Local Eye on Whitewright and Area Socials
Ray Manning of Leonard visited Whitewright on Tuesday and many local families shared Easter visits and weekend travels. The column notes numerous trips to Ada Oklahoma Dallas Sherman and Stillwater plus family occasions including a 77th birthday party and several Easter gatherings. Local business listings mention sales and home sales, while SMU student Wallace Reeves visited his father Cai Reeves.
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Wallace Reeves
SMU
Cai Reeves
Easter visits and military notes in Whitewright region
A roundup of Easter gatherings across Whitewright includes visits by many families to relatives in the area. Notable items mention graves, travel, and birthday celebrations. Military updates note 1st Cavalry Division assignments and a local discharge. Brothers and sisters, local schools, and long-term residents are cited with connections to Dallas Sherman Albany and Vernon.
Birthday Dinner for Mr and Mrs T J McCafferty
Mr and Mrs T J McCafferty hosted a birthday dinner Sunday with many relatives visiting from Dallas Prosper Howe Ferris and Whitewright. Guests included Ozell Washburn and daughter, B B McCafferty and daughter, Maude Harrison and John Turner and daughter, Lesie Spurlock and children, J K Crouch and son, Delphia Thompson, Bertha McCafferty and daughter, Ethel Bonner, and W L Moore plus Guy McCafferty and Patsy Pannell. The couple celebrate birthdays with April 4 and April 11 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. McCafferty
McCafferty
Lesie Spurlock
J. K. Crouch
Delphia Thompson
Bertha McCafferty
Ethel Bonner
Dallas
W. L. Moore
Guy McCafferty
Patsy Pannell
Whitewright
Local families listed in McKinney area obituaries
Mrs. R. L. Haws, Mrs. Anna Jean Thompson and son and Willie Jo Monger are named among residents connected to the McKinney community in the recent notices. Details of relationships and exact dates are not provided in the fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Haws
Anna Jean Thompson
Willie Jo Monger
McKinney
Dorcas Class Celebrates Third Anniversary at Church
The Dorcas Class of the First Baptist Church Sunday School held its third anniversary party at the church on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Joe Rich, class president, presided over the business session. Mrs. Mary Lou Pannell gave the devotional. Games were played and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
First Baptist Church Sunday School
Joe Rich
Mary Lou Pannell
PTA Program Showcases Third Grade Students at Grammar School
Miss Todd led a monthly Parent-Teacher Association program featuring songs poems readings and choruses by third graders. Performances included Walking Winter Wonderland The Human Touch The Birdie With the Yellow Bill and more with piano accompaniment by Wanda Sue Alexander. Dr F M Williams spoke on dental care and a nominating committee led by Mrs Nina Francis Mrs Wallace and Mrs J P Darwin was formed for officer vacancies.
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Doris Ann Wallace
Nola Fay Bass
Marjorie Nell Morris
Sylvia White
Wanda Sue Alexander
Reading
Jack Hayes
Birdie
Ann Brown
Mary
Bobby Gentry
Death of Denison man David M Roddy mourned
David M Roddy of Denison died at 6 20 p m after eight weeks illness. Reared at Bells he was a rural mail carrier there for many years before moving to a farm near Denison. Survived by his wife Kathryn Roddy a Whitewright High School faculty member and two sons. Funeral services set for 3 p m Friday at Bells Methodist Church with Rev R L Gildpin officiating assisted by Bells pastor.
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Whitewright
David M. Roddy
Denison
Bells
Kathryn Roddy
Whitewright High School
Bells Methodist Church
R. L. Gilpin
Whitewright Methodist Church
Bells Church
Mrs Minnie M McGuffey Funeral in Blue Ridge
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Myrtle McGuffey a longtime Collins County resident who died at her daughter’s home near Blue Ridge were held Monday at 2 p m in the Blue Ridge Baptist Church led by Rev Connie Hollis Rev John Hilge and Rev Graves Burial followed at Blue Ridge Cemetery Born June 7 1876 in Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs C
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Minnie Myrtle McGuffey
Collin County
F. R. Whited
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Baptist Church
Connie Hollis
John Hilge
Graves
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Kentucky
Mrs E Davis Linked to Methodist Church Figure
Mrs E Davis, a member of the Methodist Church, was the mother of Mrs W B Head of 2650 Searcy Dallas, a former resident of Whitewright.
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E. Davis
Methodist Church
W. B. Head
Searcy
Dallas
Whitewright
Church of Christ to Hear Elder Pat Salyer
Elder Pat Salyer of Wolfe City and former Whitewright pastor will preach at the Church of Christ Sunday morning at 11 o clock and again at the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Salyer
Wolfe City
Whitewright Church of Christ
Church of Christ
Methodist Society Meets For Monday Session
The Women's Society of Christian Service will hold a 3 p m business meeting at the Methodist Church on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Singing Convention At Bethel Baptist Church
The County Line Singing Convention will be held at Bethel Baptist Church three miles south of Whitewright Sunday afternoon according to L L Wendell president of the convention. The program begins at 2 o clock and the public is invited to attend.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
L. L. Wendell
Highway Patrols Arrests Top March Grayson County List
Eighty nine arrests during March boosted the county total for state highway patrol activity. Patrolmen A. D. Lummus and T. M. Rains cited causes including driving while intoxicated, driving without license, speeding, drunkenness, unregistered cars, selling cars without titles, passing on the right, transporting liquor, running stop signs, driving on the left, passing without clearance, defective brakes, and one each for murder, theft over fifty dollars, and car theft.
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Grayson County
A. D. Lummus
T. M. Rains
Youth Sees Mother First Time With Dead Man's Eyes
In Austin Billie Joe McDonnell aged 22, a ministry student, met his mother for the first time since his death in a grisly incident. He could only whisper hello as his eyes, described as dead man’s eyes, showed a fleeting recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Billie Joe McDonnell
Blind man regains sight after cornea transplant
McDonnell, once totally blind since age 16, stepped from a plane to greet his mother and pastor after a long journey of failed operations. A cornea transplant finally restored his vision in New York, and he now studies for the ministry at Concordia College Institute Bronxville. The donor was a dying man who wished to help the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonnell
James Grubbs
Paul G. Strickert
New York
Concordia College Institute
Bronxville
N. Y
Plant pollen yields female hormone like effects
In London, Egyptian researchers Dr Ali Hassan and Dr M Hassan Abou el Wafa report in Nature that pollen from the date palm contains a substance with the same physiological effects as the female sex hormone. They injected lab rats with pollen extract and with the hormone, observing identical reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ali Hassan
M. Hassan Abou el Wafa
Foud I University
Cairo
Nature
Porous bricks need long dry time between coats
The text notes bricks absorb linseed oil making painting take longer. The first coat should dry for a week or ten days before applying a second coat.
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J. G. Simmons
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T. G. Doss
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Jack Hall
J. E. Smith
Marguerite Smith
Mary McLelland
L. M. Smith
W. M. Cox
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Fred Cook
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J. T. Holloway
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Fred Cook Sr
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Hal Benson
H. M. Phillips
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C. W. Chesser
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Calvin Chesser
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Jack Morton
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Lawrence Owen
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Korea
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Martin Es Girdner
1St Cavalry Division
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1St Cavalry
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