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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
6
Locals report Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Ford hosting and guests visiting in McKinney and Denison. Oysters featured at Craig's Cafe with calls to enjoy an oyster supper. Various residents from Hugo Hugo Bell and Dallas visit relatives in Whitewright and Paris.
Bill Jones endorses Roberts Co. as a smart shopping choice noting lower prices and full stock for 90 percent of needs. He mentions lumber jackets, coats, shoes, overalls, stoves, groceries, tires, and more while urging readers to trade locally rather than go to Sherman Bonham or Denison. Roberts Co. also buys country produce at high prices and maintains affordable pricing.
Sidney Watson of the Texas Louisiana Power Company spent Monday and Tuesday in Dallas for company business. Pete Hill reports the loss of several hundred pounds of seed cotton and a farm wagon destroyed by fire, origin unknown, wagon located in his cotton field. The junior class of the high school plans a Palace theatre benefit show Monday night with profits shared. W N Franklin on Stateville farm south of town broke his hip last Friday while helping a neighbor move a wagon. He is about 75. Fred Smith and Curl Reeves of Wright were both sidelined by football injuries, with Smith nursing a knee and Reeves a back sprain. both say age is not a limit for football, predicting resumed play in 1978 for Smith and Reeves remains unsure.
The pastor returns from a revival in Nocona and urges unity for a three week push to close the Conference year. Conference opens in Denison on the 25th with Rev S T Barnes preaching at 7 30 p m and leading the fourth quarter ly conference. Profits in Life to be the sermon theme at 11 a m. Sunday school 10 a m Young People's League 6 30 p m. Members and others are invited to join the rally.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb pastor of First Presbyterian Church preaches morning and evening. Sunday school led by S T Montgomery superintendent. Morning message at 11 00 about the churchs rights of a pastor and the evening at 7 00 about what the pastor expects of his people.
C C Merritt invites readers to a Sunday sermon at eleven o clock on the theme of spiritual wakefulness and awakenings. He urges personal reflection and a record attendance, and notes a prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 30, a Ladies’ Bible Class Thursday at 3, and Young People’s meetings Sunday at 6 30.
The letter reflects on congregational confusion over 65000 dollars stored since January and links it to the live stock business. It claims a hundred thousand dollars in revenue from beer sales and praises a former pastor who drew 115 attendees from Sherman into Whitewright services.
The Rev D C Minor of Ladonia will occupy the pulpit at Central Christian Church next Sunday morning and evening. All members are urged to attend and visitors are cordially welcomed.
A church notice outlines a Sunday sermon on Spiritual Christianity and Awake Thou That Sleepeth. The message warns that not all claims labeled Christian are truly spiritual, urging true spiritual practice as essential to Christianity.
G C Ivins, pastor, writes urging townsfolk to attend Sunday services and Sunday school. He notes conflicts with school, social events, and free tent shows, and jokes about new stores drawing crowds while stressing church attendance. He calls on Baptists to join and bring others.
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