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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
5
A lengthy local item list shows Katie Kincaid visiting Whitney relatives while Charles R. Jones seeks voters for State Senator. Numerous residents from Dodd City Sherman Bonham Dallas and other towns visit, travel or work with family and military ties.
A lengthy local notes list shows A P Stanford family moving from Savoy to Whitewright this week. Various visitors from Dallas Mexia Santa Anna Muskogee and Lubbock County are seen visiting relatives here.
Lonnie E. Ricketts former principal of Whitewright Grammar School is elected and has moved to Hearne to lead the elementary school. He taught at Knott last term and assumes duties in Hearne while Rev H B Johnson and Mrs Johnson of Ranger attend Grayson College Ex Students meeting.
Funeral services were held at 3 p m Wednesday at Randolph Baptist Church for Mrs Martha Alma Claborn who died Tuesday morning at her daughter’s home southwest of Whitewright. Rev Robert Cates officiated with burial in Randolph Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters and two sons plus 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was born July 28 1868 in Tennessee, widow of E D Claborn, a Church of Christ member.
Funeral services for Mrs Lummie Lee Hall were held at 4 p m Tuesday at the Savoy Church of Christ with Austin Seibert officiating. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery near Savoy. She died suddenly Monday at her home. Born May 5 1892 near Savoy she attended Savoy High School and was a Church of Christ member. Surviving are her mother Alma Swinney of Savoy husband P H Hall a daughter Alma Robertson of Dallas and a son O P Hall of Houston. Two sisters also survive.
Wright of Savoy and Mrs. M. E. Baldwin of Bonham are linked as two half brothers, Willie Swinney of Savoy and Leslie Swinney of Denison.
Mrs Esther Stephens Hansard 72 died Monday at her son in laws home Sherman route 1 burial in Wittitee Cemetery Funeral services were Tuesday at Tom Bean Baptist Church Rev C Chumbley officiated She was born May 22 1870 in Grayson County and was buried with her family Her survivors include son Lowell Hansard Colbert Oklahoma two granddaughters Billie Frank and Melba Sue Hansard and daughter in law Bennie Fay Denton Brannum Sherman route 1
The notice lists Sunday School at 10 a m with W T Simmons as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 a m includes a sermon by Pastor E P Wootten. Evening worship at 8 30 p m and Training Union at 7 45 p m. Wednesday prayer hour is 8 45 p m. A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend.
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb presides at First Presbyterian Church with Sunday school led by John Reeves. The 10:50 a.m. sermon is titled God Working at Two Ends of a Situation and the 8 p.m. talk is Some Things the Prodigal Son Did Not Know.
Isaiah's Christ and The Faith of a Captive Girl are set as Sunday sermons at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. by W. W. Adcock with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Roscoe Gillett leads the youth fellowship at 8 p.m. Bessie Jo Russell heads the program. Choir practice is at 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
Doyle Williams of Denison spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on vocational agriculture teachers in the defense program. Rex Cruse led the program. Williams, a Denison schools teacher, highlighted student projects and successes. Thomas Sears was elected club vice president, succeeding Rev. E P Wootten who became president after Dr. Geo K Stephens resigned to join the Army. Clay Horton will lead next Friday's program.
Farmers near Hamrock, four miles south of Italy, report a 20 ft long reptile with a four inch neck collar, 24 inch girth, and eyes like auto headlights. It devoured livestock two years ago, and sightings include tracks leading into thicket and a gin man’s encounter. A local man’s partner vanished recently while fishing.
A salesgirl touts a doll that closes its eyes and naps when laid down. A mother of seven responds with a sharp, real baby sleep question, highlighting the contrast between toy fantasy and real motherhood realities.
Tourists in Yellowstone Park remark on Native Americans with a dramatic cry. A guide responds that every one of them is a college graduate, reflecting a humorous contrast between stereotype and education.
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