Plow and Hammer reveals 1889 Whitewright life and people
Lena Mae Gowdy unearths a sixty year old issue of the Plow and Hammer dated September 28 1889. The paper lists pioneer Whitewright residents like Dr. D M Ray Dr R May and J H Reeves, local churches officials and a Grayson County grand jury report on gambling and Sabbath crimes. It notes prices such as six yards red wool flannel for 1 00 and men's boots at 2 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Lena Mae Gowdy
the Sun
Miss Gowdy
Sarah M. Gowdy
Green County
Kentucky
Texas
D. M. Ray
R. May
Sam Marshall
J. H. Reeves
C. I. Jordan
S. A. McCuistian
W. B. Duncan
Joe Carter
G. B. Woosley
W. F. Madison
R. M. Lively
A. Blake
A. F
A. M. Lodge
Methodist Church
Robert Jones
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
W. L. Pierce
Church of Christ
J. N. Powell
J. B. Woosley
Mitchell and Moline
E. Y. Skaggs
W. O. Womack
R. A. Gillett
Reeves & McGlasson
Recover Angler's Body From Texoma
W. P. Young, a Dallas angler, was recovered from Lake Texoma by an Engineer Corps rescue squad after drowning near Walnut Creek resort. His overturned boat showed damage suggesting a submerged collision. no life jacket was found, though his hat floated. This marked the fifth drowning on the lake this year and the 16th since 1946. The peanut plant likely originated in Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Young
Dallas
Lake Texoma
Engineer Corps
Young
Walnut Creek
Coast Guard
Cotton Ginning Progress Report at White Wright Gins
Up to Thursday morning White Wright gins had received 2114 bales of cotton. Fair weather aided farmers to harvest more cotton and corn, but only about 75 percent of cotton is picked. Buyers paid 27 cents for picked cotton and 23.50 for pulled cotton, with cotton seed at 45.00 per ton. Corn valued at 1.10 per bushel.
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Whitewright
Current Book Club Sponsors Hobby And Antique Show
The hobby and antique show at the First Methodist Church Education Building attracted over 200 items displayed on long tables. Awards recognized the most valuable, most interesting, most beautiful and most amusing pieces with cash prizes and ribbons. judges and visitors praised the event as a successful first of its kind in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Ray
First Methodist Church
Clarence McMillin
M. W. Davis
Malcolm Williams
Lena Mae Gowdy
Whitewright
Lucyle Sanders
Book Club
England
Guy Hamilton
James Bryant
Sheffield
Fred Cook Sr
Cook
Thomas Sears
Emmet Penn
Ed Doss
McMillin
Grady Riley
Tom Holmes
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
B. C. Seymour
Neosho
Denison
John Osperman
Fort Pierce
Fla
WSCS
Friday Literary Club
Cotton ginned in Fannin County rises from 1948 figures
The Bureau of Census reports 26 535 bales ginned in Fannin County before October 1 this year, up from 21 065 in the same period in 1948. Across the district, Collin 36 797, Grayson 15 724, Hunt 32 986, Cooke 4 719.
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Fannin County
Bureau of Census
Red River
Collin
Grayson County
Hunt
Cooke
Baptist Revival Begins Sunday in Whitewright
The First Baptist Church of Whitewright starts an eight day fall revival Sunday October 23 led by Rev. James H. Cox pastor of Amherst's First Baptist. Services are 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. with prayer at 7 15 each evening and a breakfast for intermediates on October 27.
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Weldon R. Drake
First Baptist Church
James H. Cox
Amherst
States
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Amherst First Baptist
Cox
Rotary Club
Perry Kite
Guy Hamilton
Billye Faye Dillon
First Baptist
Jesus Christ
Whitewright
Revival Meeting Set by Fort Worth Evangelist at Whitewright
A. G. Abbott of Fort Worth evangelist for the Texas Christian Missionary Society will conduct a revival at Central Christian Church Whitewright from November 23 to December 4. Services begin at 7 00 each evening except Saturday. Abbott with 28 years in ministry resigned Electra church in 1947 to pursue evangelism and invites all community members to attend for spiritual strengthening.
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A. G. Abbott
Fort Worth
Texas Christian Missionary Society
Central Christian Church of
Whitewright
Central Christian Church
Evangelist Abbott
Electra
Is a Kiss Worth a Caning Question in Commons
London reporting that Peter Freeman Laborite will question Education Minister George Tomlinson in the Commons on Thursday about a Chamberlayne Road School incident last July in which six boys were caned for kissing girls. Freeman seeks to know if the punishment followed ministerial regulations. Trade winds are noted as an aside.
