Local social notes and church notices in Bonham area
Mrs. Paul Cook visits Dallas. Bonham shopping ad promotes dining room suites at Lem Tittsworth's for 59.95 and 89.95. Several visits in Sherman, Ladonia, Denison, and Chickasha noted. Harvest Day Methodist event and Baptist Missionary Society meeting described. Masons plan degree conferrals with expected attendance. Army Air Force note from Africa shared with local editor. Methodist Women host board dinner with skit and an intergenerational quiz. board meeting follows.
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Lem Tittsworth’s
Bonham
Methodist Missionary Society
Board of Stewards
Russell Summers
W. W. Adcock
Rotaryanns Honored At Banquet At First Baptist Church
The annual Rotary Club banquet Friday at First Baptist Church featured Rotaryanns as guests with red carnation favors and patriotic table decor. Rev. E P Wootten presided as W E LaRoe welcomed attendees, and Rev Raymond Ottensmeyer spoke on Discipline and Democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
W. E. LaRoe
Bettye Nell Yeager
Janis Jane Horton
Betty Lee Jones
Margaret Hanna
Raymond Ottensmeyer
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of
Denison
C. B. Bryant Jr
Ottensmeyer
Fred Kirkpatrick
P.T.A. Elects Officers and Sets Lunch Ticket Price
The P.T.A. met in the Grammar School music room with 20 members present. Mrs. Wallace May was elected president, succeeding Mrs. Paul Ryan, who resigned. Mrs. Roy Blanton became secretary, and Lucille Sanders and Kelous Watson joined the publicity committee. Mrs. Yeager assists Mrs. Witt as third vice president. The group voted to reduce lunch room ticket prices for a week’s supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T. A
C. S. Witt
Butler
Lucille Sanders
O L. Jones
Lallace May
Paul Ryan
Roy Blanton
Kelous Watson
J. A. Yeager
Witt
Town Meeting Adopts Price Change During Service
The gathering adjourned after a prayer led by Miss Sanders. Allan Harper and his wife from Atoka Oklahoma visit Mr and Mrs Lonnie Darwin southwest of town, while price details state 40c per week previously and 10c per ticket otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Harper
Atoka, Okla
Lonnie Darwin
Letter to Santa from Whitewright Boy Seeks Train Truck
A 7 year old boy in Whitewright Texas writes to Santa on December 8 1942 asking for a big train a truck fruits nuts and candy for Christmas and mentions he has two sisters signing as John Charles Chesser.
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Santa
John Charles Chesser
Tanya Korotune to Lecture at Bethel Baptist Church
Tanya Korotune will lecture at Bethel Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Sunday. Everyone invited to attend this community event at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Baptist Church
Tanya Korotune
Miss Tanya Korotune to Speak at Two Baptist Services
Miss Tanya Korotune of Kiev will address the First Baptist Church at 11:00 Sunday morning and Bethel Baptist Church south of Whitewright at 7:30 p.m. She will recount her experience in a German prison camp and her escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanya Korotune
Kiev
Russia
First Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
The Conflict for Authority Sermon on Universal Bible Sunday
Chester E Gleason pastor announces morning sermon on The Conflict for Authority and an evening talk titled The Cup of Salvation. Services begin with morning worship and 7 30 pm evening service. Go to Church Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester E. Gleason
Methodist Church Schedule and Christmas Offering
Rev. W. W. Adcock leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. with Roscoe Gillett as superintendent. Worship services are at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The annual Christmas offering supports 400 orphan children at the Methodist Home in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Adcock
Roscoe Gillett
Methodist Home
Waco
Funeral services for John W. Burden held in Whitewright
John W. Burden 68 died in a Sherman hospital after surgery. Funeral at 3 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church conducted by three ministers. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery directed by Glen Earnheart. Survived by wife, three sons Lawrence Clarence Jonathan all of Whitewright, five daughters and thirty-six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Burden
Sherman
First Baptist Church
J. A. Henderson
W. A. Fleming
E. P. Wootten
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Paul Bowen
Grover Smith
Lawrence Worley
Erwin Blanton
Cecil Owens
Jim Brown
Burden
Texas
Kentucky
Orangeville
Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
Lawrence
Clarence
Jonathan
Ira Hogue
Stonewall
Okla
O. E. Head
R. S. Wolverton
Ector
C. M. Rhody
