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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
1
The Grayson College Ex-Students' Association shifts the annual meeting to the fourth Sunday in June, June 26, due to vacation travel conflicts and heat in August. The change follows member requests.
Funeral services for Miss Pearl Oliver were held at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright with Rev. Weldon R. Drake presiding. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. she was born August 10, 1871, and survived by three brothers, a sister, and many relatives from Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and beyond.
Funeral services were held at 3 p m Monday at the First Baptist for Mr Dossey with Rev Weldon R Drake and Rev E P Wootten officiating. Burial followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery with Glen Earnheart directing. Dossey, a retired farmer born May 16 1873 in Kentucky, died Sunday at his South Bond street home. Survivors include his wife two sons two daughters a brother a sister twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Mrs. Julia E. Everheart, longtime Sherman resident since 1893, died Saturday night after years of illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at the family home. Burial followed at Canaan Cemetery north of Whitewright. Born May 30, 1855 near Marshall, she moved to Whitewright then Sherman and belonged to the Central Presbyterian Church. Survived by son J. P. Everheart of Sherman and brothers B. S. Montgomery of Whitewright and S. J. Montgomery of Cedar Vale Kansas.
Funeral services for 66 year old Mrs Beecher St John native of Pilot Grove were held Tuesday at the Pilot Grove Methodist Church. Rev Donald Cliets led services with assistants Rev Charles Graves and Rev Ross Bourland. Burial followed in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Surviving are three sons A C St John Whitewright W D St John Abilene and R E St John San Antonio and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday for Thomas Franklin of Amity Arkansas. He died Saturday in a doctor's office at Amity of a heart attack. He resided northeast of Whitewright several years before moving to Amity. Survivors include his wife and four children Nadine Rushing of Hot Springs Ray Franklin of Amity and James and Mildred Franklin at home. He also leaves two sisters Molly Burchfield Amity and Hassie Adams of Hugo and five brothers Perry and Mault Franklin of Amity and T. Franklin.
Dr. Earl Marlatt of SMU Dallas formerly of Boston will lecture at 7 30 Friday night at First Methodist Church on This Side of Paradise. The world traveler poet and preacher is known for Protestant Saints Cathedral Lands Away and Are Ye Able. He studied in Berlin and Oxford and travels in Europe and Russia. North Texas area residents are invited to attend.
Jerry Lee Jackson a 19 year old Black resident of White Rock was stabbed in the chest while at a White Rock restaurant five miles northwest of Whitewright. Karra Nelson 39 Sherman Black surrendered to the sheriff Sunday night. Jackson was found dead behind the cafe with the weapon believed long enough to reach the heart. The inquest was held by Judge E B Martin.
Agriculture Department sets August 1 deadline for farmers to reclaim 1948 cotton stored under price supporting loans. Growers may regain clear title by paying off loans and carrying charges. About 4.4 million bales were tied up on March 17.
In Denning Arkansas seven years of women officials continued as Lois Dixon led a slate that defeated a male ticket in the latest municipal election. Dixon was inaugurated as mayor Monday night, maintaining women in key town governance roles.
Franklin of Hot Springs Ark Jess Franklin Whitewright and Major Franklin Denison attended the funeral. Whitewright attendees included Mr and Mrs Jess Franklin and Mr and Mrs D B McBroom and Mr and Mrs Major.
Carl C. Newton age 58 died in Denison at 8 15 am Wednesday after a six month illness. He lived in Denison 46 years and worked as a movie projector operator. Surviving are his wife Georgia Fralicks Newton and a brother Earl Newton of Dallas. Funeral plans were not announced. Mrs Newton is sister to Mrs Carl Hicks and Mrs Ernie Booker and aunt of Dr F M Williams of Whitewright.
Ross Wade McCord died after a three week illness at Brooks General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. Services were held at Randolph Baptist Church with burial in Burns Cemetery. He served four months in the military recently after eight months in 1946. Surviving are his mother Mrs Mattie McCord of Bonham two sisters Mrs Margaret Hopper and Mrs Ethel Cox and five nieces and two nephews.
The First Baptist Church announces a Youth Week starting Sunday April 17 led by Training Union director Mrs. Edgar Ayers. Events include an Easter breakfast at Craig's, youth choir participation, Wednesday prayer services, and Sunday morning assembly through all departments. Young men will usher and handle evening offerings while the pastor is away Frisco revival.
