The Whitewright Sun
Thursday, August 8, 1957

DOWN MEMORY LANE
35 Years Ago
(From The Sun, August 3, 1922)

The children of W.C. (Uncle Billy) Reeves honored him with a birthday dinner Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reeves, south of town.  It was his 78th birthday.
Miss Eunice Turner, Jack Spindle, Mrs. Annette Harp, Miss Marian Simmons, Raymond Ray, Beatrice Beasley, Guy Yowell and Mrs. Ellis May were on the Church of Christ young people's program.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pierce announce the birth of a daughter Wednesday.
Lefevre Gordon has accepted employment at Sherman.
Miss Eunice Cook is attending the North Texas Baptist encampment at Woodlake.
Cull Reeves is opening a cleaning and pressing parlor in the rear of the Gordon clothing store.
Julius Connally, 54, Negro, died Sunday.


30 Years Ago
(From The Sun, August 4, 1927)

J.M. Wright and Bryant King were elected members of the board of directors of the First National Bank Tuesday.   The other directors are: C.B. Bryant, W.H. King, F.E. Douglas, T.E. Sears, Emmett Penn, R.H. May, R.A. Gillett, Kay Kimbell, and Howard Brodhead.
Mrs. Floyd Harris of the Kentuckytown community won first place in the butter judging contest held at the July meeting of the Grayson County Council, Women's Home Demonstration Clubs.  She also won 6th place in the state contest at A.&M. College last week.
Miss VIva Phillips has returned from A.&M. College, where she attended the short course.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Williams announce the birth of a son Tuesday.
F.M. Echols, chairman for the Rotary Club program last Friday, presented as guest speaker J.R. Westbrook of Denison, commissioner of precinct 2.
Mrs. Betty Sloan, 77, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Annie Wilson at Pilot Grove on July 27.


25 Years Ago
(From The Sun, August 4, 1932)

At a meeting of Preston Everheart Post, American Legion, Friday evening  the following officers were elected:
John Reeves, post commander
T.R. Brice, vice-commander
B.W. Newman, adjutant
John Hollingsworth, service officer
Rev. J.T. Purvis, chaplain
W.E. LaRoe, publicity officer
C.A. Pace, sergeant-at-arms

Jerome May has bought the 70-acre farm known  as the Henry Phillips farm, northeast of town.
R.E. Burnham moved his family to Whitesboro this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom King moved to Whitewright from Amarillo.
Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Pennington and son have moved to Royse City.
The following young people spent Sunday at Devil's Den, Oklahoma:
Miss Grady Fae Coley
Miss Fay Alverson
Miss Alinne Alverson
Miss Retha Mae White
John Alverson
Bob Collins
D.E. McCoy, Jr.
Harvey Rich
Russell McGinnis

Mrs. Sarah K. Webster, 38, died Saturday at the home of her brother, D.W. Cato, west of town.
Oscar Bow and Roscoe Pace are serving on the 15th District Court jury this week.
R.S. Morehead, Dr. J.F. Spindle and Ott Lackey attended the singing convention at Cannon Sunday afternoon.


20 Years Ago
(From The Sun, August 5, 1937)

Oscar Mears, residing on the Mrs. D.B. Tate farm south of town, brought in the first bale of 1937 cotton Monday.  The Donigan Gin Co. ginned the cotton and it sold for 11-1/4 cents per pound.   Mr. Mears received a premium of $22.00 from the Whitewright merchants.
Julian Montgomery of Ft. Worth, formerly of Whitewright, has been appointed state highway engineer.
Joe Alexander, 21, was run over by a tractor at his home south of town Tuesday.  He is in a Sherman hospital.
Mrs. J.D. Garner died Thursday at the home of Mrs. T.F. Coffman.
William A. Shook, 62, of Duncan, Oklahoma, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. F.E. Vittitoe, Saturday.
J.R. Rutledge,  72, died in Wichita Falls Wednesday.
Miss Blannie Reeves honored her brother, Cull Reeves, and Mrs. G.C. Stuteville with a birthday dinner.  They were born on July 29, and are the same age.