Thanksgiving Day Observances In Whitewright
Next Thursday Thanksgiving will be observed with banks and post office closed all day and rural carriers off duty. Many stores close or open partial hours. The Sun prints early to give staff part of the holiday. A Thanksgiving service at 7 30 pm Wednesday at the Baptist Church features Rev. C C Merritt as preacher with local clubs assisting.
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Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
C. C. Merritt
Church of Christ
Whitewright Music Club
Friday Literary Club
Rotary Club
First Scout to Eagle Rank in Whitewright Troop
The Whitewright Boy Scout troop held its court of honor on Tuesday night. Guy Hamilton Jr. became the first Whitewright youth to earn the Eagle rank after prior training with the old troop. Seven scouts passed tenderfoot tests including Jim Meador and Jack Meador. Hamilton earned merit badges in cooking and camping. Mac Pearson leads the troop with J. T. Bryant as assistant scoutmaster.
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Whitewright
W. L. Stowers
Guy Hamilton Sr
Ben Burger
Guy Hamilton Jr
Hamilton
Jim Meador
M. Vineyard
Fred Starr
Jack Meador
Albert Lee Jackson
O. A. Hefner
Jack Lewis Yeager
Mac Pearson
J. T. Bryant
Mrs J H Davenport Dies In Dallas At 71
Mrs J H Davenport aged 71 died Monday night in Dallas at her son C J Davenport's home after years of illness. Born in Tennessee in 1861 she moved to Texas in 1894, lived in Hill County Whitewright area and farmed south of town before settling in Whitewright. Funeral arrangements by Lloyd Moore. services held at Church of Christ with Rev C C Merritt and Rev L G Hagard. burial at City Cemetery. Survived by husband J H Davenport son C J Davenport Dallas daughter Mrs W F Wright and several grandchildren.
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Whitewright
Church of Christ
C. C. Merritt
L. G. Hagard
Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Arrest of Wife as Trespasser in Fort Smith Tale
In Fort Smith Arkansas an irate husband asked for his wife to be arrested for trespassing after she had stayed away from home for a year. Chief Deputy Myers noted the request and questioned the outcome in this odd domestic incident.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Charlie Myers
Myers
Hybrid fruit excitement in Woodland promises odd cross
In Woodland California a new fruit described as a cross between an almond and a peach generates buzz though labeled valueless. The hybrid reportedly features an almond like shell and peach flesh. A stray dialog fragment follows about a late return and a flat tire.
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Woodland
Calif
Roosevelt Leads As Count Warms In Late Returns
With 9,518 voting units missing, Franklin D. Roosevelt leads by 6,154,809 votes with 36,700,600 counted. Roosevelt has 21,115,522 votes to Hoover’s 14,960,713 as minor party totals trickle in including Norman Thomas 557,316 and Upshaw 26,839.
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Washington
Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Norman Thomas
Upshaw
Harvey
Liberty Party
Foster
Communist Party
Reynolds
Socialist-Labor Party
Texas vote tally shows record presidential turnout
Texas Election Bureau reports 771 616 votes counted from 236 counties with 161 complete, predicting totals will surpass 800 000. Miriam Ferguson leads with 477 697 votes over Orville Burlington 293 147, while Dr George Butte nets 294 970 as a Republican peak since Reconstruction.
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Texas Election Bureau
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Orville Bullington
George C. Butte
Ferguson
Dr. Butte
Coldest Weather of the Year Records Severe North Texas Freeze
The 19 degree minimum Tuesday night set a new annual low, two degrees above the 1932 March 9 low. Officials fear heavy wheat and oats losses from the unusual early November freeze that followed a 74 degree Monday, with frost date averaging November 12.
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Texas
Katy Tax Burden Highlights Rail's Civic Role in 1931
Grayson County taxes on the Missouri Kansas Texas Lines totaled 55,394 with a payroll of 2,115,680. Nationally 1931 state and county taxes plus payroll reached 18,624,807, about 54 percent of Katy revenue of 34,383,380, as CEO M. H. Cahill leads a push to attract business and defend highway freight competition.
