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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1935
Page
5
Locals list visiting relatives and friends in Dallas Fort Worth Tulsa and Oklahoma City includes J R Fleming Fender May O L Jones John Reeves H T Atterberry Pete Clark Louise Melugin Ruth Melugin Dorothy Nicholson Mrs S D Lurber Mrs J A Stateville Mrs H C Rice Mrs John Livingston Mrs E L Boyd Jr Mrs Frank Kinnard Rev Bob Cates and others Also auctions and social calls plus Candled eggs price paid and moves to Commerce by Co D Watson family
Daily notices report visits by Ray Manning of Leonard in Whitewright and J B Dickson in Sherman. Many guests visited locals including Mrs Ben Patterson and Mr W Dossey at Rockwall, and Miss Dorothy Tapscott’s guest Miss Margaret Boone from Dallas. Several moves and business changes noted including Texaco Service Station expansion by Sindle and Hall and a 1934 Chevrolet Coach for sale.
News notes show visits from Gladewater Sherman Dallas and Memphis residents plus trips to Farmersville Mexia Oklahoma City and Denison. Local business updates include equipment sale to Sherman and consolidation of cleaning plant operations. Notables include Joe Johnson Rex Armistead and various Bartletts.
An election at city hall Monday will decide a 12500 bond to build a gymnasium auditorium and repair the Grammar School. Whitewright covers 55 percent of cost with a government grant covering 45 percent. If approved, a second election on November 18 will reduce school maintenance tax 10 cents to fund the bonds.
The Methodist Missionary Society gathered at Mrs Olivia Whedbee's home Monday. Mrs H P Donigan led the devotional and Mrs A M Bryant reviewed the last two chapters of That Other America.
Clay Horton, program chair, showed a moving picture of the Rotary International gathering in Mexico City at the Friday luncheon. Afterward members attended a screening at Palace theatre with D. A. Fox, the theatre manager, as Horton's luncheon guest.
Mrs. Floyd Snodgrass and Miss Ruth Melugin hosted a Monday birthday party for Mrs. E. J. Fralicks at their home. Hallowe'en decorations set the theme as guests presented gifts and played games before a chili and cracker refreshment spread.
The Whitewright Music Club met in Miss Tommie Chenoweths studio. Mrs. H T Arterberry was elected president and Miss Chenoweth became vice president. Mrs. Jewel Kennemer was named corresponding secretary. The group voted to join the Sherman choir festival in December and sponsor local work.
Mrs Sarah Jane Williams 89 died Friday morning at her son’s home five miles east of White. Funeral held Saturday at Marvin Methodist Church with Rev Vail and Rev Wright officiating. Burial at Porter Cemetery under R R Waldo. Pallbearers were her grandsons. She leaves 89 descendants including eight children 36 grandchildren 44 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Her grandfather served in the Rev.
Mystery runs through Grammar School as seventh graders plot in hidden rooms and witches and black cats appear in lower grades. Reports of a Halloween party invitation, races, spelling, and arithmetic standings fill the weekly notes with student moves, visits, birthdays, and enrollment changes.
Bonham area obituary notes the life of a woman born in 1846 in Wytheville Virginia. She moved to Texas in 1863 with her family, endured wartime hardships, and later married Sam Bayless Williams in 1866, living near Richardson and Leonard before burial. Relatives from multiple cities attended.
Brother Gillett leads Auditorium Group I after Harold Pace departure while Evelyn Hill serves as substitute secretary. Group II plans Wednesday program with help from Jackie Lee Thompson and others. enrollment rises to 33 with Clarence Bonds joining third grade. Honor Roll lists for first to third grades showcase student achievements with named recipients.
The document lists fourth to seventh grade students by name and notes the honor roll recognizes pupils making a straight A card. Names include John Rufus Taylor Wallace Reeves Pattie Everheart Betty Jane Har Davis Parrish Robert Emerson Sears Dorotha Darwin Mary Dale King Claire Doss.
A neighbor shares practical kitchen tricks including growing a ferny top from a carrot end, turning evaporated milk into sour milk with vinegar, using molasses to brown pumpkin pies, preventing lumpiness in cornmeal mush by pre-matering with cold water, and selecting smooth skinned medium sweet potatoes when shopping.
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