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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
4
Local residents report relatives visiting in Greenville Kenefick and Darlington Tyler and Sherman. Visitors travel to Dallas for the Centennial, to Fort Worth for fairs, and to Durant Durant. Attendees include T. J Rector Mrs. E V Rector A C Maynard Lucille Maynard etc. Community events feature a watermelon party for the new pastor and FFA encampments.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Henson hosted a Sunday gathering in Whitewright for Mrs A W Wood s seventy first birthday. Sixty three descendants attended with basket lunches served picnic style and photos taken after gifts. Attendees included families from Sherman Sherman area Longview and Denison among others.
Announcement notes the marriage on June 4 of Johnnie Bean vocational agriculture teacher at Whitewright High School and Miss Mabel Mantooth of McKinney. They wed at Durant Oklahoma and established a home in Whitewright at an apartment owned by Mrs. Olivia Whedbee. Mr Bean stated the marriage was not intended as secret.
Mr. Bean claimed he was married only after presenting his bride, Mrs. Bean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mantooth of McKinney. She is a McKinney High School graduate and former North Texas State Teachers College student. Mr. Bean, a Texas A and M College alumnus, moved to Whitewright last summer after college graduation, making many friends.
Rev J A Henderson of Pilot Grove was honored at a birthday party Sunday with a picnic dinner. Attendees included Mrs Henderson and many relatives and friends such as Virgie Reynolds family, Grace Sloan family, Ray Henderson, D Henderson and son Jackie Powell, Bill Henderson family, J B Henderson, Ben Reynolds, Estelle Hood, Alma Ruth Reeves, George and Jimmie Ray Henderson, Lester Minyard family, Cecil Henderson family, and Rev Mr White of Sherman.
Pastor C. W. Dennis invites all to attend next Sunday at 11 a m for a sermon repeated from last year titled Operations and Operations. Special guests include anyone who has ever had an operation and local doctors. Evening service at 8 p m church school at 10 a m Young people at 7 p m."}
G B Bradshaw pastor leads Bible school at 10 with W T Simmons as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon by the pastor on The White Harvest Fields. Baptist Training Union at 7 15 led by Mack Pierson. Evening worship at 8 15 features a sermon by the pastor titled The Compassion of Christ urging full member attendance.
A church invites the unsaved in the community to attend services and receive help and blessing. The message emphasizes hospitality, mutual aid, and the goal of guiding outsiders toward spiritual benefit, quoting Come thou with us and we will do thee good.
A Gainesville City park family picnic drew 152 people from several counties last Thursday. Relatives and friends reunited after many years, and plans were made for another picnic on the first Thursday in August. Whitewright attendees included Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Smith and children, plus numerous others and their families.
Mahurin News notes social visits across towns as J S Smith of Savoy spends Friday with J H Hodge. Oland Bush James Burris and Leon Bush go to Sherman Saturday. Hodge and Ford Kitching visit Virgil Cates in Kerr Friday night. Tom Hall weekend in Dallas and Olsen Bartley in Bonham. J D Ward family of Denison spends Sunday with relatives.
Elmer Mullican spent the past week with relatives in Greenville. Raymond Walt spent the week-end in Cook County. Mr. and Mrs. Oland Bush and family and Mrs. James Burris visited Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bush at Whitewright Sunday evening. Mrs. Arthur Mullican and son Vernon and Miss Dessie Mullican visited in Denison Wednesday. Miss Mildred Burris of Savoy spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Burris. Johnny and Father exchange quips about vacuums and politicans at community gathering.
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