Local news roundup from Whitewright and area shows visits and health updates
Local notes list Jim German and others visiting Sherman and Denison. Dallas and Pampa visitors, family gatherings, and care updates for C A Wilson, Otto Russell, T Mount Cox, and Grace Roberts family. Several travel mentions, hospital trips, and community events including a boxing program ad and a future GI trade school project at Whitewright School. A farm to market road request to Sam Rayburn is noted along with WPA road history and maintenance concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Lilley
B. W. Newman
Alonzo Harper
Gomer May
Bonham
Sam Rayburn
Whitewright-Ely- Ector
Whitewright
Ector
Fannin County
Paris engineer outlines traffic signals plan for business district
F M Davis division State highway engineer visited White last week to discuss traffic control signals for the business district. He proposed using flasher warnings instead of the stop and go signals previously in use after the war and offered to place large reflector slow signs at appropriate distances. Davis was accompanied by L D Cabaniss assistant division engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F._ M. Davis
Paris
Mr. Davis
Friday Literary Club Discusses The Bible as Literature
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. Emory Christian's home to study The Book of Esther directed by chairwoman Mrs. Bryant King. Officers voted Mrs. Jennie Crittenden into membership and planned the district TFWC convention in McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Christian
Bryant King
Grady Gillett
C. J. Meador
J. C. McMillin
Jennie Crittenden
Penny Music Fund
Texas Federation
McKinney
C. P. Johnson
Burns Wallace Announcement in The Sun
The Sun reports the marriage of Miss Billyve Jean Wallace of Morenci Arizona to Cecil B Burns of Dublin Texas on March 7. The ceremony occurred at the Church of Christ minister Anne L Poisall in Clifton Arizona. Attending were the bride and groom’s parents and Ernest Ware. The bride, a Morenci High School senior, was born in Whit Wright and moved to Morenci in 1943. The groom, a Dublin High School graduate, served four years in the Naval Air Force including three in the Pacific Theatre. They will live in Morenci with Burns employed by Phelps Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billyve Jean Wallace
Jesse Wallace
Morenci
Ariz
Cecil B. Burns
E. D. Burns
Dublin
Texas
Church of Christ
Anne L. Poisall
Clifton
Ernest Ware
Morenci High School
Whitewright
Dublin High School
Naval Air Force
Burns
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
H D Club Meets at Miss Badgett’s Home
The Home Demonstration Club met at Miss Myrtle Badgett’s home on April 10 with Mrs. Fred Cook presiding in Mrs. Vestal’s absence. Ten members attended and discussed club affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Badgett
Fred Cook
Vestal
District meeting reports and demonstrations at Corsicaria
Members answered roll call. Mrs. May gave a report on the district meeting at Corsicaria. Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Maddux demonstrated ranging pictures and landscaping. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Wayne Martin if weather permits, but at Mrs. Otto Russell's if weather is bad, on April 24. Bottle drinks were served by the hostess. Reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Corsicaria
Russell
Maddux
Wayne Martin
Otto Russell
Funeral services held for David M. Roddy near Denison
Mortuary service for David M. Roddy who died April 9 after a two month illness was conducted at Bells Methodist Church with Rev. Gilpin and Rev. Holt presiding. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife two sons Lt. Lloyd Roddy in Sendai Japan and David F Roddy of Tulsa. Attendees from out of town listed among many Bells Denison and Whitewright residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Roddy
Denison
Bells Methodist Church
R. L. Gilpin
Whitewright
M. C. Holt
Bells
Rose Hill Cemetery
Roby Childress
Elizabeth Jones
P. H. Wilson
W. M. Dawson
Dan Dudley Dugan
P. P. Mathews
W. H. West
P. D. Lazenby
Mr. Roddy
David F. Roddy
Tulsa
Okla
Lloyd Roddy
Sendai
Japan
W. S. Roddy
Miss Mattie Roddy
Kilgore
Out of Town
Wallace Kimbrough
Joe Kimbrough
Hazen Armstrong
Denton
Amy Caruthers
Sarah Ellis
Chickasha
Walter Ferguson
Ralph Porterfield
T. J. Miller
Earl Kimbrough
Kate Fulton
Jim, Savage
Sherman
J. A. Low
Fort Worth
Frances Low
Houston
