Gravel Placed on Northeast Texas Highway 42 Progress
The State Highway Department receives early gravel for Highway 42. Seven cars arrive over the Katy and about a dozen to fifteen trucks spread gravel from Whitewright to Trenton. The roadbed already has a white rock foundation, and the project accelerates to improve traffic between Oklahoma and Shreveport.
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Highway 42
Katy
Whitewright
Trenton
State Highway Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Shreveport
Rotary Club Presents Sport Parade Highlights and Odds
The Whitewright Rotary Club program led by Ray Manning featured a Sport Parade reviewing three months of major sports events and forecasting outcomes in the Dixie Series World Series and college conferences. Speakers covered air speed records Davis Cup Graf Zeppelin and more while predictions for Southwestern football drew playful disagreement from members.
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Whitewright
League Endeavor Plans Sunday Meeting at Central Church
The League Endeavor meets Sunday the 22nd at 6 30 pm in Central Christian Church with topics led by Margaret Sears and Madge Sears. Irene tector, Johnnie V Dossey, Van Vestal and Emmagene Sears present talks on values and world improvement. Clyde Johnson plays piano, Bro. Cowling offers prayer. Business and benediction follow.
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League Endeavor
Central Christian Church
Margaret Sears
Madge Sears
Irene Tector
Johnnie V. Dossey
van Vestal
Emmagene Sears
Clyde Johnson
Bro. Cowling
PT Association Program Delights At Grammar School
The Parent-Teacher Association held a Tuesday evening program in the grammar school auditorium. The standout piece was Mrs. H T Atterberrys paper Child Welfare in Our Community which is to be published in The Sun. The program included an invocation by Rev J T Purvis a choral medley a toast to parents a discussion on significance of the PTA and a reading by Mrs Lucille LaRoe with Mrs Atterberry presenting the paper. Mrs Meador prepared the Significance of the Parent-Teacher Association but was absent due to illness.
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H. T. Atterberry
The
Sun
the Sun
J. T. Purvis
Sallye Hamilton
Parent- Teacher Association
Guy Hamilton
Lucille LaRoe
C. J. Meador
Assoctia
Pilot Grove Plans Two Day Fair in Grayson County
Pilot Grove will host a two day fair on Thursday and Friday September 26 27. Entries must be on display by 10 30 opening day with ribbons and cash prizes across culinary agricultural textile and livestock divisions. The event aims to showcase crops corn beans oats cotton honey potatoes onions and textiles with prizes and exhibits by local clubs and families.
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Pilot Grove
Grayson County
Agricultural Department
Feterita
Hegeri
Millett
Kentuckytown Fair to be Held at School House
The Kentuckytown community fair sponsored by the Kentucky town Club will take place Friday September 27 at the school house. Kentuckytown residents have hosted several fairs before and earned prizes at the Red River Valley Fair.
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Kentuckytown
The
Kentuckytown Club
Red River Valley
Youngest Confederate Army Colonel Dies in Mississippi
Vicksburg Mississippi Col. Charles Conway Flower Lee aged 83 died Monday. He served four years with Lee's army in Northern Virginia and became a colonel before age 21, earning the distinction as the Confederate Army's youngest colonel.
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Vicksburg, Miss
Charles Conway Flower Lee
Lee
Virginia
New York News On New Auto Accident Law
The law requires motorists found guilty of reckless or fast driving DWI or hit and run to show ability to satisfy judgments up to 10000 with 1000 property damage. License may be revoked and car registration canceled for noncompliance. A motorist losing a civil auto accident suit faces license suspension until the judgment is met and proof of financial responsibility is provided by bond cash or insurance.
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New York
Monster Whale to Tour State Fair of Texas
A sixty ton whale killed on the Pacific Coast will be shown at the State Fair of Texas announced by president T. F. Jackson. More than 6,000 gallons of formaldehyde preserved the whale, the first inland tour in the flesh. A specially built steel railroad car carries the exhibit to the midway on arrival.
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Dallas
Pacific Coast
Texas
T. FE. Jackson
Cotton seed prices surge in Whitewright market
Whitewright buyers paid 40 dollars per ton for mill cotton seed and 45 to 50 dollars for pedigreed seed over two weeks. Cotton receipts reached about 200 bales daily with 1746 bales ginned by Wednesday night, a pace likely unmatched in Grayson County. Seed cotton sold 6.50 to 7.00 per 100 pounds and lint 18.00 to 19.12.
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Whitewright
Texas
Grayson County
First Mishap At Plant In 8 Years
The city pumping plant’s first break down in eight years occurred Sunday afternoon when a large clutch pulley on the main shaft broke. A piece struck near engineer Ray Cates. the reserve unit kept water flowing while the pulley was replaced. The pulley was sent to Dallas for repair, then returned and the plant restored by 9 am Tuesday.
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City
Ray Cates
Dallas
Whitewright
Texas
Hampton Roads Handles 27.5 Million Tons Coal
In a recent year the Hampton Roads region in Virginia processed 27.5 million tons of coal highlighting the area's role in energy transportation and cargo throughput.
