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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1936
Page
5
A parade of visitors fills Whitewright and nearby towns as residents return for Christmas and New Year. Families host relatives from Dallas and Sherman, while others travel to Dallas, Greenville, Temple, and Oklahoma. Notables include residents from Bonham, Ladonia, Wolfe City, Muenster, Durant, and Santa Anna visiting kin here.
R R Waldo and son Robert visited their mother Mrs W C Waldo in Pilot Point. Families from Jop lin Missouri Sweetwater Texas and Dallas joined Mrs J F LaRoe for Christmas in Greenville. Mrs Gassaway funeral in West Texas prompted Mrs Holmes to return home. A refrigeration engi neer Mr Rutledge from Oklahoma City spent holidays here with his family. Rev Lloyd Stowers now assistant pastor at Edgewater Church Chicago spends holidays with the Stowers family. Numerous relatives from Oklahoma City Sherman Paris Denton Dallas Moran and Moran News editor John McGaughey visited here.
Church of Christ announces services led by J R Waldrum with J M Simmons as Bible school director. Preaching at 10 a m, communion at 11 a m, Bible study at 11 10 a m, and Wednesday Bible study at 7 p m.
A church notice invites all to Orangeville Baptist Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. by Pastor Rev. O. F. Robinson of Seminary Hill. Please arrive on time and join in worship.
The Methodist Church will hold College Day at 11 oclock with Methodist students home for holidays and other youths taking part. High School students will sing in the choir, Sunday school meets at 10 a.m., Epworth League at 6 p.m., and the evening worship at 7 p.m. Pastor Joseph M Connally delivers the sermon.
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor led a fine Christmas program by well trained children. White gifts for the Dallas children's home included foods, clothing, and a cash offering. Lloyd Stowers, a student for the ministry at the Theological Seminary of Chicago, delivered an excellent discourse on December 27 during the morning service. The evening service featured the fourth candlelight service with the church de-
Sunday services are listed with The Lord's Supper at 11 a.m. and The Lost Chance at 7 p.m. The tribute honors Mrs W A Kirkpatrick and notes earlier honorees T H Sears R C Montgomery and Ben S Montgomery.
Pastor G. B. Bradshaw outlines Sunday activities with Bible school at 10 a.m. and two sermons at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Lord's Supper observed after the morning sermon and Baptist Training Union at 6 p.m. He urges readers to renew devotion and invites absent parishioners to attend all year, ending with a call to “Go to church Sunday.”
Christmas greetings mark the season as residents note good spirits despite bad weather. Aubrey Mayse and Miss Ethel Evans wed in Sherman on December 24 and plan to live there. The column lists numerous local visits, family gatherings, and travels among residents including Ray, Ravenna. Nell Brown. Sam Donihoo and extended families. and others from Orangeville, Sherman, Paris, Bonham, and Leonard, with ongoing holiday visits and Greenville trips.
Louise Brown and the Wilder sisters hosted guests on Christmas Day. Lois Wilder and Annie Mae Seger visited Mrs. Clara Brown in Tom Bean on Friday night. Frank Henry and son from Sherman spent Sunday with Jim Brown's family. S V Wilder and Paul Bowen were visitors in Sherman on Saturday.
Mahurin News notes Christmas Day gatherings across the region. L. H. Grammer and family visited W. R. Grammer in Tom Bean. Ruby Coleman from Durant visits Viola Coleman. multiple households in Whitewright and nearby towns share holidays. Additional moves and visits include Ed Patridge, Homer Ryan families, and hunting plans on Red River.
MadisonWis wives who object to husbands drinking can use a preprohibition posting law. By notifying authorities the husband’s name is posted in local taverns, making it illegal to sell him liquor for a year per at least one attorney general ruling.
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