Rangers Bring Game Here After Community Fund Drive
Whitewright in the Interscholastic League Class B football race will host Celeste this Friday after local supporters raised 128 dollars to cover travel and ensure the game stays on the home grid. Celeste accepted to play at Whitewright with the same offer to visit Celeste canceled.
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Whitewright
Highland Park
Kaufman
Celeste
Rangers
J. B. Head
R. T. Pennington
S. FE. Wallace
W. L. Gordon
C. S. Carter
Mark Montgomery
Pierce Case
B. S. Montgomery
J. F. Spindle
John Cantrell
Emory Christian
J. P. Barbee
R. G. Pennington
J. W. Murphy
Norvell Thomson
Bow- Wright Drug Co
Manning & Clark
Pascal Cox
Chesley Rutledge
Roscoe Pace
Byron Sears
T. E. Sears
Lloyd Moore
Cull Reeves
J. P. Montgomery
Roby Childress
W. FE. la Roe
J. W. McMurry
J. H. Waggoner
B. Y. Spindle
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Paul Roberts
Grover Gillett
Bob Sears
J. C. Gillespie
John Reeves
Rev. McNeilly
R. C. Hoyle
Reid Wilson
J. L. Bow
S. H. Montgomery
Roy Blanton
Tent Show in Whitewright Next Week by Billy Fortner Comedians
The Sun notes Billy Fortner and a 25 member cast including band and orchestra will perform all week in Whitewright. Opening play Monday night is Lure of the City. Five season tickets go to the who submits the most Wally Goodwin anagram words at the door.
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Billy Fortner
Whitewright
the Sun
Wally Goodwin
Stedham Everheart Wedding in Home Ceremony
Mollie Everheart and Austin Stedham wed at the Everheart home on Monday October 26 with Rev E C Webb officiating. The couple, a popular pair in the community, plan to make their home in Dallas after a ceremony rich in tradition and decor. Out of town guests included Rev E C Webb and family, H H Stedham and family, and J F Stedham. A Zane Gray reading event at the Odeon follows on November 4 and 5.
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J. F. Everheart
Mollie Everheart
Austin Stedham
Homer Sears
M. FE. Everheart
Hooker
Okla
Mary Jo Sears
Rotary Club Report Highlights Whitewright Gas Goal
The Whitewright Rotary Club meeting reported plans to bring natural gas to Whitewright homes and businesses, with Lone Star Gas main within ten to eleven miles. Other topics included youth work, educational programs, publicity plans, and a Rotary Education talk by Fred Smith. Visiting Sherman Rotarians praised Whitewright’s progress and the Sherman Rotary Club connection supports weekly exchanges.
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Whitewright Rotary Club
Sherman Daily Democrat
Whitewright
Mack Echols
Echols
Lone Star Gas Company
Carl Gillespie
Boys’ Club
Ed Lakoe
Fred Smith
Rotary Education
Jim Waggoner
Lloyd Moore
Rotary
Sherman
A. G. Hopkins
Interstate Cotton Oil Refining Company
Roy Scruggs
Sherman Compress Company
A. G. Mayse
The
Sherman Democrat
Whitewright Club
Sherman Rotary Club
Too Proud to Sell Eggs and Poultry’s Rise in Texas
A Wall Street Journal editorial links false pride in Western Texas to broader farm challenges. It notes eggs and poultry as vital to farm income, citing bankers who supported poultry shows and farm agents who call poultry a godsend during drought. It highlights bankers and farmers embracing poultry pigs and cows as farm insurance.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Texas
the Journal
Dallas Farm News
West Texas
Oklahoma
First National Bank
Pittsburg
California
Bosque County
Bankers State Association
Baptist Meeting Date Is Changed
Dallas Oct 28 The seventy seventh annual session of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and its auxiliary bodies will now open December 2 instead of November 18. The change, by telegraph vote of the executive board led by Dr F S Groner, follows requests from across the state due to late crops affecting year end collections. The Woman's Missionary Union and the Pastors' and Laymen's Conference meet two days before the main session.
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Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
F. S. Groner
Woman’s Missionary Union
Pastor
First Baptist Church Rally Day Promotes Growth
First Baptist Church invites the public to worship at 11 a m and 7 p m with morning topic Giv ing Up Benjamin and evening topic Samson or Power Received Lost and Found Sunday school at 10 a m B Y P U at 6 p m Rally Day aims for 350 in attendance. pastors call for officers and teachers to recruit pupils and prospects and maintain effort with cheerful zeal.
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Benjamin
Samson
G. M. McNeilly
Thanksgiving Day Proclaimed by President Coolidge
Washington announces President Coolidge proclaims Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day for gratitude and blessings of the past year. The proclamation cites national safety and honor, domestic peace, public health gains, good harvests, productive industries, and well rewarded labor.