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Missouri Kansas Texas Lines
D. E. Low
Katy
Grayson County
Low
M. H. Cahill
Baby Electrocuted in House By Short Circuit Blame
Washington Gilbert Purcell aged one died after sitting on a metal heating register and touching the base of a floor lamp whose wires had short circuited.
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Washington
Gilbert Purcell
Inzer Montgomery Wedding Secretly Held in Kingston
The marriage of Sam Montgomery Jr. of Whitewright to Fern Inzer of Detroit occurred October 23 in Kingston Oklahoma and was kept secret for a time. Montgomery, son of S H Montgomery of this city, is a Gulf Service Station manager and Whitewright High School graduate. The bride, daughter of Fern Inzer of Detroit, was visiting Trenton relatives when the ceremony took place. The couple are staying with his parents.
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Sam Montgomery Jr
Whitewright
Fern Inzer
Detroit
P. M. Inzer
Trenton
Kingston
Okla
Mr. Montgomery
S. H. Montgomery
Whitewright High School
Texas A. & M. College
Inzer
Savoy
Baylor College President Named Head of Texas Baptists
Dr J C Hardy head of Baylor College at Belton was elected president of the Baptist general convention of Texas at the opening of the eighty fourth annual session in Abilene. Vice presidents chosen were Wade Mill Poole M M Wolfe and J N Marshall. Re-elected recording secretaries were B D South and J L Truett. Robert Coleman of Dallas was chosen secretary of the corporation.
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Abilene
J. C. Hardy
Baylor College
Belton
Baptist General Convention of Texas
L. L. Scarborough
Fort Worth
Wade Mill Poole
Baylor University
M. M. Wolfe
Houston
J. N. Marshall
Austin
B. D. South
San Antonio
J. L. Truett
Whitewright
Robert Coleman
Dallas
Tax Collector to Visit Whitewright for Tax Payment
County Tax Collector Caraway will be in Whitewright Saturday at the First National Bank to collect county and state taxes. One visit per town allows residents to pay at home and avoid a trip to the county seat. Taxpayers may pay half now and the other half before July 1, 1933 under the previous law.
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Caraway
Whitewright
First National Bank
Desert store destroyed by fire near Whitewright
The Desert store eight miles south of Whitewright burned Wednesday night about 9 o'clock. Owner W. A. Bates and stockholders Joe Tate and Morris Hughes faced loss. $400 insurance on stock, small on building. Built forty years ago of heavy timbers, it stood as a longtime rural general store.
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Desert
Whitewright
W. A. Bates
Joe Tate
Morris Hughes
Plan to Rebuild Maryland G O Party
Baltimore report states a call has gone out for a Maryland Republican meeting next Sunday to rebuild the party after a large Democratic landslide. Harry W. Nice, former governor candidate, urges frank discussion of the party’s current ills and dire state.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Harry W. Nice
Final Grayson County Election Totals Released
Grayson County Clerk J L Doggett released final general election figures. President Roosevelt led with 9631 votes, Hoover 1307, with minor party totals. governor totals show Ferguson 5856 and Bullington 5154. Senatorial race results list Wells 2032 and Murphy 2009 among others. total county votes near 11,000. Election cost approx 8 million nationally for about 40 million votes.
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Grayson County
J. L. Doggett
Roosevelt
Hoover
Liberty Party
Ferguson
Bullington
Armstrong
Sterling
Murphy
Wells
Westbrook
Johnston
Huffaker
Reed
Hollingsworth
Fitzwater
Parker
Shive
Whitewright Scouts Seek Charter for New Troop
Application filed for a new Boy Scout troop in Whitewright through Ben Burger council scout field executive. Fourteen charter members listed with Mac Pearson as scoutmaster and J. T. Bryant Jr. as assistant. troop committee named including Lloyd Moore as chairman and W. R. Hooper and others.
