Central Christian Pastor to Speak Sunday in Fort Worth
Rev. Frank R. Scofield, newly named pastor of the Central Christian Church, will preach his first Sunday sermon at 11 a.m. on Christianity Has the Answer and 7 p.m. on The Call of Christ. He and his wife and 13 month old daughter moved from Yuba City to study at Texas Christian University and the Brite College of the Bible. He will also preach twice a month at the Whitewright Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Scofield
Central Christian Church
Yuba City
Calif
Scofield
Fort Worth
Deaths Elaine Llewellyn Blackburn
Mrs. Elaine Llewellyn Blackburn wife of George P Blackburn of Tyler died in Tyler Saturday. Funeral services were held there Sunday and the body was buried in Whitewright Oak Hill Cemetery. Born Mount Pleasant December 27 1895 she married Blackburn in 1917 in Fort Worth. Survivors include her husband a son Lieutenant George P Blackburn Jr and two brothers plus a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Llewellyn Blackburn
George P. Blackburn
Tyler
Whitewright
Oak Hill Cemetery
Blackburn
J. B. Woosley
Mount Pleasant
Fort Worth
Blackburns
Paris
Sixth District Court
George P. Blackburn Jr
Staunton
Paul Llewellyn
Timpson
A. A. Llewellyn
Houston
J. C. Kelley
Trinity
Funeral services for Albert W Layman held in Celina
Albert Watkins Layman died at his Celina home after a fall led to pneumonia. Funeral at Celina Baptist Church conducted by Rev. W J Epting with grandsons as pallbearers. He came to Texas 42 years ago and lived near Whitewright before Celina. Survived by five sons and five daughters, 43 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. wife and six children predeceased him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celina Baptist Church
Albert Watkins Layman
Celina
Layman
W. J. Epting
First Baptist Church
F. D. Layman
Charles Layman
Whitewright
Mr. Layman
Tennessee
Asa
Jane Layman
Baptist Church
J. P
Asa Layman
Prosper
Carl Layman
Gunter
W. J. Hodges
Dallas
L. H. Doyle
Tioga
Carrie Layman
Ben Stone
S. E. Harrison
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Hattie Savage in Van Nuys
Funeral services were conducted Saturday in Van Nuys California for 83 year old Hattie Savage formerly of Kentuckytown. She died November 25 at her daughter Mrs J Noah Jones home in Van Nuys after fifteen years residence there. Burial followed at Valhalla Cemetery. Born April 12 1858 in Kentuckytown Texas she was the daughter of John and Eliza Dyer pioneers of Grayson County. Surviving are Bert Savage Mrs Jones and R M Savage.
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van Nuys
Calif
Hattie Savage
Kentuckytown
J. Noah Jones
J. G. Carmicheal
van Nuys First Baptist Church
Valhalla
Texas
John
Eliza Dyer
Grayson County
Iowa
Death of H. W. Witcher 73 retires after long service in Bells
Henry W. Witcher a 73 year old retired druggist and banker died Tuesday at Wilson N Jones Hospital after a three week illness. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Bells Methodist with Dr Neal D Cannon officiating. Burial in North Bells Cemetery. Survived by widow five daughters. Witcher served in the Legislature 1910 to 1912 and lived in Sherman at 304 North Grand Avenue.
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Calloway County
J.C
Fannie Gilbert Witcher
Bells
First National Bank of Bells
Sherman
North Grand Avenue
Annie Lee Badgett
Charles B. Anderson
McComb
W. P. Dugan
Hobart
Okla
Jack C. Harris
Waco
Ralph W. Collins
Roscoe
Kenneth E. Hoover
Farmers To Elect AAA Committeemen This Friday
The State AAA Committee sets Friday December 19 for community committeemen and delegates to the county convention. Farmers in each community elect three committeemen for the coming year and choose a delegate and alternate to the county convention held the next day. The convention then selects the county committee of three members and two alternates.
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State Aaa
George Slaughter
Scouts Sponsor Whitewright Film for Charity
The Whitewright Boy Scouts plan a matinee on December 11 or 18 at Palace Theatre to raise gifts for the needy. Mr. M. B. Hasty funds the show, and donations at the door will be used for food clothing toys and books. Donations will be sorted into Christmas baskets by the Scouts and delivered locally. The drive for national defense materials totals about 4000 pounds of paper 300 pounds of rubber 23 pounds of aluminum and 250 pounds of iron with monthly pickups arranged by calling 116 or a Scout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Boy Scouts
Whitewright
M. B. Hasty
Palace Theatre
Steadham Declares Bid for U.S. Senate in Texas
Texas labor leader Joe T. Steadham announced his candidacy for the United States Senate as the first challenger to Senator W. Lee O'Daniel. Steadham, long a railroad brotherhood representative in Austin, plans to launch his campaign in Putnam, Calhoun County, and contrasts O'Daniel on labor and strike issues.
