Denison Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Mrs. W. B. Head of Denison visits friends here Tuesday. J. F. Blanton of Lubbock visits his mother Mrs. Blanton. Numerous relatives and friends travel between Denison Paris Sherman Fort Worth and Dallas with weekend and weekday visits. Ben Montgomery and family host guests. Jack Barbee and others share family gatherings. Ben Montgomery’s son-in-law R. H. Barham illness noted and a scrap-iron drive merit awarded to Ben Roberts.
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Ben Roberts
Sweetwater
International Harvester Company
Texas
Mr. Roberts
Mel Roberts
Whitewright
Fidelis Class Meets at First Baptist Church Home
Fidelis Sunday School class held a business and social meeting at Miss Lena Mae Gowdy’s home Tuesday night with co hosts Mrs. Bryant King and Mrs. Oscar McCollum. Program included class song devotional piano and vocal solos reading and violin pieces. Refreshments served to 22 guests.
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Fidelis
First Baptist Church
Lena Mae Gowdy
Bryant King
Oscar McCollum
E. P. Wootten
C. J. Meador
O. L. Sears
O. L
Hickman Sunday School Class Meets at Cook Home
The Hickman Presbyterian Church Sunday School class met Wednesday evening at Mrs. Fred Cook's home with co host Mrs. Minnie Patterson. Miss Viva Philipis led the business session. The program included a song devotional and reading Unaware. Awards were given to Miss Ruth Cox Mrs. Roddy and Mrs. Oran Sears. Easter decorations and refreshments were shared with 10 members and several visitors.
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Hickman
The
Presbyterian Church
Fred Cook
Minnie Patterson
Viva Philipis
John Reeves
Vera Hickman
Kathryn Roddy
Ruth Cox
Roddy
Oran Sears
Sarah Kilgree
Overby
Shirley Glyn Blanton
Jimmie Nossaman
Goodwin
Easster Bunny
Beverly Anne Bassett
Sonny Lee Brown
C. I. Witt
J. A. Yeager
Melvin Anderson
W. K. Alexander
Harper
Elmo Wallace
A. G. Mullinix
Clyde Gibson
Darwin
O. L. Jones
P.T. A
Cook
Gibsom
P T A Opens April Meeting With Report Elements
The April Parent Teacher Association session opens with a reported agenda item list and introductory remarks. Leaders outline upcoming events and goals for student programs.
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The
Parent- Teacher Association
Ray Short speaks at Rotary Club on American life and wars
Ray Short county superintendent of public schools was guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon. He outlined the American way of life and the reasons for war, reviewed wars up to the present, and discussed wartime purposes. Russell Summers and Dr. Ross R. May named delegates to the district conference in Longview May 24 and 25.
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Ray Short
Rotary Club
Short
Russell Summers
Ross R. May
Rotary
Longview
Clay Horton
Roy Blanton
St. Louis
C. B. Bryant Jr
E. P. Wootten
Hair Raising Exchange In A Brief Parlor Scene
A short comic exchange describes a woman recounting past history to Jim who responds by calmly combing his hair. The light moment centers on a trivial reaction rather than a dramatic reply.
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Jim
Local Farm News Meets to Check Cotton Measurements
The Farm Committee will meet farmers at city hall Monday and Tuesday to check cotton measurements. Arthur Badgett announces all non meeting farmers should attend. Rex Cruse will address Kentuckytown farmers Friday at 8 30 p m with important matters.
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Arthur Badgett
Rex Cruse
Kentuckytown
Singing Convention at Bethel Church Near Whitewright
The county line singing convention will be held at the Baptist Church in the Bethel community three miles south of Whitewright next Sunday at 2 o clock. W C Brown president says the group meets every third Sunday.
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Baptist Church
Bethel
Whitewright
W. C. Brown
Sunrise Easter Service at Central Christian Church
The annual union sunrise Easter prayer service will be held at Central Christian Church at 5 30 a m on April 25. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Union
Central Christian Church
Baptist Church Service Schedule Summary
Rev. E. P. Wootten leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. with W. T. Simmons as superintendent. Morning worship begins at 11 o'clock and evening service is at 8:00.
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E. P. Wootten
Alexander McFerran Pastoral Schedule
Alexander McFerran pastor leads Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 and evening worship at 8 for the local church.
