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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1953
Page
5
Multiple local figures are mentioned visiting relatives in Dallas and Bay City, undergoing surgeries in Sherman Ada and St Vincent's Hospital, and attending events. People include Henry Phillips Mary Reeves Grady Gillett Jimmie McSpedden Roby Childress Bob Andrew and others with travel and hospital visits across Sherman Dallas Ada Fort Worth San Antonio Little Rock and Arlington area locales.
Mr and Mrs Guy Andrew and daughters Karen and Debbie and Mr and Mrs Clarence Burchfield and sons Bobby and Tommy visited their mother and grandmother Mrs Eula Andrew over the weekend.
Mrs J A Melugin visited Sherman friends while J W Cummings traveled from Ivanhoe to see his son Curlee Cummings. Several couples visited in Denton Dallas and Roswell including the Alversons and McKinney family. A West Texas sandstorm near Lubbock blanketed the region with low visibility and sand on cars, homes, and eyes.
Social notes record visits across North Texas with the Collins Newman Foster and Turnipseed families calling on relatives in Fort Worth Sherman Sherman area. East Texas State Teachers College prints a picture of Musser and Valle for the Southwestern Relays at Lafayette Louisiana. Baylor University invites the Vestals to commence exercises May 29 for their 14 children. Louise Vestal, orphaned by World War II, will attend with grandparents.
A small tornado struck the Desert area ten miles south of Whitewright on Tuesday afternoon destroying a Sid Martin farm barn and damaging a Mrs. D. B. Tate outbuilding with additional minor damage in the community.
A reflective verse extols friendship as the solace after a hard day. It contrasts worldly pursuits with the value of friends and hints at a final judgment where gold and fame fade and true worth is measured by companionship.
The April 22 1874 issue quotes John Billings offering a satirical definition of an editor as a male newsman who navigates a newspaper. He edits editorials writes poetry prints deaths and weddings fights battles sells the paper for 250 a year endures long hours and poverty and is often praised only with a brief obituary puff in the same note paper.
A quoted biblical line from Job 14 12 underscores the belief that man lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease. The passage emphasizes mortality and the invisibility of resurrection in a somber tone.
Tilden McFerrin is the minister. Sunday Bible classes start at 10 a m. Preaching follows at 11 a m and 7 30 p m.
Vernon M. Newland serves as minister at Central Christian Church Mae Hall is Sunday School superintendent Services listed include Sunday School at 10 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m and Evening service at 6 30 p m
The Pilot Grove Church of Christ invites all to Thursday preaching services led by Winston Atkinson of Plano. Attendees are welcome to join each week.
Community church notes list services and programs for First Presbyterian First Baptist and First Methodist churches. Details include pastors, Sunday school times worship hours and midweek activities, with multiple locations and varying service times.
A note lists U C Broach as pastor with Sunday School at 10:00 a m Training Union at 6:15 p m and Evening service at 7:15 p m An Indiana grocer accepted a 10 37 check signed U R Hooked and learned the signer was truthful A bank cashier stamped No Funds and added U Sure i ae in reference to the signature
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