Whitewright Schools Set to Open Next Monday
Whitewright public schools begin a 36 week term on Monday September 10 with pupil classification enrollment and book issuance. New in year are agriculture and business training at the high school. a full faculty list includes H W Key W S Cunningham A N Gee Newton Manning J T Bryant Miss Gladys Ray Miss Dorothy Tapscott Miss Margaret Boone Mrs Jewell Kennemer John Burma Miss Edith Hodge Miss Carter Fletcher Miss Sallye Hamilton Miss Mary Pumphrey Miss Clyde Montgomery Mrs Katherine Roddy and custodial staff Claud Phillips and P A Short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
H. W. Key
W. S. Cunningham
A. N. Gee
Newton Manning
J. T. Bryant
Gladys Ray
Dorothy Tapscott
Margaret Boone
Jewell Kennemer
John Burma
Edith Hodge
Carter Fletcher
Sallye Hamilton
Mary Pumphrey
Clyde Montgomery
Katherine Roddy
Claud Phillips
P. A. Short
Federal Emergency
Man Injured As Wagon Hit By Auto North Of Town
Homer Jacks of the Andrews farm north of town suffered shoulder and multiple ribs injuries when his wagon was struck from the rear by an automobile on the Whitewright Bells highway near Anderson station. Jacks was hospitalized at Bonham and returned home Wednesday. The car’s driver and a companion were arrested. the driver faces a drunken driving charge, while the companion paid a drunkenness fine. Both cases were in Justice Cantrell's court. the drivers are said to be local residents from Trenton. Judge Cantrell also fined two local Negroes for disturbing the peace and drunkenness.
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Homer Jacks
Andrews Farm
Town
Anderson
Whitewright-Bells
Jacks
Bonham
J. L. Cantrell
Trenton
Alexander dies noted Texas farmer loved by community
Funeral services for Edward S. Alexander who died Tuesday morning at his son O G Alexander's home were held at the Whitewright Methodist Church with Dr J F Fender and Dr B Wrenn Webb officiating. He was born December 31 1859 in Richmond Kentucky and moved to Texas in 1887. He leaves five sons, thirteen grandchildren, and was a leading farmer south of Whitewright.
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Edward S. Alexander
O. G. Alexander
Methodist Church
J. F. Fender
B. Wrenn Webb
Presbyterian Church
Oak Hillemetery
Mr. Alexander
Richmond
Mary Cain
Alexander
Texas
Whitewright
J. M
E. R. Alexander
E. D. Alexander
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Robert
Joe
Lloyd
Manuel
Jack
Jones Alexander
R. R. Waldo
Whitewright High to Field Football Team This Fall
Whitewright prepares a return of football with 17 hopeful players reporting for practice led by Coaches J. T. Bryant and W. S. Cunningham. Only Shorty Childress has prior experience, while the rest are beginners. A 10 game schedule is being assembled with two games secured against Josephine and inquiries to Van Alstyne, Leonard, Ladonia, and others.
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Ely
Enterprise
Orangeville
Canaan
Bethel
Pilot Grove
Rose Hill
Kentuckytown
Ida
Earl Jenkins
Fred Cook
Desert
McCoy Place
Cunningham
Bryant
Whitewright
J. T. Bryant
W. S. Cunningham
Shorty Childress
Woodrow Wilson
Dallas
Trenton
Josephine
van Alstyne
Leonard
Ladonia
South Whitewright
Miller Hill
Paul Pierson
Will Bryant
Eldridge Caylor
Byron Teague
Fred Starr
Mark Montgomery
A. N. McCoy
Guy Stepp
Grady Stepp
Ross Brown
Jack Lay
L. E. Garner
Clifton DeBerry
Charles White
Virgil Birchfield
Charlie Ingram
Boyd Newman
W. T. Holmes
Childress
Sterilization of Unfit to Be Sought in Texas
Texas lawmakers consider sterilization to curb crime citing 10 million subnormals nationwide and rising costs. Senator Arthur P. Duggan plans a bill for the Legislature with Oklahoma and California laws as models. Supporters push criminal code revisions and a nonpolitical clemency board to limit Governor powers.
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Texas
Austin
United States
Arthur P. Duggan
Littlefield
Oklahoma
California
Duggan
Washington
Galveston
Cotton Certificates Issued Wednesday in Whitewright
A large crowd gathered in Whitewright to receive certificates allowing cotton sales without the Bankhead tax. W. W. Gunn and Dan Scott delivered the certificates with local cotton committee aid. Over 100 bales were sold Wednesday. totals indicate about $7,000 per 100 bales in cash.
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Whitewright
W. W. Gunn
District Cotton Adjuster
Dan Scott
Sherman
Rotary Club program on youth crime and Scouting talk
Rotary luncheon speaker Ben Burger of Denison, scout executive for the Texas-Okahoma council, outlined that a large share of prison inmates are aged 18 to 26. He noted Boy Scouts involvement correlates with lower arrests. One membership application was received as Dr. F D Layman praised perfect attendance for over a year.
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C. J. Meador
Rotary Club
Rotary
Ben Burger
Denison
Texas-Oklahoma Council
Boy Scouts
F. D. Layman
Rural candidates face slow start as school opens
The opening Monday marked the start of the term but practice was limited because most club candidates come from rural districts and are busy picking cotton or gathering corn.