H. A. Manzer
Garland
George West
Anna
O'Brian Lazenby
Linda K
Bobby Lazenby
Barton Peters
Weldon West
Luther Thomas
Whitewright High School
Kirk May
Ernest Smith
Roby Wilson
P. A. Short
Mesdames Roby Childress
H. C. Willis
R. A. Gillett
Jack Nossaman
Robert Sears
Byron Caraway
O.V
Barker and Yeager Eloped in Whitewright Consideration
Fred Cook Senior, Katie Nell Yeager, Miss Winnie Hamilton of Whitewright, and Barker are named in a brief notice listing residents and acquaintance names connected to a local event. The fragment suggests a social or family connection but provides no dates or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Fred Cook Senior
Katie Nell Yeager
Miss Winnie Hamilton
Whitewright
Mrs Tabitha Parrigin 73 Dies in Sherman Texas
Mrs Tabitha Alice Parrigin 73 died at her Sherman home Sunday at 2 15 pm. She lived in Whitewright before moving to Sherman. Funeral at Travis Street Methodist Church in Sherman Tuesday 2 30 pm led by Rev Ed R Barcus. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Whitewright with Eastern Star. Pallbearers from Sherman were R G Piner Robert Dean Otis Kemp J C Taliferro George Dent Grady Thompson. Born April 18 1874 in Clinton County Kentucky to Tom and Elizabeth Ennis she married Dan Parrigin at Whitewright in 1892. She moved to Texas 1891 from Kentucky and to Sherman 1921. A member of the Methodist Church and Eastern Star Carpenters chapter she survived by a son Vertol Parrigan Sherman a daughter Dorothy Parrigan Osaka Japan and a sister Mrs Liza Taylor Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Alice Parrigin
Sherman
Whitewright
Travis Street Methodist Church
Ed R. Barcus
Oak Hill Cemetery
Eastern Star
R. G. Piner
Robert Dean
Otis Kemp
J. C. Talifer
Miss Dorothy Parrigan
Osaka
Japan
Liza Taylor
Infant Suzanne Harper Funeral in Fayetteville and Whitewright
Funeral services were held for Suzanne Harper infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Harper in Moore-Savage Chapel Fayetteville Arkansas on April 13 with Joe Spaulding minister officiating Connie Hollis led a short service in Whitewright on April 14 for interment. Surviving are the parents a sister Carol of Rogers Arkansas and the Harper family notes that Mrs. Harper is the daughter of Lonnie Darwin route four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Harper
Allen B. Harper
Moore-Savage Chapel
Fayetteville
Ark
Joe Spaulding
Church of Christ
Funeral services for Nancy Ida Rabjohn at Trenton Methodist
Mrs. Nancy Ida Rabjohn aged 80 died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. D. N. Nutt’s home in Orangeville. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Trenton Methodist Church conducted by Rev. E. B. Jackson. Glen Earnheart is in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ida Rabjohn
D. N. Nutt
Orangeville
Trenton Methodist Church
E. B. Jackson
Glen Earnheart
Mrs Rabjohn Born 1866 Columbus Georgia and Bluffton Arkansas
Mrs Rabjohn born January 11 1866 in Columbus Georgia. She married G W Rabjohn in 1879 in Bluffton Arkansas. He died several years ago. She is survived by two sons four daughters and twenty grandchildren.
Dry weather best for wallpapering job tips
Wallpaper should be painted when completely dry and weather is warm. Use a wide brush or roller for best results. Wait for a warm day to tackle the job and avoid damp conditions.
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Jim German
Sherman and
Charley Chipley
Dallas
R. C. Norris
Noel Scott
Mrs
R. I. Scott
Clifford Braley Jr
Pampa, Texas
T. E. Sears Sr
W. B. Womack
Wyoming, Pa
Misses Inez
Gladys Ray
D. M. Harrison
Speedy
Joani
Davenport
Iowa
Bessie Jo Russell
C. A. Wilson
Wichita Falls
Bruce Dixon
Pilot Grove
Tom Norris
J. R. Wilson
Dyer Bonner
Cloud
Mr. Wilson
A. M. Bryant
Clifton Page
T. Mount Cox
Grand Prairie
Cox
Michael Greer
Grace Roberts
Florida
Clara Vernon
James
Lyda German
Coweta
San Antonio
J. H. Hayes
Penny Louise
Mrs. Vernor Snider
D.C. Hassler
Carl Caraway
Archie Cane
Bertha Page
Tommie Bartlett
W. J. Marlow
Broken Bow
G. C. Marlow
Mr Marlow
California
Lem Tittsworth
J.D. Mariow
O. W. Presley
Detroit
Mich
W. M. Cox
The
Sun
Cecil B. Newland
W. R. Hatfield
Camp Fannin
Tyler
Grady McCorstin
the Sun
Sherman Sluggers
All Hell
Huseman
Miss Huseman
Denis
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
Hi-Way
Wallace
D. M. Roddy
Alice Parrigin
Men’s Athletic Union Suits
Cole & Davis Co
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