Clint Hennig Elected President of Whitewright Chamber
Clint Hennig was elected president at the Whitewright Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held Monday at Craig's dining room. New officers include Dick Walker as vice president and Edwin Badgett as secretary. new directors James H Sonny Gosnell J B Dixon and O V Barker serve two year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint Hennig
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Craig
Dick Walker
Edwin Badgett
James H
Sonny) Gosnell
J. B. Dixon
O. V. Barker
Tom Sears
Russell Summers
Glenn Doss
Clyde Craig
Leon Ball
Clarence Tillett
Hennig
Community Public Service Company
Walker
Walker Pharmacy
Whitewright
Badgett
State Department of Public Welfare
Gosnell
O. K
Hi- Way Grocery
Dixon
Barker
Craig's Cafe
Ball
Whitewright Variety Store
Mr. Tillett
Tillett
W. E. Stanford
Earl Blanton
Lee Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Craig's
Dulles Hints Air and Sea Action If China Acts
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned at a news conference that U S air and naval power might strike the Chinese mainland if Red Chinese forces intervene in Indochina or renew the Korean conflict. He also minimized the immediate military impact of a new Communist push in Indochina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Foster Dulles
China
Indochina
Korea
Dulles
American Legion
St. Louis
Eisenhower seeks bipartisan support for 1954 agenda
President Eisenhower invited Democratic congressional leaders to a January 5 preview of his State of the Union. The session will focus on foreign affairs and national defense as Republicans join Democrats for an advance look before his January 7 address to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Sun to publish four pages for New Year holiday
The Sun goes to press on Wednesday to give the Sun force extra holiday time and distribute the paper before New Year’s Day. The four page issue is a holiday bonus after 52 issues in 1953, with best wishes for a Happy New Year to all readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Sun Force
Sun Honor Roll Charley Lewis Seeks Renewal Subscription
Sun Honor Roll editor notes Charley Lewis of Slaton, longtime Whitewright resident, submits a renewal for Sunshine. The letter from Lewis praises daily papers, including the Dallas News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, and Lubbock papers, and wishes readers a prosperous 1954. A long list of subscribers and contributors accompanies the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Lewis
Slaton
Whitewright
Glenn
Dallas News
Fort Worth
Church Attendance Crusade Planned By Methodists
The First Methodist Church starts a sixteen week church attendance crusade on Jan 3 as part of a regional effort across multiple states under the Board of Evangelism. The program aims to boost regular worship, involve members, promote preaching, invite nonmembers, and revive fellowship with pledges and sermons by Rev. Harold Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
South Central Jurisdiction
Harold Taylor
Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church
Christmas Visitor Notes Across Whitewright Area
Local column lists holiday gatherings with R. E. Walt, Irving Blantons, Benson of Tom Bean, Cook family from Smyer, Selby of Corpus Christi, Williams from Paris, and many other households. Mentions Jimmie McSpedden’s return from Sherman hospital after an accident and water line work on East Whitewright. Also notes New Year’s Eve service at the Methodist Church and a local Good Conduct Medal for Ale Vandagriff in Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Harold Taylor
H. G. Vandagriff
Route 1
Frederick
Keflavik
Iceland
Ale Coye J. Vandagriff
Vandagriff
Mrs Kidd Celebrates 76th Birthday During Holidays
Mrs J M Kidd spent Christmas with four of her six children at her daughter Mrs Caleb Thornhill’s home. Present were Mrs Charlie Walls of Booneville Arkansas and Mr and Mrs Lonnie R Kidd of Gainesville and Mr and Mrs Louis W Kidd of Dallas. Also there were 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She marked her 76th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kaiser
Charles Estes
Austin
Bill Kaiser
Mesquite
John Martin Rosso
Huntington, Ark
Blanche Barrett
Dallas
Y. B. Reed
Lucile Reed
Euline Sloan
Kenny Ester
James M. Butler
Johnnie Hutchins
Trenton
J. M. Kidd
Caleb Thornhill
Charlie Walls
Booneville
Ark
Lonnie R. Kidd
Gainesville
Louis W. Kidd
Dinner Guests at S. H. Murphy Home
