Whitewright and area social notes sweep week
Mary Lou Ayers reports a flurry of visits and gatherings across Whitewright and surrounding towns. The section notes health cards for 200 Club members in Sherman, relatives staying and traveling between Grapevine, Bedford, Howe, Paris, Irving, Dallas, and Denison, plus multiple family weekend visits, hospital stays, and social events across Bonham, Wichita Falls, and Arkansan spots. A closing line references a complex machine fact about the human body’s carbon content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Cook
Whitewright
200 Club
Sherman
Ruby Davis
Pennegar
Bedford
George Hight
Mary Stephens
Bertha Brown
Fidelis
Linda Sanderson
Grapevine
Christine Person
Ora Murphy
Truett Holloway
Howe
Holloway
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Joe Bodine
Bart
Bruce Bodine
Jacksonville
Ark
Lake Catherine State Park
Hot Springs
Carlos Bodine
Paris
Cecil Hendrix
Billy Don Taylor
Irving
William Jones
Bob Hypock
Garland
Goldie Ruthledge
Maude Holland
Jack Dickerman
Wichita Falls
Vera Hickman
Kugga Hansard
Mary Darwin
Velma Higgins
Ivanhoe
Kenneth Hensley
Stringtown
Keith Hensley Sr
Keith Hensley, Jr
Houston
Ray Hansard
Nancy
Kugga Doss
Granvolee Hansard
Goldie Smith
Maurice Curfman
Weatherford
Jerry Jones
Terry
Sherman and
Paul
Holly Jones
Bonham
Royce Jones
Lake Murry
Oklahoma City
Okla
Virgil Burchfield
Megella Hood
C.B. Burchfield
Thomas Sanderson
H.R. Rayburn
Dallas
Retha Sanderson
Roy Hamilton
Mesquite
Eula Hamilton
Denison
Winnie Hamilton
Billy Baker
Austin
W.H. Baker
First SNAP Meal Served at 200 Club Building
SNAP served 120 people at the 200 club building with Rev. Jimmie Hedges giving the invocation. Mrs. Louise Sawyer, social service coordinator, reviewed strict SNAP rules: no coffee or tea with meals, only milk or water. only health card holders may work in the kitchen. no utensils may be removed from the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Ayers
Louise Sawyer
Social Service
Jimmie Hedges
Royal Service At WMU Opens With Prayer at Church
The Baptist WMU Royal Service met Monday with Mrs. Nan Robinson leading in prayer. A September missions goal of 477.77 was set. Nomination committee members named were Mrs. Sue Hedges Mrs. Dot Gosnell and Mrs. Robinson. The program titled Spanish and English Spoken Here featured Mrs. Robinson Mrs. Hedges and Mrs. Tennie Wilson. Mary Lou Ayers led the prayer calendar with Florence Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist
WMU
Nan Robinson
Sue Hedges
Dot Gosnell
Robinson
Aobinson
Hedges
Tennie Wilson
Mary Lou Ayers
Calender
Florence Lewis
Collins Family Vacation Tour Yellowstone Grand Teton
Mr and Mrs Don Collins and accompanying party returned from a vacation touring Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming. They also visited Colorado Springs and stayed with friends in Hays Kansas and Amarillo Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Collins
Fred Garner
Frank Dockery
Eric
Trenton
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
Colorado Springs
Colo
Billy Powers
Hays
Kansas
Bill Clark
Amarillo
Water Safety Course Set by Grayson Red Cross
Grayson County Red Cross offers a water safety course to qualify water safety instructors for ages 17 and up with the advanced lifesaving certificate. Instructor-trainer Claudette Stewart will teach August 8 to 19 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Waterloo Pool Denison. Texts and manuals are available at class time. contact Denison City Hall or the Grayson County Red Cross at 465 1330 for details. Rocky Mountain High notes 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado and Stockholm spans 14 islands linked by 50 bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County Red Cross
Red Cross
Claudette Stewart
Waterloo Pool
Denison
Story Hour Set At Local Library
The Whitewright Public Library invites children eight years old and younger to a story hour the week of August 8 at 10 a.m. daily. Mrs. Kay Bryant says stories for very young and already schooled children will be read, with local talent singing and crafts completing the program. if successful, it may run for a second week with Regina Cooper assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Public Library
Kay Bryant
Regina Cooper
Bryant
Music Revue Draws Big Crowd At Trenton High
Friday night at the Trenton high school auditorium drew a large audience for the Music Revue produced by Shay Howell. Mayor Fred Durham praised Shay’s planning, while 12 year old Eric Blankenship of Bonham, a country music youth award winner, poised for a national contest in the fall. The program featured Kate Estes, Disc jockey Q&A with Doyle Thompson, and several local acts including the Rhythm Boys of Blue Ridge and others from Bonham and Trenton. Proceeds benefited the new city park, and the show closed with Shay and Tina performing Gypsy Rose to a standing ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shay
Trenton
KIKM
Sherman
Doyle Thomp
Trenton High School
Shay Howell
Fred Durham
Judy Garland
Andy Hardy
Eric Blankenship
Bonham
Eric
Jack Blankenship
Country Music Youth Association
Kate Estes
Doyle Thompson
Horace McDonald
Rhythm Boys
Blue Ridge
Zahra
Yasma
Scarlet Sheikholslam
A.R. Brinkley
Tina
Jerry Hunter
Hunter Piano and Organ
Sher-Den Mall
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Lillian Neathery
Nana Frances
Frances
Dick McSpedder
Lillie Dillon
Marvin Brown
Savoy
Mr. Brown
Dillon
R.H. Darwin
Indianapolis
Ind
National Youth Workers Education Research Project
Roy Phipps
Vera Chesser
Elizabeth Ann Dirkles
Brenda
Ona Belle Hampton
Sarah Kilgree
Joanne Barnes
Denton
Joebinson
Anna Robinson
Roy Neathery
Grand Prairie
Jane Nelms
Areka
Springs
Kim Robinson
Steve Robinson
Opal Hughes
Earl Sanderfur
Shreveport
Marshall Miller
Sons
Horace Miller
Janie
Jerry Tate
Sammy
Tammy Balwin
Cindy Hoffman
Jason
Old Justice
Shelia Thompson
Pleasant Grove
Bill Chary
Halton City
Ola Justice
Eugene McIver
W.L. Howard
Leonard Robinson
Arnold Henson
Ralph Brown
Henson
Arlington
Estelle Lay
Barry Blanton
Winston Williams
Commerce
Roy Blanton
Drewie Caylor
Garland Caylor
Breckinridge
Bonnie Stephens
Randolph
Donald Paul Hudgins
Big Cabin
A.A. Hudgins
Maude Caraway
Stoney Shortney
Rowlett
Lois Harrison
Vera Davis
Velma Bussey
Whitesboro
Snap News
Royal Service
Collins
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Stockholm
Sweden
Tina Thompson
Zara Sheikholeslam
Mehdi Sheikholeslam
Postal Department
John
Sun
Grayson
Fannin
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