 The Whitewright Sun
Thursday, April 21, 1932 pg. 3 17 Years Ago in Whitewright (From The Sun, April 23, 1915) The Parent-Teacher Association will serve dinner next Monday at 25c per plate for the annual convention of the Grayson County Odd Fellows Association to be held here. Proceeds will be used to pay for books purchased for the school library. Excessive rainfall this week has cause damage to fields by washing. W.C. Cook is featuring a fancy herd of registered Jersey cattle. Last Friday marked the close of the Bethel school, taught by Prof. Grady May and a lady assistant. Miss Kate Harper died last Thursday night at the home of her brother, John Harper, east of town. The 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Jared, residing on the Harper farm east of town, died last Thursday night of diphtheria. City Marshal J.T. Roberts warns owners of stock that they must keep them up or they will be placed in the city pound. F.W. Alverson, D.E. McCoy and P.H. Connelly advertise that the Walnut Grove school house will be sold to the highest bidder April 30. Lindsey's department store will be opened for business Saturday morning. Miss Gladys Ray and Miss Irene McMillin have returned from Abilene, where they attended the wedding of Miss Ruby Head and Mr. W.P. Stanage. The $900,000 road bond issue to build a county-wide system of gravel roads carried last Saturday, the vote being 3,632 for the bonds and 2,900 against. Whitewright led the larger voting precincts in favoring the bonds, the vote being 318 for and 24 against, with Van Alstyne a close second, with 324 for and 36 against. In the smaller voting boxes, Delaware led with 57 for and 0 against the bond issue. All the Denison boxes voted against the bonds, while all the Sherman boxes excepting one voted for them by small majorities. Carl Oliver, a Negro, was hanged at the Grayson County jail last Friday for the murder of Robert Stanley, a white man, at Mt. Vernon on June 8, 1910. Sheriff Simmons pulled the trap at 12 o'clock that sent the Negro to his death. Miss Mattie Wilson is critically ill at the home of her mother in east Whitewright. 12 Years Ago (From The Sun, April 23, 1920) In the district Interscholastic League meet held at Sherman last Saturday, Miss Lucille LaRoe won first place in junior girls' declamation, and will represent the district at the State meet. Miss Hazel Ray won second place in senior girls' declamation. Crockett & Frazier of McKinney have opened a bakery in the old post office building. Kentuckytown defeated last week a $4,500 bond issue to build a school house. The city council has issued a revised water rate which provides for a minimum rate of 80c for the first 1,000 gallons or fractional part thereof, with a slight increase also levied on larger amounts. George B. Gowdy died at his home here Tuesday morning. Rev. J.F. Fender has been ill at his home here for 2 weeks. Billie Ball, who is attending school at Eastland, won first place in the junior boys' declamation for the Abilene district and will represent that district in the State Interscholastic League meet. Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Hoard are in Mineral Wells, where Mr. Hoard is recuperating from a siege of influenza. The Sun devoted a page of space to a defense of Woodrow Wilson and his administration by Hon. T.W. Gregory. The commissioners' court has rejected all bids received from contractors for construction of gravel roads in the Tom Bean road district and will advertise for new bids. R.H. May, president of the Commercial Club, has appointed a committee to arrange programs and publicity for the "Ship-by Truck" caravan that is to visit Whitewright the week of May 3. A.L. Groves was sent to Austin first of the week to appear before the State Highway Commission and defend the present route of State highway No. 11 against the designs of some Trenton folks who are persistent in their efforts to have the highway changed to suit their local convenience. 17 Years Ago in Whitewright Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |