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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1954
Page
5
A stream of visits and friendly calls fills the region. Mr. and Mrs Floyd Bassett visited Dallas Wednesday while Pike's C L Fry called on the McMurrys. Numerous trips to Leonard Sherman Fort Worth and Dallas mark a busy social week with relatives and friends.
Weekend visitors included Dr and Mrs Fred Dinkler Sweetwater Howard Brodhead and son Jim Gainesville Mrs G D Bennett and Mrs John W Henry attended C Doss Smith funeral Ladonia and others visited dogwood Trail Palestine and Rusk Mrs Claud Garner returned from 10 day Midland visit and Orozco ill Supt S T Montgomery Jr announced Easter holiday schedule no school April 16 and 19 The Thursday Night Bridge Club met with Mrs Clint Hennig Parkland Sportswear factory employs 30 with 2000 garments weekly seeking operators
Crumble about a dozen cookies especially fig filled and mix with 1 cup drained crushed pineapple and 8 quartered marshmallows. Chill several hours. Before serving whip 2/3 cup heavy cream and fold in. Heap in glasses, top with nuts, chill again. Serves 4.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met Thursday at 2 p.m. at the club house. Mrs. J. G. Blanks reported on the March Council meeting. Plans were set for a radio program in the first week of May with the theme Homes. The textile demonstration date moved from July 22 to April 1. Demonstrators were named for the March 30 training meeting and the April 8 demonstration on dried fruit. Mrs. Floyd Harris led the insect control discussion. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Blanks and Mrs. Sammy Maxwell.
At the Friday Rotary Club meeting George Hight was to present but was absent. Mrs. Hight stepped in to show the air travel movie by Arthur Godfrey as his program.
The H D club met at Mrs W L Hatfield's home with 11 members. Miss Mae Hall led the meeting, pledges and roll call noted garden pests. Mrs Ray Vestal demonstrated insect and disease control. next gathering April 8 at Mrs C N Massey's with a dried fruits demonstration by Mrs Fred Cook.
WSCS met Monday at the Methodist Church at 3 p m to close the study led by Mrs Harold Taylor assisted by Mrs I L Neathery Mrs A M Bryant and Mrs Garcia of Sherman Other attendees included Rev H A Taylor Mrs Olivia Whedbee Mrs Ott Lackey Mrs Roscoe Gillett Mrs John McAlister Mrs Griffin Dollarhide Jr Mrs Owen Hull Mrs Glenn Doss and Mrs Escalera mother of Mrs Garcia The jellyfish furnished the model for the first parachute per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Mr and Mrs Frank Roberts entertained guests at their Oakwood home on Lake Texoma six miles north of Pottsboro. The party included visitors from Dallas Denison Sherman Sherman and Whitewright with fishing boating and evening games plus magician tricks by O K Leddy.
Local church listings show multiple congregations with service times and leaders. Churches include CHURCH OF CHRIST with minister McFerrin and worship times. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN with Rev Smith and Sunday school. ASSEMBLY OF GOD led by Rev Hill. FIRST BAPTIST under Newton Cole. FIRST METHODIST led by Harold Taylor. CROSS ROADS PRESBYTERIAN under Rev Holland with monthly service variations.
Bethel Baptist Church U. C. Broach is the pastor. Morning worship begins at 11 o clock with an 8 p m evening service. Training Union meets at 7 pm.
The Tom Bean Methodist Church lists Rev H P Williamson from Denison and Rev Lee H Smith from Whitewright as ministers with Sunday School after the morning service led by Mrs Clifford Phoebus. Pilot Grove Church of Christ announces Thursday night preaching by Doyle Goodspeed of Dallas with all invited to attend.
The National Geographic Society reports Carthage reached about a million inhabitants over three centuries before the Christian era, marking its status as a major ancient metropolis.
A column muses on rising living costs and shrinking value of money with jokes about inflation, election year publicity, poll taxes, and modern habits. It notes wasted editorials, moral tales, blushing, parking meters, social classes, television sleep disruption, and beauty culture as reflections of contemporary life.
A beverage and dessert hint describes making peanut brittle cups with butter for ice cream. Steps include chopping brittle, mixing with softened butter, lining muffin cups, packing the mixture, chilling, and removing cups. The text also shares a joke about a man hiring someone to worry for him and his wife asking how to pay him.
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