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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1953
Page
3
Local residents shared holidays with relatives in nearby towns and cities including Dallas Sherman Durant Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. Several visitors stayed with family in Bonham Westminster and Arlington. A fire at Bennett Price Barber Shop caused by boys firing firecrackers burned excelsior matting in the evaporative cooler rear area.
Don Wolfe of Tyler spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wolfe. Buster Johnson of Dallas visited his mother, Mrs. Ella Johnson, over the weekend. Gomer May has moved from Dallas to Sherman for work at a drug store. Lillian and Estelle Baxter spent Monday with the Baxters in Sherman. Lillie Carpenter spent the first of the week with relatives in Sherman. Roby Wilson and family of Denton visited his parents over the holidays. Christmas Day in Lockney with the Holland family. Dallas visitors to relatives here over the weekend. Cpl. and Mrs. Joe Pannell of Lawton Okla spent the holidays with their parents. Allen Harper and children of Lawton with her parents in Lawton. Bruce Pember and children of Slaton spent the first of the week with her parents. Earl Benson spent Christmas week with the Ashlocks in Rogers Ark. Leslie Holland and children of Dallas spent the weekend with his parents in Dallas. Allen Short and R. B. Gordon spent Christmas with the Gordons in Dallas. Paul Stephens spent Christmas with the Waits in Austin. C. W. Pope and family guests at the Gordon Pope home in Bonham. Dee and James Patterson of Howe and El Paso visitors to Luther Gordon. Norris families and Oma Copeland visited John Norris’s home. Y. B. Kaiser of Wichita Falls spent Christmas with Jack Noman. Clyde Vestal of Dallas spent Christmas holidays with his mother. Family reunion on Dec 26 at the Taylor home in Sherman with many Taylors and relatives from Houston Garland and Van Alstyne.
A long Christmas roundup lists numerous visitors and family gatherings across Dallas, Sherman, Greenville, Grand Prairie, and other Texas towns. The note thinly records relatives and guests from Oak Cliff, Commerce, Paris, Whitesboro, Bells, Bonham, and Fort Worth, with a brief mention of Pvt. Don Mullinix serving in Korea.
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Mrs J P Livingston of Sherman and Mr and Mrs John Livingston Jr and daughter Helen of Waco visited R B Gordon Thursday. Several families including the Smiths from Vernon and Wichita Falls spent Christmas with relatives. Dozens of relatives from Dallas Grand Prairie Waco Fort Worth Ector Shreveport and other locales joined Mr and Mrs O A Bennett in hosting a birthday dinner for Mrs Ayers at the Blanks home.
Mr and Mrs Claude McMillan of Greenville visited their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Earl Blanton over the weekend. Rev Bruce Cushman conducts a revival at Kentuckytown Baptist Church through Sunday night. Families gather for Christmas with Orozco and Garner relatives visiting Odessa and Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Mark Montgomery sends a Christmas card from Flora Vista New Mexico with a note that her son Chief Petty Officer Billy Earl Montgomery has sailed aboard the U S S Tarawa for a nine month trip around the world. She lists the address for letters: B E Montgomery BTC U S Navy U S S Tarawa CVA 40 care Fleet P O New York New York.
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