Whitewright District Fair closes amid parade by Ku Klux Klan
The Whitewright District Fair and Fall Festival ended with large crowds on Friday and Saturday. A Thursday night parade led by Sheriff Everheart and City Marshal Bryant featured Ku Klux Klan members, with thousands in attendance. The event included extensive prize judging across Baby Show, Textile, Culinary, Canning, Fruits and Vegetables, and more, listing numerous winners and their scores.
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Whitewright
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Ball Park
Everheart
Bryant
Crop judging results list from Millett Seed and Gillett Co
The report lists winners and runners up across several grain and legume categories. Millett Seed and Gillett Grain & Seed Co. claim multiple first place finishes including Soft Wheat and Barley Seed with J A Barry taking second in several classes. Miss Myrtle Harris appears with several placements including first in White Navy Beans and Red Dent entries.
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Clifton Jones
J. M. Everheart
Jack Robbins
W. T. Gannest
Grover Gillett
Gillett Grain & Seed Co
Sudan
Johnson Grass
Miss Myrtle Harris
White Wonder
Millett—Co
A. McCollum
Millett Seed
J. A. Barry
Soft
Clifford Jones
Hard Wheat
Kimbell Milling Co
Myrtle Harris
Agricultural Fair Results Highlight Local Competitors
The list shows winners across crops and dairy categories. Notable honors include Best fifty ears Yellow Dent to Joe Wallace, Best ear of corn to C. C. Fogle, Best pound of butter to Mrs F E Wittitoe, and top group honors to Mallie Joe Denton with I. F. Teague and C. E. Haws placing.
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Geneva Claire Doss
Glenn Doss
Homer Powell
Bennie Fay Denton
Modie
Ruth Mullins
Bonnie M. Mullins
Noel C. Jones
Ruth Wordie Thompson
Louise Nelson
Doyle Alexander
Mary Joe Jared
Helen Clayborn
Mary Lee Reeves
Paschal Connally
William D. McSpaddin
Dortha
McSpaddin
Addian Ownby
Noel Scott
Max Earl Bradley
Eddie Ray Mathews
Evelyn Hill
Truman Tomlinson
Wade D. Davidson
Mary Belle King
Mary Edna Cox
Daniel Lloyd Moore
Bettie Jane Pierce
Textile Department
van Clathorn
Grady Gillett
D. A. Ray
R. K. Smith
Lester Haile
Ray Manning
Annette Harp
Maurine May
Gladys Ball Magar
O. G. Bow
Ott Lackey
Heart
Lowell Hansard
J. H. Martin
L. H. Grammer
W. T. Kirby
J. P. Darwin
Joe Wallace
Jock Robbins
C. C. Fogle
Walter Pritchett
Earl Phillips
F. E. Church
F. E. Wittitoe
Wade Robbins
Myrtle Harris
W. Bk. Hardcastle
W. C. Cook
Mallie Joe Denton
Snodgrass Bros
I. FE. Teague
C. E. Haws
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May Fair
Grayson County
May Blaine Manning
C. B. Bryant
Lyde German
Floyd Harris
Lyde_ German
Francis Giles
Lucile Giles
Clyde Burnham
Mary Aston
Bettie Currin
Rolls
M. H. Collinsworth
Lola Mae Broyles
Angel Food
Clay Horton
J. F. Fender
R. E. L. Binion
Elzie Fields
C. C. Horton
J. L. Cardwell
J.H. Waggoner
J. L. Cantrell
B. G. Gowdy
J. H. Waggoner
R. FE. L
Wittitoe
Roscoe Gillett
Byron Sears
D. A
F. E. Wittutoe
J. L. Bow
J. C. Waldrop
A. L. Groves
J. E. Rutledge
Bermuda
G. W. Adams
A. P. Neff
S. B. Barry
Reserve District No. 11
Planters National Bank
Texas
U. S
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
Grayson
H. G. Webster
J. B. Hamilton
D. S. McMillin
Guy Hamilton
R. L. Sears
Hight & Moore Garage
S. P. Jackson
Red Dent
Ira Kirkpatrick
Strawberry Dent
Hickory King
White Dent
Riley Williams
Yellow Dent
Mollie
Joe Ever
J. N. Powell
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Sherman
Roy M. Finley
Denison
R. C. Hoyle
G. W. Adamson
Edwin May
Oph. D
D. O
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright, Texas
Chesley Rutledge
William Pumphrey
J. R
Oliver Ist
Haile Ist
Fed. Res. Bank
State of
R. A. Gillett
S. H. Montgomery
S. E. Jones
W. F. Holland
Saginaw, Michigan
Mangrum Brothers
the First National Bank of
U. S. Treasury
Stock Federal Reserve Bank
Banking House
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