Local families spend Christmas visiting relatives
Numerous residents enjoyed holiday visits with relatives across towns. Names include Wallace, Warden, Dickenson, Pierson, Benson, Ross, Harper, Wheatley, Phillips, Vestal, Webster, Vestal, Atterberry, Terry, Keck, Ashinhurst, Robnett and Gosnell, with many trips between Norman, Lawton, Dallas, Lubbock, Clovis and Nocona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Keck
Charles
John
Nocona
J. M. Ashinhurst
Patricia
Donna Kay
Dallas
James Robnett
Lubbock
J. H. Gosnell
Christmas Visits Across Lone Star Homes
A crowded holiday scene with extended families traveling and visiting in Texas. Couples from Dallas, Garland, Sherman, Fort Worth, and other towns spend Christmas with relatives including the Jacobs, Beckhams, and Alexanders while noting anniversaries and births.
Benson Harris Navy couple wed in California ceremony
Lieut Anna Joyce Benson daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Benson of Whitewright married Dr Frederick Curtis Harris on December 10 in Napa California. Both in the Navy with Anna head of occupational therapy at Bethesda Naval Hospital for three years and stationed at Mare Island Naval Hospital California as head of the same department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Benson
Whitewright
Anna Joyce Benson
Freeman Curtis Harris
Napa
Calif
Navy
Harris
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Mare Island Naval Hospital
Navy Doctor Harris to Head Napa State Hospital Staff
Dr Harris after 20 years in the Navy with overseas service in 19 months abroad 14 months in Australia and five months in New Guinea retires to lead the surgical staff at Napa State Hospital Napa California He is a native of Benton Illinois and now resides at Sheveland Ranch Apt 4 Napa Smokeless powder first used by the War Department at Sandy Hook New Jersey in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Guinea
Harris
Navy
Japan
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Washington
Napa State Hospital
Napa
Calif
Benton
Ill
Sheveland Ranch
Apt. 4
War Department
Sandy Hook
N. J
Rotary Club program features Whitewright ministers
Rotary Club meeting Friday had B. W. Newman as program chairman presenting three Whitewright ministers Rev. Lee Smith Rev. Harold Taylor and Rev. Newton Cole all Rotarians in song Taylor sang Christmas carols and the trio performed two numbers Cole told the story The Other Wise Man and the trio closed with Silent Night Rotarian Homer Lee Sears of McAllen attended as a visitor and H. H. Sears was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Newman
Rotary Club
Whitewright
Lee Smith
Harold Taylor
Newton Cole
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Morris Wallace
Naval Air Station
Norman, Okla
Mrs
S. E. Wallace
J. T. Warden
D. M. Rich
E. R. Dickenson
Melissa
John Vestal
Sandra
Paula Pierson
Bonita
W. M. Pierson
R. D. Benson
Howe
C. N. Ross
Ely
Terrell Cowart
Town
Allen B. Harper
Church of Christ
Harper
8Th and Lee
Lawton
Okla
Bill Wheatley
Odessa
Fred Starr
D. T. Phillips
Trenton
Alton McDowell
Clyde Vestal
C. A. Wilson
Christmas
Dan Webster
Clovis, N. M
H. T. Atterberry
Jean Ellen
Clara Margaret
Sonora
R. W. Terry
Kenneth
Keith
Kansas City
Earl Fields
THE
Davis Clinic
Leonard, Texas
Borden
SWIFT
Welch
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fred James
Mattie James
Kay Watson of
Garland
Cecil Watson
Bill
Fort Worth
E. J. Hawkins
Ross Alexander
Joe Rich
Shuford Palmer
Basil Thomson
Waco
Maggie Noe
Jennie Crittenden
Royce Reagan
Ryan, Okla
Weldon, Mac
Ermon Ingram
W. M. Cox
F. C. Williams
Malcolm Williams
Corpus Christi
Bob Moorefield
John Jones
Sherman
Claude Thompson
Maude Belew
Kermit Belew
William Byers
Tom Bean
Elizabeth Belew
Corsicana
Roy Belew
Buster
A. R. McMurry
Alwyn Golden
Leonard
J. H. Perkins
Farmersville
E. L. Young
Mattie McMurry
Lissa McMurry
Eula Hunter
O. A. Bennett
R.R. Bridges
Ronny
Ricky
Grand Prairie
W. O. Bullard
Marie Beckham
Tony
Doyle Haston
Patti Lou
David
Ector
J. C. Sherer
Albuquerque
N. M
L. C. Gibson
Ft. Smith
Ark
Laura Gibson
R. I. Scott
Robert Scott
Linnell
Deloyce Scott
San Antonio
Sidney Scott
Denise
Noel Scott
Elvis Scott
Max
Mark
Charles Powell
Joe Ray
Ty Kreb
Gordon Smith
Francis Carpenter
Sulphur Springs
H. C. Brazee
Osceola, Neb
W. W. Alverson
J. B. Smith
Fort Smith, Ark
Mae Hall
Grover B. Smith
D. E. Porter
Mt. Pleasant
Duncan Porter
Baby
Gatesville
W. C. Musser
Giles and
T. J. Giles
C. A. Giles
Robert Schneider
Denison
Sharon Ann
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
R. O. Schneider
Mack Pierson
Celeste
Paul Pierson
Lyndal Pierson
Betty Housewright
Jack Thrasher
McKinney
Patricia Jarvis
Snap Shots, Inc
Walker Pharmacy
Sun Valley
Betty Crocker
HEINZ
ALMA
Griffin
Wasson’s Chili
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Homer Lee Sears
MeAllen
H. H. Sears
Garza
Cole & Davis Co
Feed
Pascal Farley
Ford Customline
Ford
Linton Savage
Tom Roach
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