Whitewright Social News Highlights Travel Visits and Local Moves
Mrs. Myrtle Turney of Rogers visits sister Mrs. H J Ford while E F Everheart Jr of Dallas calls on parents. Postmaster Lilley ill in bed. Various locals visit Dallas and Tulsa fams. new cafe owners Fred Clark and wife. Baylor football news from Don Newman. Rev E P Wootten returns as Whitewright pastor. Cole and Davis Garland celebrates 50th anniversary. J D Hoard moving to Dallas. town remembers long time citizen Hoard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Davis Company
Garland
Garland News
Whitewright
John Reeves
Woottens Honored At Whitewright Church Dinner
Rev. E. P. Wootten and family were honored guests at a Monday dinner at the First Baptist Church Whitewright. More than 100 attendees filled the dining room as Guy Hamilton led the program with welcome remarks from B. W. Newmann Mrs. C. S. Witt and W. T. Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Wootten
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
Guy Hamilton
Board of Deacons
B. W. Newmann
C. S. Witt
Woman's Missionary Society
W. T. Simmons
Ely couple announces marriage of Dorothy Wanda White to Lawrence R. Owen
Dorothy Wanda White and Lawrence R. Owen wed April 14 at First Methodist Church Fort Pierce Florida with Navy chaplain officiating. Mrs. Owen, a Bailey High School and North Texas graduate, has worked in government roles in Washington and Dallas. Groom Lawrence Owen, a Whitewright and Sherman Business College graduate, has served 32 months in the Navy. They will reside in Norfolk Virginia after a Miami Beach honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. White
Ely
Dorothy Wanda
Lawrence R. Owen
P. L. Owen
First Methodist
Fort Pierce
Florida
Navy
Naval Base
Owen
Bailey High School
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Washington, D. C
Dallas
Whitewright High School
Sherman Business College
Miami Beach
Norfolk
Local couple announces marriage of Martha Louise Vestal and R A Vandling
Mrs Ronald A Vestal and Mr Ronald A Vestal announce the marriage of their daughter Martha Louise to Tech Sgt R J Vandling of Knoxville Kentucky on April 12. Vandling a B 17 flight engineer with the 15th Air Force spent 10 months overseas and is a veteran of the Italian campaign. The bride a 1943 Wright High School graduate wed at the Roseville Methodist Church Georgia. They left for Read House Chattanooga and then California where Vandling reports for reassignment, joined by Tech Sgt B P Willhoit en route to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald A. Vestal
Martha Louise
Tech
R. J. Vandling
Knoxville
Vandling
15Th Air Force
Whitewright High School
Washington, D. C
Clinton Engineer Works
Oak Ridge
California
Wandling
B. P. Willhoit
Tenn
Mortuary Joe Henry Jones dies in Danville Ark
Joe Henry Jones 62 was found dead in bed at his Danville Arkansas home Tuesday morning. He was visiting his ill wife here last week. Funeral at Danville Baptist Church Friday with interment in Danville. Survived by wife three daughters and one son including Mrs M B Hasty and Mrs Dan Gibson of Whitewright and Cpl Joe Tate Jones in the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Henry Jones
M. B. Hasty
Dan Gibson
Whitewright
Danville
Ark
Jones
Hasty
Baptist Church
M. M. Walton
Los Angeles
Calif
Cpl
Joe Tate Jones
Southwest Pacific
Gibson
R. L. McGinnis 75 Former Whitewright Resident Dies
R L McGinnis aged 75 died at his home in Whitewright following long illness. He was a longtime resident and member of the local community, with surviving relatives listed in the obituary.
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R. L. McGinnis
Whitewright
Funeral Services for Durant Man McGinnis
Durant Oklahoma, at 5 30 a m Thursday. He endured nine years of ill health and lived in Durant twenty years after moving from Sherman. Funeral services were held in Durant with interment in Sherman. McGinnis farmed in Whitewright for years and was well known to longtime residents. Surviving are his wife two sisters Mrs Anna Caldwell and Mrs Ida Peoples of Sherman and two brothers Van McGinnis of Caddo and C P McGinnis of Whitewright. Attending the funeral were Mr and Mrs C P McGinnis and Mr and Mrs Russell McGinnis of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Sherman
McGinnis
Whitewright
Margaret Tabb
Anna Caldwell
Ida Peoples
van McGinnis
Caddo
C. P. McGinnis
Russell McGinnis
Dallas
Funeral held for Rev. Noel Ashinhurst pastor of Gunter Baptist
Rev. Noel Ashinhurst died from burns suffered when a school bus he was priming with gasoline backfired. He was pastor at Gunter Baptist Church and principal of Gunter School, dies in a Sherman hospital. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Naomi Penny, his parents, and four sisters.
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Noel Ashinhurst
Sherman Hospital
Gunter Baptist Church
Claud Johnson
Sherman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ashinhurst
Gunter School
Whitewright
Joe Ashinhurst
Naomi Penny
L. J. Penny
Gunter
Whitewright High School
Austin College
Kentuckytown
The
Baptist Church
John Reynolds
Eula Andrew
Near Whitewright
Wm. Henderson
Howell Benson
James D. Murray 71 Dies After Illness in Westminster
James D. Murray, 71, retired farmer, died at 7 30 p m Sunday at his Westminster home after a two year illness. Funeral services were held at Westminster Baptist Church at 2 p m Tuesday with Rev J R Hilger of Greenville officiating. Interment was in Elm Grove Cemetery directed by Glen Earnheart.
