Social News Roundup of Regional Visits and Travel
Mr and Mrs George Key visited in Dallas and McKinney on Sunday. Mrs Edgar Wright of Paris visits Mrs Emmet Penn. L G Bow of Nampa Idaho visits Mrs O G Bow and relatives. Lillie Gardner returns from Sherman hospital. Various locals travel to Dallas Richardson and Paris for visits. Local officials and families attend events and hospital stays are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Key
Dallas
McKinney
Mrs. Edgar Wright
Paris
Emmet Penn
Mrs. L. G. Bow
Nampa, Idaho
O. G. Bow
Regional Lions Queen Nominee From Balboa High School
Miss Diane Vestal, Balboa High School senior and granddaughter of R. C. Vestal of Whitewright, will represent the Balboa Lions Club as queen at the regional Lions Clubs convention in Balboa April 17 and 18. A Bennett family reunion gathered relatives from Celeste Whitewright Greenville and Wichita Falls at O. A. Bennett’s home this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Vestal
Trendon Vestal
Balboa
Canal Zone
Balboa Lions Cub
Lions Clubs
Vestal
Balboa High School
R. Ci Vestal
Whitewright
Bennett
O. A. Bennett
W. S. Bennett
Billy
Celeste
Noble Bennett
Jerry Lee
Peggy Sue
A. J. Wood
Henry Jarvis
R. W. Moffett
Illa Bennett
Greenville
J. L. Elam
Cheryl
Cowen
Wichita Falls
Rotary Club views film on heart health and longevity
Rotary Club meeting featured a film titled slow down and live longer presented by program chairman Lokey Edwards. Several Rotarians left early. Wilbert Bennett, April guest student, attended the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lokey Edwards
Rotary Club
Wilbert Bennett
Demonstration on sewing machine attachments at Whitewright club
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. W. E. Pennell home. Mrs. J. C. McMillin presided. prayers and pledges led by Mrs. Fred Cook Sr. Reports covered a downtown rum mage sale and a drapery workshop at Ambrose clubhouse. Planned visit to Tom Bean Rest Home with gifts. refreshments served to 10 members. Next meeting April 23 at Mrs. Carl May’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brown
Whitewright Home
W. E. Pennell
J. C. McMillin
Fred Cook Sr
Ambrose Club
Tom Bean
Carl May
Veterans VA benefits and tax questions answered
A VA Q and A explains tax on interest from GI life insurance dividends, continued disability compensation during hospital treatment, policy reinstatement after lapse, and how outside income affects death compensation and service connected death pensions.
Presbyterian Missionary Society Meets in The Presbyterian M S
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met at 2 30 Monday afternoon with Mrs R L Sears as hostess Mrs Homer Sears presided opening with a song and a prayer The annual yearbook and devotional were shared and a program on Alaska was presented By Mrs Fred Cook Sr with Mrs J W Wilson participating Mrs Homer Sears reported on the Denison Presbyterial meeting held April 6 7 Ten members attended Refreshments were served to 11 members and two Paris visitors Mrs Edgar Wright and Mrs Leslie Sperry Reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
R. L. Sears
Homer Sears
Lydia Henry
T. E. Sears Sr
Hoyt Taylor
Fred Cook Sr
Alaska
J. W. Wilson
Denis
Edgar Wright
Leslie Sperry
Paris
Swansea Home Laundress Becomes Machine Operator
Officials at Swansea Children's Home added a washing machine for their laundress to ease her work. The laundress gained a $3.50 weekly raise, as the union approved the change. A Latin etymology note on the word veto closes the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swansea
England
Lipstick Dyes Banned by FDA Hit Industry Hard
The FDA bans 13 lipstick dyes effective May 15 for failing safety tests. Industry leaders warn a hearing will be sought as the move threatens core colors and cosmetic makers. Tests on animals showed death and organ damage in some rats and mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Toilet Goods Association
Association
Stephen L. Mayham
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Church Opens New Type of Redemption
A green trading stamp incentive offered by First Baptist Church superintendent T. G. Peters boosted Sunday school attendance. Members were urged to come to class to receive two extra green stamps, indicating a novel redemption program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
First Baptist Church
T. G. Peters
Teen readers outpace adults in private survey
A private survey shows more than two-thirds of U.S. teenagers read a book other than school text, four times the adult rate. It also notes 38.7 percent watch over two hours of TV daily, 4.3 percent exceed six hours, and 22.6 percent read comics, with about 10 percent spending over 15 minutes daily on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Man and Politics Refined by City and Tax Debate
The excerpt contrasts Edwin Markham’s call for personal growth with a political scene where a table pounding politician declares a clear stance on a tax issue. He asserts loyalty to his friends and rejects equivocation amid division.
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D. E. McCoy
Community Hospital
Sherman
Mrs. Royce Lay
W. J. Hogan
Bells
Glen Earnheart
Edna Sudderth
Leonard
Grover Stuteville
James Stuteville
Richardson
Sam Golden
Bobbie Golden
Tyrie Tomerlin
A. J. Bennett
Marines
San Diego
Calif
W. B. Holcomb
Bettye
Midlothian
W. K. Alexander
Lee Alexander
Doug of Sherman
George High
Southwestern Professional Photographers Association
Pat Russell
Susie
Steven
Arlington
W. H. Russell
Houston Darwin
Irvin Slaughter
Buel Range
Tom Bean School
Grady Langford
Danny Wilson
Jim Hicks
G. W. Renfro
Orangeville
Philip Earnheart
Lima
Ohio
Mattie Tidwell
Desert
Hugh Hunter
Mrs
Frank Alexander
Carl Holland
Leslie Holland
Denton
Mesquite
A. B. Sanders
C. E. Sanders
Bonham
M&s Hospital
T. J. Lilley
Frank White
Clarence Burchfield
Joe Burchfield
E. T. Doss
Elbert Thompson
Pilot Point
Harold Doss
E. P. McIver
Grady M. Lorance
Randy Keith
Beaumont
Paul Haliburton
Melvin R. Sims
Grady Lorance
Ellen Mooney
Mary Ellen
la Jean
Vanette
W. L. Clem
Linda
Nonnie
Montie
Anna
Grady McCorstin
Lu Jean
Betty Crocker
Blue Star
Oleo
Grayson
Mrs. Pickford
Big Tex Bacon
Maryland
Maxwell House
Folger’s Coffee
Vanity Fair
S.M.A
Don Collins
Fred Garner
Billy Powers
Norman, Okla
Hubert Lewis
Oklahoma City
Ben Long
Blanchard, la
H. L. Stevens
Orange
E. A. Andrew
Memphis
Tenn
Harvey Stevens
Lipstick Industry
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Edwin Markham
WAPCO
Kimbell
Crocery & Market
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