Mr and Mrs S H Murphy hosted a Sunday dinner with guests including Fort Worth’s Mr and Mrs M J Denton and children Denison’s Mr and Mrs J L Owens Jr and children Dallas’ Mr and Mrs Harold Ward Big Delta Alaska’s Ste and Mrs James E Taylor Whitewright area guests Mr and Mrs R H McKinney and children Mr and Mrs J P Williams and children Mr and Mrs L F Murphy and daughter and Mr and Mrs Walton Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Murphy
M. J. Denton
Fort Worth
J. L. Owens Jr
Denison
Harold Ward
Dallas
Ste
James E. Taylor
Big Delta
Alaska
R. H. McKinney
J. P. Williams
L. F. Murphy
Walton Harris
Whitewright
Whitewright Town Observes New Year Holiday
The Sun reports New Year’s is observed by most Whitewright businesses. It will be the last general holiday until Memorial Day in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Business Houses
Deaths: John W. McMurry longtime Whitewright businessman
Funeral services for John W. McMurry 86 pioneer Whitewright businessman are set for 3 p m Wednesday at Earnheart Chapel with Rev. Lee H. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Monday in Dallas. Born October 14 1867 in the Canaan community he came to Whitewright in 1885 and married Maggie Jones in 1896. Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter a sister four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McMurry
Whitewright
Earnheart Chapel
Lee H. Smith
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. A. Gillett
T. J. Lilley
John Reeves
R. R. Summers
J. B. King
Bob Sears
Mr. McMurry
Dallas
J. M. McMurry
Shreveport
John W. McMurry Jr
Margaret Madonne
Bordeaux
France
Jim Gallaher
Marlin
Funeral services for W. C. Caraway in Fort Worth
Funeral services set for W C Caraway 58 of Fort Worth at Earnheart Chapel at 2 p m Wednesday. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Caraway died after being struck by a car near Burrus Feed Mill on US Highway 81 while walking to a bus stop with his son. He worked at Hoggs Manufacturing and leaves a wife two sons two daughters and many relatives in Texas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Caraway
Fort Worth
Earnheart Chapel
Rev. Whelles
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walter Robbins
T. D. Caylor
Jack Farley
Noble Bennett
Bonnie Janway
Johnny Johnson
Caraway
U. S. Highway 81
Burrus
W. S. Caraway
Mr. Caraway
Hoggs Manufacturing Company
Harris Hospital
Mississippi
W. P
Emma Caraway
Texas
Natie Mae Drake
Hubbard
Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
Carl Caraway
Sherman Caraway
Texico, N. M
Kenneth Watson
Arlo Willis
Saginaw
John M. Caraway
Denham Springs
Gresham Caraway
Baton Rouge
Rayford Caraway
Fort Stockton
Calif
G. W. Willis
Lillie Vardeman
R. W. May
Livingston
Death of O. C. Rice in Abilene and Whitewright
O C Rice aged 68 of Whitewright died in Abilene last Friday after a stroke two days earlier. Funeral services were held at Graham Street Baptist Church Abilene with burial there. Survivors include his wife four daughters two sons a sister a half sister two brothers and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Rice
Whitewright
Abilene
Graham Street Baptist Church
Rice
Burt Byran
Virgil Nichols
Tracy Williams
J. C. Hasting
Fred C. Rice
Mona Taylor
San Antonio
Florence Redeker
Fort Worth
R. H. Rice
A. C. Rice
Temple
Death of J. B. Hutchins at Tishomingo Okla
News arrives of J. B. Hutchins death in Tishomingo Oklahoma with funeral planned there Friday. He once lived in Whitewright and is survived by his wife Bess Arterberry sister of the late H. T. Arterberry. The notice ends with a wedding ring motto about kindness and forbearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hutchins
Tishomingo
Okla
Mr. Hutchins
Whitewright
Bess Arterberry
H. T. Arterberry
Light from heaven shines on travelers on road to Damascus
A passage recalls a heavenly light that shone above the sun while Paul and companions journeyed. The vision, described in Acts 26:13, marks a pivotal moment of divine encounter guiding their mission.
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Acts
Football Banquet for Whitewright Honors 1953 Team
Tickets on sale for Pigskin Club football banquet honoring the 1953 Whitewright quarterfinalists. The event at the American Legion Home on Wednesday Jan 13 starts 7 30 p m. Attendees priced at 6.00 per couple, covering four people. Deadline Jan 8 at 1 00 p m. Buy from Dick Walker Wilson Kaiser Earl Blanton Tom Sears or Clint Hennig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigskin Club
Whitewright
American Legion
Wilburn
Catfish) Smith
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Dick Walker
Wilson Kaiser
Earl Blanton
Tom Sears
Clint Hennig
Pierson Clark On All-District Team 1953
