 The Dallas Morning News July 26, 1887 Whitewright's Jubilee Military and Civic Organizations in Procession - Speeches, Dinner and Discussion Whitewright, Tex., July 27. - The grand railroad jubilee and celebration, held in this city yesterday, was attended by the Bonham military company and cornet band, the Hook and Ladder Company of Sherman and the Dick Hubbard Fire Company of Greenville. At 9:30 a.m. the military band and fire companies formed in a procession and marched through the principal streets of the city, thence to the point where the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway crosses the Missouri Pacific Railway. At this place the committee had carriages to convey them to the grounds. At 10:30 a.m. J.H. Reeves of this city delivered the address of welcome. Then followed an address by Hon. Silas Hare of Sherman on the past, present and future of the Lone Star State. At 12 p.m. dinner was spread, and every man, woman and child on the ground was invited to eat. In the afternoon prohibition was discussed by Prof. Walter Jones and Hon. Robert Taylor of Bonham, pros, and J.B. Bemusdaffer, anti, of Grayson County. The balance of the day was taken up in military tactics and a sack race.  Whitewright History Susan Hawkins © 2024 Grayson County TXGenWeb |