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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1935
Page
5
Local residents and visitors listed include Miss Margaret Sears in Sherman with Mrs. Clyde Craig and many weekend transients visiting Dallas Denton Bonham Gainesville and Denison. Individuals travel for work and visits with relatives while businesses note pricing and plate lunch quality at Craig's Cafe.
Local visits include F E Benson and Tom White of Greenville Community Gas in Whitewright. News briefs cover football in Dallas, family visits in Austin, births in Sherman, and moves to Moran with staff changes at Black Drug Company.
Kan sas City visitors to see son in law Oland Bush. Roaring Gap residents return home. Jack Bogle quits Plainview Weyland College stint after football month. A Cap Penland known as Cap dies in Austin. Rob Dickson and Stegall families travel Oklahoma. Mrs Newman hosts Donald’s eighth birthday with 42 guests and Halloween favors.
Mrs. BE. T. Doss visits Pilot Point with daughter Mrs. Elbert Thompson. Birth announcement for Bobbie Dee Cox on Oct 14. Optometrist R. L. Johnson promotes inexpensive glasses. Craig's Cafe advertises cheap ice cream. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oran Sears include Mrs. M. B. Herring and others. Harry Jones of Hollywood visits Whitewright. Grayson County P T A council fall meeting Oct 26 at Baptist Church. Lambert Bros. and Deacon J. E. Hill to perform at Colored Methodist Church tonight. Presbyterian Men's Club meets Oct 24 at Hove church. Local football games pull residents away. upcoming Dallas and Fort Worth matchups noted.
Advertisement announces the Pure Food Show October 24 to 26 in the Reed building. Daily events include a baby show and cake baking contests, farm products and vocational agriculture exhibits, plus vaudeville cowboy acts and a Tom Thumb wedding. Admission is 10 cents each afternoon and night.
Mrs. Bonnie Nicholson hosted the Busy Bee Sewing Club on Tuesday afternoon. Twelve members and three visitors shared a refreshment plate. The group will meet next Tuesday with Mrs. T. J. Rector.
The H. D. Club met October 10 with Mrs. Clarence Pace. They planned to piece a quilt and sell it. A report covered their Red River Valley Fair booth. Ten members enjoyed refreshments. The next meeting is October 17 at Mrs. Lindsey Coffey’s home.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for Railway Postal Clerk. Applications may be filed with the civil service district office nearest the applicant or with the Civil Service Commission in Washington, D. C. Applications must be on file not
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.m. morning sermon at 11 a.m. Choice of the Highest. Evening Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Bible study at 7:30 p.m. What the Bible Has To Say of Ethiopia.
J. R. Waldrum, minister, preaches at 10 a.m. with communion at 10 45 a.m. Bible study follows at 11 a.m. J. M. Simmons, superintendent, will lecture on Hebrews Wednesday at 7 p.m. Sermon theme is God s Attitude Toward Sin. See front page for revival meeting notice.
C W Dennis, pastor, marks the closing Sunday of the present conference year at White Wright. He has spent two pleasant years there and invites all members and friends to attend both services at 11 a m and 7 p m to help make the last Sunday the best.
Applicants must be between eighteen and thirty four on the close of applications except military preference. Height at least 5 feet 6 inches bare and weight at least 130 pounds. Must be in sound health and capable of arduous exertion. Full information from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners or the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
Senator Glass of Virginia, a lifelong Democratic opponent of some Roosevelt policies, said today the President would be renominated without strong opposition. He called himself a constitutional Democrat and stated he would not support any move to split the party. Glass was in Washington for arthritis treatment at the Naval Hospital.
The Whitewright P T A met in the grammar school auditorium with Mrs. H T Atterberry presiding. Dr. Conway T Wharton spoke on Home the Foundation of Spiritual Growth after a delayed arrival. Committees were named and meeting time shifted to the third Thursday. The second grade earns a quarter holiday for best attendance.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann won permission from New Jersey's high court to appeal his conviction to the United States Supreme Court delaying an immediate execution date while the appeal is considered.
A magnate teaches his son that success hinges on honesty and sagacity. He defines honesty as keeping your word, while sagacity is keeping it in reserve, warning against revealing true judgment. The musings segue into a remark about Turkish music.
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