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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1934
Page
7
FLOCALS G. V. Ford and many others were in Sherman visiting Monday. Numerous residents and visitors from surrounding towns stopped through Sherman for business and social trips, with several returning from Dallas, Abilene, Houston, and Oklahoma City to see friends and relatives.
Notes show Mrs. Neil Brittan of Oklahoma City visiting parental ties with Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Penn while Miss Frances Sadler of Okmulgee visits her sister here. Others include Rev. E O Whitwell of McKinney a guest of Ben Montgomery, and several Dallas Sherman Denison and Tom Bean arrivals spending weekends with relatives.
Mrs. Jeff Southerland and son from Sherman spent the weekend with the Grover Stateville and Call Reeves families. Several local residents hosted visitors from Bonham Lawton Kentucky Town and Oklahoma City with health and social calls noted. Announcements include Aug 7 marriage of Florence Elizabeth Johnson of Waco to Perry M. Willis of El Paso and birthdays observed.
The engagement of Miss Katherine Batsell McKenna daughter of Mr and Mrs James B McKenna of El Paso to Thomas Henry Terrell of El Paso was announced for August 3 The bride is the granddaughter of the late P McKenna and Mrs McKenna of Whitewright.
Mrs Addie Sweatt visits Fort Gibson and Noel Perdue announce the birth of a daughter on Aug 6. Miss Ruth Cox visits with her mother in Sherman. Coggins family spent Sunday in Dallas visiting relatives. Dossey relocates to Rockwall for Bell system work as maintenance man. Telephone maintenance to move from Whitewright to Denison. Sears returns from Fort Sill with citizenship trophy. Mrs George Pope completed six week visit across Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma. A group of students heads to Lake Worth Fort Worth for an F F A encampment with teachers along.
The Children’s Church meets Sunday at 4 30 p m at Central Christian Church with Clifton Keciik as preacher and Mary Harrison as soloist. The memory contest closes the last Sunday in August and every child may receive a Bible. The Choral Club plans to secure instruments and will perform for the Women’s Missionary Society at Mrs Emory Christian’s home Monday at 3 p.m.
The Church of Christ holds preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m this Sunday. All members are urged to attend and the public is invited to participate.
The W. O. W. camp in Gunter hosted a watermelon feast drawing a large crowd for Woodmen hospitality and entertainment. Run-off candidates for sheriff and representative discussed campaigns as Judge Carter announced highway progress linking Gunter to Preston Bend via State Highway 14 with potential state funds forthcoming.
The Palace Theatre will discontinue showing pictures on Sundays after August 13 to respect Whitewright churches and avoid disturbing local goodwill. Proprietors Marshall Padgitt and W C Brannon thank patrons and wish for continued support and a better Whitewright.
The revival meeting in Orangeville led by Rev. C W Dennis of Whitewright Methodist Church ended Tuesday night. Many were received into the church and large crowds attended all week. The pastor received an old fashioned pounding on the final night and the preacher and family enjoy hearty meals. Local Baptists are joked about as dry and hungry. The piece praises Orangeville folks for their hospitality and support.
During his 15 years of ministry the Rev. Wm. Mon, based in Elkton Maryland, performed marriage ceremonies for more than 25 000 couples.
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb presides at 11 a.m. sermon on Choosing the Hard Job in Religion. Sunday school at 10 a.m. with J. W. Henry as superintendent. Beginning Sunday the pastor and wife will hold informal group conferences at the manse for the next three Sunday evenings.
Neal Myers age 21 a pharmacy student was bound over to District Court in Norman Oklahoma for trial on a charge of murdering Marian Mills a 19 year old former beauty queen at the University of Oklahoma. Justice of the Peace J D Grigsby ruled after a day of prosecution witnesses in a sweltering courtroom where the case proceeded toward trial.
India reports an average tea yield of 240 pounds per acre highlighting vigorous plantation output across major regions. Experts note favorable weather and established cultivation practices driving the nationwide metric.
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