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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1943
Page
4
Whitewright Sun advises customers that the paper is entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter. It warns that notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect will also incur charges.
The Whitewright Sun announces a subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance and states it will correct any erroneous reflections upon character, standing, or reputation brought to the publisher for prompt correction.
The piece urges gratitude on Thanksgiving and notes wartime sentiment as bomber raids over Berlin highlight German deception. It predicts Christmas preparations and promotes a football clash between the Tigers and the Van Alstyne Panthers, urging a favorable windup to the season. A collective wish for rain is also expressed.
Miss Alice Lyons died Monday after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the family home southeast of Whitewright with Rev. E P Wootten officiating. Interment was at Blanton Cemetery. Pallbearers included Dorsey Brooks Grover Vestal Rollie Vestal and Paul Bowen. Lyons, born November 7 1874 in Kentucky, lived near Whitewright 32 years and was a Baptist. Surviving brothers and sisters and numerous heirs are named in a lengthy list.
News arrives Monday of J. E. Biffle death in Pauls Valley Oklahoma husband of May Griffin and nephew of Mrs. W A Kirkpatrick of Whitewright with ties to Mrs Kate Sears Griffin deceased.
News from Whitewright reports the death of Mrs Pearl Connelly of Trenton at 2 a m on Wednesday. Funeral services are planned for Thursday in Trenton with time to be announced. She was the mother of Holmes Connelly, a druggist in Trenton.
The professor reads a note from his daughter who has run away. His wife comments that she eloped with a handsome officer, then sighs at the spelling of eloped with two p's. The moment blends shock with a touch of humor from the family's reaction.
The document lists heirs and legal representatives tied to the estate of Jabez Haning and related parties. It names I V Stark as administrator and enumerates multiple heirs including Sitha Haning Eurana Haning Warren John Warren Harriet Haning Mary Haning Mary Simmons Iron Simmons Ellen Haning Ellen Bennick Cicero Bennick Maggie Haning Maggie Cox W A Cox Beckie Haning Beckie Gallian Wm Gallian and others as to their rights and succession.
The notice lists multiple deceased individuals and their heirs and legal representatives including Eugene Higginbotham J. Yeary Allie Huckaby W L Higginbotham Lillie Higginbotham Janie Yeury M J George J H George Mary J George B M Makin Mrs M E Bruce Mrs R A McMakin James Leonard McMakin Mrs M Elza Bruce Leslie Wilson Coleman Charles O Bruce Ira Bruce and their respective heirs and legal representatives as part of estate proceedings.
Executor of the estate of J B Mc Makin and numerous heirs and legal representatives are named including M F Bruce G S Bruce W H Bean Wm H Blecker Thos Toby B F Hall and others with heirs described. The notice continues on page eight.
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