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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
7
Mrs J E Smith visited her mother in Greenville last week. several Dallas and Fort Worth visitors called on Whitewright residents over the weekend. Includes Christmas events, church notices, auctions, and local travel, with casualties and weather updates.
A light exchange on language origins features a quip about mother tongue well used contrasted with the father rarely speaking. The remark plays on family roles to humorously explain why English is called the mother tongue in playful social chatter.
Neva McMurry of Austin formerly Whitewright and Edward Frank Riedel married in a single ring ceremony at University Methodist Church Austin on Thanksgiving Day. The bride, daughter of the late R K McMurry, is a head bookkeeper in the State Treasury and a former East Texas State College student. Riedel is the son of Mrs Helen Riedel and business manager of the State Department of Health. Attendants were Mrs R W McMurry and wore coordinated outfits with corsages.
Out of town guests Mrs. R. A. Nieman and Miss Merle McMurry of Dallas attended the wedding. The couple later took a wedding trip to Corpus Christi and now reside at 1510 Riverside Drive in Austin.
Darwin Kilgroe Miss LaVerne Kilgroe and Houston Darwin were married at 6 p m in Sherman at Reverend Homer P Reeves church home. The groom a World War II Coast Guard veteran and the bride a Whitewright native recently employed at Montgomery Insurance Agency. They honeymooned in Oklahoma Missouri and Arkansas and will live with the bride's mother. Immediate family attended.
Mrs. H. T. Atterberry of Sherman addressed the Friday Literary Club last Friday at the home of Mrs. C. P. Johnson, sharing remarks with members.
Mrs Atterberry presents Louise Borden tale The Shining Tree about a war child refugee in New York City who regains sight after prayer at a Union Square tree. In a club reception the group sang carols and planned a December 20 covered dish luncheon at Mrs Emory Christian's home.
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