Local Notes Reveal Illness, Visits, And Appointments
Mrs. L. D. Farley improves after illness. Dallas visits attendances include Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Meador and JR Heard with family. Inez and Gladys Ray visit Waco. The Holland family hosts Velma in Denton and Nancy Marie in Texarkana. Floyd W. Smith enlists at Sherman. Montomgom/Whitewright links and a Palace theatre operator, Calvin Fraley, appear. Denison hires Miss Margaret Lilley. teacher Grif int Dollarhide Jr. leaves post. residents travel and court cases noted.
Community church events and local student military calls
The Tri County Woman's Society of Christian Service met in Leonard with Adcock and Stone relatives present. Austin weekend visits by Atterberry and Slusher included Sara Kathryn Atterberry at the University of Texas with Elizabeth Waggoner. District missionary meeting at Van Alstyne drew Childress Wilson Stephens and Waggoner. First Baptist held an oyster supper for the Men's Sunday School class and wives, followed by Dr Clifton of McKinney reviewing Mein Kampf. Red Cross tuberculosis seals sale promoted by Whitewright PTA to aid tuberculosis campaigns. Joe Thomas Meador was called to military service to Fort Sill after teaching at New London School. Morris Fogle Gillett enlisted in the Navy in Dallas, training in Los Angeles with potential rise to chief petty officer. Navy seeks radio technicians and related specialists as combat needs grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Adcock
R. P. Childress
Lee Wilson
Sue Stephens
Elizabeth Waggoner
The
Methodist Church
van Alstyne
First Baptist Church
Clifton
First Baptist Church of
McKinney
Hitler
Joe Thomas Meador
C. J. Meador
Fort Sill
Okla
Selective Service Board No. 2
Sherman
Joe Thomas
New London School
Morris Fogle Gillett
R. A. Gillett
U.S. Navy
Dallas
Los Angeles
Calif
Navy Reserve
Morris Fogle
Navy
Uncle Sam
PTA Monthly Meeting At Grammar School
The Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday afternoon in regular session at Grammar School. Supt. E C Butler gave the invocation and a PTA song was replaced by My Faith Looks Up to Thee. Rev W W Adcock Mrs E P Wootten and L E Ricketts spoke. Ricketts described new report cards. Third and seventh grades won pictures for most mothers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
E. C. Butler
PTA
W. W. Adcock
E. P. Wootten
L. E. Ricketts
Ricketts
T E L Class Christmas Meeting At Gowdy Home
The T E L Class of the Baptist Church held its annual Christmas party December 10 at Mrs. B G Gowdy's home. Christmas decorations set a festive scene as a brief business meeting preceded a program featuring a devotional by Mrs. Ben Savage a piano solo The Trinity Chimes by Mrs. Guy Hamilton and a reading On Christmas Morning by Mrs. Jennie Crittenden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
B. G. Gowdy
Ben Savage
Trinity Chimes
Guy Hamilton
Jennie Crittenden
Sixty-Ninth Annual Club Meeting Feels Christmassy
Mrs. Carl Gillespie and Mrs. Olive Myrick led a Christmas gathering titled Songs in the Night. Delicious refreshments were served to 18 members four associate members and two visitors. Jingle bells rang and Santa delivered gifts to all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gillespie
Olive Myrick
Santa
Boy Scouts Speakers At Rotary Club Luncheon
Three Boy Scouts Emerson Sears Kirk May and Bobbie Witt spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon. Witt described tenderfoot requirements while Kirk and Emerson outlined tests and ranks with Emerson the oldest and highest ranking scout. They announced 13 new members in four months and noted troop efforts for National defense. Directors voted $10 to the Christmas fund and $5 to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Sears
Kirk May
Bobbie Witt
Rotary Club
Kirk
Emerson
Tom Sears
Red Cross
Lois Hassell Weds Robert Turner at Trinity Church
Miss Barbara Lois Hassell daughter of Mrs. T. P. Hassell and William Robert Turner son of Mrs. Mollie Turner were married in a Sunday ceremony at Trinity Methodist Church. The rite featured a chrysanthemum arch, musical solos by Ennis Ray Simpson, and candles by Norma Joyce Hassell. Afterward the couple hosted dinner at the bride’s home and will reside at 709 West Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Herald
Trinity Methodist Church
Barbara Lois Hassell
T. P. Hassell
East Chestnut
William Robert Turner
Mollie Turner
East Main
Hugh S. Porter
Ennis Ray Simpson
Sadie Thomas
Norma Joyce Hassell
Billie Hassell
Marie Ronvault
Dallas
Mrs. Turner
West Shepherd
Mortuary George W. Smith Dies of Heart Attack in Arkansas
George W. Smith of Dallas formerly of Whitewright died Saturday in Forrest City Arkansas from a heart attack while driving. Survived by widow and children S C McIntosh Dallas George Williams Smith Lowry Field Denver Eugene W Smith Camp Bowie Texas. Also brothers and sisters and cousins named. Body brought to Dallas for funeral and burial. he had been an electrical engineer and longtime Whitewright businessman before moving to Dallas in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Smith
Dallas
Whitewright
Forrest City
Ark
S. C. McIntosh
George Williams Smith
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
Eugene W. Smith
111Th Medical Regiment
Camp Bowie
Tex
L. R. Smith
Orville Woods
New York City
E. T. Woods
Nell Smith
Eli
Emma Smith
Church Services Led by Pastor Frank Schofield
Pastor Frank Schofield leads Sunday school and communion at 10 a m on Sundays with preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m on the first and third Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schofield
Worship Services Announced by Local Pastor
Pastor E. P. Wootten leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. with W. T. Simmons as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 a.m. features a song service directed by Mrs. Guy Hamilton and a sermon by the pastor. Evening service at 7 p.m. and midweek prayer and choir practice at 7 p.m. midweek. You are cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Wootten
