Whitewright News Brevities and Local Notes
Joe Riddle and family moved to Farmersville yesterday. Several residents ill with influenza and pneumonia, including H T Atterberry and Margaret Greer. Visits from Jacksonville, Sherman, Dallas, Detroit, and Fort Worth. Local shippings, family visits, and a Panama Canal map gift noted. Northeast Collin County Singing Convention set for Sunday afternoon at West Shady Grove church. Tax collections near last year, art exhibit planned for Feb 13–17 at grammar school to raise funds for pictures. Whitewright history corrected on town naming. local farewells and renewals also reported.
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Collin County
West Shady Grove Church
Whitewright
Desert
J. R. Fogle
Fogle
N. L. Manning
Denison Presbyterians Plan Sunday Services and Call Meeting
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor of First Presbyterian Church will preach at 11 am Sunday at Denison First Presbyterian Church. A congregational business session will be held where a pastor will be called. Laymen and Junior Church members will lead the 11 o clock service with the pastor preaching again at 7 pm.
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B. Wrenn Webb
First Presbyterian Church
Denison
Whitewright Bridge Club Hosts Afternoon Gathering
The Whitewright Bridge Club met Tuesday at Mrs. Charles Ayres home. Mrs. Clarence McMillin won high score with Mrs. C. T. Atkinson finishing second. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Whitewright Bridge Club
Charles Ayres
Clarence McMillin
C. T. Atkinson
Needlecraft Club Hosts Nine Members and One Visitor
Mrs Roy Blanton welcomed nine members and visitor Mrs Kelous Watson to her home on Wednesday afternoon for Needlecraft Club, with refreshments served. Mrs Percy Darwin will host the next meeting.
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Roy Blanton
Needlecraft Club
Kelous Watson
Percy Darwin
Bethel Home Demonstration Club Meets at Bow Residence
Mrs Edgar Bow hosted Tuesday afternoon with eight members and two visitors. Newly elected president Mrs J H Gosnell presided. Next meeting set for February 6 with Miss Eunice King, home demonstration agent, at Sherman featuring a covered dish luncheon.
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Edgar Bow
Bethel Home Demonstration Club
J. H. Gosnell
Eunice King
Sherman
Whitewright Music Club Holds Regular Meeting At Home
The Whitewright Music Club met at Mrs. Glenn Doss's home on Friday afternoon for a federation program. Participants on the program included Miss Frances Williams Miss Sara Kathryn Atterberry and Mrs. R T Pennington. Refreshments were served to 14 members. The next meeting will be in Miss Tommie Chenoweth's studio with Miss Viva Phillips as hostess.
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Whitewright Music Club
Glenn Doss
Frances Williams
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
R. T. Pennington
Tommie Chenoweth
Viva Phillips
Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club Meeting Notes
The Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club met Friday at Mrs. Earl Taylor's home with Mrs. John Tramer, president, presiding. Miss Eunice King county agent discussed Storage of the Family Clothing and food preservation budgets. Attendees included Mrs. Carl Holland, Mrs. Burn Everheart, Mrs. John Price, Mrs. Buddie Stephens, Mrs. John Tramel, Mrs. C. M. Fulton, Mrs. B. M. Dean, one visitor Mrs. Charles McKenna, and the hostess.
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Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club
Earl Taylor
John Tramer
Eunice King
County Home
Carl Holland
Burn Everheart
John Price
Buddie Stephens
John Tramel
C. M. Fulton
B. M. Dean
Charles McKenna
Asa Walker 4 H Club Sews Boxes and elects demonstrators
The Asa Walker 4 H Club met Monday and worked on sewing boxes with sponsor Dorothy Jo Akridge guiding neat work. The club elected Mary Mears as canning demonstrator and Robbie Mullican as clothing demonstrator. Members present included Mears, Golden, Mullican, Thompson, Mulligan, Murphy and Caraway.