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Alexander McFerran
Community Church Schedule Highlights The Week
Rev W W Adcock leads services with Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m Young people's sing song at 6 p m and night service at 8 o'clock provide a full program for church attendees.
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W. W. Adcock
Gleason leads church with weekly Sunday School and sermons
Chester E. Gleason serves as pastor guiding a congregation that holds Sunday School every Lord's Day and Lord's Supper observances. Preaching services occur on the 2nd and 4th Sundays monthly with Sunday School starting promptly at 10:00. This notice explains the church schedule for parishioners.
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Chester E. Gleason
Funeral services for A H Davis held in Sherman
Mortuary services for A H Davis 75 died at 820 North Cleveland Sherman were held last Thursday in Sherman led by Rev Claud Johnson. Davis lived in Whitewright for years before moving to Sherman in 1922 to work as a building contractor and built the Grayson College building now used by Whitewright High School. He served four years as Whitewright postmaster about 30 years ago. Survivors include his widow two sons Percy Noble Davis Fort Worth and Roger F Davis Sonora Mexico a daughter Mrs George German Bonham a foster daughter Jean Black Davis Sherman two sisters Mrs A C Sanders San Antonio and Mrs W H Shaw Sherman and two brothers O M and F P Davis Houston.
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A. H. Davis
Cleveland
Sherman
Claud Johnson
North Park Baptist Church
Davis
Whitewright
Grayson College
Tennessee
Texas
Percy Noble Davis
Fort Worth
Roger F. Davis
Sonora
Mexico
George German
Bonham
Jean Black Davis
A. C. Sanders
San Antonio
W. H. Shaw
O. M
F. P. Davis
Houston
Sears House Tornado Claimed 87 Years Of History
Mrs. Alice Sears Kirkpatrick, sole survivor of the Sears family, watched the J. H. Sears home in Texas destroyed by a Thursday tornado. Built in 1856 with pegs, the house stood as a landmark and social hub for traveling preachers, with Sears descendants and kin noted in the narrative of local history. The 75-year resident near the birthplace witnessed cedars twisted by the storm, while earlier in 1919 a tornado had damaged the Kirkpatrick property.
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G. B. Ray
Dallas News
W. A. Kirkpatrick
J. H. Sears
Kirkpatrick
Alice Sears
Alabama
Christopher Sears
Blackland
Fannin County
Sears
Joe H. Sears
Jefferson
Sober man in a whirling world humor in court
London report recalls Dr. McCarthy who swerved to avoid twenty intoxicated pedestrians, claiming he alone was sober. The judge fined him eighty dollars and imposed a two year prohibition. The piece notes diamonds were found in Pike County Arkansas in 1906.
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London
Pike County
Arkansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. B. Head
Denison
J. F. Blanton of
Lubbock
Mrs. B. F. Blanton
T. F. Coffman
J.D. Hoard
Dallas
J. E. Payne Jr
Claude Young
Paris
William L. Ideker
W. M. Enochs
Inlaw
Mrs
Jesse Wallace
Woodlake
M. R. Key
Tom S. Montgomery
Huntsville
Ben Montgomery
W. H. Stedham
Pearl ‘ Stedham
Greenville
S. T. Montgomery
Paris Presbytery
Aubrey Hansard
Grand Prairie
Elbert Hansard
George Bennett
L. D. Farley
Sherman Hospital
P. J. Pierce
Little Rock
Ark
R. H. Barham
Will Yarbrough
Tom Barbee
Yarbrough
Mrs. Barbee
Frank Armstrong
Plano
Jack Barbee
Commerce
W. J. Barbee
Gertrude Montgomery
Ada, Okla
Julian Boone
Oklahoma City
Fount Kimbell
Groesbeck
H. J. Bradshaw
Abilene
Tommie Chenoweth
James Stateville
W. F. Wright
Ira Kirkpatrick
J. E. Everheart
Jack Lackey
Corsicana
Ott Lackey
Ray
Glen Earnheart Benefit Association
Singing
Rexall
R. P. Childress
Joe Sears
L. P
T. H. Sears
Kate Griffin
George E. Griffin
Burkburnette
W. C
Cull Reeves
Ladies
Oxfords
Cole & Davis Co
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