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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
5
A long list of travelers and visitors spans from Colorado to Oklahoma and California. Families gather for reunions, hospital visits, and relocations as residents announce moves and upcoming stays, with notes on schooling and regional events.
The 75th annual Old Settlers reunion and picnic will be held in Sherman August 18 to 28 with the first reunion dating to 1878. J B Revell serves as secretary treasurer. Military notices include Sgt Lester Martin and family moving to San Antonio for duties at Kelly Field and several locals enlisting in the Army Medical Corps with transfers to Fort Ord. Major John T Conlin returns home to Pittsburg after treatment for wounds from December 1944 Battle of the Bulge.
The H D Club met at Mrs. Roy Talley’s home with Mrs. Fred Cook Jr. presiding. Reports were given by several members and guests from the Bethel H D Club. A picnic plan was set for August 12 at 7 30 p m at Mrs. R A Vestal’s home or the High School gym if rain. refreshments were served to 12 members and two guests.
Rotary Club luncheon featured chair man Newell Skaggs presenting Rev. Weldon R. Drake pastor of the First Baptist Church. Drake spoke on How To Live and Like It. Visitors included Harvey Martin and daughter of Sherman and Cliff Emerson.
The Agriculture Department said the 1948 lamb crop was the smallest since daily records began in 1924. Officials estimated 20,467,000 head, about 2,000,000 fewer than the previous year.
McAllen Chamber of Commerce directors asked the city commission to form a board of censors to review comic books before they are sold to local children. The move aims to gatekeep material deemed unsuitable for youth.
Joe Denton serves as pastor at Enterprise Baptist Church with Sunday School at 10 am and sermons at 11 am and 7 45 pm on Sundays.
The Church of Christ renders Bible Classes at 10 a m and a Communion service at 11 a m. Minister J R Wright Jr presides. Sunday school precedes the 11 a m service with the sermon on Following the Lord's Leading from Luke 5 1 12.
The Brotherhood watermel on feast is postponed to August 23. Rev. Weldon R. Drake will depart for Merit Monday for a 10 day revival with Hunt County revivals. Jimmie Jackson of Greenville will lead singing and Rev. Fred Moore of Greenville pastors.
Antioch Baptist Church in Pink Hill hosts a baptismal service at the First Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Jack McSpedden reports four baptisms and three additions by letter to the church.
The Lennon and Mitchell Agency reports a gold rush of blue chip advertisers into television to stake strong positions. It notes an almost ten fold increase in sponsorship in just over a year and warns it is a case of jump in or be left out.
Sydney physician Dr. B A Cook after an American tour says American youngsters are on the skids rude and overindulged and threaten the fiber of the nation. He blames low income families for providing luxuries to children and predicts harm to national health. Lucifer Satan and Friedrich Elbert are mentioned in brief as facts.
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