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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
5
Local residents report visits and travel with many names and towns. Notable items include Mrs. J A Yeager returning from Clovis New Mexico, Ophelia Keahey visiting Tyler, and Sidney Scott’s weekend with the R I Scott family. Multiple moves and job plans noted plus a sheriff campaign for Markel Dicken.
Mrs. M Belew hosted Horace Belew Ker mit Belew and two daughters from Keney Kansas along with J H Alexander of Wolfforth. Mrs Emmet Penn returned from McLean with sister Lela Hembree and daughter Mary Rena Brittain and two children. Grover Stuteville moved to the Sam Marshall home after extensive improvements. Misses Mattie Louise Neathery and Juanita Young of Dallas left for a two week East and South tour visiting St Louis Washington DC and New Orleans. A B Jones reports 21 Whitewright firms qualified for GI on the job training and several ex service men are employed locally. Royce Lay returns from Minnesota visit with two sons noting cool weather and promising corn crops in Minnesota and Iowa.
Mrs. W L Ashburn Jr hosts a Denison tea announcing Lois Hortons engagement to Harold Pace on August 29. Also noted are B F Hill becoming Cotton Belt station agent in Dallas succeeding J A Bixler. Hill previously sought the Commissioner of Agriculture seat in the July primary. A Grayson County H D Club picnic drew about 85 in Sherman at Houston Street Park with include Whitewright guests. Oklahoma City police veteran Dan Hollingsworth named manager of the city Safety Council after earlier Navy service and Northwestern University traffic studies.
Four year old Mickey Gentry son of Homer and his wife learned to fish at Log Lake with his father guiding six year old Robert. Mickey unassisted caught a one pound black bass proving a quick study for young anglers. Viva Phillips attended a Texas Home Demonstration Association convention in Amarillo as a Grayson County delegate joining Mrs. C Chumbley Whitesboro and Mrs. H E Sistrunk Sherman. The event drew 550 attendees from across the state with 422 delegates.
Mr and Mrs W D Brooks hosted a Sunday family reunion at their Desert area home. For the first time in years all seven sons and two daughters were present, with 33 relatives attending a buffet dinner. Guests included extended families from Blue Ridge Whitewright Benton Ark Tulsa Dallas Big Springs Farmersville and Richmond Calif among others.
Mr and Mrs W E Bradley and son Billy of Richmond California host or attend with Mr and Mrs Joe Golden of Phoenix Arizona and Mr and Mrs W E Harden and children Elizabeth Ann and Hugt of McAlister Oklahoma.
A contemplative piece weighs vacation forms from ocean dips to lake cruises and mountain treks, then prioritizes practical options. The narrator settles on staying home, savoring beans and chard, while reservations for travel are weighed against staying put.
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