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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
2
Sherman area residents welcomed many visitors over the weekend with trips to Dallas Fort Worth Denison and Sherman. Notables include Mr and Mrs Joe Miller Mrs Haskell Williams Jimmie Anderson and Lonnie England visiting from multiple nearby towns. Several families hosted relatives from Houston Waco and Levelland during Easter and other weekends.
The state of Texas Grayson County Sheriff sale announces property seized in Koeppen Baldwin Inc. v Arthur Willingham et al No 57582. On May 2 1950 at the courthouse West Door Grayson County two air conditioners are offered to settle a $1738.88 judgment.
Miss Opal Irene Wright and Mr. Billy Ward Evans married in a double ring ceremony at 6 p m on Wednesday April 5 in Houston. The couple, both engineers at KTHT Radio Plaza Houston, reside at 910% Sul Ross Houston. Out of town guest included the groom's mother Mrs Audrey Evans.
Mrs C V Burchfield hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for her husband. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Roby Childress, Mr and Mrs Dave Haught of Wylie, Mr and Mrs Aubrey Burnham and son, Mr and Mrs W R Tabor, Mr and Mrs D C Hassler all of Whitewright, Mr and Mrs Garland Burchfield and children of Sherman, Mr and Mrs W B Burchfield, Mr and Mrs W A Partridge, Mrs Addie Partridge of Bonham, and Mr and Mrs Joe Burchfield of Whitewright.
Rotary Club Griffin Dollarhide Jr. served as program chairman and introduced Rev. A. D. Jameson who led a brief pre Easter service. A color sound film from the W. H. Kellogg Foundation titled School House in the Red showed the shift from one teacher schools to consolidated larger central schools.
Herman Bedford principal of the grade school hosted Mr. Dollarhide and operated the movie projector. Lee Simmons of the Sherman Rotary Club and Paul Simpson of the Bonham Rotary Club were visitors.
An amusing primer on word origins notes how rubber got its name from Priestly when he erased pencil marks. It explains Welsh rarebit evolving from rare-bit to rabbit and compares white gloves at funerals to those worn by coaches at weddings as emblems of innocence.
The speak of a long standing joke about British sailors and lime juice. It notes scurvy once troubled the navy and how lime juice became a cure shaping the nickname Limeys.
Sherman reports write-in C C Haliburton won the county school trustee election in Precinct 2 with 405 votes to 205 for M A Atnip. P C McClendon was named trustee for Precinct 4 with 94 votes in an unopposed race. Other board members are E L Foshee Precinct 1 H G Ball Precinct 3 and E T Allen trustee at large.
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