The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949 Page: 4 of 8
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THE WHITEWRIGHT SUN, WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS
Thursday, August 4, 1949.
Chronicle of Death from Polio—
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Whitewright
Service as Good
As Our Food
“A Pleasure to Please You”
Craig’s Cafe
VOTE!
Modern Farming
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to $1; Red
BE SURE AND VOTE SATURDAY
Requires Modern Machinery
Vote for the $1.00 tax and let’s
MAY WE FIGURE WITH YOU? .
heep an accredited school
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the Least. We Must Have
Vote FOR
Vote
Vote
Defendant.
Whitewright School Board
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE — BONHAM
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Can’t Read, Vision’s Shot Temporarily,
Neck Paralyzed, Doesn’t Hurt Anymore
Sixtieth Wedding
Anniversary Sunday
Whitesboro District
Hikes School Taxes
Tom Sears, President
Roy Blanton, Vice-Pres.
F. G. Hoover, Secretary
Alonzo Harper
E. W. Fields
M. V. Williams
Russell Summers
Gaming Operation
Charged Following
Raid at Sherman
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WORDS OF WISDOM:
Blessed Be He Who Expects Nothing, For
He Shall Never Be Disappointed.
Churches
Palace Theatre
Open 7:30 P. M. Week Days Saturday and Sunday 1:30 P. M.
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Monday and Tuesday, August 8-9
DICK POWELL - MARTA TOREN - VINCENT? PRICE
“ROGUE’S" REGIMENT”
OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION
Last Outpost of Adventure! Where Men Love to Fight and to Love!
Extra: Cartoon and “Ice King’s Challenge”
• CORN PICKERS
• COMBINES
• TRACTORS
• HAY BALERS
• SIDE RAKES
• BREAKING PLOWS
• ONE-WAY PLOWS
• FEED MILLS
• TRAILER WAGONS
Wednesday and Thursday, August 10-11
LEX BARKER - BRENDA JOYCE
“TARZAN’S MAGIC FOUNTAIN”
More Tarzan Thrills Than Ever! With Cheta at His Best
Extra: “Honey Harvester”
32 YEARS AGO
(From The Sun Aug. 3, 1917)
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Caylor announce
the birth of a daughter on July 27.
Will Cox went to Dalhart last
week to accept employment with a
wholesale grocer company.
D. A. Ray has received a shipment
of lumber from his saw mill property
and will use same in the construc-
tion of a residence just west of the
telephone building.
P. J. Pierce & Sons are installing
bakery machinery in their annex.
one would kill a mad dog running
loose among children. Alice deserves
the publicity she is getting and will
continue to get until she changes her
way of life.
take a backward course Saturday.
Under the election order the tax
rate will not be more than '$1.00 ‘on
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each $100 valuation now assessed un~ frdm DoYothy’s- home3 iih Memphis,
der State and county valuations. The
tax rate being voted in most inde-
pendent school districts is $1.50 on
the hundred dollars, but the school
board of the Whitewright Independ-
ent School District has set the rate at
$1, and are of the opinion this rate
will be sufficient to provide first-
class schools in the district at the
present time. They are to be com-
mended for the conservative course
they have taken.
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J. H. WAGGONER and T. GLENN DOSS, Editors and Owners
——————7PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at the Whitewright, Texas, Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
In Grayson and Fannin Counties: 1 Year $1.50, 6 Months $1.00
Outside of These Two Counties: 1 Year $2.00, 6 Months $1.25
No Subscription Will Be Accepted for Less Than Six Months
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WASHINGTON.—In the two days
it took infantile paralysis to kill Lt.
(jg) James Olin Chiles, the young
First bales of 1949 cotton are being
received in North Texas counties.
Dallas County received her first bale
Monday. Whitewright will soon be
among towns receiving the first bale.
Farmers report cotton opening, but
say it is later opening than last year
on account of recent rains.
Good food alone is not enough
to make a pleasant meal. It
takes quick, courteous service,
too. That’s why we make sure
you’re well served when you
eat here. Have a pleasant meal
here tonight.
