Whitewright Sun notices and editorial urges in Texas
The Whitewright Sun lists notices on entertainments and memorials with advertising rates, asserts correction policy, and notes publisher and editor. It praises Whitewright trees and Van Alstyne’s business group, urges home painting, shares optimism for dry spell, and comments on Texas political campaigns and the Senate seat to replace Senator Morris Sheppard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Morris Sheppard
United States Senate
Sheppard
April Showers Lift Spring Awakening
A fragment describes April showers bringing brief rain then blue sky and sunshine. Drops cling to budding twigs like jewels. The warm spell makes grass turn green and a crocus lifts, signaling renewal in the garden scene.
April awakening on the hillsides
April touches Forsythia and willow branches as gardens wake and robins sing after rain. The scene describes green leaves, blooming bells, and gentle breeze along rushing brooks, signaling a bright spring in the countryside.
Idle inmates may aid defense production in prisons
The Christian Science Monitor suggests using federal and state prisons to manufacture defense materials such as tents and bags, noting facilities like Atlanta and Leavenworth already produce items. It argues many prisons sit idle for lack of work and urges a plan to employ inmates, easing strain on national production while benefiting inmates.
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National Defense
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Army
Navy Ordnance Departments
Christian Science Monitor
Wedding of Miss Nelle Blanton and Orbin Blanton
A Greenville area wedding at Whitewright and Greenville sections details the ceremony at a Methodist church, with Lt. Farthing and Miss Nelle Blanton as the couple. Guests from Dallas Lubbock Madill and Oklahoma City attended. The bride wore a white net dress with orange blossoms and veil. the groom, Orbin Blanton of San Antonio, will reside in Longview after a trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wendell Watts
Madill
Okla
Marvin Bryant
James Sears
Lubbock
Virginia Grace Strickland
R. L. and
David
Mary Lee Sears Mitchell
Dorothy Huckleberry
Virginia Hicks
Hattie Dell Treives
Pearl Ottley
Ernest Scouten
Oklahoma City
Josephine Field
Paul Vestal
Robert Farthing
Dallas
Naugh Methodist Church
Greenville
Wesley Hite
Gene Simpson
Merriam Wheeler
Mary Lou McGaughey
Orbin Blanton
San Antonio
Mr. Blanton
Henry Brown
Leon Jones
Longview
Ben Clements Jr
D. C. Laird Jr
Kilgree
Jean Edge
Frances Clements
E. C. Manning
C. N. Hambrick
Fort Worth
Lucille Badgett
Denison
S. T. Montgomery
Whitewright
Blanton and McMillan Married in Greenville Ceremony
Miss Al Eva McMillan daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude McMillan Greenville and Charles Earl Blanton son of C S Blanton Whitewright were married Saturday night at the Kava-
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Greenville
al Eva McMillan
Claude McMillan
Charles Earl Blanton
Longview
C. S. Blanton
Whitewright
Mothers and their pivotal role in a child's fate
A collection of quotations on motherhood highlights a mother’s influence in shaping a child’s future, reform of society through maternal involvement, and the deep joy mothers feel at their child’s fortunes. The sayings praise maternal guidance and the moral weight of motherhood.
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Richter
Mineral Wells Couple Weds in Weatherford Easter Ceremony
Society news reports Jim Henry Andrews of Mineral Wells married Ruth Presnall of Caddo Easter Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride’s grandmother in Weatherford. The Rev B Wrenn Webb officiated as guests, attendants, and musicians participated in a formal ceremony with lilies, ferns, and bridal wreath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Henry Andrews
Ruth Presnall
Mineral Wells
Weatherford
Andrews
Lucian Andrews
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
Caddo
R. L. Sears
B. Wrenn Webb
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Veazey
van Alstyne
Mitchell
Robert Grant
Denton
C. B. Bryant Jr
Frank D. Layman
Bethel Home Demonstration Club Meets at Farrow Home
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday at Mrs. Harry Farrow’s home. Rain kept the county home agent from presenting a meats demonstration. Lunch was served at noon. The club plans to meet April 22 at Mrs. J. P. Williams’s home.
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Bethel Home Demonstration Club
Harry Farrow
County
J. P. Williams
Music Club Hosts A Folk Music Discussion
Mrs W B Holcomb hosted the Whitewright Music Club at Mrs Percy Darwin's home. Mrs H T Atterberry led the discussion on Our Folk Music and Composers Who Have Used It. Members and one guest enjoyed period music selections and refreshments for 13 members and one guest Mrs Darwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Holcomb
Whitewright
Percy Darwin
H. T. Atterberry
Howard
J. C. McMillin
R. E. Hickman
Leon Johnson
A. L. Jackson
Guy Hamilton
Darwin
Friday Literary Club hearing Whitman themes in study
Mrs. Wilson Kaiser hosted the Friday Literature Club last Friday at 3 pm. The program explored Walt Whitman through life, nature, and his poetry with readings by Inez Ray, Lena Mae Gowdy, C. J. Meador and Mrs. Bryant King. Refreshments followed. an annual party was planned at the Rays home later this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Kaiser
Friday Literary Club
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Inez Ray
Brooklyn
Bryant King
Lena Mae Gowdy
C. J. Meador
Inez
Gladys Ray
Frances Dale Mitchell and William Eugene Farthing Jr. engaged
Miss Frances Dale Mitchell daughter of Mrs Mary Lee Sears Mitchell of Oklahoma City and Lieut William Eugene Farthing Jr son of Col and Mrs William Eugene Farthing of Hawaii were engaged to be married in a ceremony expected soon at a local church.
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Frances Dale Mitchell
Mary Lee Sears Mitchell
Oklahoma City
William Eugene Farthing Jr
Fort Sill
Okla
William Eugene Farthing
Hawaii
Physician to Race 35 Miles With Horse for Defense
Dr. Arno Suominen a 36 year old Sumerville physician born in Finland will race a horse for 35 miles in Sumerville on April 20 as his contribution to national defense. He previously raced 50 miles in Charleston last summer on the hottest day, but blistered feet forced retirement at 35 miles with the horse leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
S. C
Arno Suominen
Finland
Charleston
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P&g
Kellogg
Morgan
Bethel HD Club
East Texas
Jack Farley
Hedge Shears
Manning & Meador
Trenton
Earnheart Burial Ass’n
K. Wolens
Euro
Enro
Kavolens Department Stores Stores
Ernest Lilley
Denison, Texas
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