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James D. Murray
Westminster
Westminster Baptist Church
J. R. Hilger
Greenville
Elm Grove Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Hog Support Price Raised For Pork Production
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones and the Office of Price Administration announced a 50 percent raise in the Chicago basis hog support price for good and choice butcher hogs up to 270 pounds, from 12.50 to 13.00 per hundredweight, effective immediately through September 1, 1946. The move, paired with a larger 1945 fall pig production, aims to maximize pork output and marketing with a national fall pig goal of 37,000,000 head, about 18 percent more than 1944. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said there would be no reduction before September.
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College Station
Chicago
War Food
Marvin Jones
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
A. and M. College Extension Service
Chester Bowles
Hog price ceilings set at 14.75 and 14 dollars
The ceiling prices for live hogs are fixed at 14.75 per hundredweight on a Chicago basis for butchers and 14 for sows, effective from September 1, 1946. This establishes upper limits consistent with wartime controls and market practices of the era.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Church Sunday Services and Welcome
Churches Earl Bissex ministering at Sunday school 10 a m and preaching first and third Sundays 11 a m All are invited Presbyterian Church Rev W A Casseday minister morning service 11 o clock Congregations have been good with many visitors and friends A cordial welcome is extended to all
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Earl Bissex
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Casseday
Church services and sermon topics for Duke R Barron
Pastor Duke R Barron leads a church with a daily schedule including church school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and an evening service at 8:15 p.m. Choir practice is Wednesday at 8:30. Sunday morning sermon is The Christian Identified and Sunday evening sermon is When Losing Is Gaining.
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Duke R. Barron
Rotary Luncheon Praises The Whitewright Sun Program
At a Rotary Club luncheon, W E LaRoe praised The Whitewright Sun as a long standing community asset. Attendees included C B Bryant Jr and Dr R E Lingenfelter with Mayor F M Echols lauding its typographical quality and awards. Dr Ross R May reported Rotary road signs repainted and attendance reached 100 percent for the first time in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Whitewright Sun
W. E. LaRoe
the Sun
Whitewright
Sun
LaRoe
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. E. Lingenfelter
F. M. Echols
The
Texas
Texas Press Association
Ross R. May
Rotary
Grayson Pioneer Dies in Sherman at 76
Lon M. Tuck a Gray son County native died at his Sherman home from a heart attack. Born May 24, 1869 he served as Grayson County clerk 1896 to 1899 and worked with Chapin Abstract Company for 45 years. Funeral held Tuesday at the family home with pallbearer C. B. Bryant Jr. Survivors include wife five children and several relatives.
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Lon M. Tuck
Grayson County
Sherman
Tuck
Chapin Abstract Company of
C. B. Bryant Jr
Whitewright
Singing Convention Opens Fifth Sunday at Pilot Grove
The fifth Sunday singing convention will be held at Pilot Grove on Sunday, April 29 with the program starting at 2 30. A political aside critiques men for extravagance citing wasteful actions and expenses in hunting and dining.
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Pilot Grove
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Myrtle . Turney
Rogers, Ark
H. J. Ford
E. F. Everheart Jr
E. F. Everheart
T. J. Lilley
W. H. King
Mrs
Eugene McElvaney
Helen Maddux
Willa Jean Hunter
Commerce
Ernest Ford
Winnsboro
Cecil Fields
Morenci
Arizona
W. F. Fields
Ross Wilson
John Ross
Tulsa, Okla
C. A. Wilson
W. A. Kirkpatrick
R. E. Hickman
T. C. Cat
Clarksville
Fred Clark
Pierce Building
Fidelis
Baptist Sunday School
C. I. Witt
Young People's Organization
W. H. Forrest
Texarkana
J. W. Forrest
Mrs. Forrest
W. A. Baxter
Tom Bean
Don Newman
Baylor University
Waco
B. W. Newman
Baylor
Don
Frank Kimbrough
Guy Hamilton Jr
Baltimore
Dorothy Hamilton
San Antonio
Major Hamilton
Washington, D.C
Hamilton
Carrie Hamilton
E. M. Mantiply
Burleson
First Baptist Church of
Eva Williams
Corsicana
Earl Benson
Route One
Roy Blanton
Mr. Blanton
J. D. Hoard
Ann LaRoe
Patty Everheart
Margaret Hanna
Lem Tittsworth
East Bonham Highway
W. W. McMichael
Frances
Celeste
Louise McMichael
Morris Biffle
Betty Sue
Pauls Valley
Charlie Sue Miller
Billy
Oakland
O. J. Withrow
Miller
Panama Canal
R. A. Gillett
J. R. North
Ardmore
C. C. Fogle
John Sadler
Dorothy Lyncoln
Sgt
Roswell
New Mexico
Ola Scott
Bonnie
Homer Caraway
Portales
Cora Lee Payne
Mr. Hoard
Woottens
Forks
Florence
RED Chain
Superior
S. QO
Houston
Vestal
Farley Grocery
Central Christian Church
Grayson Pioneer
Singing
James D. Buster
Sherman, Texas
Fred
Roy Taylor Jr
Fred’s
Cole & Davis Co
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