W. T. Simmons
Guy Hamilton
Training Union and
Young People’s Forum
Lord
Methodist Church Sermons and Christmas Offering
Pastor W. W. Adcock will speak at 11 o clock on The Bible s Message For Today and at 7 p m on Why We Can t Do As We Please Sunday school meets at 10 a m Youth Fellowship at 6 p m with Roy Robinson of Trenton as guest speaker The annual Christmas offering for the 400 children at the Methodist Home in Waco will be taken during the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Adcock
Roy Robinson
Trenton
Methodist
Waco
First Presbyterian Church Sunday Services Schedule
Dr. B Wrenn Webb pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a m with R P Montgomery as general superintendent Opening services by Fred Cook Jr junior superintendent The Light That Shines in the Dark at 10 50 a m and Knowing and Doing at 7 p m presented by the church announcements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
R. P. Montgomery
Fred Cook Jr
Defense Stamps Replace Refreshments at Whitewright Club
Whitewright Music Club votes to omit refreshments at regular meetings and have the hostess donate one dollar toward defense stamps. The group met at Mrs. C. I. Witt’s home to study Music in the Home with Mrs. J. L. Johnson leading. Plans for a Christmas party at Mrs. Hickman’s on Dec 17 were made and Mrs. W. W. Adcock was elected a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
C. I. Witt
J. L. Johnson
R. E. Hickman
Eva Williams
Viva Phillips
J. C. McMillin
Guy Hamilton
Floyd Bassett
Jack Proctor
W. W. Adcock
Hickman
More Spending and Taxes Ahead After War Declaration
Secretary Morgenthau said Japan's war declaration will bring greater defense spending and a corresponding tax rise. He noted negotiations with Congress on tax proposals, expecting greater willingness to pay, but declined to detail recommendations, with reports he favors a 15 percent rise on individual income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Morgenthau
Japan
Congress
Congress freezes naval enlistments in wartime
Washington D C The House moved quickly to pass a bill enacting a navy enlistment freeze for the war duration the measure approved without a record vote and sent to the Senate which had backed it a day earlier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Hoover Says We Must Fight With All We Have
Former President Herbert Hoover declares in Philadelphia that American soil has been treacherously attacked by Japan and that the United States must fight with everything it has. He frames the response as forced and urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Japan
Books as Voices of Distant and Dead Heirs of Life
A reflective note on books as voices from the distant and the dead, and their power to grant access to the spiritual life of past ages, expressing gratitude for written heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Channing
Ruling On Military News Handling By War Department
Washington reports the War Department restricts details of troop movements routes schedules and destinations within and outside the United States. It limits disclosure of unit designations numbers and force dispositions and governs transport movement information while casualty lists may include home addresses but not unit designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
System of Enforced Savings Is Proposed
Senator Downey of California told the Senate Banking Committee he would propose enforced savings taking 10 to 15 percent of all income as a rider to the House price control measure. The Treasury is studying such a tax and will present it soon. Leon Henderson urged stronger price control legislation, saying the war declaration requires drastic revisions and that the House bill is insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Downey
California
Senate Banking Committee
House
Treasury Department
Senate
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. C. J. Meador
Inez and
Gladys Ray
Mrs. C. L. Holland
Velma
Denton
JR. Heard
Mrs
J. E. Payne
D. A. Ray
Leonard and
Celeste
Everette Turner
N. K. Turner
Lockesburg
Max Montgomery
Ben Montgomery
Julian Montgomery
Austin
Floyd W. Smith
United States Army
Leslie Holland
Nancy Marie
Texarkana
C. L. Holland
Oscar Layman
T. A. Thorpe
Margaret
Tommy
Jimmy
Pottsboro
Charles Ellis
Baby
Wm. Ellis
W. J. Mabry
Calvin Fraley
Mt. Vernon
Palace Theatre
J. B. Hamilton
Emory Christian
Masonic Grand Lodge
C. C. Willis
Kilgore
H. C. Willis
J. L. Dyer
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
J. T. McBroom
Barney McBroom
Old Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
John L. Reeves
K. W. Watson
Melvin Driver
Denison
J. W. Hollingsworth
Dan Hollingsworth
Oklahoma City
Margaret Lilley
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Martha Bryant
Central Ward
W.N. Stone
J. L. Boone
J. B. Head
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Leonard
H. T. Atterverry
Lilian Slusher
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
University of Texas
Lee Wilburn
Parent-Teacher Association
Whitewright, Texas
RCA Living Sound
Santa Claus
Richard DIX
Badlands
Dakota
Robert Stack
Ann Rutherford
Andy Devine
Hugh Herbert
Iron Claw
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
John Howard
Helen Broderick
Florence Rice
Desi Arnez
Marlene Dietrich
Alan Hale
George Raft
Edward G. Robinson
Ed Brendell
Leif Erickson
Florence
Rice Gordon Jones
Don Beddoe
the Blonde
Singapore
East of Suez
King OF the Texas Rangers
Frank McHugh
Preston Foster
Irene Dunn
Robert Montgomery
Eugene Pallette
Ted Lewis
Lois Hassell
Trinity Church
Robert Turner
Geo. W. Smith
Central Christian Church
Church OF Christ
Allen Harper
First Presbyterian Church
Lil
Cole
Davis CO
Prince Albert Tobacco
Turkeys
Farley
Hill
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