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Asa Walker
Dorothy Jo Akridge
Miss Akridge
Mary Mears
Robbie Mullican
Jimmie Golden
Dora Thompson
Sally Mullican
Dorothy Murphy
Jean Caraway
Williams Hannah wed in Sherman ceremony
James Preston Hannah of Whitewright and Miss Helen Williams of Centrahoma Oklahoma were married Sunday afternoon in Sherman with Rev. J A Ellis officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Williams of Centrahoma and sister of Mrs Gene Hansard of Whitewright, graduated Centrahoma high in 1937. The groom, son of Mrs Betty Hannah of Whitewright, was in the 1936 Whitewright high class and works at the Palace theatre.
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James Preston Hannah
Whitewright
Helen Williams
Centrahoma
Okla
Sherman
J. A. Ellis
J. A. Williams
Gene Hansard
Centraloma High School
Hannah
Betty Hannah
Whitewright High School
Palace Theatre
Methodist Missionary Society Meeting Report
The Methodist Missionary Society met Monday afternoon at Mrs. H. G. Rountree's home with 19 members present. Leader was Mrs. W. N. Stone. scripture read by Mrs. H. C. Willis. Pages were read and talks given by Mrs. W. H. King Sue Stephens Grady Gillett and J. L. Boone. Mrs. Joe Hamilton spoke on The Success of a Good Missionary Society and Mrs. C. B. Bryant Sr. on Gift Money. Prayer followed and pledge cards were signed before refreshments.
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Methodist Missionary Society
H. G. Rountree
W. N. Stone
H. C. Willis
W. H. King
Sue Stephens
Grady Gillett
J. L. Boone
Joe Hamilton
Good Missionary Society
C. B. Bryant Sr
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meets at Simmons Home
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club gathered Thursday at Mrs. W. T. Simmons home with co hostess Mrs. J A English Miss Eunice King home demonstration agent led a talk on storing family clothing and showed a model closet with shoe racks and hat stands She spoke on food preservation and urged frame gardens New members welcomed included Mrs R A Vestal Mrs Philip Norris Mrs T A Gray Mrs J W Hastings Mrs Lee Norris and Mrs Williams Visitors were Miss Frances Williams Miss Na May Mrs Mel Roberts and Mrs Charles Truett
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
W. T. Simmons
J. A. English
Eunice King
R. A. Vestal
Philip Norris
T. A. Gray
J. W. Hastings
Lee Norris
Williams
Frances Williams
Na May
Mel Roberts
Charles Truett
Lovely refreshments for forty at club gathering
The note says 40 members and guests enjoyed refreshments. The next meeting is scheduled for February 9 with Mrs. Carl May and Mrs. A G Bradley as co hosts.
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Carl May
A. G. Bradley
Bible Study and Services at Local Church
Joe Burton announces Bible study at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. preaching services at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. A Bible study is scheduled Wednesday at 7 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
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Joe Burton
Sunday and Monday church services and rally schedule
Services for Sunday February 5 follow usual hours. Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 6 p.m. preaching at 7 p.m. On Monday February 6 the Sherman District Youth Crusade rally is at 7 30 p.m. at Travis Street Church with young people and leaders attending in a body.
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Epworth League
Sherman District Youth Crusade
Travis Street
J. M. Connally
First Presbyterian Church Morning Worship Program
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads a morning service with S T Montgomery presiding. Choir, piano, and director present. Readings, prayers, hymns, and announcements follow with notes on budgets and deacons duties before an 7 p m sermon by Dring Brooks.
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B. Wrenn Webb
S. T. Montgomery
T. E. Barbee
Horace Gordon
John Reeves
R. T. Pennington
J. W. Henry
Dick Montgomery
R. C. Montgomery
Oran Sears
Robert Sears
Christ
Ben Montgomery
Drying Brooks
Governor grants 30 day reprieve in capital murder case
Governor O'Daniel announced a 30 day reprieve for Winzel Williams, a Black man condemned to death for murder. The move delays the sentence to allow the inmate to face the prospect of execution for a full month, a rare action from a governor new to office and previously opposed to capital punishment.
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O’daniel
Austin
Winzel Williams
Oldest Bonham Resident Dies at 98
Mrs. Nannie Lovelace, 98, died at her home in Bonham Saturday. Last rites were held Sunday afternoon at First Methodist Church, where she had been a member for over 50 years. Born in Tennessee, she lived in Bonham 69 years and was likely the oldest resident in this section. A son, Arthur Sherrod, 77, who lives nearby, survives.
