 The Whitewright Sun
Thursday, March 24, 1932 pg. 3 17 Years Ago in Whitewright (From The Sun March 26, 1915) D.R. Lewis is at home from the Head Camp of the Woodmen of the World, which he attended as delegate from the Whitewright lodge. Riley Williams' colt show will be held the first Saturday in September, it is announced. Sears & Sears shipped out 2 carloads of mules last week, one car going to Kansas City and the other to Ft. Worth. Miss Gladys Ray was among the visitors to Sherman this week. She is taking voice culture in one of the Sherman schools. Miss Maie Graves, student at Wesley College, Greenville, spent the week-end here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mullens of the Canaan community report the birth of a son to them on the 20th inst. J.J. Walker is carrying the mail for a few days for Pete Gordon while the latter is out on a camping expedition. The oil mill was operated this week to wind up the season's business, and will be closed until another crop gathering season. The fruit crop of North Texas has undoubtedly suffered as a result of the continued freezing weather, but it is the general opinion that there will be some fruit produced. Drs. Neathery and Brown of Sherman came down Thursday morning and went out to Pilot Grove to perform an operation for hernia on Frank Sloan. Miss Bertha Cox has recovered from a siege of chicken-pox. Organization of the Whitewright-Tom Bean Oil and Gas Co. was perfected last week, with: A.H. Davis, president Dr. W.O. Curlee of Tom Bean, secretary R.L. Holcomb, treasurer The stock of the company is limited to 25 shares at $150 each, and The Sun is informed that the stock has been subscribed in full by Whitewright and Tom Bean citizens. The company has a lease on about 2 ,000 acres of land southwest of Whitewright, where an oil test will be made. A mass meeting of citizens Tuesday night endorsed the plan to assist in financing Carlisle Military Institute. It was agreed that the people of Whitewright will buy 50 scholarships at $100 each, the money thus secured to be spent in improving the buildings and equipping the plant. C.W. Bryant was selected as chairman of the soliciting committee to raise the money. A. Grumbles of Houston and Miss Lillie Mae Brown of Whitewright were married at Sherman Monday afternoon. 12 Years Ago (From The Sun, March 26, 1920) Whitewright was well represented among the winners in the county interscholastic meet held at Sherman Saturday. Lucile LaRoe won junior girls' declamation; Hazel Ray won senior girls' declamation; and John McGaughey won the mile race. Whitewright won first place in the class B track meet over Van Alstyne, Whitesboro, Pottsboro and Collinsville. Cotton reached the record high price of 43.10 Monday on the New York market, gaining 140 points during the day. Ben Roberts, former Whitewright boy, had been made assistant manager of the Dallas branch of the International Harvester Co. Goebel Reeves, son of Ice B. Reeves, is in a critical condition in an Austin hospital as the result of a bullet wound. An Austin dentist has been arrested for the shooting. G.O Hanna of Sherman is now a member of The Sun force. Sixteen young ladies met a t the home of Misses Emma and Ethel Gordon Tuesday evening and organized a club to be known as the Leap Year Club. Officers are: Miss Lallah Childress, president Miss Lena Mae Gowdy, secretary Miss Marion Simmons, reporter The club makes this announcement: The purpose of the club is quite evident from the name, and all young men of marriageable age had better remain hidden. J.G. Bowman of Caddo, Oklahoma and Miss Mary Belle Savage of Whitewright were married at Greenville Friday. George Gillett of Dallas is here at the bedside of his father, Tom Gillett, who is ill. R.L. Holcomb has sold the residence he purchased from Thurston Montgomery several months ago, to Elder W.N. Carter. Willie D. Hodge has returned to Washington, D.C., and has accepted a position with the census bureau. J.D. Yates and Mrs. Eula Spradling were married last Saturday at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. J.W. Nash. Brice Garland has sold his interest in the City Meat Market to Lester Hileman of Van Alstyne. T.H. Lively advertised Styleplus suits for men at $45 to $60. (These suits were nationally advertised before the war at $17.) Hudson, Davis & Co. advertised suits at $42.50 and $45, and men's shirts at $3.95, $4.95, $9.85 and $12.45. A good necktie cost $2.50. Women's spring suits were $39.50 to $59.50 and dresses were $29.50 to $34.50. Blouses were priced up to $39.50. Memory Lane Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |