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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
5
A sweep of short items lists visitors and relatives in Sherman and nearby towns. Names include Cox Sears West Gowdy Johnson Warnell Dan, plus many arrivals from Dallas, Denison, Waco, Paris, Leonard and more. Local fires, hospital stays, and community events are noted alongside ads for Lem Tittsworth’s furniture and Perfection Oil Heaters.
The data show totals: Total Deposits 196,112.00 15,421.24 53,250.00 187,777.96 9,000.00 50,809.50 168,741.68 175.80 1.90. It lists capital account common stock 1,000 shares par 100, with surplus undivided profits net and reserves for contingencies.
W P Vaughn assumes operation of the service station formerly run by John Norris, across from L LaRoe & Company, handling Magnolia products and East Texas gas. A series of local social notices follows including visits, hospital stay for Dr Reynolds May, funeral of Grover Wallace in Ardmore, and regional church events and club memberships.
Dr and Mrs B Wrenn Webb travel to Waxahachie for the Texas Synod and Synodical of the Presbyterian Church with Dr Webb reporting for the necrology committee He will return to Whitewright for Sunday services at the Presbyterian Church. In Van Alstyne Mr and Mrs C B Bradshaw mourn a heart attack death Friday and a wife who died hours later after fifty years of marriage.
Mortuary notice reports Grover C. Wallace of Ardmore Oklahoma died of a heart attack at 12 45 p m Tuesday. He was born and raised in Whitewright and moved to Ardmore 18 years ago where he owned a meat market and cold storage plant. Survived by wife, two married daughters, two brothers and a sister including Mont Wallace Wilson and Jesse Wallace Whitewright with Mrs Lloyd Be cheler Denison. Funeral held Wednesday in Ardmore. Mowing pasture after uneaten grass or weeds remain ungrazed noted as good farm practice.
A historical note identifies the horse’s original training place as the Orient, indicating early equine conditioning centers in Asia. This designation highlights ancient methods shaping riding and presentation traditions.
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