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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
5
Local residents visit relatives in Bonham Dallas and Sherman. The senior class play Goodnight Ladies moves to Friday night. Lake Texoma fishing faces weather and water level issues. Community notices include births marriages and local incidents.
Mrs. R. E. Lingenfelter travels to Des Moines Iowa for the wedding of her niece Miss Betty Long and will return Monday. Mrs. J. E. Montgomery of Fort Worth and nephew David Manning of Dallas visit her parents Mayor and Mrs. F. M. Echols.
Mrs. Fannie Atnip wife of J W Atnip route one died Friday night after a short illness Funeral services were held Monday at 4 pm at Trenton Methodist Church with Rev E B Jackson and burial in Burns Cemetery Glen Earnhart in charge She was born November 20 1885 in Tennessee daughter of H J Christian married to J W Atnip in 1909 She lived in Texas 31 years in the Trenton area Surviving are her husband four sons three brothers two sisters and five grandchildren
Mrs. Phoebe Ellenor Abbott died of a heart attack at 2:45 a.m. Sunday at her Whitewright home. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church with Rev. Duke R. Barton officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery under Glen Earnheart's direction. She was born February 28, 1878 in Fairmount Kentucky and lived much of her life in Fannin and Graycon Counties. Survived by three daughters Mrs. W. M. Wells Richmond Virginia Miss May Abbott Whitewright and Mrs. O. E. Large Whitesboro two granddaughters Ruth LaVerne and Valera May Large one sister Mrs. T. B. Whitworth Whitewright.
Central Christian Church announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching services on the first and third Sundays at 11 a.m. Minister Earl Bissex invites all to attend.
Reverend W A Casseday ministering at morning worship 11 o clock with a cordial welcome to all.
Announcement reports the marriage on March 23 in Miami Florida of Mrs Bessie Mae Hodges McNeley of San Antonio to Dr Belvin Pritchett a well known San Antonio physician and civic figure.
Mrs. Pritchett, daughter of Mrs. Jim Bilner of Whitewright, a former resident of Savoy and Bonham, weds in Palm Beach. Her son Lt. Cecil Ray Hodges, Army Air Force pilot based at Miami, attended and later joined the couple to New Orleans. Hodges formerly attended Whitewright Grammar School.
The T E L Class of the Baptist Sunday school met at the church on Wednesday for a covered dish luncheon and business session. Mrs. J A Bixler presided after the luncheon. A social hour included a style show with clothing from 1770 to 1945. Seventeen members four visitors and two associate members attended.
President Truman pledges unwavering support for democratic ideals and unconditional surrender to Germany and Japan. He honors Franklin D Roosevelt, vows to pursue war criminals, and says United Nations strategy will stay intact while facing future peace challenges.
The text emphasizes that without cooperative machinery the world faces deadly conflict and loss of hope. It stresses the essential role of continued international cooperation among peace-loving nations to maintain peace and build a secure future after defeating fascist powers.
The 1945 Texas wheat crop was estimated at 75,420,000 bushels, about 2.5 times the ten year average, by the U S Department of Agriculture. Conditions on April 1 show a slight rise from last year, with grazing the best since 1927 and pasturage at 88 percent. The peach crop outlook is bright at 85 percent of last year, and the crop appears to have avoided major damage from the late freeze.
President Truman ordered Harold L. Ickes to seize Cities Service Refining facilities near Lake Charles Louisiana amid a rent dispute with a private housing developer. War Mobilization Director Vinson says production had halted for days and the plant is among the largest 100 octane gasoline producers in the nation.
The production stoppage stems from a barricade or picket line hindering access to the plant. The barricade is manned by men unhappy with rents in a nearby privately owned housing development. The company and union hold a contract neither responsible for the stoppage. Mr. Truman authorized Ickes to seize the plant facilities and protect workers wanting to stay on the job.
A short dialogue has Mose asking Sam whether he would rather be in a collision or an explosion. Sam chooses collision, reasoning that in a collision he is present, while in an explosion he would be elsewhere.
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