Whitewright opens with large attendance at new year
Whitewright public school opened last Monday with 467 students on opening day, more than last year. Principal O C Skipper leads the high school with Ruth Abernathy Nancy Riley and Kate Thomas on the staff. Grade teachers include Mae Hall Lallah Childress Marion Simmons Gertrude Schooling Susie Noe Verna Morrow and Annabel Finnell. Special departments cover music under Tommie Chenoweth and Annette Harp and elocution and physical training under Gladys Ray. Superintendent Durham expresses optimism and seeks patron cooperation.
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Whitewright
O. C. Skipper
Ruth Abernathy
Nancy Riley
Kate Thomas
Mae Hall
Lallah Childress
Marion Simmons
Gertrude Schooling
Susie Noe
Verna Morrow
Annabel Finnell
Tommie Chenoweth
Annette Harp
Gladys Ray
Durham
Ector Man Found Hanging in Barn
Bonham September 13. W A Weatherby, aged 63, prominent stockholder in Ector State Bank, died by his own action hanging in his barn. Justice A L McRae held an inquest and found death due to self inflicted action. No motive given. Claud Willis, Joe Johnson, Reed Wilson and Roger Davis depart for College Station to attend A M College, Reed in first year, others returning students.
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Ector State Bank
Claud Willis
Joe Johnson
Reed Wilson
Roger Davis
College Station
A. & M. College
Reed
Grayson County Tax Roll Shows Higher Assessments for 1920
Grayson County completed the 1920 tax roll with total assessed value at 51,868,743, up 1,736,346 from 1919. Personal property and bank items drove increases, while railroad intangibles fell and other categories rose modestly. state and county taxes adjust to a 62 cent state rate and 55 cent county rate.
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Grayson County
W. C. Hatfield
State Board
Grayson
Odeon Theatre Week of Sept 17 23 listings
Friday Sept 17 Hope Hampton in A Modern Salome a tale of revenge and moral warning with spectacle. Saturday Sept 18 Wm Hart in Sand a red blooded romance of honor and love in the Rio Grande. Mon Sept 20 The Lost City serial two reels. Tue Sept 21 Harry Mor ey in The Sea Rider. Wed Sept 22 Hidden Dangers episode Joe Ryan Jean Paige two western dramas. Thu Sept 23 Marguerite Clark Harrison Ford in Easy to Get a jolly comedy drama.
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Hope Hampton
Salome
Hart
Sand
Land of the
Rio Grande
Harry T. Morey
Joe Ryan
Jean Paige
Hoot Gibson
Neal Hart
Marguerite Clark
Harrison Ford
Hubby
Retail Merchants Association Organized in City
Mr A B Hillan of the Retail Merchants Association of Texas aided the local effort. Officers were elected J E Mangrum president J C Robinson vice president R C Brown treasurer and other directors. By laws adopted a membership committee named to enlist support to protect merchants and improve credit handling while reducing trade evils. Standing committees were appointed at Friday night meeting.
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A. B. Hillan
Retail Merchants Association of Texas
J. E. Mangrum
J. C. Robinson
R. C. Brown
W. O. Brents
J. W. Davidson
J. W. Wilson
Frank Roberts
Emmet Penn
T. H
Cotton comes in as Whitewright market boosts capacity
Local cotton trade shows strong activity with three gins a cotton yard and public weigher. Whitewright expands facilities, extends Katy tracks, and equips the yard with scales and official receipts. Receipts run about 250 bales this week. middling grades around 28 to 29 cents. The market seeks steady support from locals to match rival towns.
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Whitewright
Mark Montgomery
Texas
Republicans Win Victory in Maine Governor Race
Portland Maine September 13 The Republicans swept the state in the election and named Fredric H Parkhurst as Governor by the largest plurality ever for a guber natorial candidate in Maine With only forty two isolated towns and plantations yet to hear from which cast about 3500 votes in 1916 Parkhurst led Bertrand G McIntire Democrat by more than 64000 The previous record was about 48000 set in 1896
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Portland
Fredric H. Parkhurst
Maine
Parkhurst
Bertrand G. McIntire
Republicans Aim to Carry Grayson County in 1920
The Sun relays a Texas Republican publicity note predicting a strong Grayson County bid for Warren G. Harding for president and John G. Culbertson for governor. Campaign plans target 4500 unvoted Democratic primary voters, including many veterans, plus those who voted but disapprove of the primary result.
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the Sun
Texas Republican Council Publicity Bureau
Dallas
Grayson County
Grayson
Warren G. Harding
John G. Culbertson
Wichita Falls
Republican Campaign Committee
John W. Philp
Neff Bailey
Texas
Nine Girls Leave for C. I. A. Denton
Whitewright will be well represented at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton this year. Several Whitewright girls attend the school annually and graduates are present here. Those leaving this week to enter the college are Misses Helen Thomas Estelle Montgomery Genevieve Davidson Mary Hestand Nell Montgomery Macie Montgomery Mollie Wright Mary Rena Penn and Francis Wilson.
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Whitewright
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Helen Thomas
Estelle Montgomery
Genevieve Davidson
Mary Hestand
Nell Montgomery
Macie Montgomery
Mollie Wright
Mary Rena Penn
Francis Wilson
Rexall store conducts county presidential straw vote
Dyer and Jones at the Rexall store will host a county wide straw poll for the two presidential candidates. Boxes in front of the store will collect votes and weekly results will be posted and sent to Rexall headquarters for announcement. Republicans call the county's status doubtful and a Wilson reelection claim was previously noted as non binding.
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Dyer & Jones
Rexall
Wilson
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Ector
U. S. & Other Bonds Stock Fed. Res. Bank. Banking House
First National Bank
C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
Mangrum Brothers
Odeon Theatre
Retail Merchants Association Organized
Grayson CO
Sun
Tal
Bonnette
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