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Washington
Coolidge
Churches Advertise in Paris News for Sunday Services
Ten Paris churches ran a full page ad in Saturdays Paris News inviting residents to attend regular Sunday services. The notice highlights community religious activity and aims to draw parishioners to local churches.
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Paris
The
Paris News
Ten Commandments for the Motorist
The Nation's Highway publishes ten cautions for drivers. Key points urge driving rightward, slowing at crossroads, watching for children, aiding traffic officers, dimming headlights, obeying warning signs, limiting speed to avoid harm, stopping where seen, avoiding reckless cornering, and exercising discretion to prevent fatalities. Guests of Mr and Mrs W H Stedham included Rev E C Webb and family from Hooker Oklahoma, H H Stedham, Austin Stedham of Dallas, and J E Stedham of Lone Oak.
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W. H. Stedham
E. C. Webb
Hooker, Okla
H. H. Stedham
Austin Stedham
Dallas
J. E. Stedham
Lone Oak
Mrs Giles Cobb Visits Graves Family This Week
Mrs Giles Cobb and daughter of Leonard spent the first of the week here with her parents Mr and Mrs J H Graves.
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Giles Cobb
Leonard
J. H. Graves
Train wreck near Victoria kills nineteen people
Memphis report notes the Sunnyland wreck near Victoria Mississippi killed nineteen and injured about sixty, as workers salvage twisted steel and wood. The train derailed at speed due to an invisible rail defect, four Pullman sleepers and multiple cars plunged down a 25 foot embankment.
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Memphis
Tenn
Victoria
Miss
Sunnyland
St. Louis
San
PTA Meeting At Grammar School November Fifth
The Parent-Teacher Association holds its regular meeting at the Grammar School building next Thursday November fifth at 3 45 p m. The announced program includes violin solo Sidney Young, vocal solo Mrs Guy Hamilton, reading Mrs Lucian Andrews, piano solo Miss Dorothy Gordon, living pictures, and a business meeting.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Sidney Young
Guy Hamilton
Lucian Andrews
Dorothy Gordon
Living Pictures
Warning Against Loss in Snap Cotton
Dallas statement by M H Wolfe Cotton Factors warns Texas farmers and merchants against snapping cotton to avoid heavy losses. It notes few mills can use snap cotton and market prices may drop to half those of picked cotton. Farmers merchants and bankers urged to ensure cotton is picked in the usual way to protect financial interests.
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Dallas
M. H. Wolfe
Texas
New Low Records For Early Winter Reported
Chicago reports new low records for an early winter with Rapid City South Dakota recording 14 degrees below zero Tuesday night. Sub zero readings spread across the northwestern plains and reach to the mouth of the Ohio River. Storm warnings line the Great Lakes with exceptions along the western Lake Michigan shore from Green Bay south.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Rapid City
S. C
Plains
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Bridge Club Hostess Miss Louise LaRoe Hosts Meeting
Miss Louise LaRoe was hostess to the Bridge Club last Wednesday afternoon. Several visitors joined the members, with favors going to Miss Katharine Vaughn and Lucile Roberts and Mrs. J. P. Hadep. A delicious salad course was served.
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Louise LaRoe
Bridge Club
Katherine Vaughn
Lucile Roberts
J. P. Hadep
House Guests Mentioned By Local Couple
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. McMillin entertained last Sunday with a list of visitors including Mrs. H. S. Bushong of Forkton Kentucky Mrs. J. P. Moss of Garland Mr. and Mrs. Clint McMillin and family of Trenton Miss Mayme Kirkpatrick of Ringgold Mr. Grady Geer of Van Alstyne and H. L. Atterberry of Los Angeles California.
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D. S. McMillin
H. 8S. Bushong
Forkton, Ky
J. P. Moss
Garland
Clint McMillin
Trenton
Mayme Kirkpatrick
Ringgold
Grady Geer
van Alstyne
H. L. Atterberry
Los Angeles
Cal
Sherman Club Hosts Afternoon Bridge and Forty-Two
Mrs. J. P. Neal hospitably hosted the J. W. Club of Sherman at her home Tuesday afternoon. Guests from Sherman included Mesdames W. C. Holcomb, D. M. Porterfield, Fay Jones, M. D. Wright, C. T. Campbell, D. M. Vestal, J. D. Porterfield, V. T. Hampton, R. L. Porterfield, V. P. Bantelt, and D. M. Austin as they enjoyed forty-two, bridge, and a two course luncheon amid cut flower decor.
