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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1961
Page
5
Mr and Mrs James Skinner of Westminster visit his mother in the area while relatives and friends move among Sherman Denison Dallas Bonham Canton and nearby towns. Several residents attend hospital, church events, and court activities.
A flurry of Sunday gatherings and weekend hops ties together families from Trenton Dallas Sherman Bonham and surrounding areas. Dr. and Mrs. White hosted Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Connelly and Lena Mae Gowdy in Dallas while relatives from Blue Ridge Royse City and Sour Lake joined weekend visits with local households. Braniff flight injury updates and Bay City trips also appear among the social notices featuring the Doss, Vestal, Taylor and Haliburton families and their kin.
Sunday guests included the Chesser and Watkins families from Blue Ridge Van Alstyne and Whitewright. Boyd Newman won a Carrollton City Council seat. he is a former Grayson County attorney now practicing law in Dallas. Easter visits spanned Whitewright Van Alstyne Carrollton Texarkana Dallas and Sherman with many local families. The Tweety Blue Birds met March 30 with all girls present to finish Mother’s Day gifts.Refreshments were provided by Mrs Hennig and Mrs Robin son. Easter visitors to the Pierce home included the Hitt family from Lubbock and the Hill and Moore families from Irving. Sherman visitors also attended.
The Friday Literary Club met on Good Friday March 31 at Mrs. Charles Skaggs home with co host Mrs. Roy Blanton. Program leader Mrs. S T Montgomery Jr discussed early Italian religious art and displayed prints while Mrs W E Stanford read on Easter traditions. Delegates Mrs H H Sears and Mrs George Hight were chosen for the Midland state convention on May 5 with 19 members attending refreshments.
Premier Chen Cheng charged China with a systematic famine targeting about one third of its population to remove reactionaries the disabled the sick and the elderly. He spoke at the 11th meeting of the Free China Relief Association in Taipei Formosa.
The premier claims Communist China classifies citizens as Essential, less essential, and to be eliminated. He says new policy targets productive people for support while the old and unproductive face elimination. He criticizes hatred as the vice of narrow souls.
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