Friday and Saturday, August 5-6
WILLIAM EYTHE - LAURA ELLIOTT - GEORGE REEVES
“SPECIAL AGENT”
Simple! Direct! Powerful! Story of the Railroad’s Secret Service
Extra: Cartoon and Chapter No. 5 of “The Mysterious Mr. M.”
“Mary,” he whispered, “let’s take
, a wee lad. Hae ye forgotten the lad’s
i cap we found on the train?”
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The Whitewright Independent
School District will hold an election
Saturday for the purpose of equaliz-
ing taxes in the district? It is an im-
portant election and every voter
should go to the polls and vote. It is
your duty as a citizen. Don’t fail to
vote. The election will be held at the
grammar school building in White-
wright.
Practical
Donald and Mary MacTavish de-
cided to adopt a- child, - and asked at
the orphanage for a little girl. One
was produced and Mary was about to
close the bargain when Donald tap-
ped her shoulder.
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Spain and Portugal
Iberian Peninsula.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Ashley D. Jameson, Minister.
Church school—10 a. m..
Morning worship—11 a. m.
Youth Fellowship—7:30 p. m.
'Evening worship—8:00 p. m.
Youth hour—9:00 p. m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Weldon R. Drake, Pastor.
W. T. Simmons, Sunday school
superintendent.
Mrs. W. R. Drake, Training Union
director.
Mrs. Carl May, W. M. S. president.
Roy Blanton, Brotherhood presi-
dent.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
James I. Logan Jr., Pastor.
Church school—10 a. m.
Morning worship—11 o’clock.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Therman Healy, Minister.
Bible classes—10 a. m.
Morning worship—11 a. m.
Young people’s meeting—6:30 p.
Evening worship—7:30 p. m.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
J. R. Wright Jr., Minister.
Sunday School at 10:00. Although
the numbers have been very small,
the discussions have been good. All
are cordially invited and the mem-
bers are urged to remember that
their support is greatly needed..
Morning worship service at 11:00.
The subject of the message will be
“All the Little Answers,” the scrip-
ture taken from Matthey 22:24-32.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Rev. E. A. Doty, Pastor.
Sunday school—10 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Evangelistic service—7:30 p. m.
ENTERPRISE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school—10 a. m.
Worship—11:00 a. m.
Worship—7:45 p. m.
15 YEARS AGO
(From The Sun Aug. 2, 1934)
Mrs. Lester Haile and Mrs. Oran
Sears are attending the farmer’s
short course at A. & M. College.
Through the month of August the
Whitewright Public Library will be
Saturday Prevue and Sunday, August 6-7
JUNE ALLYSON - PETER LAWFORD - MARGARET O’BRIEN
ELIZABETH TAYLOR - JANET LEIGH
“LITTLE WOMEN”
The World’s Greatest Love Story! M-G-M’s New (Color by Techni- ■
color) Romance. Selected the Best Picture of the Month By Cosmo-
politan, Seventeen and Parents’ Magazine. Look
Magazine Says “It’s the Perfect Movie!”
Extra: “Inferior Decorator”
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J. I. Case Farm Machinery For
Profitable Farming
Yates-Morrow Co.
7 27 YEARS AGO
(From The Sun Aug. 3, 1922) -
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Pierce Wednesday.
Cull Reeves is installing a cleaning
plant in the rear of the Gordon cloth-
ing store.
Every business house in Denison
was closed Tuesday morning from 9
till 10 o’clock while the citizenship
joined in prayer for an early termi-
nation of the . railroad shopman’s
strike.
Frank Smith, 12-year-old negro
boy, was drowned last Thursday
about noon in the Floyd Everheart
pool north of town.
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Wife—“I ordered a 10-pound ham
from the butcher and I just weighed
it and it weighs 52 pounds.”
Husband—“What did you weigh it
on?”
Wife—“That little portable scale
you take with you on fishing trips.”
Citation No. 57495
The State of Texas.
To: Arnett C. Monroe, Greeting:
You are commanded to appear and
answer the plaintiff’s petition at or
before 10 o’clock A. M. of the first
Monday after the expiration of 42
days from the date of issuance of this
Citation, the same being Monday the
19th day of September, A. D., 1949,
at or before 10 o’clock A. M., before
the Honorable District Court of
Grayson County, at the Court House
in Sherman, Texas.
