Christmas Party At Whitewright Nursing Home Brightens Residents
Residents and families enjoyed a Christmas party led by Dr. Paul Geers with Rev. Harry Stanley delivering the story and Kay Geers singing. Santa distributed candy canes as gifts were handed out, followed by refreshments on each wing. A long list of visitors and guests from Sherman to Dallas stopped by over the weekend. The note thanks the community for acts of kindness shown to Whitewright Nursing Home residents during the holidays.
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Paul Geers
Harry Stanley
Kay Geers
Santa Claus
Ernest Ferri
Dell Hight
Rev
Stanley
Fred Durham
Judy
Kerri Statham
Sherman
Esker Chaffin
Orozco
Maudie Hooper
Charles Kingston
Whitewright Nursing Home
Birthday Girl Michelle Peckham Celebrates Second Birthday
Michelle Peckham daughter of Larry and Tressa Peckham of Albuquerque New Mexico celebrated her second birthday on December 24 She is the granddaughter of Joe and Sally Cureton of Whitewright and Russell Peckham of San Antonio Michele has been in Whitewright for two weeks while her parents and aunt and uncle Will and Judy Cureton of Dallas enjoyed a skiing trip in Vail Colorado
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Michelle Peckham
Larry and
Tressa Peckham
Albuquerque
N.M
Joe and
Sally Cureton
Whitewright
Russell Peckham
San Antonio
Michelle
Will
Judy Cureton
Dallas
Vail
Colo
Whitewright civic years unfold with new leadership plans
Updates from Whitewright cover school and city elections as four council seats and 11 school posts close. highway upgrades on Highway 69 near Whitewright, a half million dollar project, and superintendent Dick Capps resigning then withdrawing. new board and council members sworn in, plus civic honors and local development plans announced.
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Highway Department
Whitewright
Dick Capps
Tom Bean Happenings New Year holiday closures and local events
Tom Bean city offices post office and First National Bank close Monday January two for New Year holiday with schools resuming Tuesday. Sanitation crews revert to regular schedule. Craft Club met at Mrs Willie McCafferty home in Sherman and distributed 1978 yearbooks. Choirs sang carols at Whitewright Nursing Home along with Brownie Troop 41. Birth announced for James Wayne Hill born December 21 1977 at Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces. Grandparents listed. Next meeting January 3 at 2 p.m. in Mrs J W Moran home. Lucille Jenkins to present program. Tom Bean schools celebrated Christmas December 21 with senior class party at A C Quinn residence. SNAP Center members sang carols and fifth sixth graders presented cantata. Women’s quilt project completed its 22nd quilt.
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Narvin Alexander
Bill Dyer
Stephen Sullivan
Sullivan
O.A. Bennett
Mike Herber
St Nationals
J.T
Bill) Holloway
Whitewright
Reagan Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Aubrey Mee-Alister
Tom Bean
Post
First National Bank
Joy Stephens
Craft Club
Willie McCafferty
Sherman
PTO
Whitewright Nursing Home
Brownie Troop 41
Stan Pierce
Mary Ann Dodson
Carol Bean
Kathy Toles
Jessie Wayne Hill
James Wayne
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Linda
John
Clifford Hill
Ector
Joe J. Manor
Denison
Muriel Manor
J.W. Moran
Lucille Jenkins
Snap Center
Local Girl GCC Graduate
Grayson County College’s fall nursing graduates earned a 100 percent board pass rate with nineteen students passing the state exams. The group, led by coordinator Grace B. Cole, completed 1,800 clock hours of study with instructors Alicia Travis and Jean Rosenberge. Named graduates include Sheryl Hays Whitewright, Sylvia Gibbs Sherman, and several others from Sherman Denison Durant Bonham Cartwright Howe Dorchester Colbert and nearby Oklahoma towns.
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Sheryl Hays
Whitewright
Sylvia Gibbs
Jackie Huttman
Anna Hughes
Rheta Jebens
Pat McKee
Donna Polk
Sherman
Georgia Leach
Sherry Looney
Mildred Rosser
Denison
Pandora Ervin
Lois Fowler
Joyce Morris
Durant
Okla
Grayson County College
Alicia Travis
Jean Rosenberge
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Gregg Weitzel
Tonya Swift
Willis Dockery
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Barbara Wilson
Frank Campbell
Earl Benson
Dick Switika
Nona
Joyce Switika
Fond du Lac
Wis
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Joyce Harris
Oceanside
Calif
Tom Robertson
Plano
Lizzie Nolen
Pearl Laney
Jim Fielder
Houston
Dess Whitson
J.W. Fielder
John Blanton
Jim Adams
Naomi and
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Fula
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Ernest Ferris
Fred Outlaw of
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Ruby
Basil Griffith
Mitchel Wright
Tony Blackburn
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A.B. Sanders
Mary Hicks
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Roy Ellison
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Lois Shelley
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Peggy) Partridge
Carol Marks
Pat Jester
Jimmy Hedges
P Stor
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Merrell Dickson
Lone Star Gas
Whitesboro
Danny R. Smith
Farr
Anne Ballard
Mike Henley
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Northwest Independent School
Fort Worth
Sk Hill
Henley
Larry Threadgill
Ropfers
Loval
Emory Christian
Hermon Philley
Chuck Wilson
Dick Walker
John Biggerstaff
Virginia M. Fatridge
Edith Jester
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Denton
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Northeast Texas Library System
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Tom) Christian
Sam Montgomery
Gene
Sandra) Shaw
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Dickinson
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Felicia) Garvin
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Paula) Clabhorn
Whitwright
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Longview
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Jewel Jarvis
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A.C. Quinn
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Colbert
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