Whitewright envisions a big social event at the Grade School auditorium on Thursday night April 21. The Chamber of Commerce will stage a Womanless Wedding with prominent local men as bride and groom and various businessmen as attendants. The PTA sponsors the event.
Denison voters unseated Police Chief Paul Borum by a 2 to 1 vote and removed City Judge C B Carroll after a stormy city council session. Acting chief became Leland Miller while Mayor Harry Glidden assumes judge duties until a replacement is found. Harold Schmitzer was retained as city secretary.
At Fort Monmouth New Jersey Army signal corps engineers report a silent chamber reduced noise from equipment but thirty minutes of absolute silence proved intolerable. The test aimed to study the impact of noise on soldiers and civilians including wives and babies.
Washington reports a near record winter wheat crop possible if conditions stay favorable through harvest. The Agriculture Department cites an April 1 projection of 1,019,686,000 bushels, with a total 1,319,686,000 including spring wheat. Potential prewar controls could include planting allotments and marketing quotas for growers.
Sherman Texas boosters of the third annual Red River Valley Livestock Exposition will motorcade through nine communities on Saturday to drum up attendance for the six day show opening April 18. Whitesboro Collinsville Gunter Van Alstyne McKinney Farmersville Whitewright Bells and Denison will host the caravan with a string band and square dancers. The group returns to Sherman for a brief hometown square show about 4 p.m.
Washington experts say there are definite signs the infant recession has been checked and business is holding its own. Indicators point to a seasonal rise in April and possibly a full normal gain, signaling the economy may have passed a critical postwar readjustment phase without a downward spiral.
A presidential fact finding board rejected the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demand for an extra engineer on diesel locomotives. The union threatened a national strike if granted. The board headed by George W. Taylor found no grounds for the claim and presented its report to President Truman.
In Los Angeles a rooster named Lazarus, headless since April 2, is the focus of a legal dispute. Justice of the Peace Stanley Moffatt will hear whether the owner Martha Green kept a mutilated bird, with trial set for April 27. The SPCA filed actions, doctors face charges, and Mrs Green sues for return of the bird or damages.
Paul Wilson a Bells Bank official was taken to Parkland Hospital Dallas on Sunday after becoming paralyzed in both arms and legs. Doctors had no definite diagnosis by noon Wednesday though polio was tentatively considered. Mrs Wilson said the paralysis had not progressed since arrival.
Herbert E True of Salisbury Massachusetts had a hollow glass eye rupture unexpectedly. Doctors attributed the accident to spontaneous rupture of the glass implant and performed a minor extraction before fitting a new eye at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
In Springfield Massachusetts a Westover Field soldier pleads for an apartment saying his kids are in the cemetery. The family rents by paying six months in advance and brings the children from the cemetery to prove the need. The landlord protests but is silenced by the receipt. During World War II pennies were made mainly from shell casings with a small amount of virgin copper added to meet legal standards.
Preston Everheart Post of the American Legion invites the public to an open house this Sunday from 2 to 5 PM. Refreshments will be served at the recently completed Legion home, praised as one of the nicest in the state. A committee of eleven women led by Mrs Griffin Dollarhide Jr organizes decorations and refreshments, with C B Bryant III as commander.
A Cotton Belt crew is in Whitewright this week building a crossing and graveling Sears street to the park boundary. The street north of the tracks is graveled to connect with Cotton Belt work, creating a new park entrance. Mayor Echols seeks a Cotton Belt easement to improve the old entrance at no city cost.
Dr Glenn Maxwell of Austin College Sherman will discuss Man: a Citizen of the Universe by John O Hara Cosgrave at the Church of Christ next Monday at 7 45 pm. Maxwell calls the non fiction work a little classic and a stimulus to constructive thinking in a troubled age.
Sherman and Denison Chamber of Commerce push to have Perrin Field 1169 acre tract deeded to the federal government. Commissioners Court votes to reopen negotiations for permanent title with a token payment and a reversion clause. Army engineers report Air Force negotiations began last September for a permanent base, currently leased for $1 annually.
The Butter and Egg Merchants Association of New York says wholesale and retail egg prices for Easter are at record highs and blame the Agriculture Department. The group claims the department’s price support program creates a shortage and directly responsible for the steep prices, representing over 200 distributors in the New York area.
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