Said Plaintiff’s petition was filed
on the 20th day of July, 1949.
The file number of said suit being>
No. 57495.
The names of. the parties in saidi
suit are: Lorene Owens Monroe as,
Plaintiff, and Arnett C. ^Monroe as (
Defendant.
The nature of said suit being sub-
stantially as follows, to-wit: Divorce
on the grounds of cruel treatment.
Issued this the 2nd day of August,
1949.
Given under my hand and seal of
said Court, at office in Sherman,
Texas, this the 2nd day of August, A.
D„ 1949.
S. V. Ernest, Clerk, District CoUrt,
Grayson County, Texas. By Nancy
Drake, Deputy. / 4a25
$1.00 Is the Minimum—It’s
It to Maintain an Accredited School in Whitewright.
SHERMAN.—Eight charges of op-
erating a gaming place were on file
Monday after Texas Rangers raided
a dine and dance place north of here
Saturday night.
Ranger Captain N. T. Gonzaullas of
Dallas and four of his men conducted
the raid after keeping the place un-
der. investigation for several weeks.
Gonzaullas himself had gone ityto
the place, the Hi-Lite Club, and
stayed inside twenty minutes before
his men joined him and made the
raid.
Thirty patrons in the club were
fined $18 and costs on misdemeanor
complaints.
Services
Sunday school—10 a. m.
Morning worship—11 o’clock.
Training Union—7:15 p. m.
Evening worship—8 p. m.
Prayer service—Wednesday at 8:00. i
it is not the kind of publicity a thriv-
ing town desires. Last year it was
election frauds. Now, it is the delib-
erate murder of a radio commenta-
tor for expressing his opinion ovei’
the radio against law violations by a
; peace officer. The “officer of the
The citizens of Whitewright and law” shot the commentator down like
surrounding communities have never
failed to support their schools, and
The Sun does not believe they will
The School Election
The election to be held in the
Whitewright Independent School
District Saturday is an important one
ior the district. It is for the purpose
of equalizing the tax in the district,
which must be done under the Gil-
mer-Aikin school law in order for the
district to receive full benefit of the
new school laws.
The State will provide about four
dollars to one for the district in sup-
port of the schools, when all pro-
visions of the law are met. White-
wright is paying a $1.00 school tax
and has been for a-number of years,
and the election Saturday is to make
the tax the same in the whole dis-
trict.
Every independent school district
in Texas that does not have the same
tax rate over the entire district has
held elections or will hold elections
within the next few weeks to equal-
ize the tax.
In almost every district in which
elections have been held the vote has i County, is in the limelight again, but
been favorable, and it should be in
the Whitewright Independent School
District when the polls close Satur-
day. It is to the benefit of every
school child in the district for the
election to carry, and if it fails the
children will be the losers.
choke to death.”
An hour later:
“1733 (5:33 p. m.). Noted very poor
control of tongue in mouth.”
About this time Mrs. Chiles asked
how things were going.
“My guess,” he wrote, “is that I’m
going to be all right.”
Was he feeling any pain?
“Some but not bad,” he scribbled.
Then:
“Every person on this floor has a
(word unreadable) contagious: dis-
ease—don’t want you around.
“Can’t read. Vision’s shot tempo-
rarily.
“Only thing I’m worried about is
you.
Mr. and'Mrs. H. D. Moore of Bells
will observe their sixtieth wedding
anniversary Sunday. Relatives and
all persons still surviving who at-
tended the wedding party Aug. 6,
1889, will be present.
The guest list will include Mrs. El-
len Graves of Bells, Mrs. Nannie Wil-
burn and Mrs. Bessie Isom of Deni-
son, sisters of Mrs. Moore; Charlie
Footen of Waurika, Okla.; Mrs. Mat-
tie Francis, Clovis, N. M.; Mrs. Violet
Ware of Wheeler and Mrs. Lavona
Carruth of Dimmitt.
Moore was born in Spartanburg,
S. C., Feb. 15, 1870, and came to Tex-
as as a youth. The family helped
build the Methodist Church at Cala-
mus, now called Moore’s Chapel in
their honor.
