Will Smith to wed Kathryne Omahundra in Tennessee
The couple will marry on September 10 in Lebanon, Tennessee. Kathryne Omahundra was born and raised on the farm owned by Luther Smith, the bridegroom’s father, before he moved to Texas.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
8
Cafeteria Planned With Domestic Arts Department
A local school announces a cafeteria operating in connection with the domestic arts department for the coming year, serving food at cost. Transactions include R. P. Gordon selling two West Whitewright residences to T. L. Hansard for 3000 dollars, and Hansard selling his nearby house and 10 acres to Mr. Ferguson for 4000 dollars. Several local property moves and civic updates follow, including a mail carrier resuming duties after 16 months, a fall injury at a popcorn machine, and new construction plans and purchases around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Gordon
West Whitewright
T. L. Hansard
Hansard
Ferguson
Clay Horton
van Alstyne
Oscar Bedwell
Fleming
Horace Thompson
Sun
John Wright
Murray Bryant
Bond Street
Philip Wise
Bonham
Ed Martin
Local youths return from Fort Sill training camp
Willis Bailey J W McMurry Jr Tommie Bradley Norvell Thomson Jack Yeager Leon Spindle Tim Neal and Charles Chumbley have returned from a month at the citizens military training camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma. More than 1000 bales of cotton have been ginned this season and seed cotton was selling at 8 80 Wednesday. Rachael Lillian Lively daughter of Mr and Mrs T H Lively died September 1. City property values declined from 1800000 in 1920 to 1440000 this year per the equalization board. Cashier W L Stowers of the Katy has moved to West Spruce Street, Rev J A Dickey moving to Denison. Tom Head is relieving E C Lankford as night watchman while Lankford tends to his crops. Jesse Wallace plans to stay if able to find work. Mary Rena Penn to join Columbia Institute faculty September 17. Coralee Echols will head Quanah high home economics and attends a Wichita Falls teachers' institute. W C Huffines advertises the town's only automobile greasing rack. J D Hoard allows campers in his shaded park this summer. Obie Rutledge Homer Gentry John Hollingsworth and Carl Jenkins spent Labor Day at Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Bailey
J. W. McMurry Jr
Tommie Bradley
Norvell Thomson
Jack Yeager
Leon Spindle
Tim Neal
Charles Chumbley
Fort Sill
Okla
Citizens
Rachael Lillian Lively
T. H. Lively
Equalization Board
W. L. Stowers
Katy
West Spruce Street
J. A. Dickey
Denison
Tom Head
E. C. Lankford
Jesse Wallace
Ardmore
Mary Rena Penn
Columbia Institute
Columbia
Wichita Falls
W. C. Huffines
J. D. Hoard
Obie Rutledge
Homer Gentry
John Hollingsworth
Carl Jenkins
Galveston
State audit faults Texas game wardens lax in fines
State Auditor Tom C. King criticized the State Game Commission for lax collection of fines and the wardens handling license sales. The audit covering Sept 1 1935 to Aug 31 1938 urged relieving wardens from selling licenses and all collection duties to improve efficiency. An unrelated quip about an intelligent girl closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Game Commission
Tom C. King
King
Justices of Peace
Nose surgery query stirs cost debate among readers
A correspondent asks if cosmetic nose alteration is expensive while noting that insults aimed at the right person might carry no cost. The remark hints at social dynamics and the price of offense in public discourse.
Attorney Named to Collect Delinquent Taxes in Grayson
Sherman Texas Grayson County commissioners named James S Kane of Sherman as special tax attorney to collect about 450000 in delinquent taxes. He will work with District Attorney R C Slagle Jr and receive 125 dollars monthly. The court vows strict collection as nearly 10 percent of property owners have avoided paying taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
James S. Kane
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
R. C. Slagle Jr
Kane
Grayson
Texas
Roy M. Finley
Denison
Roosevelt Speech Highlights on War Policy and Peace
President Roosevelt urges neutrality in action but not in thought and calls for unity. He emphasizes moral restraint, religious teachings, and striving for peace while opposing profiteering and the spread of war. He vows no blackout of peace while within his power to prevent war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Italy cannot see Poland’s fate in wartime strikes
Italians failed to see how British and French forces could strike Germany enough to save Poland. Reports of German advances toward eastern objectives were greeted with pleasure as evidence Hitler could win without Italian aid. Commentators noted Hitler’s promise to finish the war with Poland soon, while Fascist papers boasted the French had yet to fire a rifle. Headlines claimed Nothing New on the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Germany
