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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are listed, including Mrs W T Simmons and daughter in Sherman, Bill Cowan from Lubbock visiting relatives, Mrs O H Crowell in Sherman, and others in Paris, Pottsboro, Denton, Bells, Dallas, Garland, Denison, New Orleans, Greenville, Durant, and Tom Bean. Old Tronsides plays at the Palace Theatre tonight. Miss Lucile Ross heads to New Orleans for school. Nicholson's advertises work shoes and country produce buys.
Miss Bettie Jane Wilson of Dallas spent the weekend with her grandmother Mrs. W. C. Fain in the town, enjoying family time and local hospitality.
Nicholson's Cash Grocery announces weekly shipments of fresh channel fish. Store will stock select fish every week for customers seeking reliable freshness and value.
Mrs. A M Roberts returns from Dallas visit. Miss Winnie Bell Carter visits here from Bells with Miss Martha Bow. Miss Euna Myers and Miss Mary Ida Myers from Bonham stay with Mrs Ray Manning. Mr and Mrs C I Witt visit Sherman with Miss Ina Mae McGuire and Fay Woods. Colleague John Philip Barbee of Big Spring at home. Dove season begins with shells sold locally. Various locals host and visit relatives, including J H Reeves from Dallas and J H Giles from Lubbock. Picker notes include radio ads and school events at McKinney and Paris.
In Vanities bargains from 35 cents upward and Fountain Pens at 1.00 are showcased in the window by R. L. Jahnson, inviting shoppers to view the items.
Mrs. Robert Boyd and her daughter came back to Dallas on Saturday following a visit with her sister Mrs. J B Hamilton. Carter McKenny likewise returned to Denison on Saturday after visiting his aunt Mrs. J B Burris northeast of town.
Eva Mae St John spent a week in Greenville as a guest at the home of H. M. Matthews. Presbyterian ladies plan their annual rummage sale starting Saturday the 22nd and continuing indefinitely. Lucile Watson will depart Friday for Wilmore Kentucky to attend school after a summer with her parents Lester and Mrs. Haile. Lucile Giles spent Tuesday to Thursday in Dallas buying merchandise for the Giles Variety Store. Walter Keeling and Billie Joe Cowan return home near Lubbock after visiting relatives.
Miss Estella Hollingsworth and Miss Cordelia Russell travel to Dallas on Monday to enroll at a business college. Little Miss Anna Ruth Johnson has returned home from a visit in Denison with her aunt Mrs. Aubrey Essery.
Mr and Mrs Fred Cook and children came back Friday from Lubbock after visiting his father W C Cook.
Qualified and prepared to correctly fit your eyes with glasses. Satisfaction guaranteed by R. L. Johnson, the optometrist.
Mr and Mrs Charley Holland of near Southland are visiting relatives and friends here. The Hollands formerly resided northeast of town.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blanks and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blanks plus a daughter of Seymour were guests of J. G. Blanks and family the first of the week.
Mr and Mrs R L Giles return to their Houston home Monday following a visit with Mrs Giles parents Mr and Mrs S H Montgomery in what appears to be a family travel note from the area.
Miss Ava Grazer of Farmersville and Misses Fannie Lou Manning Margaret Clark and Laura Macolson of Leonard were weekend guests of Mrs. C J Meador.
Mrs B H Parker and her daughter Mrs Elmer Geiger have returned to their Eugene Oregon home after visiting Mrs J E Smith near town.
Mr and Mrs F W Elkins of Durant Oklahoma announce the birth of a daughter on Monday. Mrs Elkins is a daughter of Mrs Mary Perkinson of Whitewright.
Miss Lucile LaRoe traveled to Austin on Monday to join the University of Texas for the coming term. She previously studied at the same institution this past term.
Among Whitewright students enrolled at Austin College Sherman for the coming term are John McMurry Jr and Misses Mary Pumphrey and Durelle Mangrum. Eight automobiles loaded with Blue Ridge boosters visited Whitewright on Tuesday morning to advertise the Blue Ridge Fair set for September 27 28 and 29.
Rev. J. H. Hawkins and labeled attendees including Rev. J. L. Truett Mrs. J. B. Dickson Mrs. W. JH Stedham and Miss Myrtle Badgett participated in the Grayson County Baptist Association gathering at Tioga this week.
Rev. J. W. Willbanks and H. Montgomery attended the semi annual meeting of the Paris Presbytery held at Stones Chapel near Clarksville on Tuesday and continued by reports and discussions.
Mr and Mrs H B Crosby announce the birth of a son on Friday the 7th. Crosby is a high school faculty member and football coach. Mrs Crosby and the infant are with her parents in Ardmore Oklahoma.
Miss Mary Rena Penn travels from Houston to Galveston for a boat to New York City where she will enroll at Columbia University for the coming term. She visits friends in Houston before the trip.
Benton son of Mr and Mrs R B Anderson entertained Friday evening with a watermelon feast at an unspecified time. Twenty six guests attended and joined in the fruit attack.
Mrs. Mary T. Ryon entertained with a sunrise breakfast Friday morning. Guests arrived after five and hiked to a spot about a mile west of town where breakfast was prepared over a campfire. Attendees included Misses Babe Nell Penn Alwilda Ryon Frances Gillespie Janice Melver Elizabeth Waggoner and Josephine May of Waco.
Nashville Tennessee residents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grant and son John Grant visit Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick and James Carmichael of Bonham along with Miss Margaret Carmichael for a Sunday gathering.
Mrs Mattie Taylor of Sulphur Oklahoma has let a contract to La Roe Lumber Company for improvements on her South Bend street residence formerly occupied by J H Graves and family. The work includes a new front porch and gas and sewerage connections.
Mr. Tutt Thompson of Holdenville Oklahoma and Miss Flora Mae Oliver daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Oliver southeast of town were married Sunday morning at the home of Rev Harry Scott officiating Several friends witnessed the ceremony They will reside in Holdenville Oklahoma where Thompson holds a position Thompson grew up in Tom Bean and attended Texas Christian University The bride is the sole daughter of her parents and graduated from Trenton High School then Carr Burdette College in Sherman
One member was absent for the Rotary Club Friday luncheon as he was out of town. The department chair J R Oliver led the program with guest Ben Sturdivant a student minister from Southern Methodist University who spoke on What a College Boy Thinks About.
In Brunswick, Georgia, the Pilot notes a method of appraisal using liquid measures to assess candidates. This brief item records a local reporting quirk without naming individuals or outcomes.
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Dickey of Fort Worth visited friends here Wednesday. Rev. Dickey is a former pastor of the Church of Christ here and now leads the South side Church of Christ in Fort Worth. The church membership has nearly doubled since he became pastor two years ago. He moved from Denison to Fort Worth.
A 1928 review notes that discerning shoppers demand quality dry goods footwear and clothing with fine taste. It highlights M. C. Spivy & Co., Bonham, as offering large stocks and full assortments to suit individual selection.
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