Ethel Greens Notes On Whitewright Holiday Guests
Thanksgiving and holiday visits fill the week as families travel to and from Seagoville Snyder McKinney Irving Ard more Anna and other towns in a flurry of dinners and gatherings. relatives from Sherman Mesquite Dallas Arlington Fort Worth and other communities joined in games and meals across multiple homes over the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Low
Carlisle Ball
Mike Ball
Lynn Low
Seagoville
J. O. Turner
Cora Cowan
Carl Turner
Snyder
James Bourland
Ross Bourland
McKinney
Leon Copeland
Johnny Harper
Chris
Jan
Irving
Charles Forehand
Ardmore
Okla
Jess Grammer
Dave Burks
Opal Burkett
Anna
Mike Jones
Willia Moller
Farmers Branch
Robert L. Jones
Lingle Anderson
Kermit Anderson
Plano
Anderson
Davita
Richardson
Carl Perry
Sherman
Oma Chitwood
Pam
J. D. Yowell
Howard Ingram
Cisco
Three Birthdays Observed At Local Supper
A birthday supper honored Montgomery Jr and his mother plus relatives from multiple towns. The gathering included Mr and Mrs Lionel City and Mr and Mrs Dick Gibson against O E Head and Amy of Howe. Attendees also included Mrs Oneta Key and family, with several visitors from Wichita Falls and Dallas hospital plans for Gayle Glascock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Jr
Lionel City
Dick Gibson
O. E. Head
Amy
Howe
Orville B. Head
Tom Bean
Florence Hogue
Tupelo Okla
Andy Sanderson
Bonham
Oneta Key
Retha Sanderson
Thomas Sanderson
Wichita Falls
Junior Key
Greenville
Geland
Gayle Glascock
Dallas
Emmett Green
Robert Green
Mexia
Sherri
Steve Green
Sherman
Debbie
Dianie Lewis
Whitewright
E. C. Green
Tim. _ G. C. Brown
Richardson
Tracy Brown
Plano
Grover Brown
Bert Darwin Birthday Party Given at Whitewright Home
Bert Darwin was honored by his parents with a birthday party on Saturday November 8 1975 at his home west of town. He turned two years old. A circus tent shaped cake with flags animals trainers and clowns was the focal point of the refreshments. Twelve guests attended as clown hatsed youngsters sang Happy Birthday. Bert is the son of Mr and Mrs Bob Darwin of Whitewright with grandparents Mr and Mrs Woodley McCarley of Blue Ridge and Mr and Mrs Houston Darwin of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Darwin
Bert
Bob Darwin
Whitewright
Woodley McCarley
Blue Ridge
Houston Darwin
Holiday Visitors Fill Homes Across Several Cities
Thanksgiving gatherings drew relatives from Dallas Longview Paris and Oklahoma City to several homes. Hosts included Dr and Mrs Paul Geers and extended Geers family, Weldon Hovell in Bentonville, Oklahoma cousins Rick Nichols, plus Johnson and Pritchard households. Other lists name multiple families visiting Plano Sherman Gainesville Whitewright and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Geers
Louis Geers
James Geers
Billy Geers
Longview
Lena Geers
Cora Henson
Tressie Laminack
Bill Neal
Dallas
Margaret Rose
Paris
Alma Folsoh
Clarksville
Olie Geers
Odessa
Richard Hovell
Weldon Hovell
Bentonville
Arkansas
Mr. Howell
Rick Nichols
Oklahoma City
Okla
Caleb Thornhill
Eugene Thornhill
Sam
Plano
Airman
Larry Thornhill
Caleb
Wichita Falls
Jim Dodson
Patsy Michelson
Sherman
Lula Walls
Ethel McLester
Gainesville
Bennie Thornhill
Denison
John Woodson
Savoy
J. B. Thornhill
Brenda
Orville Woodson
R. B. Neathery
Mark
Jan
Tim
Whitewright
Insulation Lacking In Most U S Homes
Nine out of ten homes are under insulated and more than half have no insulation at all. The National Bureau of Standards says we waste over 40 percent of energy used for heating and cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bureau of Standards
Thanksgiving Guests Across Sherman Area
