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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1961
Page
5
Numerous visits and greetings populate the week with relatives and friends visiting from Fort Worth Sherman Dallas and other places. Highlights include Carlos Bodine turning seven with a lawn party and a July 27 birth announcement for a Mullins granddaughter in Whitewright.
Mr and Mrs O A Bennett and daughter Joyce and Peggy Sue Bennett spent the weekend in Berwick Louisiana with Mr and Mrs W O Ballard. They also visited in New Orleans. Weekend guests in the home of Mr and Mrs A L McCurdy included Mr and Mrs E Z Barker Floydata Mrs Don James Honey Grove Mrs Fay Lyles Savoy Mrs Maude McCurdy Mesquite Mr and Mrs Vernon Baker and daughter Diana and Mrs Gussie Taylor of Ector and Mr and Mrs Jack Ayres and Dana and Douglas McCurdy of Dallas.
Kenneth Jones of the Grayson County Archery Club spoke at the Rotary Club last Friday. He demonstrated target and hunting bows and arrows, introduced by Dick Walker. Visiting Rotarians included Gomer May and Tip Daniels of Sherman. Charlie Ayres will lead the program next week.
Mr and Mrs B R Clark announce the wedding of their daughter Patricia Clark to Narvin Alexander son of Mr and Mrs Mendal Alexander of Ector route 1 The ceremony was officiated by Othel Crowson minister at the Durant Church of Christ on July 26 Parents and Miss Kay Alexander attended The couple will reside in Garland where Narvin is employed.
Mrs Earl Lyons hosted the Whitewright Home Demonstration Club last Thursday. President Mrs Joe Miller led the business session as the group voted for a family picnic at Trenton Park on Aug 10. A birthday shower for Miss Winnie Hamilton occurred and Mrs Clyde Sadler and Mrs J C McMillin directed games. The hostess served refreshments to 12 members and one guest.
Mrs. Winston Williams received a tea shower on Saturday July 22 at the home of Mrs. Earl Blanton. Hostesses included Mrs. Homer Sears and Mrs. Jack Smith with Wynelle Williams presiding at the bride's book.
A VA outpatient program covers dental treatment for Spanish-American War veterans. Domiciliary care is for disabled veterans unable to work and financially unable to support themselves. For overseas burial questions, contact the relevant armed forces branch. The GI direct home loan program operates in 2,474 of 3,072 counties and parts of 269 more.
After a wedding a couple posed for photos and awaited proofs. A mother explains the familiar phrase blood sweat and tears, clarifying its source as the marriage ceremony while a new bride jokes about using wallpaper and brown paper for pantry shelving.
The college head boasted about accuracy in teaching shorthand and typing while recalling a remark about speed. He noted that last year's class saw 16 young ladies marry their bosses within three months, highlighting the social side of the program.
Six sandwiches use four cups chopped pimiento stuffed olives and three ounces cream cheese. Spread on twelve slices of bread, add six slices ham and lettuce, top with the remaining bread, cut diagonally and serve.
Prescriptions filled in Oregon drug stores in 1960 cost an average of 3.39 dollars, up 5.3 percent over three years. The figure runs 4.3 percent above the national average of 3.25 dollars. The study reports 60 percent of prescriptions sold cost 3 dollars or less.
At a Montgomery gathering of Confederate veterans many years after the war a motion advanced all actual colonels to generals and majors to colonels, continuing down the ranks. A wag proposed that all mules used in the war be promoted to horses, and the motion passed.
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