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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1935
Page
5
Residents and visitors travel to Dallas Fort Worth and nearby towns. Notables include Clay Horton Joe Johnson and Rev J R Waldrum. Birth announcement for Mackie Jean son of R P Booker. Students Martha Bryant John Enochs Homer Lee Sears Jim Russell and others linked to Texas A and M and Texas State College for Women.
Mrs D S Carr spent the week end with relatives near Bailey. Mrs Olive Myrick visits Dallas this week. L B E Rickett and O L Jones are in Dallas. Weldon Binion returns to Whitewright for Mangrum Grocery work. Several moves, visits, and local events tie Denton Paris Vernon and Honey Grove communities.
W. R. Vineyard has leased the Southern Ice Company station and now sells ice independently after previously being employed by the company on a salary.
The Methodist Missionary Society met in called session Monday at Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. home. A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Otto Russell who lost her home to fire. Mrs. Floyd Bassett hosted last Thursday for Mrs. Morris Wright of Sherman. Eight tables were arranged for forty-two. After games, gifts were given and an ice course served.
B W Newman, Clay Horton and Roy Blanton attended a noon luncheon at the First Baptist Church in Sherman. Dr George W Truett of Dallas delivered the principal sermon as he conducts a revival in Sherman. Dr John A Ray, visiting his father in Sherman, left for St Louis to resume teaching at Washington University after a California summer.
New and used bed suites priced from 25.00 to 49.50 while living suites range 18.50 to 69.50. Cabinets sell 12.10 to 29.50 and a piano is listed at 35.00. Stores named Perfection and Florence feature shades 10c. Lem Tittsworth advertises Bonham location.
Mrs Chess Pope showed a mat demonstration and spoke on her recent College Station trip to the Short Course. About 25 attendees enjoyed lunch. The next meeting is scheduled for September 19 at Mrs Oran Sears home.
The T. E. L. Class of the Baptist Sunday school met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. B. G. Gowdy home with Mrs. Gowdy and Mrs. J. L. Bow as hostesses. Officers elected were Olive Myrick president J H Gosnell first vice president Ben Savage second vice president W M Gates third vice president Sallie Moore secretary Ed Martin treasurer C W Pope reporter. A social hour followed with games and a salad course served.
Miss Alice Harper daughter of Mr and Mrs Pascal Harper of Whitewright married Neal Horn of Commerce at sundown last Friday at the Church of Christ parsonage Reverend J R Waldrum officiated The groom attended by Luke Fisher and the bride by Miss Bill Stewart After a wedding trip the couple will live in Commerce Horn is a Gulf States Telephone Company plant man with a five year tenure in Commerce and earlier with Southwestern Telephone at Abilene The bride a 1934 Whitewright High School graduate and former East Texas State Teachers College student is described by local papers as popular and well loved.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet on Wednesday September 25 at 3 o'clock at the legion hall. All members are urged to attend as fall work will be planned during the session. Reporter.
The Busy Bee Sewing Club spent an all-day outing at the picnic grounds on Tuesday. Twelve members shared a regular picnic lunch. The group will meet with Mrs. Alton McDowell next Tuesday and host birthday showers for Mrs. Claude Dillon and Mrs. Bonnie Nicholson.
D. E. Low served as program chairman for the Rotary Club luncheon last Friday and introduced Mrs. D. M. Roddy who gave a reading and E. B. Martin who spoke on fire prevention. Martin has 35 years in volunteer fire departments and about 20 years with the Whitewright fire department.
Clarence Jones former Whitewright High School student married Miss Marjorie Lyles on September 8 at the bride’s parents home in the Fairview community Floyd County. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. G W Jones, lived in Whitewright until a year ago and is a Floydada area farmer.
Home Demonstration Club entertained with a chili supper last Thursday honoring non members who assisted with the club play The Chocolate Wedding. Forty two was played at the tables. Mrs Lester Haile president gave a mock sermon from Old Mother Hubbard. Betty Nell Yeager read Too Much. The club sponsored a shower for Mrs Otto Russell whose home burned recently at Mrs R R Waldo's home.
Dr B Wrenn Webb presents Sunday school at 10 with divisions to receive recognition certificates and awards. The 11 o'clock service covers The Home and Christian Education followed at 7 30 by The Story of the Barren Fig Tree. Rally Day set for Sunday September 29 with each department participating.
J. R. Waldrum, minister, preaches at 10 a.m. and conducts communion at 10 45 a.m. Bible study at 11 a.m. A Wednesday 4 15 a.m. lecture on Hebrews chap one covers Hell. Sermon topic: The Conscious Existence of the Unrighteous in the Eternal State. The lesson answers what Hell is and how long it lasts.
Pastor C. W. Dennis urges Whitewright Meth odists to avoid remaining at home or going elsewhere on Sundays. He warns that a stagnant life makes a victorious death unlikely and challenges members to attend Sunday school and church regularly.
A notice urging a change in lifestyle to win victory emphasizes worship as essential. Invitation to attend Methodist Church next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. plus a 6:30 p.m. youth meeting.
The East Side Prayer Meeting gathered at Mr and Mrs Bill Arney home Friday evening with 57 persons present. The next gathering will be at Mr and Mrs Roy Coffman home Friday evening. Public is invited and children under 15 who attend nightly for a month and learn a memory verse receive a gift. A monthly picnic or party is planned.
The Canaan school four miles north of Whitewright will open next week. E. Rickett of Whitewright is principal and Mrs. Lila James will teach.
J D Buster past worshipful master of Travis Lodge No 117 A F A M has been named special representative of the committee on Masonic educational service for Zone 4 Texas which covers Grayson Cooke and Montague Counties He was notified by Wilbur Keith executive secretary The state is divided into 24 zones to hold educational programs last week in October and first week in November A meeting for Zone 4 is set for Oct 21 in Gainesville with speaker Joe B Hines of Fort Worth Gainesville is the Zone 4 headquarters.
Chicago notes Will Rogers praised local papers in a last writing about the home town newspaper. He quips that even modest local items matter to residents and warns that without the paper, readers would miss their own news and ads.
The Treasury Department disposed of seized bootleg liquor by using it as radiator anti freeze in government trucks. The winter stunt corroded motors, burned water hoses, and left engines inoperable as the whisky turned to a sticky mush. The Clarksville Times notes the audacious mistake and mocks past drinking habits.
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