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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1932
Page
5
Local residents report Thanksgiving trips and gatherings across Denison, Austin, Tulsa, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, Madill, Van Alstyne, Celina, Bogota and other Texas towns. Guests include relatives of Mr and Mrs King, LaRoe, Sturdivant, Carr, Ford, Bryant, Hamilton, Hoard, and many others as families share holiday time and attend services and funerals.
Bob Smith of Commerce spoke on standards in business at the Whitewright Rotary Club last Friday. He argued honesty and service yield lasting profit and noted the club’s Friday attendance reached 100 percent, aiming for district leadership in November.
Mrs. Bill Dixon attended the Live at Home program hosted by the Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club. Miss Sarah Binion visited Muskogee Oklahoma, and several local families hosted guests over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thorpe, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Thrift, and others. Mattie Wilroy, home demonstration agent, visited the 4-H Club girls Friday morning. Tom Binion was in Commerce Thursday.
Miss Nell Penn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Penn of this city married Jack Hannah son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hannah of Sherman in a First Presbyterian Church ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Joe M. Russell. Attendees included North Texas collegians. reception followed at the bride’s home with a Monterrey Mexico honeymoon to come. Both are active in regional collegiate society circles.
A car of Henryetta nut coal is on the track and offered for sale at 6.00 dollars per ton on the car.
Pat and Mike on a building job hear a whistle and Pat lowers Mike by rope. Mid descent Pat fears rope may break and releases it. Mike drops to a mortar bed, unhurt but furious, asking why the rope was let go.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, longtime Harvard University president for 23 years, resigns. He leaves Harvard with over 8,000 students and an endowment of 123 million dollars, after modernizing the institution and expanding its reach. He will be 76 within a month, and no reason for resignation was stated.
Fiddlers and round and square dancing contests will be held Thursday night in the Truett building across from the fire station under the American Legion. A free dance follows. admission for spectators is 1.20 dollars. Contests begin at 7 o clock with prizes of 5.00 and 2.50 awarded to top performers.
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