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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
2
The Grayson College Ex Students Association announces the annual meeting will be held on the fourth Sunday in June this year, June 26, instead of August. The change follows member requests due to summer travel and hot August weather.
Funeral services for Miss Pearl Oliver were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday night at her home, born August 10 1871, daughter of James W. Oliver. Survivors include three brothers, a sister, and many out of town relatives from Texas and North Carolina.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church for dossey a retired farmer who died Sunday at his home on South Bend street. Burial followed in Pilot Grove Cemetery with Glen Earnheart funeral director. Survivors include wife two sons B L Dossey and Charles W Dossey daughters Mrs J S Perkins Duncan Okla and Jewel Dossey Whitewright a brother J M Dossey a sister Mrs Ella Keene Fort Worth twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia E. Everheart were held at the family home in Sherman after a long illness. She was born near Marshall on May 30 1855 and moved to Sherman in 1893. Burial followed at Canaan Cemetery north of Whitewright. she left a son J P Everheart and brothers B S Montgomery and S J Montgomery.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Beecher St John 66 native of Pilot Grove who died Sunday at her son W D St Johns home in Abilene. Rev Donald Cliets assisted by Rev Charles Graves and Rev Ross Bourland conducted. Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survivors include 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 Ark. He died Saturday in a doctor office at Amity of a heart attack. Survivors include his wife and four children Mrs Nadine Rushing of Hot Springs Ark Ray Franklin of Amity Ark and James and Mildred Franklin at home two sisters Mrs Molly Burchfield Amity Ark and Mrs Hassie Adams of Hugo Okla and five brothers Perry and Mault Franklin of Amity Ark T
Dr. Earl Marlatt of SMU Dallas will speak at 7 30 Friday night at the First Methodist Church on This Side of Paradise. Marlatt, world traveler and poet, is known for Protestant Saints Cathedral and Lands Away and has lectured across Europe and Russia.
Jerry Lee Jackson a 19 year old Black resident of White Rock was stabbed in the chest at a White Rock restaurant about 9 30 p m Sunday by Karra Nelson a 39 year old Sherman Black man Nelson surrendered at the sheriff s office about 11 p m Sunday The restaurant operator s wife reported trouble to Constable Everheart who found Jackson dead behind the cafe on a pile of wood The inquest was conducted by Judge E B Martin while Nelson remained in custody
The Agriculture Department set August 1 as the deadline for farmers to reclaim 1948 cotton stored under government price support loans. Growers must pay off loans and carrying charges to regain clear title. About 4.4 million bales were tied up under the program as of March 17.
In Denning Arkansas seven years of women holding all city offices continue after a Monday night inauguration. Lois Dixon heads a female slate that defeated a male ticket in the municipal election held a week earlier.
Franklin of Hot Springs Ark Jess Franklin Whitewright and Major Franklin of Denison attend a funeral. From Whitewright Mr and Mrs Jess Franklin and Mr and Mrs D B McBroom and Mr and Mrs Major also attend.
Carl C. Newton, 58, of Denison, died at 8 15 a m Wednesday after a six month illness. He lived in Denison 46 years and worked as a movie projector operator. Funeral plans were not announced. He married Georgia Fralicks on September 30 1939. Survived by his wife and brother Earl Newton of Dallas. He was brother in law to Mrs Carl Hicks and Mrs Ernie Booker and an uncle of Dr F M Williams of Whitewright.
Funeral services were held for Ross Wade McCord who died after a three week illness at Brooks General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. The Rev. R L Cates and Rev Irving led a 3 PM service at Randolph Baptist Church with burial in Burns Cemetery. He served in the military for four months and eight months in 1946. Survivors include his mother Mrs Mattie McCord Bonham two sisters Mrs Margaret Hopper Bonham Mrs Ethel Cox Gillette Wyo three brothers Claude and Raymond Sherman Charles Randolph five nieces and two nephews.
The First Baptist Church schedules Youth Week starting Sunday April 17 sponsored by the Training Union under Mrs. Edgar Ayers. Intermediate and Senior Unions will organize events including an Easter breakfast at Craig's at 8 30, choir participation, Wednesday prayer services, and Sunday morning assemblies for all ages. Youth speakers will fill pulpits during the pastor’s revival absence.