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Austin
Joe T. Steadham
Texas
United States Senate
W. Lee O’daniel
Morris Sheppard
Steadham
Putnam
Callahan County
Joint Legislative Board
O’daniel
National Defense
Gerald C. Mann
Johnson
Roosevelt Receives Gift of Big Stick From Old Reporter
An elderly Washington reporter pressed a front row club toward President Roosevelt during talk on the Japanese crisis. Charles A. Hamilton, in his eighties and representing the Binghamton Press, quipped here is a big stick and noted it came from Wales. Roosevelt joked it was a hefty tool with good balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
Charles A. Hamilton
Teddy Roosevelt
Wales
Hamilton
Binghampton
N. Y
Banquet Honors Football Team and Pep Squad at High School
The football squad and pep squad were honored at a Tuesday banquet in the high school gym with over 150 attendees. Speakers praised the Tigers and pep squad for the season, crediting the community and new lighted field for success, as Coach Boyd Payne and E. C. Butler thanked the City Commission and Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School
Tigers
E. C. Butler
Boyd Payne
City Commission
Board of Education
Payne
Eva Williams
Dispatch
Bob Berry
East Texas Texas State Teachers College At
Commerce
Huntsville
Tom Sears
W. E. LaRoe
van Alstyne
Par ent-Teacher Meeting Set At Grammar School Next Tuesday
The Par ent-Teacher Association schedules a 3:30 p m meeting at Grammar School with the theme Not By Bread Alone. Program includes Character An Inner Defense by Mrs T A Gray and Responsibility for Spiritual Development by Miss Lucyle Sanders. Open to the public.
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Parent-Teacher Association
T. A. Gray
Lucyle Sanders
E. P. Wootten
PTA Program At Grammar School This Friday
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association sponsors a program at Grammar School at 7 45 Friday evening December 12. Admission is 10 and 15 cents with proceeds to buy dishes for the school lunchroom. A good program is planned and a large attendance is expected. The Sun will print the program next issue.
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The
Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association
the Sun
He Wins Divorce Over Wife Always Listening to Radio
SAN JOSE Calif Max Barrett testified that his wife Eva would not clean house care for the children cook his meals or talk to him because she was always listening to the radio Superior Judge John D Foley awarded Barrett the divorce and Mrs Barrott the radio
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San Jose
Calif
Max Barrett
Eva
John D. Foley
Barrett
Barrott
Presbyterian Men Meet Here December Eleventh
The First Presbyterian Church hosts the Grayson-Fannin County Presbyterian Men's Club at 6 30 p m December 11 with a fellowship gathering and 7 o'clock dinner. Dr T J Wilbanks of Pine Street Presbyterian Texarkana will speak, introduced by Rev James Spivy of Denison. Local talent performs include Billie Rhom Pennington Margaret Hanna Janis Jayne Horton Mrs Marion Felker Fred Cook Jr LeRoy Martin and Jack Sears.
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First Presbyterian Church
Grayson-Fannin County
T. J. Wilbanks
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Texarkana
James Spivy
Denison
Billie Rhom Pennington
Margaret Hanna
Janis Jayne Horton
Marion Felker
Fred Cook Jr
LeRoy Martin
Jack Sears
House Passes Anti-Strike Bill Across Defense Sectors
The House approved the Smith bill by 252 to 136 to curb strikes in defense industries, overriding administration pleas for a gentler approach. The measure would ban strikes without majority secret-ballot approval, bar strike violence and sympathy strikes, and restrict benefits for violators.
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Washington
D. C
House
Senate
Howard W. Smith
Dem
Virginia
Robert Ramspeck
Georgia
Smith
Food price average falls Eggs go up
The November state average on food prices fell 2.6 percent in fourteen cities. Cereal declined 1 percent while lamb dropped 6.9 percent. eggs rose 4.6 percent to a new peak at 156.8 percent over April normal, and fish rose 4.4 percent to 126.8.
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Austin
John D. Reed
Bureau of Labor Statistics
500 Enlisted Men Reach Grayson County Flying School
Denison reports Grayson County Basic Flying School expands to almost 700 personnel after a 500 man arrival from Goodfellow Field San Angelo. About 300 ride by trucks, 200 by auto, convoy of twenty trucks covering the journey in under seventeen hours. The 508th through 511th School Squadrons arrive with 40 officers assigned.