The All-District 13-A football team for 1953 features players from Whitewright Cooper Whitesboro Van Alstyne Farmersville Wolfe City and Honey Grove. First team includes Jerry Miller James Eldridge Charles Smith Leland Wood Jerry Bell Lyndal Pierson Jerry Knox Jerry Wright John Dennis DeWayne May Bobby Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kmae, McKinney
Whitewright
Cooper
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
Farmersville
Wolfe City
Honey Grove
Jerry Miller
James Eldridge
Charles Smith
Leland Wood
Jerry Bell
James Benson
Lyndal Pierson
Jerry Knox
Jerry Wright
John Dennis
DeWayne May
Bobby Clark
Garland Smith
Paul Miller
Forest Fox
Lewis Scott
John Chesser
George Bond
Glen Landers
Jimmie Hess
Johnny Mac Brown
Ralph Hughes
Howard Burns
Jack Rogers
Ramon Long
Delbert Musser
Robert Hull
MaGaha
Allen Dykes
Mickey Poteet
Goebel McDonnell
Jerry Paschal
Jackie Douglas
Alfred Groves
James Walker
John Stephens
Charles Womack
Guy Cheatam
Backs
Howard Moore
Bobby Wisdom
Carl Wade
Charles Sapp
Billy Goss
James Thornton
Jack McCraw
Gene Monroe
Landis Mobley
Counties Buy Cotton Belt Roadbed for Sherman Commerce Highway
Grayson County buys 211.51 acres along 15.5 miles of abandoned Cotton Belt Railway roadbed for a proposed Sherman to Commerce highway. Total cost about 4130.21 with Sherman and Denison precincts paying shares. Fannin 275 acres on 20.5 miles and Hunt 183 acres on fourteen miles. Three counties together spend ~13,600 for 50 miles of right of way. Highway Commission asked to build a project estimated at 2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
St. Louis-Southwestern
Cotton Belt) Railway
Sherman
Commerce
Denison
Fannin County
Hunt County
Highway Commission
Texas to receive 1954 federal highway funds totaling 34 million
Secretary Sinclair Weeks announced Texas will get 34,757,747 dollars in federal highway aid for fiscal 1954 from a 675 million dollar 1952 authorization. The act allocates 247.5 million for primary, 165 million for secondary, 137.5 million for urban, and 25 million for intercity projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Congress
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New Chamber of Commerce Prox
Ike
Jewel Dossey
M. H. Mullins
Wilson T. B. Blanton
R. D. Benson
A. G. Bradley
W. E. Pennell
Jack Robbins
William Muckleroy
Grady Gillett
Thomas Gillett
Jack Ryan
Elvis Scott
M. B. Hasty
B. P. Brents
C. E. Cooper
C. B. Clem
F. E. Douglas
W. T. Windle
J. P. Ownby Weldon Ingram
J. D. Lane
W. A. Phillips
J. M. Simmons
Frank Smith
Frank Phillips
Luther Gordon
Lowell Watson
F. J. McDonald
G. W. Renfro
A. L. Groves
W. W. Haynie
Walter H. Bogle
S. A. Hodges
Adam
Garden of Eden
R. E. Walt
Ernest
Rockwall
Mrs. Irving Blantons of
T. B. Blantons
Tom Bean
Terrell Cowart
A. H. Cook
Smyer
Mrs
Paul Cook
Jack Selby
Corpus Christi
Claud Mullican
F. C. Williams
F. M. Williams
Robert Sears
Maurice Garner
Jimmie McSpedden
Wilson Jones Hospital
Vernon Lansford
Troyce Walt of
Frank White
Paris
W. E. LaRoe
Angie Fiorini
R. E. Simpson
Ted Spinks
George Simpson
Allen Simpson
Ted Spinks and
Jim Allen
Cary Bill
Amarillo
Lester Simpson
Tommie Bradley
Tippie Pierce
Clarence Needham
Victoria
Jesse James
Lubbock
Bill James
Abernathy
A. G. Merrell
Bonham
Mattie James
W. O. Wheatley
Fred Starr Jr
Garland
Fred Starr
N. L. Bennett
A. J. Wood
Lloyd Lee Jr
Greenville
J. L. Elam
Wichita Falls
Joe Cook
Durant, Okla
Mrs. W. S. Giles
McKinney
Loop
Ely
Jim Hardcastle
Greenwood
Corinne
R. L. Emerson
Mary
Martha, Okla
Jim Hardcastles
J. Don Biggerstaff
Monie Biggerstaff
Arlington State College
Obie Rutledge
Charlie Rutledge
Ardmore
Sun
Guy Andrew
Karen
Debbie
Clarence Burchfield
Bobby
Tommy
Eula Andrew
East Whitewright
Federal Housing Project
Lillian and
Estelle Baxter
Ed Forrest
Texarkana, Ark
Aline Hopper
Tulsa
James Gilliam
Bells
James Thomas
Joe B. Johnson
H. D. Moore
Jack Pritchard
A. B. Hemphill
Robert
W. T. Sears and Sons
J. H. Ashinhurst
Hal Benson
Bill Henderson
Billy
James Durst
W. A. Gladen
Arlington
J. P. Reynolds
Grace Ostrander
San Diego
Rice Institute
Houston
Ford Vestal
New York City
J. M. Peschke
Robert Allison
Travis Thresher
Orth
Lynn Cooper
Grover Smith
Virgil Smith
Beulah
Guaynel Smith
Bud Wilson
O. J. Mears
Marvin Rogers
Betty Babcock
C. C. Mullican
Doyce Worsham
Desert
Lora Hicks
Leonard
A. E. McMurry
E. L. Young and Son
Alwyn Golden
J. H. Perkins
Celeste
Ralph Braddy
Lane
J. D. Frasier
Dick Dockery
A. R. McMurry
C. N. Massey
Mary Teeters
L. J. Penny
Lee Penny
Winston Penny
Jack Baldwin
Ardell Penny
Royce Terry
Waco
Dan Still
Little Rock
C. C. Rice
U. S
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