 The Whitewright Sun Thursday, May 29, 1952 pg. 2 DOWN MEMORY LANE 35 Years Ago (From The Sun, June 1, 1917) J.L. Cantrell has purchased an interest in the Sears Grain Co. The company is now composed of T.H. Sears, J.R. Pennington, and J.L. Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell will act as manager of the company and will buy grain and cotton on the streets. Misses Nadine Holcomb, Gladys Sears, Eula and Mary Lee Sears, Kate Thomas, Izetta Gillett and Kathleen Badgett have returned from Denton where they were students at C. I. A. Several of our boys have entered the Army and Navy the past week. They are Frank Spindle, Roy Cowart, Ronald Vestal, Albert Truett, and Lester Ross. Mrs. E.P. Randle died at her home here Saturday. Mrs. Ode Crowell died at her home in east Whitewright Thursday morning. 30 Years Ago (From The Sun, June 1, 1922) The Sun received the following letter from G.B. Dealey, president of and general manager of A.H. Belo & Co., publishers of the Dallas News, which it appreciates very much: "The Whitewright Sun, Whitewright, Texas. Gentlemen: "In the State Press column recently mention was made that while the cup which we offered for the best weekly newspaper, as judged by the mechanical appearance, was won by The Troupe Banner, yet your paper was said by the awarding committee to have run the winner so close race for first place. So we wish to congratulate you on this, and extend our very best wishes for your continued success." Ras Benedict, a former Whitewright boy, is making good in the Idaho base ball league. In a game last week Ras was at bat four time and got three base hits and one home run. Ball fans in Idaho are calling Ras the Babe Ruth of the Northwest, and he is very popular with the fans. Walter Fain has bought up 8,000 pounds of wool and is having the cockleburrs picked from it before shipping. Most of the wool was bought from local farmers. Mrs. Bettie Bowen, 77, widow of J.B. Bowen, died in Sherman Sunday. Miss Emma Dee Randle returned home Monday to spend the summer. Miss Randle, who is employed by one of the leading lyceum bureaus of America, has been appearing before Texas audiences for the past several weeks. J.W. Wilson, R.C. Hoyle, Wm. Morgan, Bob Bane, Reid Wilson and Maurice Holland disturbed the peace Friday morning about 7 o'clock when they returned from a fishing trip on Red River, with a yellow catfish, weighing 33 pounds. Ray Cates, who was bitten by a dog on the 19th of this month, has been taking the rabies serum. 25 Years Ago (From The Sun, June 2, 1927) Lloyd Beheler, about 50, was killed at 6 o'clock this morning at North Pleasanton, according to a message received by his brother-in-law, Jesse Wallace. No details of his death were given. Miss Emma Davidson, who taught in the Wichita Falls schools the past term, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Davidson. Addison Vestal, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Vestal, is a member of the graduating class of Baylor University, Waco. Addison, who is vice-president of the class, will receive his B.A. degree. Claud Stephens and Miss Irline Blanton were married Sunday at the home of Rev. C.C. Chumbley at Kentuckytown. Rev. Chumbley officiated. John Philip Barbee has been appointed agent for the Pierce Oil Corporation at McKinney and took charge of the business Wednesday. Orbia Blanton, who taught in the Texas Military Institute at San Antonio, is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Blanton. J.W. McMurry, Jr., who has been attending Trinity University, Waxahachie, Texas, has returned home for the summer. F.C. Williams, east of town, brought to The Sun office Saturday a hen egg that measured 8 inches around the long way and 7 inches in circumference. Down Memory Lane Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |