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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1951
Page
5
Local residents Lancaster Greenville Leonard Sherman and Denison made weekend visits with relatives friends or in hospitals. Notables include Lambs Kincaid Vestal McCorstin and Owen. The Fifth Sunday Singing Convention is planned at Bethel with L. L. Wendell directing.
Owen Hull reports Mrs. Hull is at her father’s Fort Worth home and doing well after surgery at a Fort Worth hospital.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Martin and son Russell Wayne of Port Neches and Mr and Mrs Bill Turner of Dallas spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Otto Russell and Mr and Mrs Will Martin. Terry Miller of the 973rd Breering Construction Battalion Camp Carson Colorado informed his parents Mr and Mrs Joe Miller of his promotion to private first class. Pfe Miller attends a construction foreman school at the base. He was a fireman for the Katy Railroad before enlisting on December 8 1950. B L White minister of the Church of Christ will start a revival meeting at the Leonard church Sunday through May 6. The Whitewright pulpit will be filled by Bill Baker Sunday and the following Sunday. Barker is regular minister of the Leonard Church of Christ. Regular services remain unchanged here.
The Bethel Woman's Missionary Union met Wednesday afternoon at the church. Opening hymn was Jesus Calls Us. Prayer by Mrs. Jewel Jarvis. Bible study given by Mrs. J. H. Gosnell. President Mrs. Bob Cawthon presided. Closing prayer by Mrs. Christine Sanderson. Twelve members and three visitors attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Skaggs of Marion North Carolina announce the engagement of their daughter Marjorie Marie to John Montford Haire of Marion The bride elect a Whitewright native is a Pleasant Gardens High School graduate and attended Blanton's Business College in Marion Haire a Marion High School graduate will graduate from the University of Tennessee in June He served in the United States Army during World War II The wedding is planned for late afternoon June 24 Miss Skaggs is niece to Mr and Mrs N E Skaggs of Whitewright and Mrs Woody Haynie of Sherman
Luther Armstrong and Patsy Sue Lloyd wed at 2 30 p m Sunday in a ring ceremony officiated by Rev G W Renfro of Orangeville. Attendants were Mrs Kenneth Garner sister of the bride Jackie Lloyd and Carolyn and Martha Ann Garner. Forty guests attended the ceremony.
Central Christian Church holds Sunday school at 10 a. m. and preaching at 11 a. m. Assembly of God led by Rev. R. L. Hamm with Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. and services 11 a. m and 7 p. m. Church of Christ offers Sunday Bible classes at 10 a. m. Evang. B. L. White preaches at 11 a. m and 7:30 p. m. Lord's Supper at 11:45 a. m. Mid-week service Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
Rev James L Cooper Pastor W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Miss Carrie Hamilton W M S president Ralph Brown Brotherhood president Services Morning worship 11 am Training Union 630 pm Evening worship 730 pm Prayer service 730 pm Wednesday FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Member of the North Texas Larger Parish in Paris Presbytery Rev Lee H Smith Pastor Director
Miss Dorothy Jane Nelson directs religious education at Bonham with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. Parish youth group outings at Bonham Park on April 29. Pastor leads services May 13 and 27 with a special Mother's Day service on May 13. Parish Spring Festival at Spring Hill church on May 6 at 3 45 p.m.
A poem attributed to Edgar A. Guest extols a tyrant as a strong, merciless ruler who commands obedience, casts out rebels, and rules with fear. It frames the sovereign as pure American and glorifies subservience while acknowledging intimidation and control. The piece ends with expression of loyalty and pride in servitude.
A village banker returns from lunch to find two notes for one hundred dollars each. His assistant explains the borrower only received one hundred dollars, but the banker asked for everything in duplicate. The joke hinges on duplicating the loan documents.
Mr and Mrs J H Miller long ill for two weeks received an old fashioned pounding Tuesday night with gifts of food and money. Known as Pete and Pearl they befriended many and their friends organized the act to repay kindness. Refreshments were served by the Little Rock Home Demonstration Club with about fifty attendees from Sherman Pilot Grove Tom Bean and surrounding areas.
The verse treads reflective notes on luck echoes the past and the life cycle from worm to butterfly. It muses on human urges and the oddities of perception amid a vast view of daily meteor activity.
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