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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
5
Local notes report numerous visits and travels across Texas and nearby states. Residents like Mrs J A Pumphrey Miss Mardell Pumphrey and L J Penny are listed with relatives hospital stays and journeys. Bassett Station advertises auto and tractor repair with parts and tires.
Whitewright area brief summarizes new city marshal appointment W C Caraway succeeding Tom Head and a planned electric wig wag at a crossing near the Katy station. It notes several social visits, rail and traffic incidents, a Navy airman attached to Rendova earning Battle Efficiency Pennant, and local graduates and staff updates at North Texas State College and Whitewright High School.
Miss Doris Walt hosted an old-fashioned party Friday night at her parents’ home Mr and Mrs R E Walt Route 2 Thirty three youths attended including Mary Lou Smith William Harvey Dee Melton Betty Taylor Dean Bennett Joe Taylor Doris Walt Vernon Lansford Frances Hutchins Jimmy Martin Nancy Pritchett Donald Haston Maxine Jones Randa Lynn Martin Carolyn Martin Morris Martin Nathan and Walton Taylor Troy and Mary McKinney Skinny Hollingsworth Pop Hughes Floyd Hall Dan Griffin Harvey Ford Joe Todd Donald Lansford Eugene Frances and Dot Bagwell Janie Mitchell Lester England and Betty Stanford Parents present were L J Taylor Mr and Mrs Clifford Jones and Mr and Mrs R E Walt
Announcement that Mrs Guy Hamilton will open her piano studio at her home on Monday September 12 to coincide with the opening day of the public schools.
The Sun honors list includes Guy M. Davis Geo M. Hight Mrs F M Dyer L M Short Billie Wayne Morris Chase Chevrolet Co Mrs W T Nicholson Will Mitchell J E Coggins W L Gordon Robert Dean R C Thrasher C K Smith. Also a playful line about packing a bag with liquor jugs.
Funeral services for A M Tipps 52 were held at 10 a m Thursday at First Baptist Church. He died Tuesday at Wilson N Jones Hospital after a Saturday stroke. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ruth and five children Clarence Queta Nelda James Jerry Lee Tipps, plus one brother J L Tipps and sister Mrs R L Brand.
Reverend Bowdre of the Negro Church of Christ in Denison will open a revival on Monday August 29 on the Negro school campus. The event runs through September 9 with services every evening at 8 o clock led by the pastor and guest speakers.
A mother questions a boy about right and wrong and the boy replies that he has learned not to trust everything he hears. The fragment suggests themes of gullibility and critical thinking amid advertising.
The Bells Boy Scouts sponsor a goat ball game in Bells at 7 30 p m this Friday August 26 Proceeds go to the Boy Scouts Whitewright and area communities are invited to attend and support a new local pastime promising fun and charity
Abilene Mrs. Charles Lusk believed she won $16 000 in prizes after a radio host asked song and melody questions on two records. The next day she learned the call was a practical joke and she had spent nothing but telephone costs.
A line from a dialogue features a character confessing a premonition of early death, while a sharp companion quips that fate proved wrong, noting that she did not die young after all. The exchange mixes superstition with dark humor.
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