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Whitewright
Ben Burger
Council
O. A. Hefner
James Hughes
Albert Jacksort
Jack Meador
Herman Riddle
Fred Starr
Merriwell Vineyard
Quinten Nicholson
Jim Meador
Mark Montgomery
Grady Stepp
James Claburn
Joe Thomas May
Guy Hamilton
Mac Pearson
J. T. Bryant Jr
Lloyd Moore
W. R. Hooper
C. J. Meador
D. G. Coley
B. W. Newman
W. L. Stowers
Trades Day Bargain Offered By The Sun
The Whitewright Sun cuts its third Monday Trades Day price to 75c for a full year. Old and new subscribers in Grayson Fannin or Collin Counties may pay in advance at half the regular rate to square accounts. Outside counties pay higher postage and are ineligible. Details on page two.
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Whitewright Sun
Grayson
Fannin
Collin Counties
Hunger for Office Under New Regime Shown by Texans
Washington dispatch notes Texans seeking federal jobs under the Roosevelt administration. Applicants flood Texas members of Congress with mail for post offices and high paying roles, including collectors of internal revenue and U S attorneys. Many letters date from Nov 9 as party shifts unsettle patronage expectations.
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Washington
Texas
Congress
United States
Civil Service
Wilson
Garner
Uvalde
Coastal trade supports thousands in Britain on ships and docks
Coastal trade around Britain employs more than 26 000 men on 2 375 vessels plus tens of thousands at docks and harbors indicating wide economic activity and maritime employment.
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Britain
License Plates Arrive in Grayson County for 1933
Grayson County received its 1933 state license plates with 14 700 total tags 12 500 passenger and 2 200 truck plates. Truck plates are maroon with white numerals while passenger plates are orange on white. Licenses may be purchased starting December 1 at the Sherman courthouse.
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Sherman
Grayson County
S. L. Ricketts
Melancholy Days for I. C. P. Appointees
Washington editors note the shift in federal and municipal posts as the Roosevelt era nears. The piece argues civil service ideals clash with partisan appointments and predicts upheaval for about thousands of government workers facing a new administration.
Whitewrights Third Monday Trades Day Set for Nov 21
The town's second Third Monday Trades Day on Monday November 21 anticipates a large crowd. A parade at 10 am features the Whitewright Band led by Sidney Young, followed by a free rodeo and prize awards in horse show categories. Trades day bargains fill the afternoon with merchants offering specials. Otto Russell Burn Everheart and Floyd Badgett produce the rodeo. D A Ray coordinates the parade and invites women to ride with horse and saddle arrangements available.
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Whitewright
Otto Russell
Burn Everheart
Floyd Badgett
D. A. Ray
Sidney Young
Sherman Woman Found Shot to Death in Home
Mrs. Mattie C. Brigance, about 65, was found dead in her Sherman home Tuesday afternoon from a gunshot wound to the forehead. She had been ill with an incurable disease for about three months and is survived by her husband W. F. Brigance and two stepchildren, George Brigance of Dallas and Tabitha Brigance of Denver. She was a Travis Street Methodist Church member active in local circles and had lived in Sherman about 35 years.
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Brigance
Sherman
Woman Sets Self Afire After Spat With Husband
In Houston a 17 year old woman, after a bitter quarrel with Antonio Flores, soaked her clothes with oil and lit a match to torch herself. She was taken to a hospital where she reconciled with her husband and died in his arms shortly after.
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Houston
Antonio Flores
Wire Removed From Body After Fifteen Years
Santa Anna California. A steel wire found in the abdomen of Clayton Hanson nineteen was surgically removed after fifteen years. Hanson believes he swallowed the wire as a baby and lived with it unnoticed until now.
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Santa Anna
Calif
Clayton Hanson
Hanson
Smoot Patronage and Political Dynasties Amid Incoming Retirements
The piece argues that political patronage networks built around figures like Senator Reed Smoot influence hiring in Washington. With Smoot retreating after March 4, many appointees may lose their positions, foreshadowing major retirements among other senators and representatives who have held power over federal employments. It notes similar dynasties linked to Senators Watson, Jones, Moses, and Bingham, plus Representative Will R. Wood.
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Reed Smoot
Washington
Hoover
Smoot
Utah
Brigham Young
Salt Lake
Watson
Indiana
Jones
Moses
New Hampshire
Bingham
Connecticut
Will R. Wood
Appropriations Committee
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