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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
5
Dallas visitors and Sherman guests fill a crowded notice page with grocery deals and social calls. Frequent mentions include Pratt Bros savings on groceries and Pierce's Cafe as social hubs. Many names and towns appear, from Dallas to Sherman, with relatives or business ties noted.
A local ad promotes a sale item featuring Stallone collectibles priced at 60 cents, with the promotional line reading One Dollar Box Stallone for only 60¢ at Johnson's on Friday.
Mrs. Maud Gray and Miss Mabel Fay White visited Dallas on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl May and child visited relatives at Farmersville Friday. Weldon Brown and Ava and Lettie Curry and Veneta Jenkins visited friends at Savoy Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stedham spent Sunday in Lone Oak with their son J. E. Stedham. Miss Lucile Pritchett, teacher in Tom Bean, weekend with her parents. Mrs. Mary McGaughey, recently hospitalized in Sherman, returned home. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Gordon and daughter Elizabeth of Sherman visited relatives here.
Mrs. G W Pope and Mrs. B G Gowdy with Lena Mae visited Sherman relatives. Laura Elizabeth Cantrell spent the week end in Pottsboro with the Wall family. Fort Worth’s Mr and Mrs R H Jay visited Pope and relatives. Austin College students Tommie Bradley and J W McMurry Jr stayed with kin. J W Wilson of Southern Plow Company travelled here for the weekend. Sherman hosts J A Sears family and Dr and Mrs R L Sears. Armistice visits by J K Pace and W A Donaldson of Ravenna. Garner George spent weekend with the Gordons. Ray Manning and son spent Armistice Day in Bonham with Myers family. Elizabeth Pennell of Tom Bean visited W T Simmons family. S E Simmons daughter Vella, of Sherman, visited Simmons relatives. Mollie Robbins returned to Leonard after two weeks with Hinton family. Mrs Ellis May and son visited then moved to Olney for work. Aston Cates and Sherman visited relatives. Homer Craig and Jack Everheart of Texas Louisiana Power Co. returned after weeks in East Texas. Neila Margaret Hill from Whitewright spent weekend in Trenton with Hill parents.
J. H. Bradshaw of Abilene spent the weekend here with Mrs. Bradshaw who is by the bedside of her mother Mrs. B. S. Montgomery who has been ill for several weeks.
Mr and Mrs J R McCord of St Louis spent the weekend with Mrs McCord s aunt Mrs G W Adams They are en route to South America where Mr McCord has employment.
The Sun announces that Rev T W Lovell will preach at the Orangeville Methodist Church next Sunday morning at 10 o clock. Sunday school will follow the preaching service.
Several engineers from Lone Star Gas Company spend the week in Whitewright resurveying and inventorying gas lines laid there last summer.
Harvey Dossey and daughter Miss Edith from Texarkana joined Mrs. J. A. Jackson of Bonham and Mrs. Homer Crockett of Pine BluffArk. as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Phillips on Thursday.
Rev. J. H. Hawkins Rev. J. L. Truett Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dickson and Mrs. C. I. Witt attend the Baptist General Convention of Texas which convened in Wichita Falls Tuesday morning.
Mr and Mrs Carl Burcham of Albuquerque New Mexico announce the birth of a daughter on the 15th inst Mrs Burcham was formerly Mrs Annette Harp of this city
J. M. Sturdivant spent the weekend in Dallas as the guest of his son Ben Sturdivant a Southern Methodist University student. He attended the university banquet given by SMU students in honor of their fathers.
The Sun prints a letter from Austin Stedham enclosing a check for a year’s Sun subscription. The Whitewright boy, now manager of the Lamar Hotel in Salina Kansas, oversees a 120 room property after three years as assistant manager.
J R Jordan of Waxahachie plans to spend the winter in Whitewright after living there many years. He says he finds it hard to stay away for long periods.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hamilton of Dallas visited Whitewright on Wednesday to repaper repaint and improve their home here. They will return to Whitewright to reside once the work finishes in about ten days.
Mrs. W H King came home Sunday after a two week stay in Amarillo visiting her son Tom A King. Tom manages the Amarillo office of Uhlmann Grain Company a major Southwest grain firm with offices in leading grain centers and among the largest in America.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wright of Mt Pleasant spent the week end here as guests of his parents Mr and Mrs W F Wright. Mr Wright teaches agriculture at Mt Pleasant high school. He reports conditions good in his section of the state with farmers making good crops of pea nuts ribon cane sweet potatoes and a fair fruit crop.
Mr and Mrs D S McMillin spend a week in Dallas with their children. Mr McMillin attends the fall reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons which opened in Dallas Monday morning. He is a past grandmaster of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas.
R T Fleming brother of J R Fleming of Whitewright died at Fort Worth Wednesday of last week. Remains shipped to Savoy Friday and funeral held at Fairview Cemetery north of Savoy Friday afternoon. The deceased lived north of Savoy for years and many relatives attended, including several from Whitewright. Lloyd Moore was in charge of the funeral service.
The average annual crop value in Texas is about 828 million dollars, roughly 200 million more than Illinois, the second state.
Miss Margreta Fender a junior college teacher in Texarkana spent the weekend with her parents Rev and Mrs J F Fender.
The Sun promotes custom Christmas greeting cards with engraved or printed options and flexible pricing. Customers can call 76 to arrange samples delivered to their location.
I. M. Dean of Fort Worth spent a week here as the guest of his boyhood friend W. T. Hamilton. Dean, a retired locomotive engineer, was raised in the Kentucky town community and this was Hamilton’s first meeting with him in thirty years.
The Palestine Herald recalls Clarksville Times remarks on typographical errors in newspapers and the difficulty of accurate reporting. It notes misidentifications in an automobile accident and compares newsroom pressures to errors made by preachers lawyers and doctors.
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