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Not Our War Says German Workers in London Message
London dispatch reports German workers saying it is not our war and that they have nothing in common with the Nazi regime. The Labor Party in exile asserts Hitler began the war with Poland against the will of the masses. A stray line notes historians date dog domestication to about 3900 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor Party
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Grayson College Reunites Ex-Students in Whitewright
Grayson College history notes its founding by H. L. Piner and J. F. Anderson, rise, fire and rebuilding, then closure as enrollment declined with church and state schools. The property became Whitewright High School, while 283 out-of-town alumni registered for a reunion, joining local residents to celebrate the institution’s lasting influence. The list names many attendees from Texas and nearby states, with towns such as Sherman, Dallas, Denison, Greenville, Paris, and Bonham prominent among registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Military Academy
Whitewright
Grayson College
H. L. Piner
J. F. Anderson
Piner
van Alstyne
Sherman
Texas
H. L. Wilson
Pilot Point
S. P. Tucker
Hugh Leslie
Bailey
E. S. McAlister
Dallas
Eloise Stone
Greenville
Albert Payne Harrison
S. P. King
Denison
J. L. Jennings
Roxton
Homer Caston
Leonard
George Lackey
J. C. Ganns
Gainesville
Haydon Hamilton
E. C. Gann
Tom Bean
Walter Huff
Trenton
John Donaghey
Howard Brodhead
Josh May
Savoy
S. D. Steedman
Hagerman
Isom Younger
Mary Younger
Mary Hill
McKinney
A. C. Potts
Pottsboro
N. E. Peak
Scott Starkey
Texarkana
B. F. Allen
Rebecca Wright
Leslie Berry
Tiny Bales
Taylor
Joe Harper
Gilmer
J. H. Biles
Ada
Okla
Gertrude Montgomery
W. H. Wimpee
Want Ads Snapshots From Whitewright Classifieds
A compact classifieds page lists LOST Jersey heifer calf and a two month old black and white spotted pig with a reward for John Reeves. FOR SALE Frigidaire and Philco radios. flowers by Haile's Greenhouse. FOR RENT furnished or unfurnished apartment in Whitewright. Several farms and dwellings for sale near Whitewright with possession Jan 1 1940. Automobile loans offered by Auto Finance Company. Card of Thanks from the Rice Ford and others in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reeves
Ervin Taylor
Whitewright
Skaggs Place
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
The Watch That Cost Him More Than Time
A man brings a cheap watch to a jeweler after dropping it. The jeweler laments the mishap, but notes the real error was picking the watch up again, turning a minor accident into a costly misstep.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Smith
Lebanon
Tenn
Kathryne Omahundra
Mr. Smith
Luther Smith
R. H. May
Guy Hamilton
First National Bank
Planters National Bank
Currency Association
Bob Sears
Cooke County
Frank Hicks
Wilson Bros
J. P. Paschall
Emma Gordon
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter’s Underwear
Gossard
America
Europe
Italy
L. P. Parr
Edgar Wright
Paris
W. R. Cox
Denton
R. A. Pearson
Emory
J. E. Abney
San Marcos
R. L. Allen
Frederick
J. W. Goree
George Pendleton
McAlester
W. Z. Spearman
Edmond
B. B. Cobb
Fort Worth
Will May
R. B. Blackburn
Will Bray
Bowie
W. D. Higgdon
Atoka
G. W. West
Anna
M. A. Reeves
D. C. Fritz
Abilene
E. S. Giles
Sewell McKinney
Charles Davis
J. T. Scott
W. D. Dwiggins
Everman
Ellen McDonald
W. F. Holland
Luther Truett Jr
Luther Truett Sr
J. A. Phillips
W. R. Foster
J. A. Fuston
Joe Pender
Walter Johnson
A. J. Willis
A. J. Woodard
W. Homer Thompson
T. W. Lovell
Southmayd
J. P. McAlister
W. L. Epps
T. W. Ayres
Lillian Coffey
Lilley Lane
Clarence Woosley
Bob Ely
Noel Bramer
H. A. Cunningham
Percy Truett
Waco
Margaret Smith
Dennie McLarry
Wilbur Carter
E. T. Wood
Hughes
G. S. Hopkins
A. L. Groves
Ida Parker
W. B. Reeves
B. A. File
Henrietta
C. C. Hatchett
Durant
Joe Wheeler
Windom
J. W. Hollingsworth
Pat Warner
C. D. Kennedy
J. W. Owens
Ravenna
C. R. Huck
J. P. Luton
Bellville
M. L. Willbanks
Nellie K. Welch and Son
Caddo Mills
H. A. Hughes
Enna Davis
Holmes Connelly
L. V. Selz
Vera Agnew
J. J. Walker
John Perry
J. M. Penland
Paul Penland
Will Penland
Harve Penland
Arthur Truett
Jack Langston
Lee Wilburn
Bailey Mack
Winters
Leroy Anderson
E. O. Thomas
George German
John Hayden
R. S. Boyd
E. A. McMahon
E. L. Silliman
J. H. Pennell
Clifford Phoebus
Philco
Johnson Jewelry
Haile
C. H. Taylor
Ector
Stephens & Bryant
Northwest
Lee Hampton
Tom Barbee
Charley Rice
Hugh Ford
Tom
Claude
Arval
Lewis
Lottie
Bonnie
Arie
R. T
Grady
Waldo
Waldo Burial Association
N. Travis
Sherman, Texas
Waldo Burial Ass
Insurance Commission of Texas
Travis
Hes
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