Thanksgiving gatherings featured multiple families visiting relatives across Sherman Arlington Dallas Fort Worth and nearby towns. People included Linda Melton Bernice Pustejovsky J D Marlow O W Presley C Williams Dee Robbins Ray Robbins Eddie Malphius Jerry Jester James Blakey Buschemeyer Ann Murphy Bill Weems J Philpott Annie Philpott Mary Jo Novey H D Cobb Ronnie Pennell Velma Sadler Marvin Smith family members Wayne Moser Glen Frazier Travis Sanderson Ruth Sanderson Greg Houston Garner Arnold Henson Lionel Lindley Melvin Miller and others. Events spanned Arlington Dallas Sherman and Bells with visits to Greenville and Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Melton and Sons
Bernice Pustejovsky
Arlington
J. D. Marlow
Jack Robbins
O. W. Presley
C. Williams
Sherman
Dee Robbins
Fort Worth
Ray Robbins
Eddie Malphius
David
Amy
Jerry Jester
James Blakey
Buschemeyer
Houston
Ann Murphy
Bill Weems
Dallas
J. Philpott
Annie Philpott
Greenville
Mary Jo Novey
Oklahoma City
H. D. Cobb
Whitewright
Ronnie Pennell and
Pass
Jessie Osborn
Charles Osborn
Powderly
H. E. Kidd
Mrs
Lloyd Goat
Gainesville
Homer Gentry
Mickey
Marvin Smith
Doug Jester
Melinda
Medicine Park
Okla
Billy Jester
Wayne Moser
Alberta Moser
Moser
Danny Pfaff
Joplin
Glen Frazier
Travis Sanderson
Darlene Williams
Carrollton
Johnny Williams
Kathy
Kelly
Brenda Williams
Walter Wright
Garland
Grady Riley
McKinney
James Williams
Darla
Keith
David Williams
Chris
Tim Williams
Jeffrey All
Houston Garner
Ruth Sanderson
Greg
Homer Sanderson
Arnold Henson
Buster Anderson
Ft. Worth
Reginald Robbins
Lionnel Lindley and Sons
Sullivan City
Melvin Miller
Huntsville
Ala
P. L. Montgomery
Bells
Lionel Lindley
Stanley
Stacy
Shannon
Redstone Arsenal
Bananas Lead U S Per Capita Fruit Consumption
The USDA reports per capita fruit purchases with bananas at 18.7 pounds, apples at 15.7 pounds, and oranges at 148 pounds. Last year marked the highest bananas consumption since 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nursing Home News and Holiday Activities Report
Rosalie Geers notes Coffee Talk at Town and Country Club and a Sherman area outing to Sher-Den Mall with residents and volunteers. Attendees include Boyd Blackburn, Mary Hicks, Ernest Ferris, Willis Langford, John Ballard, Mary Bryant, Fannie Latimer, William Abbott, Edith Krider, Janie Felmer, Zelma Hopper, plus praise for Vera Norwood, Janice Kemp, and Whitewright Coop class. Also covers Thanksgiving visits, church services, bingo prizes, a High School style show, hospital admittances, local entertainers, and Viet Nam era GI Bill education benefit usage rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Club
Sher-Den Mall
Boyd Blackburn
Mary Hicks
Ernest Ferris
Willis Langford
John Ballard
Mary Bryant
Fannie Latimer
William Abbott
Edith Krider
Janie Felmer
Zelma Hopper
Vera Norwood
Janice Kemp
Coop
Whitewright High School
Reba Mitchell
Dallas
Lillie Madding
Mike Bowen
Ft. Worth
Fae Ingram
Ruth Cox
Dock Vandergriff
Marshall
Leora Porter
McKinney
Grayson County earns funds for FM road program
The Texas Farm to Market road program includes Grayson County with $10,000 allocated for grading drainage and surfacing of 0.1 mile of FM 3133 from Westminster to east of Van Alstyne. In Fannin County two projects received funding FM 1292 from SH 11 to FM 896 and the extension of FM 274 into Mulberry bottoms. The FM 1392 project total rose to $325,000 after adding $87,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
R. S. Thornburrow
Paris
Thornburrow
Westminster
Collin County
van Alstyne
Fannin County
Randolph
Ely
Mulberry Bottoms
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de Taylor
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Wayne Burchfield
Virgil Burchfield
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J. C. McMillin
Alfred Swening
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Liberty
R. H. Darwin
Suzanne Cooper
Oklahoma Christian College
Bill Cooper
Lillian Neathery
Farmersville
Joe Johnson
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Jack Pritchard
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Minnie F. Ingram
Prilla Kuhnell
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N. H. Waldrop
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