Local notices and visits across North Texas
Locally Robert Scott is in San Antonio for a few days while his family visits Garland and Dallas. The column lists visitors from Bells, Cooper, Moran, Madill, Sherman, Durant, and other towns, plus travel between Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Diego. It notes docked ships, dental meeting in Dallas, and various social calls, with brief business ads and fishing chatter about Lake Texoma.
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Robert Scott
San Antonio
Erwin Couple Attend Trinity Banquet in Denison
Dr and Mrs W A Erwin attended a Trinity banquet at First Presbyterian Church in Denison Friday evening. Fourteen other members of the local Presbyterian Church were in attendance. Farmers began returning to work after two days of inactivity due to a good rain Monday night. The rain followed by a norther dropped temperatures to the low forties Tuesday night.
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W. A. Erwin
John Reeves
T. E. Sears
Paris Presbyterial Society
Sherman
Central Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Denison
Presbyterian Church
FBI honors Preston Everheart Post with service certificate
The Preston Everheart Post American Legion No 925 Whitewright Texas received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation a Special Service Certificate recognizing outstanding service to the FBI during World War II. Signed by J Edgar Hoover director.
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Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Whitewright
Texas
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
4-H Club Meets in Eighth Grade Room Wednesday
The Boy's 4-H Club met in the eighth grade room Wednesday morning with all members present. They learned to judge Jersey cows and assess their good and bad habits. A local sponsor was secured and is hoped to attend the next meeting. Reporter.
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Jersey
Willanell Badgett to wed William Shaw in April
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Badgett announce the marriage of their daughter Willanell to William J. Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shaw of Trenton, on April 9. Willanell is a Whitewright High School senior. William Shaw attended Trenton schools and served three years in the U S armed forces. They will reside in Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Badgett
Willanell
William J. Shaw
Roy Shaw
Trenton
Whitewright High School
Armed Forces
United States
Shaw
T. E. L. Class Meets at Mrs Pennell's Home
The T. E. L. Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. T. E. L. Pennell's home with co host Mrs. Lanius Kincaid. Mrs. Floyd Harris presided over the business session. Mrs. R. S. Morehead gave the devotional and Mrs. S. T. Montgomery Sr led prayer. Easter themed games were enjoyed by eighteen members and one guest, with refreshments served by the hostesses.
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W. E. Pennell
First Baptist Church
Lanius Kincaid
Floyd Harris
R. S. Morehead
S. T. Montgomery Sr
Bride Shower Honors Mrs. Jack Thrasher at Honey Grove
Mrs H A Simmons Mrs A D Moss and Miss Archie Wilburn hosted a miscellaneous bridal shower Friday at Mrs Simmons home honoring Mrs Jack Thrasher of Whitewright formerly Peggy Jane Taylor. Miss Betty Joe Taylor kept the bride’s book as spring flowers and games framed the event. Guests numbered 25 with prizes awarded to Miss Taylor and Mrs Simmons for games.
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Honey Grove
H. A. Simmons
A. D. Moss
Archie Wilburn
Simmons
Jack Thrasher
Whitewright
Peggy Jane Taylor
Betty Joe Taylor
Miss Taylor
Mrs. Simmons
Billie Ruth Cain
Marietta Meade
Demonstration Club Holds Dress Form Event in Whitewright
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. W. L. Hatfield’s home on April 11 with president Mrs. Lee Norris presiding. Mrs. Carl May and Mrs. Joe Miller demonstrated dress forms, modelled by Mrs. R. A. Vestal, as 16 members and nine guests enjoyed refreshments.
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Whitewright Home
W. L. Hatfield
Lee Norris
Carl May
Joe Miller
R. A. Vestal
Fred Cook Jr
Sallie Moore
L. F. Jacks
J. E. Wortham
Ted Spinks
Whitewright
W. A. Tallent
L. M. Lupher
Tom Bean
J. C. Andrews
Henry H. Struck
van Alstyne
Floyd Harris
Bethel
Zelma Moore
Club adjourns to Hastings home for wardrobe program
Members meet in the home of Mrs. Mattie Hastings on April 25 at 2 30 p m for an afternoon program on clothing materials and wardrobe planning.
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Mattie Hastings
Friday Literary Club Bible Day Observed in Home Meeting
The Friday Literary Club held Bible Day at Mrs. W. H. King's home with Mrs. Bryant King as hostess. Mrs. C. J. Meador led a discussion on Religion Among Our Competing Men, noting differing views from overseas chaplains and U.S. chaplains. The session emphasized home religious training and featured a paper on The Modern World Challenges Christianity. Delegates to the State meeting of the TFWC were chosen for San Antonio.
