Whitewright Area Social and Local News Roundup
Denison resident Jim Hollingsworth visits Whitewright. Borger and Sherman families travel to see relatives. births, hospital stays, and birthday celebrations recounted. Christmas program announced. local moves, visitors, and a weekend funeral. A driving incident on Main Street noted with ongoing traffic light outage.
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Whitewright
L. A. Newman
Pilot Grove
Bonham
Bond Street
Main Street
Residents and visitors noted in Whitewright area news
Several local residents hosted guests and traveled for holidays and visits. Denison guests stayed with Sears Baldwin households while other locals planned moves to Springfield and St. Louis. A Texas college Nativity pageant featured Florena Williams, and doctors Dinkler and Dinner announced relocations impacting their practices.
Rotary program slips by with ad libbed talk on lettermen
Rotary Club program chairman S. T. Montgomery Jr. improvised a talk at the Friday meeting recalling a 25 year old football team. He and Rotary President Earl Blanton noted the squad failed to score in that season until a final Frisco game when they finally reached the end zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Rotary Club
Down Memory Lane
Rotary
Earl Blanton
Frisco
Whitewright
Fred Smith
N. B. Nicholson
N. B
Banquet Cancelled After Unforeseen Death at Church
A Rotary club meeting was called off after the sudden death of Clay Horton in the Baptist Church auditorium on Monday night. Horton, chairman of the banquet committee, helped plan the Rotary banquet which was scheduled to follow the club gathering.
Christmas Piano Recital At Baptist Church
Mrs. Guy Hamilton presented her piano pupils in a Christmas recital Sunday afternoon at the Baptist Church. The program listed performers Doris Tillett Judy Gosnell Karen Darwin Donna Shaw Linda Gillespie Pattye Badgett Mary Ellen Wilson Linda Harrelson Sandra Montgomery Carol Bush Mary Grace Gates Donna Kay Franklin Louise Vestal Louisa Lackey Dee Anna Alexander Clara Kelly Gayla Wren Sears and Tommie Sue Beazley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Hamilton
the Baptist Church
Doris Tillett
Judy Gosnell
Karen Darwin
Donna Shaw
Linda Gillespie
Pattye Badgett
Mary Ellen Wilson
Linda Harrelson
Sandra Montgomery
Carol Bush
Mary Grace Gates
Donna Kay Franklin
Louise Vestal
Louisa Lackey
Dee Anna Alexander
Clara Kelly
Gayla Wren Sears
Tommie Sue Beazley
Christmas Meeting of Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society
The annual Christmas meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society at the Presbyterian Church was hosted by Mrs. T. E. Sears. Guests heard devotional thoughts from Mrs. Lydia Henry, saw Miss Gayla Wren Sears perform piano music, and enjoyed a tea reception hosted by Mrs. Emmet Penn and Mrs. Lee H. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
T. E. Sears
Gayla Wren Sears
Cliff Emerson
Fred Cook
Lydia Henry
Mary
J. W. Stevens
Vera Hickman
Millay
Cliff Emerson Jr
Henry
Board of Foreign Missions
Society
Emmet Penn
Lee H. Smith
Hickman Class Elects Officers At First Presbyterian
The Hickman Class of the First Presbyterian Church met Wednesday night December 8 in the church parlor with 15 members present. Officers elected for another year were Mrs. Floyd Bassett president Mrs. J W Stephens vice president Mrs Charles Dawson secretary Mrs Frank Smith treasurer and Miss Mardell Pumphreifer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
First Presbyterian Church
Floyd Bassett
J. W. Stephens
Charles Dawson
Frank Smith
Mardell Pumph
Parish Women Form Yearly Committee To Plan Work
Mrs Bassett chaired a program committee including Mrs Lee Smith Mrs Fred Dinkler Mrs Fred Cook and Miss Pumphrey to plan the year. Meetings set for January April July and October on the first Wednesday nights. The group will bake cookies and candy for shut ins and bring gifts for a Reynolds Presbyterian Orphanage child. Refreshments by Mrs Arba Orenduff. Next meeting at Mrs Cliff Emersons home.
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Reynolds Presbyterian Orphanage
Arba Orenduff
Cliff Emerson
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
A concise verse by Margie B. Boswell urges readers to seek morning shine and keep singing as time flies. It contrasts night with fleeting joy and suggests true happiness resides in the heart rather than wealth or pottage.
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Margie B. Boswell
Living-in House Feels Like A Chaotic Home Showplace
A vivid portrait of a busy household with newspapers scattered on the table magazines piled on the footstool towels askew and rain gear in the hall. The narrative contrasts mess with the dream of harmonious living and cheekily rejects waxy perfection.
Won’t Dare At Officers Club Farewell
At the officers club a farewell to a colonel bound for the Philippines is noted. A veteran jokes about the heat and the climate upsetting his wife, but the colonel responds firmly that the climate "wouldn't dare."
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Philippines
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Jim Hollingsworth
Denison
T. J. Russell
Borger
Carol Dawson
Mrs. C. P. Dawson
Fred Garner
Washington, D. C
Donald F. Albaugh
W. J. Schiller
Sherman
E. D. Lyons
Hugh Hunter
Ann
Jack Goodwin
Winnsboro
Billy Gene Lyons
David Lyons
Mrs
Roy Belew
Dallas
Maude Belew
Russell McGinnis
Rockwall
C. P. McGinnis
Ed Nicely
Granger
Savoy
Gene Hughes
Carol Hughes
Nora Hughes
Roby Wilson
Denton
Lee Wilson
Cleve Anderson Jr
ETSTC
Commerce
Cleve Anderson
W. A. Kirkpatrick
D. Leon Harp
San Antonio
Ira Kirkpatrick
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
John H. Ballard Jr
Lackland Afb
Austin Jones
First Baptist Church
C. L. McCuistion
Fort Worth
O. L. Lowry
Valley View
B. L. Sanderson
Hamilton Henry
Leonard
J. Lee Smith
Bogota
Walter Atkins
Walters
Jim Ayres
Gaston Hospital
Preston Hefner
Whitesboro
John Ray
West Locust Street
Clifford Galyon
Bells
Charles Bankston
Lloyd Fitch
Houston
John Smith
Whitewright Cleaners
Borden’s
Borden
Eatmoor
WELCH
SWIFT
Griffin
Pillsbury
Baker’s Chocolate Bars
Hi-Way Grocery & Market
Charlie McKenny
Olan Sears
Lee Roy Baldwin
Olan Justice
Springfield
T. A. Gray
Commerce and Son
J. Pat Gray
Norfolk, Va
Raymond Wallace
Clarence Tillett Jr
Deborah Joe Mason
Ely
Macon, Ga
Capt
J. Frank Wilson
Florena Williams
Texas State College For Women
Elizabeth
Jesus
Miss Williams
Jim Williams
R. E. Pierce
W. W. Alverson
Loreen Hitt
J. D. McMillin
Chester Alexander
Lubbock
Horace McMillin
Wolfforth
W. H. McMillin
Fred Dinkler
St. Louis
Dinner
the Sun
Presbyterian MS
Jergen
Woodbury
Williams Variety Store
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Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Hasty Chevrolet CO
Stepins
Cole & Davis Co
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