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London
Peter Freeman
Laborite
George Tomlinson
Freeman
Chamberlayne Road School
Local Church Names Rev Joe Everheart as Pastor
After a dinner and business session the First Presbyterian Church of Whitewright called Rev. Joe Everheart of Clarksville to serve as pastor. Everheart, son of the late William Everheart a Grayson County sheriff, is a familiar Presbyterian leader in the community whose acceptance is not yet known.
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First Presbyterian Church
Joe Everheart
Clarksville
Everheart
Whitewright
William Everheart
Grayson County
Presbyterian Church
Congress Passes Farm Support Bill And Ends Session
The Eighty-first Congress wraps a 41 week session voting a farm price supports bill at the highest parity. It approves a $1.6 billion military aid package for Western allies and totals nearly $51 billion in spending across the session. Republican opposition centers on consumer fairness. Senators Connally and Johnson vote for the farm bill.
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Washington
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Senate
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Philippines
Korea
House
New England
New York
Texas
Tom Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Truman
Senate OKs Minimum Wage Bill to White House
The Senate approved the bill by voice vote and sent it to the White House to raise the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents per hour. The measure, backed by sponsors, would affect about 1.5 million workers at an estimated cost of 300 million dollars annually. It broadens small newspaper exemptions to 4 000-copy circulations and adds adjoining counties. Newsboys delivering papers retain wage and child labor protections. The cotton industry exemptions were dropped in the rewritten bill.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Home Counties
Mexico bans canastra and private canasta parties
Mexico City reports a government decree prohibiting canastra games in private homes due to gambling concerns. The interior ministry said the card craze led to illegal gambling, with gambling generally illegal except for licensed horse racing and the national lottery benefiting the poor. Rembrandt died in poverty.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Interior Ministry
Young People Will Govern Youth Center
A committee of eight high school students from all classes met with an American Legion Auxiliary group to write rules for the youth center. The seniors lead the first week starting Oct 21, with one youth night per month by each class and membership cards for students with one guest allowed.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Betty Blackerby
Joe Parnell
Gladine Harper
Conway Craig
Jeanette Jones
Jimmie Christian
Ruth Ann Cummngs
Dearle McKnight
Jack Nossaman
Earl Blanton
A. R. Orenduff
Legion
Joe Pannell
Bingo Tonight At Legion Home
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a bingo party at the Legion Home at 8 o'clock this Thursday night. Local business men donate prizes for the games. No admission charge. buy bingo cards to participate. Coffee and sandwiches will be sold. the public is invited.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
New Trespass Law Sets Higher Penalties in Texas
A new measure by the 51st Texas Legislature, effective Oct, makes entering private land illegal without consent to hunt, fish, camp or trespass. First offense fines up to 200 dollars and loss of hunting license for one year. second offense 500 to 1000 dollars with two years license loss. third offense 30 days to one year in jail, 500 to 1000 dollar fine, and three years license loss. Peace officers may arrest without a warrant on enclosed lands.
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Texas
Land Purchases For Veterans To Start December 1
Bascom Giles announced that land purchases for Texas veterans likely cannot be completed before December 1. The first bond sale is set for October 26 and funds may not be available for about 30 days. He urged veterans and landowners to await funding and to review mineral rights regulations, noting the program requires 50 percent mineral rights conveyed with land.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Veterans Land Board
Giles
Veterans Land Program
WHS Tigers dominate Pilot Point 33 to 0 in undefeated run
WHS Tigers extend win streak to sixteen with a 33 point home victory over Pilot Point as Bill King and Billy Earl Brown score early big plays. Conway Craig suffers back injury ending his season and the schedule shifts for upcoming conference games.
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WHS Tigers
Pilot Point
Tigers
Bill King
Billy Earl Brown
Herman Musser
Dearle McKnight
King
Dwayne Hayes
Bearcats
Whitewright
Collinsville
Whitesboro
Gunter
Wolfe City
Bryant Field
van Alstyne
Conway Craig
Rural Phone Bill Passed to Truman for Signature
The Senate sent the rural telephone finance bill to the White House after resolving House differences. It allows 30 year loans with 2.5 percent interest to expand phone service, favors existing companies and cooperatives, and removes a prior cap on borrower size.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Rep. Poage
Texas
White House
House
Rural Electrification Administration
TB Association Doing Good Work
The Grayson County Tuberculosis Association directors met at the Grayson Hotel in Sherman to report progress in case finding and public health education. The Texas program of free X-ray case finding showed 59,895 screened with 13.9 percent high school age and 617 definite tuberculosis cases among miscellaneous adults. Citizens of Whitewright and other towns are urged to support and donate to long term TB control efforts.
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Grayson County Tuberculosis Association
Grayson Hotel
Sherman
Fred Brooks
Texas Tuberculosis Association
Texas State Health Department Tuberculosis Control Division
Texas
Whitewright
Also Mentioned on This Page
Angler
Texoma
Latin America
Equator
Rembrandt
Legion Home
TB Association
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