Denison Visitors to Whitewright for Chamber Program
Whitewright Rotary Club pledged support to the Chamber of Commerce goodwill event Thursday night to welcome Denison visitors. Mayor F. M. Echols leads arrangements with help from Rotarians and others, as Katy drum corps and parade plans add spectacle to the long friendship between Whitewright and Denison. Ralph Geisenhower will be replaced by W. G. Langston as master of ceremonies.
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Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright
Denisonians
Katy
Carson Sebers
Ralph Geisenhower
W. G. Langston
Hijacking Reported at Bonham Farm Sunday
J H Kean of eight miles northwest of Bonham told deputies his 14 year old daughter was hijacked Sunday afternoon as a man in a black car entered the home. The intruder removed a pistol and about 1450 dollars from a trunk before driving south. Deputy Denton reported the girl could not identify the man due to excitement.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Tom Denton
Cigarette Output Surges to 125 Billion Annually
Statistics show American manufacturers produce about 125 billion cigarettes each year. If stretched end to end, that supply could wrap around the Earth's equator 217 times.
Deputies Raid Bootleggers In Cotton Belt Neighborhood
Deputy Sheriffs McDaniel and Yeary raided a negro house on the Cotton Belt on Wednesday evening, seizing 22 pints gin 22 pints bottled in bond whisky and six gallons corn whisky. The liquor was taken to Sherman as evidence. Names of arrestees were unavailable. The raid involved enslaved residents and a rumor of white aid to the liquor ring.
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McDaniel
Yeary
Cotton Belt
Sherman
Tish Freeman
Negress
Randolph Man Dies in Car Truck Crash
Herman Britton of Randolph was killed instantly when his car collided with a Red Hat Oil truck north of the Y on highway 160. Witnesses say Britton veered into the truck’s path after seeming to turn into a filling station. The 34 year old traveling salesman, member of the Randolph board of education, was survived by his wife and a brother. The truck driver was absolved of blame after an investigation by Justice J L Cantrell.
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Herman Britton
Randolph
Red Hat Oil Company of
Sherman
J. Q. Fields
Britton
Hill
Waldo
Leonard
Ranndolph
Randolph Board of Education
Whitewright Sets Tax Rate at 1 70 Despite Valuation Loss
The Whitewright City Commission met Monday night and adopted the annual budget after adjustments for a continued loss in tax valuations. The tax rate was kept at 1.70 and a new fire department truck chassis was purchased to replace a seventeen year old unit with bids from several truck salesmen considered.
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Equalization Board
Fire Department
Grocers Attacked For Advising Fruit Hoard
Dr Frederic C Howe AAA consumers counsel denounces merchants who urged canned vegetables and fruits hoarding amid shortage fears in winter There is no justification for pressuring the public to hoard as supplies are expected to rise about six percent this coming year Local mountaineers call North Carolina rhododendron districts hells due to dense thickets
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Washington
Frederic C. Howe
AAA
Consumers’ Counsel
Howe
North Carolina
Hells
Rainfall aids revival in Whitewright area after drought
Total weekly rainfall 1.94 inches with 0.46 inch on Aug. 27 and 1.22 on Sept. 3 recorded at the city water plant by Ray Cates. Rain breaks dry spell, helps planting grain and gardens, refreshes lawns and pastures, and spurs millet seed purchases and hay shipments. Local farmers sow millet for hay and winter feed. about 300 carloads of johnson grass hay shipped in response to drought.
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Whitewright
City
Ray Cates
Drouth
Lubbock
North and South in Softball Contest
North and South clash for the Whitewright softball championship as the South wins 11 0 Tuesday night while the Yankees lose 11 9 Monday. Roy Blanton led North with Barbee on the mound as Montgomery pitched a perfect game for the South. The third game is set for Friday with Montgomery facing J T Bryant. A local All Star club heads to Edible Thursday for a double header after last week’s split.
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Whitewright
Roy Blanton
Yankees
Birchfield
Barbee
Horton
Tate
S. T. Montgomery
Montgomery
Blanton
Harrison
Newman
J. T. Bryant
Ediube
A V Gates Sherman dies at 78 in Sherman Texas
A V Gates 78 retired salesman died at 3 45 p m Sunday at 1438 South Travis Sherman. Funeral 5 p m Monday from home with Dr J H Burma pastor Central Presbyterian in charge. Interment West Hill Cemetery Daniel Scott funeral home. Survived by wife Annie Fulton Gates daughter Mrs R Perry Bean Jr Roswell New Mexico son A V Gates Jr Muskogee Oklahoma three grandsons A V Gates III Perry Bean Jr Dick Gates Bean two nieces Nora and Florence Alverson Whitewright. Pallbearers listed. Born Panola County Mississippi August 7 1856. Worked as dry goods salesman over 30 years retired 1931. Lived Sherman 38+ years member of Baptist Church. Brother-in-law of S D C M I M and Miss Kate Fulton near Whitewright.
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N. M
A. V. Gates Jr
Muskogee
Oklo
A. V. Gates III
Perry Bean Jr
Dick Gates Bean
Nora
Florence Alverson
Sherman
F. Z. Edwards
Frank Morgan
W. S. Morgan
J. J. Scull
Newt Stimson
A. E. Marks
Carl Alexander
J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright
Mr. Gates
Panola County
Miss
The
Baptist Church
Marks Brothers
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Robert Cantrell
Denison Herald
A. V. Gates
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