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V. T. Hampton
R. L. Porterfield
V. P. Bantelt
D. M. Austin
Hamilton Visits Governor Ferguson in Austin
W. T. Hamilton spent the weekend in Austin on business and called at the capitol. He had the pleasure of meeting Governor Ferguson and her husband, James E. Ferguson, during the visit.
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W. T. Hamilton
Austin
Capitol Building
Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Businesses Close For Friday 2 45 PM Football Game
A business committee circulated a petition among merchants asking them to close Friday afternoon at 2 45 to allow employers to watch the Whitewright versus Celeste High School football game. Numerous firms listed including Gordon Clothing, Hudson & Davis, Manning & Clark, Whitewright Lumber, Gillett Grain, Bow Wright Drug, Chambers Motor, City Meat Market, and others.
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Whitewright
Celeste
Gordon Clothing Company
Gordon Brothers
Dyer & Jones
Lloyd Moore
Hudson & Davis Company
Devonport
Manning & Clark
S. R. Park
Mangrum Brothers
Davidson & Barbee
Bryan University at Dallas Proposed as Memorial Plan
Dallas, Oct. 28 Plans for a fundamentalist university here as a memorial to the late William Jennings Bryan are forming. Rev W H Claggett of St Louis and Dr William M Anderson Jr of Dallas will visit in November to launch a campaign to raise five million dollars. The project is in early stages and the university would be non denominational.
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Dallas
William Jennings Bryan
W. H. Claggett
St. Louis
William M. Anderson Jr
Claggett
Anderson
Witcher Family Records Remarkable Longevity in Virginia Line
A Witcher family from Pittsylvania County Virginia traces a long life record from William and Elizabeth Witcher. Of seven children six survive with ages 76 to 87, totaling 492 years and an average of 82. All four or five males served in the Confederate army.
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Witcher
William Witcher
Elizabeth Witcher
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Celestia Witcher Craig
Bells
Texas
R. F. Witcher
Childress
W. C. Witcher
A. M. Witcher
Liberty Hill
J. C
Sherman
Fannie Witcher Poothe
Pea Hooks
J. H. Witcher
Honey Grove
Confederat Army
The Editor Won This Time Elopement Plot twist in Kansas tale
A Kansas editor and a wealthy widow become engaged amid town gossip. To prove devotion he has her sign over all her property to her daughter then elopes with the widow’s daughter the first night after the deed.
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Kansas
Coal stocks ready at White Wright Lumber
White Wright Lumber Company announces abundant coal supplies including a car of Alabama coal a car of Marietta coal and McAlester nut and lump coal in bins ready to meet customer needs.
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Alabama Coal
Marietta Coal
McAlester Nut
Whitewright Lumber Company
Light of the Western Stars at Odeon Theatre
Zane Grey's famous story The Light of the Western Stars plays at the Odeon Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday November 4 and 5. Admission ten and twenty five cents.
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Zane Gray
Odeon
Odeon Theatre
Blayney resigns as CIA president in Fort Worth
Fort Worth on Oct 28 the College of Industrial Arts of Denton regents voted four to two to accept President Lindsay Blayney’s resignation effective June 1 after he said conditions among the faculty had become intolerable and he could not carry on with subordination. The board urged faculty cooperation for the remainder of his term.
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Fort Worth
Board of Regents
College of Industrial Arts of
Denton
Lindsay Blayney
Blayney
Estimated U S cotton yield at 15 226 000 bales
Washington reports a probable U S cotton production of 15 226 000 bales as of October 18, up from 14 759 000 bales two weeks earlier and above last year’s 13 627 936. Abandonment 4.8 percent. acres about 44 231 000 for harvest. Regional totals listed for Virginia through California. Lower California adds 70 000 more. Ginned count to Oct 18 is 9 619 784 running bales versus 7 615 981 last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Mexico
Revival Meet to Begin November 15 at Presbyterian Church
Rev Joe Everheart, a Canaan native, will start a revival series at the Presbyterian church on Sunday November 15. His prior summer revival at Canaan drew friendly local interest and the community looks forward to hearing him again.
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Joe Everheart
Presbyterian Church
Everheart
Canaan
Two Dallas Duck Hunters Die In Separate Accidents
Dallas men Clem Wilson a 30 year old hardware salesman drowned when a small boat capsized during duck season and Thomas Shiels a 64 year old plane mill owner died from an accidental shotgun discharge while preparing to hunt near Dallas.
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Dallas
Wednes
Clem Wilson
City
Thomas Shiels
Christmas card designs offered by The Sun engraver
The Sun reports new Christmas card lines with beautiful designs and colors and sentiments fitting the season. Prices for personal and business use are reasonable and quality is stated as the best. Readers may visit the office or call for an appointment or a representative visit.
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Sun
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