Whitewright inaugurates modern sanitary sewer system
Down Memory Lane reports Whitewright has completed a modern sanitary sewer system this week. The column notes community milestones including a Woodmen of the World monument unveiling at Oak Hill Cemetery for four deceased members and local births and society news.
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Whitewright
Woodmen of the
Oak Hill Cemetery
W. H. Lewis
William Taylor Prigmore
J. S. Kershner
James Luther Smith
Ray Blakey
Vera Kirkpatrick
Mabel Everheart
Ira Kirkpatrick
Missionary Society For
Young Ladies of the Methodist Church
Hazel May
Georgia Nash
Knox Armstrong
Emma Davidson
Ruby Ross
Bessie Brents
Body of Corporal Thompson Arrives for Funeral in Whitewright
The body of Corporal Clifford R. Thompson killed in the Argonne on September 24, 1918, arrived at Whitewright via the Cotton Belt Railroad. The local American Legion post at Truett & Moore undertakers will care for him ahead of funeral services Sunday. A Ford accident injures Clay Horton, while Mrs. Mary Bell, 52, is noted in the household.
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Clifford R. Thompson
Argonne
Whitewright
Cotton Belt Railroad
American Legion
Truett & Moore Undertaking Establishment
J. F. Lilley Dry Good
Ford
Clay Horton
Mary Bell
Local Weddings and Community Notes From Whitewright Area
Miss Edith Chambers wed R J Dixon in Dallas on August 29 per this week’s notice. PTA program features Alwilda Ryan Susie Noe and Prof W B Crain. Chesley Rutledge loses all clothing and room furnishings in a house fire. Lucile Hampton marries M Hamilton at her parents home. Stanley Fogle announces birth of a girl. S D Fulton, northeast of town, receives a 30 dollar premium for the first cotton bale.
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Sun
Edith Chambers
S. O. Chambers
Whitewright
R. J. Dixon
Dallas
PTA
Alwilda Ryan
Susie Noe
W. B. Crain
Chesley Rutledge
Chesley
Lucile Hampton
Mr. M. Hamilton
Lee Hampton
Stanley Fogle
S. D. Fulton
Church Sleep Capacity Revealed In Bomb Defense Plan
A civilian defense official asked a large church pastor how many could sleep in church buildings during a bomb attack. The pastor replied that they sleep 1,400 every Sunday morning, highlighting sanctuary capacity.
Father’s blunt lesson on heredity and fault
A stern talk ends with a boy summarizing the point that success is heredity if done well, but failure is his own fault. The exchange highlights a blunt parental view on responsibility.
Seed treatment boosts wheat germination and yield
The article explains how treating seed to combat bunt smut scab root rot and other diseases increases crop stand. In a test 100 treated seeds yielded 86 plants vs 32 from untreated seeds, supporting the push by the Texas Oklahoma Wheat Improvement Association and extension services for cleaned and treated seed with county agents available for locations.
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Texas- Oklahoma Wheat Improvement Association
State Extension Services
England's drift toward subsidy erodes personal freedom
Dr. William T. Bean reports from London that after six months in Europe the English citizen now shows extensive governmental control through subsidies and welfare benefits. He cites Wickard v Filburn and Proverbs 22 7 to illustrate a shift from independence to dependency as Labour Socialist policy enlarges state role, risking loss of private wealth and private enterprise.
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William T. Bean
Butler, Pan
Europe
London
U. S. Supreme Court
Wickard
Filburn
England
Dr. Bean
America
Federal control over welfare funds in Indiana sparks freedom loss
Oscar Ewing declares Indiana will lose federal welfare money unless the state keeps rolls secret. The warning labels a broader pattern where accepting federal funds entails political management and limits on self-government, with many small freedoms eroded across states.
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Oscar Ewing
Indiana
Ewing
Man who sold farm for dog dies in Tennessee
Elisabethon Tenn veteran druggist Harry E Burgie died after selling a $35000 farm for 1.80 and a hound dog to tenant Joe Pierce. Burgie previously told Pierce of the farm offer and accepted his money and the dog as the deed price. Sun spots vary in diameter from 500 to 100000 miles.
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Elisabethon
Tenn
Harry E. Burgie
Burgie
Joe Pierce
Pierce
Health note on bilious attacks and gallbladder drainage
The article describes a bilious attack with headache nausea and abdominal pain from a sluggish liver and gallbladder. It mentions an old drainage method with a tube to the small intestine followed by Epsom salts, later replaced by oral use. A dinosaur egg is noted as about the size of a touch football.
Personal Life Inquiries Prompt Public Submissions
A call invites readers to share life events from weddings engagements divorces births and parties. It urges not to spell names on scratch paper and suggests submitting details for publication so the community may learn about personal milestones.
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J. P. Ownby
Hoxie
Ark
Grady Brown
Ely
Plymouth
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
Met. & Co
Dodge-Plymouth
W. Main
Denison
Benson
Arkansas
Thing In
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J. B. Warren
Reddy
Community Public Service Company
Your Friendly Electric Company
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