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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1957
Page
5
Local residents and visitors from Dallas Gainesville Fort Worth and Sherman shared time with Whitewright friends over Christmas. Families sent greetings from Lawton Stillwater and Lawton while church groups held Christmas dinners and planned Bible study after Jan 6.
Manton Fain visited in New York City earlier this week. Mr and Mrs Ernest Booker are visiting in Slaton. Mr and Mrs L H Wilkerson of Dallas visited Mr and Mrs Glen Earnheart Sunday. George L Jacks of Sherman spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs L F Jacks.
Jean Spence ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H K Spence of Tom Bean entertained Rotarians with a medley of Christmas songs. Mrs Houston Darwin, her piano accompanist and voice teacher, accompanied the performance. Jean has appeared before county service clubs and recently won a county 4 H singing contest but was ineligible due to age. Lakey Edwards introduced the performers.
The Rebekah Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church held a Christmas party at Mrs. L. A. Watkins Jr. home with 30 members present Gifts were exchanged under a lit tree Secret pals were revealed and names drawn for another year A class gift was given to teacher Mrs. Paul Geers Prayers were led by Mrs. Orville Woodson and Mrs. Paul Geers Hostesses were Mrs. Watkins Bennett Gunter Slaughter Stanford Chism Edwards Reporter
A Christmas dinner in the Whitewright school cafeteria entertained Whitewright Manufacturing Co employees and guests. Decorations in red and white were arranged by Mrs Jack Biggerstaff and committee. Joe Cook gave the invocation. The Little Rock HD Club served the turkey dinner and Mrs John Jarvis poured coffee. The group closed with a game of 42. All enjoyed the evening.
Mrs. Owen Hull of Whitewright hosted with Mrs. Paul H. Taylor of Leonard as co host for the Leonard Business and Professional Woman's Club Christmas party. Guests gathered at Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Latimer home for a dinner featuring silver and red decorations. Santa Claus Harl Hudson served as master of ceremonies and handed out gifts from a silver themed setup.
Club members and guests gathered around a red Christmas tree as they presented money to fund food baskets for the needy during the holidays. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Goulden, Mr. and Mrs. Fate Parker, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Leggett, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tarpley, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Murphy and others.
Agriculture Secretary Benson announced cuts to dairy price supports to the legal minimum for the 1958-1959 season. He said the reductions would lower butter and cheese by about 2% cents a pound and milk by 2 cents a quart, pegging butterfat at 75% of parity and manufacturing milk at 83% of parity. The exact dollar levels will be released later and the proposals follow advice from the Commodity Credit Corp. and the National Agricultural Advisory Commission after a two day meeting.
In Los Angeles a judge convicted Confidential and Whisper magazines of obscenity and fined each $5,000. The case stemmed from sensational sex life stories about movie stars, with related conspiracylibel charges dismissed and publication ceased for the two titles. The judge set Jan. 15 to pay the fines.
Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society director J J Shaffer explained why three men were needed to capture a monkey loose in a felt factory. He noted you can't match one man against one monkey, as the animal outsmarts single effort.
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