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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
5
Dallas visitors and area residents are named in a long list of weekend trips and family visits. Couples and individuals from Sherman Denison Bonham Greenville and Wichita fall into a steady flow of hosting and travel. The write up records weddings funerals and a church revival with local names and places.
The column lists residents and visitors across Denton and nearby towns including Miss Bessie Jo Russell in Dallas, Miss Mary Ruth Holmes in Denton, Jack Nossaman at the Beau mont Republican convention, and Carl Gillespie on vacation in Mexico City. It notes various family visits, travels to Chattanooga and Detroit, and a County Line Singing Convention invitation at Bethel near Whitewright. It also highlights Tom Wells displaying a large red cob white chisholm ear from nine acres of corn.
Mrs Melissa Robbins 85 died at 5:45 a m Tuesday at her daughter’s home near Whitewright after a monthlong illness. Funeral services were held at Wittitee Cemetery near Kentuckytown at 3 30 p m Wednesday. Grandsons Amos Grant Morris Smith J W Robbins Julius Robbins Raymond Brown and Wesley Brown served as pallbearers. Robbins was born in Morganton Georgia on October 4 1854. She was married.
The obituary notes the death of a longtime community resident born August 29 1875 who died after a union produced twelve children with several losses. Survived by two sons and three daughters, numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and relatives from Keller Abilene Sherman and Bonham. She lived in the area since 1901 and was a Ken tuckytown Baptist Church member. Out of town attendees are listed.
Mrs. R D McCurdy 76 died Sunday at her daughter's home southwest of Whitewright. Funeral at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church with Reverends Bell Henderson officiating. Burial in Cross Roads Cemetery. Pallbearers J R McCurdy Roscoe Dixon Charlie Ingram Essie Ingram Orville Martin Billy Giles. Survivors include six daughters W M Ingram Blue Ridge Oklahoma City Anna and others and two sons Dee Bells Nelce Lazbuddie. Born Arkansas July 16 1864. Member Westminster Methodist Church.
Miss Myra Nell Vestal and J Stanley Schultz exchanged rings at the bride’s parents home in Whitewright with Rev J L Truett officiating. The bride wore chantilly lace over duchess satin with a long train and orange blossom veil. Attendants included Mrs Harry O Leuschner and Lula Lee Vestal, with ring bearer Robert Lee Leuschner Jr. Best man Addison Vestal and attendants E Pat Emmons Burgher Reed Vestal. A 15 minute musical program preceded the ceremony.
Mrs. Schultz and Mr. Schultz married with a ceremony at the Vestal home decor included gladioli and asters. Guests from Celeste Greenville Dallas and San Antonio attended. After a wedding cake served by Irene Pyle and Elinor McAfee the couple planned a automobile tour to New Orleans Gulfport Biloxi before returning to Flint. Mrs. Schultz a Whitewright native holds a BA from Commerce Teachers College.
Denison Rotary Club hosts Whitewright and Madill club members for an inter-city meeting at Forest Park bandshell. The program features Howard Dodd's string quartet from Tyler and the Lemon accordion quartet of Achille, following welcomes and visiting presidents' introductions. The event replaces the usual Friday meeting.
A New York court holds that damages cannot be sought for injury to an unborn child, ruling the case cannot proceed under this premise. The decision clarifies that rights in tort claims do not extend to prenatal injuries absent established legal grounds.
A wife asserts she did not pursue her husband, while he retorts that a trap does not chase a mouse yet still captures it. The exchange portrays a sharp, metaphorical argument about pursuit and consequence.
Sunday school at 10 a m and Bible study at 10 a m. Sermons at 11 a m and 10 55 a m. Evening preaching at 8 15 p m. Bible study Wednesday at 8 15 p m.
Ben Bell pastor leads Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11. Evening worship follows at 8 with a sermon by the pastor. Prayer meeting and Bible study are Wednesday at 8, with scripture Matthew 14.
A Pueblo woman feeds a stranger who stays for breakfast. Months later a Texas oilman calls, revealing the man was his brother who sought to help the woman’s son. The brother credits the gesture and says he can repay by job offers from time to time.
The state covers 54,196,480 acres with 2,447,360 acres surfaced by water. The figures identify Minnesota's land and water distribution for geographic and resource planning.
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