Whitewright xposure builds for a Womanless Wedding on April 21 at the Grade School auditorium. Chamber of Commerce members will play roles as bride and groom with local businessmen as attendants and performers. PTA sponsors the event.
In Denison a stormy council session ousted Chief Paul Borum by a 2 to 1 vote and appointed desk sergeant Leland Miller as acting chief. City Judge C. B. Carroll was removed. Mayor Harry Glidden will serve as city judge until a replacement is found. Harold Schmitzer was retained as city secretary.
At Fort Monmouth New Jersey Army signal corps engineers reveal a silent chamber test showing thirty minutes of absolute silence is intolerable. The study compared wife talk baby cries pneumatic hammer and faucet drip to measure tolerance for quiet. It concludes people cannot endure long periods of total quiet.
The Agriculture Department forecast a near record winter wheat crop if conditions stay favorable, totaling about 1,019,686,000 bushels with a spring crop possible to reach 1,319,686,000 bushels. Projections include potential prewar production controls like planting allotments and marketing quotas if total output exceeds 1,275,000,000 bushels.
A presidential fact finding board rejected the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demand for an extra engineer on diesel locomotives. The union threatens a national train strike if unmet, and the board led by George W. Taylor found no grounds for the claim. The Railway Labor Act gives 30 days for response before any strike.
In Los Angeles a headless rooster named Lazarus, who survived a beheading on April 2, faces legal battles. The case, led by Justice of the Peace Stanley Moffatt, targets owner Martha Green for keeping a mutilated bird with trial set for April 27.
Sherman boosters of the Red River Valley Livestock Exposition plan a motorcade through nine North Texas towns including Whitesboro Collinsville Gunter Van Alstyne McKinney Farmersville Whitewright Bells and Denison. A string band and square dancers join the parade returning to Sherman for a 4 p m show on the square.
Washington economists from government and private sectors agree that recent months show signs the infant recession has been checked and business is holding. Indicators point to a seasonal rise in April and a possible full normal gain, signaling the economy may have survived the post war readjustment without a downward spiral.
Paul Wilson a Bells National Bank employee was reported in Parkland Hospital Dallas after becoming paralyzed in both arms and legs Sunday. A tentative polio diagnosis was given at entry and no definite diagnosis had been made by noon Wednesday.
Herbert E. True of Salisbury, age 53, reported his hollow glass eye to burst spontaneously. Doctors cited rupture of the glass implant as the cause, requiring removal of the fragments and fitting of a new eye at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary after a 24 year wear.
In Springfield Massachusetts a Westover Field soldier and his wife used a ruse to rent an apartment during World War II by claiming they had children in the cemetery. They returned with the kids, proving the payment of six months’ rent. The landlord challenged the claim but accepted the rental receipt. The piece notes wartime use of shell casings for pennies with some virgin copper to meet alloy standards.
Preston Everheart Post of the American Legion invites friends to visit its new home Sunday from 2 to 5 PM. Refreshments will be served. A committee of eleven women led by Mrs Griffin Dollarhide Jr. will decorate and provide the servings, reflecting the post's effort to showcase the facility.
A Cotton Belt crew works in Whiteside this week building a crossing on Sears Street and graveling to the American Legion Park boundary. City graveling blocks north of Cotton Belt tracks links with ongoing Cotton Belt work improving the park entrance. Mayor Echols seeks a Cotton Belt easement to enable park access without city cost.
Dr Glenn Maxwell of Austin College Sherman will review Man: a Citizen of the Universe by John O Hara Cosgrave next Monday at 7 45 pm at the Church of Christ. The book, praised as a little classic, surveys mankind with optimistic notes and aims to stimulate constructive thinking in troubled times.
Sherman officials moved to pursue permanent federal title for the 1169 acre Perrin Field as a future Air Force base. The court agreed to reopen negotiations with the aim of a token payment and a reversion clause if the site ceases to be military property, prompted by a Denison Sherman Chamber effort.
The Butter & Egg Merchants Association says this Easter shows record high wholesale and retail egg prices and blames the Agriculture Department for creating a shortage through price support. The group represents over 200 egg distributors in the New York metropolitan area.
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