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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
6
Local residents plan Christmas gatherings with relatives across Texas and nearby states. Families from Whitewright and surrounding towns travel to Dallas, Commerce, Sherman, Ardmore, and Oklahoma for holiday time with parents and in laws.
Sherman hospital patient Herman Taylor is noted. Several Dallas and Sherman families plan Christmas visits with relatives in Sherman and Quitman. James McClung of Fort Worth joins Bennett Barber Shop. families relocate to Whitewright as housing is found. A Doyie Smith shooting incident in Marshall is reported with burial. Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary delivers gifts to McKinney VA Hospital. Whitewright invites for Betty Jo Miller and Hubert Leroy Kincaid wedding in Quitman.
Mr and Mrs Carl Holland entertained guests on Sunday including Mr and Mrs George Bennett of Dallas Mr and Mrs D B Taylor and son and daughter of Sherman Mr and Mrs W A Smart of Pilot Grove Mr and Mrs C F Holland of Mineral Wells Mrs Wade Robbins Mr and Mrs Leslie Holland and daughters Nancy and Elizabeth all of Whitewright.
Mr and Mrs L C Cooper and son will spend Christmas in Wichita Falls visiting relatives. A B Jones service officer of the VFA and American Legion said new small American flags would be placed on soldiers graves in Oak Hill Cemetery on Christmas Day. Call Reeves of Dallas visited friends in Whitewright Tuesday. He reports Wallace Reeves married Miss Lucile Rozenbeck of Houston on October 18. The groom works in Houston for the Shell Oil Company.
Friends and neighbors gathered Friday evening at John E Smith and wife for a community Christmas party. After carols and gift exchanges, refreshments were served to thirty six attendees.
The Dorcas Class of First Baptist Church held its annual Christmas party Monday night at Mrs. Adah Gillespie’s home with Mrs. Ira Fleming Mrs. Guy Taylor and Mrs. Gillespie as hostesses. Devotional readings carols games and refreshments followed gifts exchange. Attending were Mrs. C. J. Kelley Mrs. J. D. Marlow Mrs. Joe Rich Mrs. Louis Franklin Mrs. Leslie Holland Mrs. William Harrelson Mrs. Guy Stepp Mrs. James Gosnell Mrs. Harry Farrow Mrs. L. D. Selman and Olive Myrick.
Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide Jr hosted the Friday Literary Club Christmas party at 3 p m with twenty members and two former members present. Miss Gladys Ray presided, readings and devotional were shared, and refreshments were served on a red festooned tea table. The group adjourned to meet January 6 with Mrs. Owen Hull.
Mrs. Bob Collins hosted the Bethel Home Demonstration Club on Friday December 16. The group enjoyed holiday decorations exchanges and secret pals reveal. Recreation was led by Mrs. Bob Cawthon and ten members received refreshments.
A fine oil for lubricating watches is obtained from the head of the common porpoise. This source notes the unique use of porpoise head oil in horology and highlights its lubrication properties.
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