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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1934
Page
5
Locals report visits across Texas towns with many residents traveling to Dallas for the State Fair. Travelers include Mr. and Mrs. Belew in Blue Ridge, Miss Fay Phillips from Trenton, and families from Sherman Leonard and Dallas visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs I W Booker plans a winter in San Antonio while J T Williams visits relatives in Sylvester. Miss Dorothy LaRoe visits Leonard and Dallas, and Miss Margaret Boone vacation with her parents in Dallas. Residents attend meetings and visits in Denton Dallas Denison Farmersville and Durant okla. The article notes new baby at Burris home and local professional and social engagements.
Mrs. W. T. Holmes accompanied Albert Lea Jackson Jack Meador and Walter Tom Holmes to Denison last Saturday where the three boys completed the life saving tests. All three earned merit badges and praised the demanding nature of the tests saying they are the hardest yet attempted.
Mrs. J. W. Jordan of Dallas arrived in Whitewright last week to spend the winter with Mrs. W. H. King. Jordan once lived in the town. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bowen and sons and Mrs. Ella Bowen, from Orangeville, attended the funeral of Mrs. Tommie Bohanan at Hugo Oklahoma on Wednesday. Bohanan was Bowen's sister.
Rev. and Mrs. Ben Sturdivant and their young son returned to Tulsa Oklahoma after being with his father J. M. Sturdivant in Whitewright for three weeks. Olivia Whedbee came back from Memphis Tennessee where she stayed with her brother Dr. Kincaid for eye surgery.
Mrs. Alice Ward visits her parents east of town while Mrs. Hicks recovers from a hip injury. Mrs. B W Newman hosts a seventh birthday party at the grade school for Donald. Funeral services for Mrs. G M Black held in Fort Worth. Wade Robbins hosts cousins from Texas towns for a visit. Anther Hudgins Jr. injured after bicycle accident in Arkansas City Kansas.
Low priced furniture items offered including two pianos at 39.50 each and sewing machines 15 and 18.50. Fiber shades two for 25 cents. Rural oil heaters advertised. Bonham locale mentions visitors from Durant Oklahoma and Winters Texas with family updates. Community sewing club meeting notes and upcoming hostesses listed.
The annual Pure Food Show sponsored by the Presbyterian Church women will be held in the Lloyd Moore building on October 18 19 and 20 with contests prizes and daily entertainment. Also reported a fire destroyed a barn on South Bend street owned by C B Bryant Sr with $400 insurance on the building and partly on the contents. Fire origin unknown. The Baptist Sunday school T E L Class met at Mrs J L Bow home with 42 members 12 others and 5 visitors attending refreshments served.
Joe D. Nickell of Dallas accepts employment with the S. H. Montgomery Insurance Agency and becomes agency head. He has years of experience with major Dallas agencies and will move his family here this week to occupy the T. B. Moore dwelling. Nickell praises Whitewright, saying locals are friendly and of high citizenship. He notes he already feels among friends in the few days since arrival.
Relatives and friends surprised Mrs Josie Wilson of the Orangeville community with a birthday dinner at her home on Sunday. Guests included Mrs F N Rigney and daughter Mrs Ben Ewing and Leonard’s daughter Mr and Mrs J N Henry and daughter Mr and Mrs F C Henry and sons Mrs Ruby Gray and daughter of Sherman Mr and Mrs R C Bowen and son Mr and Mrs Oscar McCollum Mr and Mrs Delmar Bowen and sons Mr and Mrs Arthur Griffin and children Mr and Mrs J A Downey Mr and Mrs C A Pace Mr and Mrs R D Jarvis and the honoree.
Ball and James nuptials took place Friday evening in Sherman. Groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Joyce of Kentuckytown. Bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ball of Rose Hill. They were joined by Moton Badgett and Charley Chumbley and will reside in Kentuckytown.
The Ladies Auxiliary held a Wednesday afternoon meeting at five o clock in the agreed venue. Members discussed upcoming events and assignments for community service and outreach.
The home of Mrs. Ben Patterson hosted 12 members. An Oct 25 bridge and 42 tournament was set for the Legion hall with a small admission. The group sews and donates garments to charity. Next Tuesday at 2 30 the ladies meet at Mrs A T Short to sew.
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor at First Presbyterian Church with 10 am Sunday school and 11 am public worship. In his absence Brother Ben Montgomery leads. Theme The Past the Present and the Future. Evening service announcement to follow. 6 pm Young People's Society meets with address by J H Burma.
In Nairobi Kenya Colony a white woman, Mrs Helen Selwyn, was found guilty of manslaughter in a colonial case. She ordered a native to be whipped, causing death. she received a one year prison term while five natives who carried out the whipping got one month each. Her husband, suspected in the affair, died soon after from blackwater fever. The verdict was delivered by a jury of white men.
All kinds of printing and engraving obtainable at The Sun office at reasonable prices.
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