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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1943
Page
5
Whitewright households host visiting kin from Frisco Vernon Dodd City and Dallas. The 1942 cotton crop ginned 32,081 bales in Grayson County up from 28,350 in 1941. Notables include births and illness updates, a 95th birthday celebration for Mrs. Mangrum, and community events at the Baptist Church and local schools.
Mrs. Guy Hamilton Mrs. Russell Summers and Mrs. Clay Horton hosted a rehearsal dinner at Mrs. Horton’s home on Friday evening for Boyd Newman and Winnie Ruth Morgan who wed Saturday. Guests included Rev. Guy Newman Sgt. Ross Stoddard Bettie Brown Denison Ben Hunter Livelys E P Wootten Morgan family and friends. Advice to young people about learning.
Miss Winnie Ruth Morgan and Pvt Boyd Wesley Newman wed at 5 p m in First Baptist Church Denison. Rev Guy Newman officiated with Rev E P Wootton assisting. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Morgan, wore a white taffeta gown and carried gardenias. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs B W Newman, serves in the Army Air Forces at Perrin Field. Attendants included Miss Janis Horton and Lloyd Morgan. Out of town relatives attended from Dallas Commerce Denison and beyond.
Perrin Field invites men aged 18 to 26 to volunteer as aviation cadets in the Army Air Forces. Applicants must bring three letters of recommendation and a birth certificate. Examinations will be conducted under First Lieutenant Dewey D. Bardwell with Lieutenant Bardwell at the Perrin Field gate to admit examinees for two-day testing.
A witty exchange complains about cramped living spaces with the reply that everything is in proportion and even condensed milk is used to save space. The quip captures comical views of urban housing.
The Rotary Club elected Russell Summers as president, Dr. Ross R. May as vice president, C. J. Meador as treasurer, and Roy Blanton as secretary. Summers previously served as vice president. duties begin June 1. Miss Lydia Cage of the Texas Department of Public Welfare discussed a county child welfare unit and potential county support at the luncheon. Lighton McKinney spoke on local needs in Grayson County, notably Sherman and Denison.
Sunday school opens at 10 a.m. with W. T Simmons as superintendent. Morning worship follows at 11 o’clock. Evening service is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
Chester E. Gleason will lead the dedication of The Service Honor Roll with emblematic prayer as the Sunday school session closes. Sunday school starts at 10 o clock. On April 11 Mr C A Burch an educator and student of the Orient will deliver a message on the Far Eastern Crisis. Mr Burch teaches at the Bible College of the Bible in T C U.
Alexander McFerran pastors the church with Sunday school at 10 am, morning worship at 11 am, and evening worship at 8 pm.
The Sun advertises social stationery offerings including engraved wedding invitations birth announcements and reception invitations in all styles and prices. Services list Sunday school worship young people's sing song night service and general church notices.
A minister riding a train meets a rough-looking man who asks where he has seen him before. The minister replies with a quip about which part of hell the man is from. The exchange ends with a sharp, humorous punchline.
Betty Lou Foster 54 former Whitewright resident and Leonard club woman died Friday in Sherman hospital. Funeral services were held at Leonard Sunday. Born October 20 1888 in Rains County she was the daughter of J W and Emma Woosley and granddaughter of the Woosleys of Whitewright. Survivors include three daughters E L Robinson Mary Louise and Sallie Jo Foster two sons J W Foster and Eddie Foster a sister and a granddaughter Lucia Ann Robinson.
Nineteen Texas counties switch from the old school lunch method to the U S Department of Agriculture indemnity program. E L Upshaw reports to A M College Extension Service. About 10 800 children receive lunches under the new plan. Leaflets explain the changes to rural residents.
Bess Edwards of the Extension Service notes home demonstration clubs and other groups provide labor and fresh canned foods to lunch projects to assure adequate noon meals for school children. Mrs. Willie Belle Wilson of the FDA and Miss Gladys Short of the Homemaking Division assist local schools in establishing the new community school lunch program.
President Roosevelt said a Russian American conference would be held soon, following talks with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. He and Eden claim agreement on a wide range of present and future problems but offered few specifics. Eden's Moscow talks last year led to an Anglo Soviet treaty. no formal UN group agreements were indicated.
Four Republican state legislatures Indiana Illinois Michigan and Iowa petition Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment banning more than two presidential terms. Missouri has acted and petitions are pending in Wisconsin and Nebraska. The move aims at a third or fourth term for Roosevelt but is unlikely to advance before the 1944 election.
The magistrate presides as a prisoner testifies that he threw his wife from a second story window due to forgetfulness. He explains they had moved from a ground floor to a higher level, insisting the act resulted from memory lapse.
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