Christmas Seals Aid in Tuberculosis Fight
South Grayson Tuberculosis Association begins its annual Christmas seals sale to support local health education and prevention. Mrs. John Revell of Sherman chairs the drive, with letters mailed countywide and Mrs. Floyd Everheart supplying seals in Whitewright. Seals cost one cent and fund early case detection and mass school testing, with Edwin Eikel noting 30 deaths in Grayson County last year and that most funds stay locally.
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South Grayson
Edwin Eikel
Sherman
State Tuberculosis Association Board of Directors
Eikel
Grayson County
Mr. Eikel
Church Services Announced With Schedule And Invitation
Churches announce sermons at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and communion. E P Wootten and W T Simmons lead services. Mrs Guy Hamilton directs the long service. Training Union at 6 p.m.. evening worship at 7 p.m.. Wednesday prayer and choir practice at 7 p.m. Open invitation to attend.
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E. P. Wootten
W. T. Simmons
Guy Hamilton
Training Union and
Young People’s Forum
Lord
New Central Christian Church Welcomes New Minister
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb serves as pastor with Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by R. P. Montgomery. The 10:50 a.m. sermon titled The Two Builders precedes an evening service, which will be dismissed to welcome the new minister.
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B. Wrenn Webb
R. P. Montgomery
Central Christian Church
Reward of Doing What We Don't Want To Do Sermon
W. W. Adcock serves as pastor with 10 a.m. Sunday school led by Roscoe Gillett and sermon on The Reward of Doing What We Don't Want To Do. Music by Mrs. Sarah Kilgree. Youth Fellowship at 6 p.m. led by president C. B. Bryant III. Evening service dismissed for Central Christian Church pastor visit.
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W. W. Adcock
Roscoe Gillett
Sarah Kilgree
Youth Fellowship
C. B. Bryant III
Central Christian Church
Evolution of the Gospel and Worship Debate at Allen Harper Sermon
Allen Harper leads a church program with 10 am Bible study and 11 am preaching on the Evolution of the Gospel. A 7 pm session argues against instrumental music in worship citing biblical verses and the phrase We walk by faith.
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Allen Harper
Church of Christ
Paul
Missionary Society Meeting on Pioneer Missions Iran Topic
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church meets with Mrs. Emmet Penn at 2 30 p.m Monday. Mrs. Rham T Pennington leads the program on Pioneer Missions and Iran Syria and Mesopotamia. Mrs. Oran Sears conducts the devotional and the life lesson is Choosing Christ's Way What Are its Costs and Its Rewards.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Emmet Penn
Rham T. Pennington
Iran
Syria
Mesopotamia
Oran Sears
Christ
Whitewright Red Cross completes roll call with $200 total
Whitewright reports a $200 total for the Red Cross drive, with $11.14 from students. Additional gifts since last week include Russell Summers, J. E. Morgan, Pascal Farley, Grover Stateville, L. E. Alexander, Roy Blanton Ollie, O. L. Jones, Home Demonstration Club, Roy Yowell, Rotary Club, Craig's Cafe, and school grades and Grammar School contributions. Local directors thank contributors and list many solicitors by name.
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Roy Yowell
Craig's Cafe
J. L. Cantrell
W. M. Cox
E. F. Everheart
F. M. Echols
Fred Cook
R. P. Childress
Emory Christian
Jennie Crittenden
T. E. Barbee
W. L. Hatfield
Gladys Ray
Elizabeth Waggoner
H. T. Atterberry
Road Toll Forecast for December 1941 in Texas
State Police director Homer Garrison warns December 1941 traffic fatalities in Texas will total 195 with 115 from highway crashes and 25 on county roads. Rural driving he says will be three times as dangerous as city driving, with most deaths between 5 pm and 2 am and a Christmas Eve spike expected.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison
Garrison
Farmers Report Best Income Since 1929 Forecast Strong 1942
The Agriculture Department said farmers earned an estimated cash income of 11.2 billion dollars in the year, the best since 1929, with expectations of about 13 billion next year as demand grows and production rises under the food-for-freedom program. Prices are expected to be higher in 1942, though costs paid by farmers have risen faster than prices received, reducing purchasing power.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Central Christian Pastor
G. P. Blackburn
A. W. Layman
Mrs
H. W. Witcher
AAA
BOY Scouts
Joe Steadham
U. S. Senate
Teddy
Virginia Hill
Sigma Chi
Grayson School
Frank Schofield
Presbyterian W. M
Sun Office
RED Cross
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