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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1957
Page
5
Rex visiting lists from Dallas Denison Sherman and Bonham show multiple families traveling for weekends and holidays. Notable mentions include Mrs Hattie Bartlett, Clyde Craig, J F Bartlett, Mrs Caro Maxey, Bobby Miller funeral in Sherman, and several trips to Paris Grand Prairie and Fort Chaffee Arkansas.
The column lists numerous visits to Perrin Field Hospital, veterans hospital in McKinney, and Sherman area clinics, plus family gatherings. It notes a new two bedroom home under construction on West Maple Street, and a weekend car wreck near Wills Point with injuries and a demolished car.
Witnesses name Well and children along with James Eng land and Ed Nicely connected to events on Route 1. Details remain sparse in the readable fragments.
Mrs J L McSpedden and Mrs Horace Ashlock hosted a misc shower for Miss Dorris Ann Wallace at the Ashlock home Monday evening. Mrs Dean Watson registered guests, Mrs Charles Wortham served punch, and Dixie Bassett and Lynda Pannell helped in the dining room. Twenty guests attended.
Verna Lee Buchanan and Bill Polk married June 21 at Rev George Isbell's home in Atoka Oklahoma. Both graduates of Whitewright High School in 1957. Polk is son of Rev John Wesley Polk of Talco. The couple will reside in Dallas.
Members and two visitors attended a watermelon party at the Baptist Church on Friday. Thirteen members elected officers for another year: President Marie Anderson, Vice President Marie Chism, Secretary Nina Barnes, Devotional Chairman Gwen Bush, Reporter Ida Pearl Bonds. Hostesses were Mildred Johnson Marie Chism Nina Barnes Sarah Bennett Gwen Bush and Dorothy Hamilton.
The Whitewright 4-H Club held a local dress revue Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. Members without finished garments were advised to be ready to enter the county event, highlighting readiness for broader competition.
The Friday dress revue in Sherman showcased fall fashion with outfits from T. W. Ayres & Son. Models included Kay Buchanan, Doris Tillett, Anna Franklin, Martha Thornhill, Joyce Thornhill, Carolyn Wetzel, Charlotte Hopkins, Bobbie Kay Cawthon and Donna Franklin. Anna Franklin and Doris Tillett led refreshments. guests and visitors named. The note thanks the Baptist Church for meeting space in the past two months.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met at 9 30 Monday morning with Mrs. Charles Dawson presiding. Reports and a talk on James W Hoffman’s Mission U S A followed, the group viewing Southwest travel slides during social hour. Twelve members and three guests attended. next meeting at Mrs Fred Cook’s home led by Mrs John Wilson.
Two Leavenworth inventors Robert C Cameron and John W Hopkins Jr patent a radio controlled obedience device for animals. The trainer can reprimand the dog from far away as the dog wears a harness with antenna and electrodes delivering a mild shock when the radio is activated. Do your buying in Whitewright.
Adult and junior leaders of Grayson County 4 H Clubs met at the county courthouse to form a leader association. Curtis Trent spoke as guest. temporary officers were elected: President Johnnie Schmitt, secretary treasurer Mrs. W. R. Keene, and reporter Shirley Watson. A next meeting is set for September 3 at 7 30 p m at the Grayson County courthouse.
A Cincinnati psychiatrist Dr Warren Richards says a high-ball offers better temporary relief from nervous tension than new tranquilizers. He warns against self medication with the drugs and advocates moderate alcohol use for anxiety relief.
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