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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1927

Page

8

Local notes on farms and community life in Pilot Grove

The week brings fine weather for cotton picking and farm work. Binion syrup factory and other mills run steadily. Residents attend school, funeral services, and religious revivals. Visitors from Sherman Dallas Fort Worth and nearby towns are noted, with several local families and individuals mentioned in daily activities.

Binion Lewis & Cornell D. M. Taylor Whitewright High School Clarence Dixon Cordelia Russell Virginia Benson Louise Sloan Don Hopper Sherman S. F. Garland Dallas Lela Neathery Bristow Okla C. H. Neathery Z. W. Binion Gainesville Byron Birt A. B. St. John A. H. St. John Alton Hill Gunter van Alstyne Byron Caraway W. A. Smart Ralph Judd Teachers’ Institute Emmett St. John Lizzie Cameron Pauline Billy Bow S. F. McSpedden Jim Dunn Sulphur Bertha Cameron Carrie Meeks F. M. Sloan Bert Dennins Son Doyle Masons Trenton Whitewright S. Reynolds G. E. Scott

Kentuckytown Self Help Club Plans Fair Exhibit

Miss Viva Phillips hosted the Kentuckytown Self Help Club Friday afternoon. Members approved a booth at the Red River Valley Fair and a community fair exhibit at Kentucky town school on Friday September 23. County agent Inez Derryberry will provide a judge and top exhibits go to Sherman. Refreshments were served at the close.

Viva Phillips Kentuckytown Inez Derryberry Sherman

Grammar School Forms Good English Club

The grammar school opened this year with seventh graders and aims for a strong English year. A new Good English Club was organized with officers Van Vestal president Frances Bryant vice-president Madge Sears secretary Ouija Craig reporter.

van Vestal Frances Bryant Madge Sears Ouija Craig

German Town Taxes Women With Short Hair

Berlin reports the East Prussian town of Wartenburg imposes 12 marks yearly tax on women with shingled hair. Married women who have sacrificed their locks pay double. girls under 15 exempt. Schoenau adds 20 to 30 marks tiered by age. The piece notes historical horse, cow, sheep, and hog valuations from 1823.

Berlin Wartenburg East Prussia Schoenau

Southwestern Bell Dividend Declared for Preferred Stock

The regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 per share on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. preferred stock will be paid October 1 1927 to stockholders of record at the close of business September 20 1927. R A Nickerson treasurer.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co

For Sale New Perfection Oil Stove

Oldest cotton mill in the state is Dallas Cotton Mills established in 1888. Mrs Ross May lists a for sale oil cook stove with contact by phone 135.

Ross May Dallas

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Pilot Grove News Kentuckytown Club Reznor Orthoray Gas Reznor Orthoray Clark & Meador Good Hardware R. A. Nickerson Ellen Sloan ER. T. Doss George Burnham J. A. Yeager Planters Gin Company Ladies of the Methodist Church Kirkpatrick’s S. L. Reagan Spencer Lee Johnson Paul Owen Ely J. Lee Yates P. A. Short Orangeville P. Janway J. W. McMurry Grocery Buell Spindle Love Monument Company of Mark Montgomery Lloyd Moore J. L. Cardwell Rawleigh Fannin County W. T. Rawleigh Co Dept Oxfords Everfast
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