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Hampton Roads
Virginia
Kentucky Town Club Seeks Adequate Diet and School Lunches
On September 16 the Kentucky town Club met with Mrs. Kate Badgett. President Mrs. Maud Holland called the meeting to order. Mrs. Mary Darwin led discussions on body needs for the growing child and on what constitutes an adequate diet. Other talks covered securing this diet during the school term, packing a school lunch, and related duties. The group adjourned to meet September 27 at the school house for a community fair. Visitors welcome.
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Kentuckytown Club
Kate Badgett
Maud Holland
Mary Darwin
Viva Phillips
Ophelia Harris
Inez Derryberry
State highway switch from mule to motor equipment near Whitewright
J. M. Bradshaw who has maintained Whitewright highways with mule drawn gear for years has been ordered by the district engineer to discontinue work. Motor equipment will replace the mules and it is uncertain when changes take effect or if Whitewright will serve as the base. Rumors say gear may be stored in Sherman, but locals hope Whitewright remains the base for county roads.
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J. M. Bradshaw
Whitewright
State Highway Department
Bradshaw
Sherman
Noted Texas sheriff dies at Dallas home
Z. R. Langston 77 longtime Franklin County sheriff died at his niece’s Dallas home. He served 22 years during the horse thieving era and often crossed into Oklahoma to pursue horse thieves. Born in Birmingham he moved to Texas as a youth and settled in Mount Vernon where funeral services were held Wednesday.
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Dallas
Z. R. Langston
Franklin County
Texas
Arthur Truett
Oklahoma
Birmingham
Ala
Mount Vernon
Whitewright Young Folks Off To College
Whitewright sends more than thirty students to Texas colleges for the new term. Names listed include Austin College Sherman and Kidd Key College Denton State Teachers and Baylor University Waco Texas Christian University Fort Worth Southern Methodist University Dallas East Texas State Teachers College Commerce University of Texas Austin Northwestern University Chicago and Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha plus North Texas State Teachers College Denton.
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Whitewright
Texas
Austin College
Sherman
J. W. McMurry Jr
Mardell Pumphrey
Coy Wrenn
Mary Pumphrey
Vernon Gordon
Una Lee Hampton
Tommie Bradley
Baylor Dental College
Dallas
Jack Spindle
University of Texas
Austin
Robert Cantrell
Northwestern University
Chicago
Clyde Montgomery
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Evelyn Wilson
North Texas State Teachers’ College
Denton
Emma Holland
Whitewright Schools Adopt Several New Texts
Whitewright Public Schools adopted new texts from the state textbook commission with limited local choice. Supplements for early grades reduce duplication, while high school courses in history algebra Latin science civics physics chemistry physiology and agriculture gain new titles including American History Second Year Algebra Latin and Geography.
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Whitewright
State Textbook Commission
Textbook Commission
Muzzey
Hawkes, Luby
Touton
Scudder
Francois
Chamberlain
Sparrow now accused of being a firebug
Cedar Springs Iowa Anoth er crime has been fastened on the sparrow He is a firebug Ed Wal ter farmer near here saw his barn on fire Before he could get to it a carpenter working on the farm extinguished the flames He told Wal ter he had seen a motorist toss away a lighted cigarette in a field and that a sparrow darted down picked it up and flew to its nest in the barn The carpenter got to the nest just as the cigarette set fire to the hay
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Cedar Springs
Iowa
Ed Walter
Walter
Whitewright paving nears completion with major street upgrades
All dirt removed from sidewalks, parking now inconvenient. Four or five days remain to pour center street concrete as a fourteen foot slab has already been laid on main street. The Bond street mixing machine is in place and the business district takes a normal appearance as curing proceeds.
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Main Street
Cole & Davis Company
Bond Street
Whitewright
Remodeling Home on East Grand Avenue
W. J. Barbee has his East Grand avenue residence remodeled with modern conveniences installed at an estimated expenditure around 1700 dollars.
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W. J. Barbee
East Grand Avenue
Defense quotes judge as defendant seeks delay
In a courtroom exchange the judge questions a request for a continuance while the prosecuting attorney notes the defendant wants weeks to “get her ankles in shape” delaying proceedings. The remark signals a strategic pause in the case.
LaRoe To Move To Midland From Whitewright
W E LaRoe, long time Whitewright citizen and former Rotary president, will move to Midland in late September to manage a large business owned by Fred A Wemple. R B Mack will replace him as manager of L LaRoe & Company’s cotton compress, coming from Altus Oklahoma after leading San Marcus compress. Mack is a Texas Christian University graduate and his Whitewright wife is a LaRoe daughter.
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W. E. LaRoe
Whitewright
Midland
Fred A. Wemple
Fannin County
LaRoe
Whitewright Board of Education
Central Christian Church
la Roe
R. B. Mack
Altus
Okla
L. LaRoe & Company
Mack
San Marcus
Oklahoma
Texas Christian University At
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