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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
2
Whitewright bans center parking on Main Street and along state highway No. 42. City asks motorists to discontinue center parking, move long trucks and trailers to alleys or off-street lots, and back trucks only briefly for loading while keeping traffic clear. The state urges removal of center parking and traffic interferences.
New York Democrats announced they would seek a recount of the Maine Senate race where Wallace White defeated Gov Louis Brann. Senator Joseph Guffey led the effort, aiming to persuade the Senate not to seat White if fraud or error is found. Brann blamed Republican spending for his loss and noted funds from du Ponts and Liberty League. Brann called the campaign unfair and favorable to Roosevelt, while his critics touted the GOP’s broader election gains. The piece ends with a light exchange about a couple’s car humor amid the political news.
A witty exchange frames an editor as a guardian who omits facts rather than prints them. The quip contrasts a boy’s stereotype with a parent’s pragmatic deflection about what editors actually publish.
The Sun requests readers notify the paper of any address changes to avoid incorrect mailings returned by Uncle Sam at 2 cents each. If a change is anticipated a week in advance, readers should write in to prevent missed copies and save the cost per misdelivered issue.
At a Wednesday meeting the W H S Tigers elected captains for the season. Montgom ery, Walter Tom Holmes, Clifton De Berry, Jack Meador, and Albert Lea Jackson will captain two games each with Merriwell Vineyard as co captain for all games. The first game is Friday against the Tom Bean team at the American Legion picnic grounds at 3. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Only one regular, Mark Montgomery, will miss the game due to an early week injury. Coach A M Gaddis has the team in stiff workouts all week. About twenty five players are currently in practice as part of the first season game slate.
Lee Simmons district chairman and Earl Whiteacre county chairman call Grayson County Democrats to convene Saturday at 2 PM in Sherman courthouse to finalize plans for raising the national campaign quota. Grayson quota set at $2,638. all loyal Democrats invited.
Representative Jesse James of Cameron began conferences on revising the omnibus tax bill. He aims for unified support at the special session opening Sept. 28. The plan includes rate increases and diverting 400 000 dollars annually from beer licenses and marble machine taxes to old age pensions. Natural resources and utilities would bear higher taxes. James said three quarters of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee would back the bill.
The Palace Theatre lists this week’s shows with Shirley Temple in Poor Little Rich Girl tonight and Friday, Tim McCoy in Prescott Kidd Saturday, a Saturday preview and Monday run of Girls Dormitory starring Herbert Marshall Simone Simon and Ruth Chatterton, Charlie Chan At the Race Track on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Clark Gable with Janet McDonald in San Francisco on Thursday and Friday next week.
Grayson County crop land surveying is about one third complete as of Tuesday due to 45 supervisors measuring an average of 90 farms daily. About 1,200 farms have been surveyed since Sept 1, with completion expected mid October on all 3,600 farms under the Federal soil conservation program. Rough farm maps are prepared with field dimensions, sent to B. F. Gray, and new maps plus acreage are calculated in his office.
Governor Allred stated he will not grant clemency to convicts who made contingent contracts to obtain freedom. He said clemency will be based solely on merit and such contracts undermine the board of pardons and his own authority.
The September rainfall reached .74 inches, giving a year total of 11.68 inches, among the lowest on record. June to August totaled 2.44 inches with May near normal at 4.92 inches. Temperatures have been the highest on record, and a prolonged heat wave is noted, with forecasts suggesting a cold, wet winter ahead.
Heavy rains battered Central Western Texas causing floods and road washouts. Severe rainfall along the Colorado River watershed threatened Roy Inks Dam near Burnet and flooded Devil River draw near Sonora. Bridges failed, lines down from San Angelo to Sonora, and multiple highways closed or detoured. Multiple towns reported floods, rail services canceled, and livestock losses noted, with widespread impact from Kerrville to Junction and beyond.
Vice President Garner, famed for his rancher image, arrived in Washington with a new gray Homburg rather than his usual ten-gallon hat. He explained the hat was a gift from a close friend and offered reporters a light remark about the change during a lunch with the President after returning from his Texas home.
Former Lt Gov Edgar E. Witt fractured his left leg when he slipped on a rug at his home in Waco. Doctors say his kneecap was split in two. Witt, now chairman of the Mexican Claims Committee, arrived from Washington for a month’s vacation.
More than twenty residents have enrolled in colleges and universities. Notable names include C I A Denton Sara Everheart Edith Mae Sears Martha Bryant Vivian Echols Margaret Lilley Sonny Hancock W B Bixler J Y Russell Leslie Holland Eugene Hall Paul Pierson A N McCoy Thomas Sears Homer Lee Sears Kermit Hollingsworth Anther Hudgins Jr J Lee Vestal S T Montgomery Reed Vestal Bur Ger Reed Vestal J M Dickson N B Nicholson Loleita Coffey.
