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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1942
Page
5
Local notices list visitors and travels of residents in McKinney Dallas Denison Sherman and Bonham. Births include Nancy Anne Reed and Billy Frank Montgomery with relatives noted. several moves and upcoming events scheduled at the Baptist Church and High School gym.
Rev Dan Vestal will serve as pastor of LaVega Baptist Church in Waco after resigning from Antioch and Randolph churches where over 75 additions occurred last year He has done evangelistic work in Fannin and Grayson counties for four years Miss Betty Jo Morrow first Whitewright WAAC enlistee has joined the WAAC and will train soon after leaving Perrin Field where she worked She is a Whitewright High School graduate who studied at Oklahoma A and M and North Texas State Teachers College and visits her mother before training
Mrs Guy Hamilton presents a Friday recital at 7 30 PM in the First Baptist Church with pupils including Willa Nell Badgett Barbara Ann Williams Norma Lou Smith Margaret Hanna Betty Ann Darwin Jean Caraway Ann Witt Frances Layman Betty Bryant Janis Horton Katie Kincaid Betty Lou Reeves Dorothy Lynn Aldridge Jane Mead or Billy Fay Dillon Laura Jean Wilson and others.
The Baptist Missionary Society gathered for a Monday Bible study at 3 p m. The north circle met at Mrs J E Morgan s home with 12 members present. Mrs C I Witt led the study while Lena Lair circle met with Miss Cora Morrow and Maggie Noe as teacher. West circle met at the church with Rev E P Wootten teaching.
The Friday Literary Club held a Christmas program at Mrs. R. P. Childress home. Mrs. Madonne spoke on Palestine Christmas customs after an introduction by Mrs. Christian. Mrs. McMillin closed with carols. Members voted four dollars to spread Christmas cheer and a civic committee was appointed. Refreshments followed.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met Monday at 2 30 in Mrs Emmet Penn s home with Mrs R L Sears as program leader Devotional led by Mrs Oran Sears Mrs Homer Sears presented the yearbook of prayer for foreign missionaries Mrs John Madonne wrote Iran Syria and Mesopotamia read by Mrs T E Barbee The national topic Pioneer Missions was presented by Mrs Robert Sears A singing reading honored military service members was given.
After a song titled Si lent Night the closing prayer was led by Mrs. Ben Montgomery during the service.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Geneva Cook Weddle daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Cook of Little Rock to Private Franklin Sears Harris on November 28 in the Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago Ill Rev Kenneth Hildebrand officiating The bride wore white with wool embroidery accents and a corsage of white orchids The couple was attended by Private and Mrs James C Kirk who hosted the wedding party at Edgewater Beach hotel Private Harris is a son of Mr and Mrs Floyd T Harris of Whitewright
Hickman Sunday School class of the Presbyterian Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs J W McMurry Wednesday evening with twelve members and two visitors present. Gifts were exchanged, refreshments served, decorations reflected the Christmas season, and carols were sung after adjournment as several homes were visited.
C B Bryant Jr, chairman for the community bond sales, spoke at the Rotary luncheon outlining War Bond activities in Whitewright and surrounding areas. He urged members to buy bonds to reduce taxes, noted varied government bond issues, and called for ideas to boost local interest and meet quotas. Several proposals may be adopted soon as Whitewright and nearby areas lag current pace.
The Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service held its Annual Harvest Day luncheon on Monday at the home of Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. with Mrs. L. O. Lackey presiding.
The program included poems, songs, a missionary talk, and a year’s work dramatization. Officers elected for the new year are President Mrs. A. M. Bryant and a slate of secretaries and treasurers led by Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr and Mrs. H. C. Willis.
Mortuary notice from Whitewright reports the death of Mrs J B Thomson of San Bernardino California late Saturday. She formerly lived in Whitewright and was the widow of J B Thomson who ran a local meat market for years. Survived by five sons Ruel Basil Olan Norvell and Haskell with Haskell in the U S Army. Funeral and burial held in California.
Merriwell Vineyard will give a first hand report on his armed service experiences at the 11 o clock church service. The pastor will deliver a brief Christmas message on Men of Good Will during the same service. Christmas hymns will be sung. The night service is dismissed for a special Christmas service at Central Christian Church. Sunday School meets at 10 am.
The T E L Class of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday at 3 PM in Mrs. Olive Myrick’s home for a Christmas party. Co hosts were Mrs. Carl May and Miss Myrtle Badgett. President Mrs. Guy Hamilton led the session with devotions and prayers. Gifts exchanged from a Christmas tree. refreshments followed. Seventeen members and seven associates attended.
Grayson County had ginned 31 499 bales of cotton by December 1, according to G O Peterson, federal cotton census agent for the county. This compares with 28 020 bales ginned by the same date last season.
A humorous exchange between a small boy and a barber ends with the boy requesting a haircut “just like dad’s” and a noted round hole on top, echoing a familiar family stereotype.
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