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Friday Literary Club
W. H. King
Bryant King
C. J. Meador
Joe Hamilton
Clarence McMillin
C. I. Witt
R. E. Lingenfelter
TFWC
San Antonio
B. W. Newman
Rotary Talk Highlights School Bus Safety Vigilance
Whitewright Rotary luncheon featured B R Caraway with guests Ray Short and A D Lummus. Lummus urged strict stop rules for school buses and cited 18 Texas fatalities since September plus 202 highway deaths so far this year. New Whitewright High faculty member Raymond Kerby was introduced. Guests from various towns attended and a fund of 197 dollars was raised for Saturday’s call show prizes.
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B. R. Caraway
Whitewright
Rotary Club
Ray Short
A. D. Lummus
Short
Lummus
Caraway
Texas
Raymond Kerby
Whitewright High School
B. W. Newman
Edgar Womack
Bonham
Rham Pennington
Sherman
T. M. Hasty
Mt. Vernon
Lillian Maxwell
Marguerite Gregg
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Paul Stephens
Tom Sears
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Discrepancy Somewhere in Janie and Willie Romance
Janie confides to her mother that she is losing confidence in Willie. She explains that whenever she goes to a dance with another partner she finds her own boyfriend with another girl.
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Willie
Janie
Funeral Services for Mrs Ethel Moore Wilburn
Mrs Ethel Mae Moore Wilburn 53 wife of Henry C Wilburn of 229 West Gandy Denison died in a Sherman hospital on her 38th wedding anniversary. Services were at Bells Methodist Church with Rev Harold Cates and Rev Guy Purdue officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Bells. Born Bells December 17 1892 she leaves a husband three sons a daughter three brothers three sisters and four grandchildren plus her parents Mr and Mrs H D Moore of Bells.
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Henry C. Wilburn
Ethel Mae Moore Wilburn
West Gandy
Denison
Bells Methodist Church
Harold Cates
Guy Purdue
Rose Hill
Bells
Wilburn
Sherman
Mr. Wilburn
Carl Alfred
Aubrey Essary
Dallas
H. D. Moore
Warning on green lumber use in home rush
New Orleans authorities warned that widespread use of green lumber in the ongoing home-building rush could cause staggering national losses. C. A. Connaughton, director of the Southern Forest Experimental Station, cautioned that some use of green lumber seems...
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New Orleans
C. A. Connaughton
Southern Forest Experimental Station
Unavoidable but unnecessary lumber drying debate note
A prepared statement argues much of the issue is unnecessary. It says lumber can be dried quickly using modern seasoning methods and that sound permanent housing construction should consider this.
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R. I. Scott
Robert and
Joann
Garland
Fred Henninger
Corpus Christi
G. D. Bennett
San Francisco, Calif
Son
Leon Bennett
John Copeland
Jack Withrow
R. A. Gillett
Joe Thomas May
J. H. Vallentine of
Cooper
W.C. Greer
Westminster
Mrs
W. D. Powell
Charley Dossey
Bakersfield, Calif
Mrs. L. R. Dossey
Orangeville
W. H. Stedham
Arthur Durst
Paul Haliburton
J. E. Smith
John F. Ross
F. M. Williams
The
Texas State Dental Association
Betty Bryant
Hockaday School
A. M. Bryant
Roby Wilson
San Diego, Calif., Naval Training Station
Lee Wilson
H. D. Neff
Hazel Ferguson
Shawnee, Okla
Guy Dillon
Durant, Okla
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Buster Ball
Madill, Okla
Nina Murphy
George Ball
Route Four
Fidelis
Baptist Sunday School
N. E. Skaggs
Ira Fleming
W. W. Price
Lawton
Oklo
Price
Ben Childress Jr
Tulsa
Okla
Murphy Riou
Lake Charles
O. T. Miller
Oakland
Calif
Lem_ Tittsworth
Bonham, Texas
Hill Top
Kentuckytown
W. C. Brown
Mr. Brown
McKinney
Lawson Cook
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Doss
Houston
U.S. Department of Labor
Marshall Hasty
Dallas Rotary Club
Tom Warren
England
Rotary International
Mrs. Hasty
Mr. Hasty
John L. Biggerstaff
Monnie Biggerstaff
Marodate
Hokkaido
Cull Reeves
Waldron
Ark
Reeves Tailor Shop
East Texas State College
Commerce
J. Frank Wilson
Wilton McFarland
Joe Tate Jones
Wilson
McFarland
Jones
Danville, Ark
Sun
Texoma
Pottsboro
R. L. Gilpin
Simpson & Spinks
First National Bank
Rotary
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
James D. Buster
Sherman, Texas
Whitewright, Texas
Wade Prince
Hettie Cambron
Cole & Davis Co
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