A daytime raid in the Mon day negro section found nine half gallon jars of non tax paid bootleg liquor in Mandy Cummings home. She pleaded guilty before US Commissioner Catherine Wharton with bond set at 300 dollars. A tip led to the raid on her residence.
Four Whitewright church pastors met and reorganized the Whitewright Pastors Association after over a year of inactivity. Rev. G. B. Bradshaw, Baptist Church, was elected president and Rev. J. R. Waldrum, Church of Christ, secretary. Other pastors named were Rev. C. W. Dennis of the Methodist Church and Dr. B. Wrenn Webb of the Presbyterian Church.
The Singing Convention at Canaan is moved from Sunday to Sunday, Sept 27, combining the regular third Sunday singing with the old folks singing. Preparations are underway with a tuned piano and a quartet drafting new numbers as many singers from across the county are expected to attend the event.
Road work on the Whitewright Van Alstyne road causes a detour for traffic to Dallas via Tom Bean and Howe. Fresh rock makes the road rough. completion is expected within 30 days for a 13.5 mile stretch toward Pilot Grove. McKinney route to Dallas favored over rough Garland path. Rock and gravel work also on Whitewright Ida road, a 10 mile segment, to finish within 30 days.
Grayson County deputy sheriffs John Bass and Roy McDaniel busted a locked dice game in Van Alstyne on Monday night. Thirteen white men were arrested and posted bonds. The report notes the raid followed a break in and cites Fort Prince of Wales’s 38 year build in Hudson Bay country.
Primary returns from five states defined major lines for November. Michigan voters repudiated Senator James Couzens by nominating former Gov. Wilber M. Brucker for renomination, while La Follette won a strong renomination showing in Wisconsin. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York also produced notable results shaping national strategy.
Grayson County commissioners in session during September term approved an 85 cent tax rate distribution. General fund 25c, road bonds 24c, 1915 bonds 15c, building and jail bonds 5c, jury 5c, road and bridge 4c, road bonds 3c each for 1935 and 1936 issues, 1929 bridge bonds 1c. Ten cents of the 1915 bond levy funds interest, five for maintenance. 1927 bond share prorated among several series totaling 10c. Occupation taxes set at state half rates. poll tax 25c plus school taxes for state apportionment and bond sinking funds. School maintenance 10c to $1 across 102 districts. bond taxes 10c to 50c. Approved Aug. 15 Elmont district 15 election results 29–11 for additional 20c tax per $100 value. M. W. Hinton presided. C. E. Thompson and R. C. Neaves salaries increased per court record.
Researcher Dr. A J Lotka analyzes birth outcomes and paternity odds noting a boy born has two chances out of three to become a father while the chance of having two sons is one in four. He estimates many families die out the name in about nine of ten cases and cites broader life-insurance statistics.
The Whitewright public schools opened the fall term with enrollment near last year, noting 190 in the high school and 219 in grammar, with 75 boys in vocational agriculture. Supt Key praises small class schedules and more time for individual students while the high school operates on an hour period plan. Emphasis on library improvement is planned for the grammar school.
Two Whitewright area crashes Wednesday afternoon caused extensive property damage with no serious injuries. An oil truck from Buck Williams Oil Co of Denison, driven by Champion, hit a wagon load of cotton north of town, wrecking the wagon and badly damaging the truck. Jim Chaney, who drove the wagon, suffered a cut on the head and one mule was injured. The cotton load scattered across the highway and the truck was taken to Denison for repairs. The Sun noted the driver may have fallen asleep. In a separate incident near Peniel, Miss Loletta Coffey’s Chevrolet coupe left the road after a door opened and she reached out to close it, crashing into a tree. she was cut on the head but not seriously hurt. Lee Norris retrieved the car for Whitewright.
Texarkana shoe salesman R H Enochs was found guilty on a double murder charge after a June crash while intoxicated near Boston. The jury set a five year term. The collision killed Mrs Pressley and her 11 year old daughter Mary Louise. W H Pressley survived with minor injuries.
In Phoenix, Mrs. Archie John Thaxton cried out that her 2 year old son was in distress in an irrigation ditch near her parents’ home. Moments later the child’s body was recovered from the ditch about one and a half blocks away.
In Joplin Missouri dairymen from Jasper and Newton counties report thieves stealing about 30 milch cows in recent nights. Irritated farmers organize vigilante patrols around milk sheds and have sworn in special deputies with aid from state police on patrols along highways.
Premier Mussolini and League of Nations secretary general Joseph A. C. Avenol held conferences amid reports Italy will resume collaboration in League affairs if the Ethiopian question is not raised to embarrass Rome. Informing sources cited the agreement reached during the talks.
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