Down Memory Lane and Community Happenings
Local social notes include a Centerville wedding of Mr Jack Ryan and Miss Joe Belle Sears, a progress report on cotton ginning reaching 2470 bales, new Black Cat Tea Room opening run by Mrs Gilmore Webster and Miss Inez Ray, and a Church of Christ youth program featuring several names. Also listed are fair dates, a birth, moves, theft, gatherings, employment change, a large barn nearing completion, and a mid-century small-town business ad.
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Black Cat Tea Room
Gilmore Webster
Inez Ray
Dorothy Spindle
Mary Lee Andrews
Marian Simmons
Nellie Thornhill
Guy Yowell
Sallye Hamilton
Church of Christ Young Peoples
Bowen
Orangeville
C. A. Giles
Veterans Hospital
Waco
Joe Wallace
Desert News
Lilley Dry Goods Co
Pilot Grove to Host Community Fair September 30
In 1927 Pilot Grove announces a town event to boost local life with a Community Fair planned for September 30. The notice lists fair preparations and expectations for attendance by residents and surrounding communities.
Hoboes Fined For Illegal Freight Ride In Tennessee
Two men faced Judge John J. Lively in Chattanooga on charges of illegally riding a Southern Railway freight. Each was fined five dollars plus costs, a rare application of the charge in over a decade. Rail officials note hoboes now travel first class, often in cars shipped by freight.
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John J. Lively
Chattanooga
Southern Railway
Cotton Ginned For Season As 25 Years Ago Notes
In 1937 the Sun reports 3856 bales of cotton ginned this season. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Wallace on Sept 20. B W Newman runs the Ashburn ice cream store. Ned Ayres living north of town on Sept 20. Red Bow now employed at Kirkpatrick Pharmacy. Mrs Ford Kitching honored with a shower at Mrs Oland Bush’s home. Mahurin News lists Sarah Belle Gillett editor Guy Andrew assistant editor and Mrs Jack Lackey sponsor of the High School Reflector. High school enrollment reaches 185 with F F A officers Rex Brown president Merriwell Vineyard vice president Buck Howard secretary Pascal Connelly treasurer Wilson Kaiser reporter Fred Starr historian Guy Andrew parliamentarian Billy Pritchett watchdog.
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Elmo Wallace
B. W. Newman
Ashburn
Ned Ayres
H. A
Kirkpatrick
Ford Kitching
Oland Bush
Mahurin News
Sarah Belle Gillett
Guy Andrew
Jack Lackey
Rex Brown
Merriwell Vineyard
Buck Howard
Pascal Connelly
Wilson Kaiser
Fred Starr
Billy Pritchett
W. H. S. Reflector
The Professional Hoboes and Their Decline
Clayton Rand recalls the professional hoboes as decent and nonviolent travelers who once rode from New Orleans to New York seeking work and college funds. He notes their decline under New Deal policies that replaced them with welfare bums and shelter programs.
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Mysela
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Advertising Serves as a Key Boost to Selling
The note underscores advertising as a major aid in commerce while acknowledging it is not the sole factor. It suggests that promotion complements other selling efforts and can enhance outcomes for merchants and producers.
Rules to curb crooked wells draw combative oil talks
Texas Railroad Commission hearings press tougher wells rules as Chairman Bill Murray and Commissioner Ben Ramsey spar over drilling costs. Public focus shifts to preventing wells from straying onto property lines amid staff and industry study findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Bill Murray
Ben Ramsey
Commission
Ramsey
Modernizing county governments in urban areas debated
County and city governments in urban areas have overlapping duties. MacCorkle advocates careful study of modernizing county governments as Texas becomes 75 percent urban. Attorney General Wilson notes school boards cannot integrate without a court order or election. The question was referred to Dr. J W Edgar, State Commissioner of Education, by Yoakum School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Commission On State
Austin
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Commission
Texas Employment Commission
Capitol Station
Parkhouse
Tax Policy Commission
Texas House Committee On
State Railroad Commission
J. W. Buchanan
Dumas
Olen R. Petty
Levelland
George Preston
Paris
Preston
J. E. Peavy
Texas
Health Department
Texas Highway Construction Traffic Safety Committee
MacCorkle
Wilson
J. W. Edgar
Stat
Yoakum School Board
Longest patent filing cited and other world notes
A roundup of varied facts includes Byblos Lebanon as the Bible’s namesake a 1000 population fishing village, cedar bark raincoats by northwest Indians, staying awake risks, Washington visitors’ business share about 12 percent, Robin Hood era Sherwood Forest size, Newport Rhode Island gas lighting 1806, Uganda and Tanganyika porridge from green bananas, a Sarasota parking sign, Ohio State farm income near 12.7 billion, Willow Grove Park Lanes 116 lanes, Iceland child swimming law, University of Arizona committee on committees, and jockey Johnny Longden still riding at 55 with career earnings of 21118.
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U. S. Patent Office
Byblos
Lebanon
U. S
Washington, D. C
England
America
Pelham Street
Newport
R. I
Uganda
Tanganyika
Sarasota
Fla
Ohio
Willow Grove Park Lanes
Philadelphia
Decatur Police Receipts Slip Thanks Patrons
A 1940s Decatur Georgia traffic department practice prints a cash register slip as a receipt for fines paid. The back of the slip includes the message Thank you for your patronage.
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Decatur, Ga
Coral Gables Adopts Night Quiet Ordinance on Machinery
The Coral Gables council passes a noise ordinance prohibiting operation of air conditioners or other machinery between 10 p m and 8 am that exceeds 60 decibels. Violators face fines up to 500 dollars or 60 days in jail.
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Coral Gables
The Sun Newspaper Notice From Whitewright Texas
Published every Thursday and entered at the Whitewright Texas post office. The Sun invites news items from individuals and organizations and reserves the right to decide what is news and to reject old or promotional material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright, Texas
the Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Ryan
Centerville
Joe Belle Sears
Bells District
Grover Smith
Ross
Hereford
Grover Stateville
Earl Hansard
Blue Ridge
Pilot Grove
A. C. Keeling
George Chaney
Manning, Clark & Meador
Emory Christian
Bert Dennis
Denison
Whitewright
Federal Deposit Inaurana Coy
May Pharmacy
Gomer
Kirk
North Travis Sherman
May
Medical Arts Clinic
N. Highland
State Capitol
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Texas Highway Department
Department of Public Safety
Associated General Contractors of Texas
Governor's Highway Safety Commission
Stuart MacCorkle
The
University of Texas Institute of Public Affairs
Iceland
University of Arizona
Johnny Longden
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Cook Shoe Shop
Cook Hardware
Public. Service
Lokey Edwards
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