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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1932
Page
5
Local residents and visitors fill the week with travels and social events. J. D. Hoard hosts kin from Whitesboro and Dallas, while many guests tour area towns and attend institutes, church meetings, and school openings.
The Friday Literary Club meets Friday afternoon October 7 at Mrs. Emmet Penns home. The yearbook outlines a season with subjects Art government drama opera Bible day and music. A pottery exhibit is planned at the city assembly hall from November 6 to 12.
A. H. Maxey announces Pilot Grove school will open Oct. 11 with F. M. Sloan O. J. Neathery and T. W. Caton on the school board. Miss Gladys Denton to captain girls basketball. Hazel May coach. Five youths burned from acetylene plant explosion at Enterprise Church.
The census bureau reports Grayson County population at 74 165, up 8 169 since 1910. Local items note Jersey cattle sale for 475, moves to Lynn County, a new Retail Merchants secretary, a farm relocation toward Whitewright, a 50 reward for info on a cow shooting, and Edison pursuing a device for communication beyond the grave.
More than 4,000 bales of cotton had been ginned here by Wednesday. Buyers paid 4.80 for lint, 1.55 for seed cotton, and 7.00 for cotton seed. Government forecast released Thursday increased production to 599,000 bales and caused the market to drop 25 points.
German hospitals adopt a paper based X-ray method to replace plates or films. At Charite Hospital tests show paper projections are sufficient for most surgical purposes and greatly cut costs.
Two robbers kidnapped night watchman E. Cockrum and citizen J. W. Clint in Trenton then broke into Dyer & Connelly drug store and attempted to breach Routh and Southerland grocery. They stole cigars and candy, used a hammer and chisel, and released the captives about a mile east on the highway.
Burglars broke into the Cotton Belt depot Sunday night but failed to steal any cash. The ticket window drawer was forced open, but money was safe in the office safe placed by Agent D. G. Coley. The burglars face possible penitentiary time if caught. The Whitewright Chapter, R. A. M., to meet Monday night Oct. 10 per secretary Lloyd Moore.
B B Hall announces securing the Simms Oil Company agency and begins delivering to former customers. He offers quality products and service with telephone reach at 171 for oils and gasoline.
Information from Austin confirms the district votes for a successor to Senator Jake J. Loy will occur on November 8 the same day as the general election Governor Sterling notified Loy that he had asked the Secretary of State to call the election for that date.
Holyoke Massachusetts residents report a retired street cleaner John McElligott 60 loaned the city 10 000 to cover tax anticipated payrolls. He saved the money from 24 50 weekly wages over a 30 year period.
A Southwestern Bell Telephone Co public service message urges readiness for emergencies day or night and for business or pleasure, highlighting a low cost item whose value is great and promising a true story.
In meek content he stands beside pasture bars or grazes on grass and lifts his head as speeding cars pass. Then in a burst of elation he leaps and runs in coltish glee. Meanwhile the old scrap heap lies unloved with automobile parts and humiliation.
Texas Baptists will begin 107 associational meetings October 9 as part of the Every-member Canvass Campaign. State Mission Sunday falls October 16 with churchwide offerings and Pledge Week runs October 23 to 30 to raise about 600000 dollars for missions and benevolences, equal to 1.20 per member for the year.
Five inhabitants of Bear Island in the Arctic Ocean received a large hamper of food and a Christmas stocking full of gifts from the crew of the trawler Pennie in recognition of their rescue work following a wreck.
The world contains about half a pound of radium enough to fill a coffee cup. The United States holds two thirds of this supply valued at eighteen million dollars. Most radium goes to cancer treatment. About nine hundred processes are needed to extract radium from carnotite ore.
Alderman W W Kelly of Liverpool celebrated his eighty sixth birthday by donating five dollars for each year of life to charity. He has given ten thousand dollars overall since starting the practice at age fifty.
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