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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
5
Mrs Carl May returns from Dallas trip. Several residents visit relatives in Dallas Whitesboro and Sherman. Baylor University teacher Dr John A Ray spends weekend here. Measles hospitalizations hospital visitations plus multiple family and social gatherings reported across Bonham Whitesboro Sherman and Denton areas.
Mrs. B G Gowdy and daughter Lena Mae spent Wednesday in Paris. A rain fell in the Bells and Savoy area Wednesday night but did not reach Whitewright. A minor shower Tuesday night measured .09 inch. Olga Juniger the State Fire Insurance inspector praised local fire prevention and drills and gave suggestions. Re-registration of sixteen Boy Scout troops members is underway. Scouts attending encampment must prove eligibility by attendance and rank. The Sun warns farmers against planting grain sorghums on neutral land with penalties. sweet sorghum only should be planted. Newton Manning invites the public to the May Fete at 6 pm Monday near the Methodist Church. Pattie Everheart and James C Stuteville named queen and attendant by seventh graders. Rev L O Evans will conduct a triple funeral service in Emberson for J W Snow and two daughters. Mrs J W Snow remains hospitalized in Paris. R H May and Mrs Ben Patterson attended the funeral of uncle George W May of Rule. Rev Ben Bell begins as pastor of the Methodist Church. other town churches canceled evening services. Bell, from Leonard, succeeds Rev Joe M Connally now in Decatur. Bell’s two Leonard children will stay there with their mother until school ends.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met in a called session at the high school club building. They planned attendance at Daily Day at Sherman and an associa tional meeting at the grammar school auditorium at 8 o clock Thursday evening with county agents Jenkins of Collin, W O Teddlie of Grayson, and Grayson County Home Agent Eunice King in attendance.
Scheduled to be present and discuss the associational work refreshments will be served at the close of the speaking program. The public is invited to attend. Club members presented the skit Your Carriage Madam attendance list includes Mrs. Horace Ashlock Miss Myrtle Badgett Mrs. E M Badgett Miss Lottie Brown Mrs. Van Cla thorn Mrs. Fred Cook Mrs. Earl Hill Mrs. Erwin Hughes Miss Viva Phillips Mrs. Elmo Wallace Mrs. John Yeager Mrs. Lee Norris Mrs. W H Harrison Mrs. Leland May and Mrs. Ben Clark. Mrs. Mack Pierson was a visitor.
Mrs. Wallace hosted a fifth birthday party for Joe Morris Wallace Saturday afternoon at her Whitewright home. Guests included Willie Mae Alverson Jimmie Christian Mack Claborn Margie Beth Claborn Don Ray Mullinix Peggie Price Edward McDowell Myra Nell Scott Roland Atkins Mary Oneita Collier Annette Harper from Whitewright and Paul Ryan Jennings and Jean Beckham from Denison. Mrs. Wallace was aided by Mrs. Ralph Wallace and Mrs. Horace Ashlock.
The Fidelis Class of the Baptist Church met in a regular monthly social and business session Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. J L McSpedden with co-hostesses Mrs. Roy Norris Mrs. C L Holland Mrs. John Hollingsworth Mrs. John Price and Mrs. H T Cunningham. Mrs. G L Baugher presided after a devotional by Mrs. Claud Dillon and prayer led by Mrs. Glenn Earnheart. A short business session was followed by games and refreshments of ice cream and angel food squares for 25 members and one associate member.
Leroy Anderson is pastor with Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m Morning worship at 10 55 o clock B T U at 6 45 p m Evening worship at 7 45 p m Also listed is L O Evans as pastor with services noted.
Rev Ben Bell, pastor, conducts morning worship at 11 with a sermon on Christian Attitudes. A 6:30 pm young people's meeting is held, followed by evening services at 7:30 with a sermon on The Way of the Righteous.
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m with the sermon The Contest of Good and Evil. Junior Church hosted by Mrs. Robert Sears with devotional by Mrs. Horace Gordon and pianist Margaret Hanna. Evening program at 7 30 p m titled Essentials in Soul Winning.
An 18-year-old youth in Buffalo selects a year and a day federal prison term over revealing his crime to protect his ailing mother. Judge Knight offers probation as an alternative, citing the mother’s weak heart and fear of shock from news of the arrest.
W Z Spearman died Tuesday in Edmond Oklahoma funeral services were held there Wednesday at 4 p m burial followed in a local cemetery He had left Whitewright about 25 years ago moving to Ryan Oklahoma where he published a newspaper later relocating to Edmond and engaging in theatre work He is survived by his wife Florence Phillips Spearman a son Crawford Spearman and a daughter
San Jose California Professor Robert D Rhodes of San Jose State College biology says baldness marks civilization progress. He notes that men 5,000 years from now may be hairless and that baldness is more common among civilized people than primitive races. He adds that baldness will continue with evolution.
Springfield Illinois reports 86 year old William W. Thornton died Saturday recounting how as a boy he kicked Abraham Lincoln in the shins during a town chat with his father. Thornton, remembered for the tale, said Lincoln urged patience as they were heading to buy shoes.
Austin report says a House bill would require both women and men to undergo rigid physical tests to detect disease before marriage. The measure by R. L. Brown passed 97 to 20 without debate but would take effect 90 days after adjournment only if the Senate approves.
Uncle Alf Reeves of near Hext Texas is a thrifty rancher who avoids chopping wood. He brings in a full log and uses it as fuel by burning the end while the rest extends into the room, pushing more log into the fire as the end charred disappears.
In a lighthearted exchange Uncle Alf and his wife, married for about 60 years, trade quips about wood cutting. She laments his laziness for not splitting logs, while he jokes about wasting wood as chips, sharing a knowing grin.
The local Methodist Church hosted the Sherman district young people's union gathering in the church auditorium. The Ector group led the devotional portion and a Dallas division film was shown. Refreshments were served to 230 members. Mrs. Sarah Kilgree sponsors the local division. Tentative plans propose a summer camp at Woodlake.
A German factory worker who tried to get fired by loafing on the job was fined 300 marks and warned of jail instead of discharge. The court ruled loafing harms national honor and jeopardizes the four year plan, reflecting state control over employment decisions.
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