Lewis Jones
Amity, Ark
Farmers Vote on Cotton Control in Wartime Referendum
Dixieland farmers will vote Saturday on continuing 1943 rigid marketing quotas for cotton. The Agriculture Department urges keeping restrictions to prevent excess supplies and to free labor and equipment for food production, proposing about 22.5 million acres next year versus 24.005 million this year. Some leaders argue to end all restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
John Sadler Joins U S Army Letter From New Recruit
Sun editor prints a letter from John Sadler recently inducted into the U S Army. He worked at the Stateville filling station before enlistment and writes about MP school, expected service duration, hopes to be sent to Texas, and requests news of others who have joined since his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
John Sadler
U. S. Army
John
Stateville
Texas
Arkansas
Funeral Services for Wm H Bates 86 Held at Cross Roads
Funeral services for Wm H Bates 86 who died last Thursday morning were held at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church at 3 p m Friday with Rev E B Jackson and Rev J A Henderson officiating and interment in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Bates came from Tennessee to Texas 41 years ago and ran a general store at Desert near Whitewright. He was a Presbyterian and survived by his wife one brother Jesse Bates of Marian Indiana two sisters Mrs Wisie Helton and Mrs Abbie Bugle of Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Bates
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
E. B. Jackson
J. A. Henderson
Pilot Grove
Glen Earnheart
Bates
Tennessee
Texas
Desert
Whitewright
Presbyterian Church
Jesse Bates
Marian, Ind
Wisie Helton
Abbie Bugle
Nashville
Tenn
Christmas Card Offer from The Sun
The Sun reports a limited stock of personalized Christmas cards with names printed. A 50 card assortment costs 1.00 and 20 cards also priced at 1.00 with better designs. The notice urges readers to place orders now before supplies run out. Also mentions 2 percent iodine as the recommended strength for medicine chests per Red Cross manuals. Sun Want Ads are economical.
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the Sun
The
Red Cross
Camp Robinson letter from Pvt Sadler referenced
A brief wartime letter from Pvt Horace G. Sadler of Co B 766 MP Bn Camp Robinson Arkansas requests a copy of The Sun mailed to him. He signs off noting the camp location near Little Rock and a Duncan boy recognizing him.
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Little Rock
Duncan Boy
Bells
Horace G. Sadler
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Prisoner Voice Heard From Tokyo Broadcast
Private Albert Miller, son of Mrs. Pearl Miller of Van Alstyne, spoke in a Tokyo short wave broadcast Sunday night describing receipt of his mother's letter and his status as a U S Marine prisoner of war.
Broadcast Appears To Be A Recorded Program
Dr Doak Blassingame said the radio program heard here seems to be a recording and not live, describing the treatment of the topic as fair by the Japanese.
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Doak Blassingame
Broa
Mangrum Named Deputy Under Grayson County Sheriff
G. P. Gafford will take office as Grayson County sheriff on January 1 and announces a full slate of deputies. A. H. Hartson becomes chief deputy, with former sheriff Arthur Vaughn and current deputy Sam York serving as jailers. Outside appointees include Joe Hall, M. G. Dicken, F. O. Mangrum, and Virgil Evans serving as deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Gafford
Grayson County
A. H. Hartson
State Liquor Board
Mr. Gafford
Arthur Vaughn
Sam York
Joe Hall
Denison
M. G. Dicken
Sherman
F. O. Mangrum
Whitewright
Virgil Evans
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Paul Cook
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Don Webster
R. B. Matthews
J. A. Blanton
Houston
B. F. Blanton
Robert B. Allison
Orth
Virgil Smith
Ely
Jesse Wallace
M. R. Key
J. R. Oliver
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Londell Revie
W. B. Key and Son
George Key
Roscoe Pace
Kilgore
Tyler
W. F. Fields
Louise Bell
Ladonia
Mrs. Bell
Bert Sanderson
Cliff Sanderson
Andy Sanderson
R. B. Gordon
Horace Gordon
Chickasha
Veterans’ Hospital
Muskogee
Oklo
Baptist Missionary Society
Carl May
Myrtle Badgett
Ed Pennell
B. W. Newman
Olive Myrick
Myrick
Whitewright Lodge No. 167
A. F
A. M
Emory Christian
Claude Austin
Grand Lodge of Texas
Manton Fain
Sun Office
J. Frank Roberts
Army Air Force
Africa
Roberts
Rommel
Palestine
Rotaryanns
Virginia Reel
Old South
First Christian Church
First Methodist Church
U.S. Army
Adrienne
Paris
Cara Nome
R. P. Childress
William H. Bates
Tokyo
Mangrum
Gafford
Farley Grocery
Bao
Cole & Davis Co
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