November 18 from 3 p.m. onward, with tickets sold in advance by teachers and students or at the door.
The honor roll for the first six weeks at Whitewright grammar school includes students across grades one through seven. Names span first grade through seventh grade, with many pupils from local families achieving academic recognition.
A playful exchange features Alicia quoting Jack's originality and Joan probing his marriage proposal. A joke about the Browns’ two car garage reveals they own only one car, with the punchline that they live in the other half of the house.
An advertisement notes all kinds of printing and engraving obtainable at The Sun office at reasonable prices, inviting customers to place orders for various printed and etched items.
The Grayson County Commissioners Court endorsed an east west highway across the southern part of the county from Tioga to the Fannin County line south of Whitewright. Delegates from Van Alstyne Gunter Tioga Pilot Grove and other communities urged support and the court pledged to advance the project as a first class road with state highway department help.
The Whitewright Music Club met with Mrs J L Devenport for the second stop of their Travelogue in Germany. Members presented a Gluck influence paper and performed piano duets and solos by Gluck Brahms Mendelssohn Beethoven. Guest Mrs J W Benge of Wolfe City attended.
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morning sermon title is The Brotherhood of Jesus and the evening sermon is Seeing and Finding. Wednesday evening topic is The Reason for Thanksgiving. Pastor B Wrenn Webb.
The government has not released final details for 1934 cotton controls. The initial acreage payment plan is changed to pay 8c per pound for potential yield on retired land, with a $4.50 per acre rate for land averaging 150 pounds of lint. Contracts will be owner–government, with parity bonuses shared per rental agreements. Tenant gains come from higher fiber prices, while most of the land shifts to reduced cotton planting. Additional 4c per pound support is being explored for 1933 cotton option plow-up contracts.
The high school debate season began with faculty and student body clashes on the official Inter scholastic League question. Superintendent F. W. Smith won first place in the no decision debates with Principal H. W. Key taking second, while students Doss and Hancock consoled themselves with the thought they shall not be heard for their much speaking.
Rev C C Merritt pastor of the Church of Christ resigns to accept a call to the Church of Christ at Blevins Arkansas. He will preach his last Whitewright pulpit on November 26 after four years here. Merritt previously served in Arkansas and will return after seven years away.
Masqueraders Dramatic Club at Whitewright high school presents Peg O My Heart in three acts at the school auditorium on Tuesday evening November 21. Admission is fifteen and twenty five cents. The cast is touted as excellent and the play has entertained audiences over 15 000 times.
The Supreme Court denied review by Southern Realty Corporation and eighteen Texas business firms of lower court rulings upholding the 1930 state franchise tax. The dispute centered on adding bonds notes and debentures to tax base. Texas warned about about $3 million already collected and pending final disposition.
Washington fact: Representative Blanton condemns restoration of pay cuts in a letter to E Claude Babcock of the American Federation of Government Employers. He recalls pushing to cut larger salaries and offers 500 qualified applicants from his district to replace dissatisfied staff at lower pay. He says the people support the President's spending reductions.
Dallas health director Dr J W Bass urges sufferers to rest drink water and keep the system alkaline with soda and citrus juice. He recommends aspirin for headaches and to avoid spreading the illness by covering coughs and not shaking hands. The cold should run its course depending on immunity and other infections.
The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church held its annual day of prayer and Thanksgiving in the church basement. Mrs. J F Fender led the program, a morning business session was followed by a program with multiple speakers led by Mrs. Louise Merritt and others. Dr B Wrenn Webb gave the principal talk as lunch was served in the basement.
R E Blevins of Paris formerly Sherman entered not guilty pleas at a Monday examining trial for attempted murder and robbery with firearms in the beating of Sherman theater owner Pennie Swetcoff. He was held without bond on robbery charges and granted $750 bail on the other. Swetcoff testified.
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