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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1958
Page
3
Social notes record numerous visits and weekend stays across Dallas Sherman Denison Denison Irving Commerce Leonard Stephenville Tom Bean Abilene Durant Oklahoma and Idaho. Names include McFatridge Hicks Ball Ball Baxter Montgomery Norwood Golden Hughes Trammel May Morton Sudderth and others.
J N Morrison guardian files Final Account of estate of C R Lockhart NCM in Grayson County Texas. Court to hear on April 14 1958 at Sherman Courthouse with objections due by residents after posting. Clerk J C Buchanan signs with deputy Connell Rogers. Whitewright Sun published April 3 1958.
Mrs Ida Peoples and Mrs Anna Caldwell visited Mrs C P McGinnis in Sherman and Van Alstyne respectively. Dallas residents Mr and Mrs Ray Rayburn and daughter spent the weekend with Elmer Sandersons. Weekend guests included Fort Worths C O Grayson Sherman Col and Mrs George Jacks and Bells resident Mr and Mrs Curt Brown. Irving and Sherman couples visited W C Thornhills. McKinney Wolfe City and Wichita Falls guests stayed with Skipworths. Lottie Moon Circle and First Baptist Church met. minutes approved. devotional and prayer led. mission study Thou Art a Samaritan. eight members served refreshments.
The Intermediate Class of the Baptist Church at Kentuckytown elected new officers for Sunday School and Training Union. Sunday School officers include President Judy Ayres, Vice President Freddie Whipple, Secretary Bonnie Melton, and Reporter Mary Melton. Training Union officers are President Joyce Thornhill, Vice President Mary Melton, Secretary Charlotte Spencer, and Reporter Bonnie Melton. Group captains are Eddie Whipple and Peggy Kirby.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met last Thursday at 2 p m. at the club house with prayer, pledge and a self improvement roll call. A posture improvement demonstration was led by Mrs H O Miller for several members and a sewing dress demonstration followed. The last workshop occurred Friday at Adelle Ireland's home with ten participants from various clubs. A gift was given to Mrs Ireland and a semi tailoring course was well received. Also notes mention a future style show. Driest year in Texas weather records recorded in 1917 with 14.3 inches of rain. Chief sources of diamonds cited as India, South America and South Africa.
Warner Bros. Studio aims to turn TV faces into film stars with new adult westerns and at least six shows next season. TV head William Orr cites Jim Garner as a success who moved from Cheyenne to Maverick and then to Sayonara and Darby's Rangers, with plans to elevate Clint Walker Will Hutchins Jack Kelley Wayde Preston Erin O'Brien and others in the TV stable.
The piece notes weather lore from animals and signs like grasshoppers frogs fish crows hens and a city cat as folk predictors of coming weather. It contrasts anecdotal signs with professional forecasts and suggests varied methods for anticipating storms or fair days.
A humorous sequence features Noah hearing crying snakes in the ark hold who reveal they are adders and discuss multiplying. Another scene shows a father in full fishing regalia with a license hat while a child jokes about turning the hat to hide the license. A separate gag notes a car not stopping in time as it arrives at speed.
A tearful wife reveals a letter from George's mother that she opened. In the postscript the mother writes Agnes should give the note to George, sparking a quarrel about an implied insult despite the distance.
A 30 year town merchant waits during illness with a sign Back in 15 Minutes and a second line Already Been Gone 10. He asks a passing driver to push start as rain and fog seal the moment. The scene hints at old time humor and stubborn dedication to business.
A playful dialogue reveals each family member assigned animal nicknames: Mom a deer, baby a lamb, the narrator a kid, and Dad a goat. The exchange ends with the father declaring I am the goat.
Old Clancy recalls his early baseball days shagging flies in center field in the twenties. A contemporary notes Clancy improved with age and his playing style grew stronger in recent years.
A five year old boy weeps in a candy shop claiming a quarter he had was lost in the store. The kind proprietor offers a free popsicle and sympathy, then the child asks what about his change.
Two strangers discuss their lines at a roadside restaurant. One claims to be an infinitive splitter and the waitress jokes her father is too. The first man later mutters that the waitress’s father never worked a day.
A joke item notes a device claimed to throw a speaker's voice five miles provoking the question how far can it really throw a voice. The playful line contrasts a touted invention with the expected reach of speech.
A business chatter notes sales down about 6 percent while staff meetings rise by roughly 29 percent, reflecting mixed effects of macro conditions on operations.
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