Armistice and Thanksgiving Closings and Local Vote Note
Notices warn about advertising rates for memorials and defamation corrections. Whitewright businesses closed for Armistice Day and will close again for Thanksgiving as The Whitewright Sun shifts publication to Wednesday. Report notes record low GOP gubernatorial vote in Grayson County with 97 Republicans. Democratic nominee W Lee O Daniel gained 3 867 votes. Voters were misinformed on 1940 Democratic Convention representation based on state vote totals.
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Whitewright Business
Grayson County
Alexander Boynton
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Cotton policy debate and price support details discussed
The piece covers fuel pricing distortions and motorist risks from oil price changes. It notes refinery keeping high crude prices, urges a possible sitdown strike to push price adjustments, cites AFL minimum income goals, and compares 1939 and 1938 USDA cotton programs with price supports and soil conservation payments. It references farmers, newspaper men, and national policy debates.
Sugar curing, salt meat and Texas politics in 1939
The column recalls sugar curing meat vs salt method with a humorous tale of a negro family. It notes skepticism about state elderly payments, cites authorities doubting $15 monthly pensions, and cites Governor-Elect O'Daniel who still backs $30 monthly for the aged. The piece teases O'Daniel’s 1939 impact as either a great statesman or promising politician.
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the Sun
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
A SORE SPOT STILL IN DRINK REGULATION
The essay argues that repealing the Eighteenth Amendment failed to fix alcohol problems. It notes underworld activity remains, youth drinking rises, and bartenders have been replaced by temptations. It laments long-standing temperance failures across history and warns of ongoing societal harm.
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Anheuser- Busch
Temperance Warning on Youth and Civilization’s Decline
An editorial laments the decline of virtue as youth drift from purpose, noting how alcohol corrupts passions and ambitions. It warns that strong drink harms the “Queen of the West” America, and urges readers to review the perilous situation before history repeats itself.
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Society of Tomorrow
America
West
Garden of Eden
Fair Paradise
Consumer prices squeeze farmers and buyers in fruit trade
Analysis notes citrus and other produce sell far below fair value. With grapefruit at $6 a ton and 8 oz glasses costing 10 to 15 cents, producers lose while consumers pay high markups in restaurants and diners. Eggs, cabbage, mutton, and wool follow similar patterns, prompting calls for fair distribution so producers share in profits rather than being dumped or destroyed.
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Hidalgo News
Uvalde Leader News
Proverb Exchange Between Man and Dog Joke
A Chinaman fears a dog but the owner quotes a proverb. The man replies that the dog does not know the proverb, highlighting a humorous miscommunication about old sayings.
Death notices for Guthrie and burial for Rev. C. W. Dennis
Mortuary reports F. M. Guthrie age 94 near Burksville Ky. Survived by Mrs. Tom King Whitehall Ill Mrs. Wheeler Burchett Tennessee Miss Amanda Guthrie J F Guthrie Burksville Ky Funeral services for Rev C W Dennis 66 former Whitewright Methodist pastor were held at Lone Oak and McKinney with burial at Pecan Grove Cemetery McKinney Dennis served as pastor here three years before moving to Pecan Gap
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Jesse Bow
F. M. Guthrie
Burksville
Clinton County
Kentucky
Tom King
Whitehall
Ill
Wheeler Burchett
Tennessee
Amanda Guthrie
J. F. Guthrie
C. W. Dennis
Whitewright Methodist
Lone Oak
McKinney
Pecan Grove
Dennis
Pecan Gap
Obituary: Former MecKinney District Elder Dies at Lone Oak
A former presiding elder of the MecKinney district died at noon last Thursday at his Lone Oak home after a stroke. He had lived two years in the area from Pecan Gap to Lone Oak. He leaves his wife and three daughters, Miss Orpa Dennis of Commerce, Miss Eunice Dennis of Nacogdoches, Mrs. Vin Burk of Beaumont, two brothers Sut Dennis of San Angelo and Jim Dennis of Farmers Branch, and two sisters Mrs. Leika Graveley of Farmers Branch and Mrs. E. P. Hall of Fort Worth.
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Pecan Gap
Lone Oak
Mec-Kinney
Orpa Dennis
Commerce
Eunice Dennis
Nacogdoches
Vin Burk
Beaumont
Sut Dennis
San Angelo
Jim Dennis
Farmers Branch
Leika Graveley
E. P. Hall
Fort Worth
Calvin L Patton Funeral Rites Held in Whitewright
Calvin Leon Patton 78 died Monday at home in East Whitewright after four weeks illness. Born February 17 1860 in Hamblen County Tennessee he moved to Whitewright in 1890 and worked as a blacksmith. Surviving are wife three sons L W Patton Amarillo Sam E Patton Dallas Ben Patton Sherman and daughter Mrs Cecil Atnip Dallas. Funeral services were held 4 p m Tuesday at the Methodist Church with Rev Joe M Connally and Rev L Evans officiating. Interment in City Cemetery. Active pallbearers were K B Simmons Charley McLean Avarille Mooneyham Buell Spindle Tony Weber of Whitewright and B W Annip of Sherman. Honorary pallbearers were R B Gordon W H Stedham R L Holcomb and W J Barbee. Burial directed by Glen Earnheart.
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Calvin Leonard Patton
Methodist Church
Joe M. Connally
L. ©. Evans
The
Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
K. B. Simmons
Charley McLean
Avarille Mooneyham
Buell Spindle
Tony Weber
Whitewright
B. W. Annip
Sherman
L. W. Patton
Amarillo
Sam E. Patton
Dallas
Ben Patton
Cecil Atnip
Sunday School Pig Prize Promises Proceeds to Child and Pastor
A church announces a pig feeding contest with the prize of half the proceeds to the winning child who cared for the pig and the other half to be used for the pastor's salary. The motto reads Come to Sunday school or feed the pig, and donations of feed are welcomed.
Thanksgiving Worship and Junior Church Schedule
The schedule lists 10 a m Sunday school with Dick Montgomery as superintendent, 11 a m Thanksgiving Meditation led by The Cannon quartet, and Junior Church at 11 a m with Mrs Rob ert Sears as sponsor. Evening program at 7 p m features The Conversion of Robber Slave led by pastor Dr B Wrenn Webb.
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B. Wrenn Webb
Dick Montgomery
Cannon Quartet
Robert Sears
Services Schedule For Sunday And District Meeting
Services for Sunday November 20 include Sunday school at 10 am and preaching by the pastor at 11 am and 7 pm The pastors and district stewards of the district meet at Travis Street Church Sherman at 10 am on Tuesday November 22 J M Connally pastor
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Travis Street
Sherman
J. M. Connally
Marvin Methodist Church to Welcome Rev Randolph Sunday
Marvin Methodist Church announces Rev G C Randolph will fill the pulpit for the first time on Sunday November 21. The congregation anticipates a large turnout as the Sunday school launches a new membership drive using a pig donated by Pascal Farley as an inducement to boost attendance among children and adults. The pig will be used to spark friendly class rivalry with the child achieving the best attendance over three months receiving the pig, and the adult class with the lowest attendance supplying feed for the next week. Visitors and new members will receive higher attendance grades to help enlarge church attendance.
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G. C. Randolph
Pascal Farley
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By Austin Callan
Calvin L. Patton
First Presbyterian Church
Marvin Methodist Church
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Madden
Denison
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