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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
5
Local notes, visits, and short reports from Whitewright and nearby towns recount residents traveling to Dallas Sherman Denison Greenville and Denton. Key names include Dessie Reynolds Alice Robbins Jopling Reid and many others with occupations and recent movements listed. A dog bite and possible rabies incident concludes the district update.
Mrs. Mattie B Nicholson of Greenville visits Whitewright to organize a Woodmen Circle drill team for Whitewright and Bells. Mangrum Grocery offers a prize to a farmer who visits Saturday night and says his home from the farthest Whitewright trade territory.
Lem Tittsworth of Bonham lists bed and living suites priced from 38.28 to 88.78 and kitchen cabinets from 8.50 to 16.50, sewing machines 5.00 to 15.00, inviting cattle trade in exchange.
Mr Roscoe Pace of McKinney visits relatives and will move to Longview for work at Oliver Pharmacy. C A Wilson attends brother R H Wilson’s funeral in Oklahoma City. Wilson, ex Oklahoma public instruction chief, died of a heart attack. Local revival attendees and business openings are noted along with sales of farms and a barn fire. Jack Everheart place sale and O E Wentzel buy noted.
Hugh Tim Atterberry, treated for osteomyelitis at St Vincent's Hospital Sherman, is reported satisfactory this week after injuring his leg while playing football with Grammar School boys two weeks prior. Whitewright area women dominate prize list at Red River Valley fair culinary exhibits with Mrs Oran Sears, Mrs Pascal Connelly, Mrs D B Andrew, Mrs Carl Holland, Mrs Jewel Tree, Mrs C M Fulton, and Mrs Lloyd Bennett among winners. Judges included Miss Helen Dunlap and Mrs Floyd Harris.
Robert L. Doss, a junior at A. and M. College College Station, joins The Battalion masthead as junior editor. He will write news and features including The Week in Review and Radio Pick-Ups after resigning as sports editor of the Denison Herald in September to return to college. He also worked as a reporter for the Sherman Democrat during a year away from school.
The notice lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Young People's Union meets Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Trenton Methodist Church. Pastor Joe M. Connally is named.
The Sun day school held an inspiring rally and promotion day last Sunday. Morning worship marks the pastor’s fourth anniversary and start of his fifth year of service with the subject Witnessing For Christ. Every member is urged to attend. Evening sermon centers on The Unchanging Christ at 7 15 p m.
The Enterprise Baptist Church invites members to Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. The pastor O F Robinson asks all to attend at 10 a m for the largest annual attendance. A separate note states Pennsylvania permits citizens to manufacture only 200 gallons of wine at home annually.
Wade H Sears 61 died after extended illness. Funeral 2:30 p m Sunday at his late residence north of town conducted by Rev Joe M Connally. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery under direction of R R Waldo. Survived by wife Una Martindale two daughters Marie Sears and Mrs L H Miller one son W T Sears four sisters.
Funeral services for J A Hardaway age 78 were held at Oak Hill Cemetery Sunday afternoon. He died Saturday at his daughter Mrs Kiram Impson’s home in McAlester. Born 1859 in Merriweather County Georgia he moved to Grayson County in 1883, later to Bells Whitewright Sherman and finally Birmingham. Surviving are wife two sons three daughters and several grandchildren.
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