Youth 17 Married 35-Year-Old Widow in Loganport
In Loganport Indiana 17 year old Warren Bowen wed 35 year old Dorothy Stitt. He gained a stepson his own age as the oldest of Stitt's three children. The couple married yesterday after Stitt paid court costs to finalize a divorce and Bowen’s mother gave her consent.
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Loganport
Ind
Warren Bowen
Dorothy Stitt
Funeral services for James W. Clancy in Ector
James William Clancy 78 of Ector died last Thursday at 410 p.m. after illness. Born December 10 1860 in Georgia he moved to Texas in 1885 and lived near Ector since 1913. Funeral held at Ector Methodist Church with Rev. G C Randolph. interment Carson Cemetery. Survived by three sons W H Clancy H E Clancy J F Clancy of Ector one daughter Mrs Watkins a sister Mrs W D Elliott Lin dale nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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James William Clancy
Ector
L. A. Watkins
Whitewright
Ector Methodist Church
G. C. Randolph
Carson Cemetery
Clarence Withrow
R. M. Cassidy
A. T. Newel
E. F. Fennell
J. M. Pierce
Steve Kemp
Clancy
Death of Mrs Ten nie Yowell at 78 in Commerce
Mrs Tennie Yowell, 78, died in Commerce on Tuesday with funeral services held at the First Christian Church. Formerly Tennie West, widow of J F Yowell after whom Yowell community near Commerce was named, he died about a decade ago. Surviving children include Mrs W E McGlasson of Commerce, Mrs Lacy Edmiston and Eris Yowell of Washington DC, and Mrs C M Paschal of Atlanta. She was sister in law to Mrs Alice Hamilton and aunt to Roy Yowell and Tony Weber of the area.
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Tennie Yowell
Commerce
First Christian Church
Tennie West
J. F. Yowell
Yowell
W. E. McGlasson
Lacy Edmiston
Eris Yowell
Washington, D. C
C. M. Paschal
Atlanta, Ga
Alice Hamilton
Roy Yowell
Tony Weber
$1000 Bachelor Tax Aimed At Old Maids In Tennessee
Nashville Tennessee satirical bill would tax bachelors by the year and place the revenue in a pension fund for old maids. State Senator Lovelace announced plans to introduce the measure, though administration backing appeared unlikely. Governor Capper and Senate Speaker Maxwell are noted as bachelors.
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Nashville
Tenn
H. J. Lovelace
Tennessee
Capper
Senate
Alan Maxwell
Postoffice Contract Awarded in Farmersville
Treasury department awards construction of a new postoffice building in Farmersville to Stephens-Brown Company of Kansas City Mo on a bid of 48992.
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Farmersville
Postoffice
Treasury Department
Stephens-Brown Company
Kansas City
Bulletproof hen coin hobby ends in tragedy Attica
Attica Indiana reports a strange incident as Mrs. Nellie Lucas killed a bulletproof hen on Monday and discovered two pennies in the bird’s gizzard along with 15 small rifle shells, revealing an unusual coin collection habit.
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Attica
Ind
Nellie Lucas
Drive to tax federally owned property in Texas
President Roosevelt issued a message to Congress announcing a Federal Real Estate Board to study taxing federally owned land in Texas and other states. A report shows Texas holds about one half of 1 percent of the state in federal ownership totaling 725,266 acres, potentially yielding 1,619,000 annually if taxed locally. The board will study counties harmed by loss of tax revenue from federal purchases while noting federal grants and aid.
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Washington
Texas
Roosevelt
Congress
Uncle Sam
Senate
House
New Real Estate Board
United States
$30 a Month Pension Bill Proposed in Kansas
Topeka Kans Every Kansan aged 65 or older would receive 30 a month under a bill by State Senator E H Benson of Thomas County. Requirements include 15 years residence in the state with the last five continuous.
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Topeka
Kan
E. H. Benson
Thomas County
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