Mrs. Moore was born in Montgom-
ery, Ala., May 10, 1873. She, too,
came to Texas at an early age and
met her future husband near Bells.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Wooten.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore lived in the
Calamus community after their mar-
riage, and Moore took up stock rais-
ing. Their two sons, Earl and Fred,
joined their dad in the stock raising
business and later a nephew, Russell
Moore, joined the family group.
Well known throughout North
Texas and Southern Oklahoma for
the quality of the stock, the Moores
furnished rodeos with their cattle
and horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore remain active.
They keep chickens, grow vegetables,
and Mrs. Moore is an ardent needle-
worker.
The living children are Earl and
Fred Moore and Mrs. Beaulah All-
red, Bells; Claude Moore, Denison;
Mrs. Fae Essary, Dallas, and Mrs.
Mabel Johnson, Whitewright. They
have eighteen grandchildren and fif-
teen great-grandchildren.
Thursday, August 4
SHOWING LAST TIME TONIGHT
“THE STRATTON STORY”
An election held in Whitesboro
Saturday for the purpose of creating
a uniform tax of $1 within all areas
consolidated with the Whitesboro
school district passed by a vote of 78
to two.
Areas consolidated with Whites-
boro as a result of the Gilmer-Aikin
bill were Prairie Valley, Sandy
Springs, part of County Line in
Grayson County, Red Branch, Rock
Creek, part of the Collinsville school
district, part of Nancy Prairie and
part of the Macomb common school
district.
Tax rates will be increased in
Prairie Valley from 90 cents to $1;
Sandy Springs from 75 cents to $1;
Macomb from 50 cents to $1; Rock
Creek from 50 cents to $1; Red
Branch from 50 cents to $1, and
County Line from 50 cents to $1.
open every day except Sunday and
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pember of
Austin have announced the birth of
a daughter, May Belle.
W. H. Stedham returned Sunday
from a vacation trip to Alabama.
W. H. .Horton was reelected Demo-
cratic precinct chairman Saturday
afternoon.
The first bale of cotton for the
1934 season was brought in Tuesday
night by J. W. Blakey. Mr. Blakey
was unable to sell the cotton because
he had not procured his exemption,
certficates under the Bankhead cot-
v.ton law. - ■ >
At a' meeting held last Thursday,,
attended by 40 to 50 farmers, a.
r Farmers’ Council for the White-
’ wright area was organized. N. E.
Skaggs was elected president, Arthur
L Badgett, vice president, and Mrs. F.
I T. Harris, secretary and treasurer.
> Dr. Jack Spindle, recent graduate
■ of Baylor Dental College, announces
> that he will be associated with his
father, Dr. J. F. Spindle, in the prac-
) tice of dentistry in Whitewright.
Farmers from all areas of Grayson
County trekked into Sherman Mon-
day to offer dairy cattle, beef cattle
and sheep for sale to the federal gov-
ernment on word that this county
had been designated as a drouth area
Forty-one cases of infantile paraly-
sis have been reported to the Texas
health department to date this year.
“Help me get pillow under head.
“You should not stay. This will be
my worst night. Tomorrow we
should know.”
Soon followed the last note:
“My neck is paralyzed,
hurt any more.”
That was 8 p. m. Wednesday. At
9:20 a. m. Thursday he was dead.
Alice, the capital of Jim Wells
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Navy pilot kept a written log of its
progress.
“This is the best thing that could
happen,” he told his wife, Dorothy,
before the polio clamped down on his
throat. “Maybe I can work with the t
doctors and find a cure for this
thing.”
It was just one week ago that
.Chiles, after an exhausting drive
checked in at the dispensary.
said he felt tired. Navy doctors soon
told him why. In the hospital he
asked for pencil and pad.
Today his widow disclosed, what he
wrote, in a scrawl that got steadily
harder to read:
“To Doctor:
“First noticed vision incoherent or
something at 1640 (4:40 p. m.). Can’t
even see clearly what I’m writing.
. “If anybody puts me in a respira-
tor please note: I' cannot swallow. I
have a rapid accumulation of. mucous
in my throat. If I am not allowed to
turn my head to the side to spit I’ll
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Waggoner, J. H. & Doss, Glenn. The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949, newspaper, August 4, 1949; Whitewright, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1331853/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Whitewright Public Library.