Local notices and social news from Whitewright area
Dr. John A. Ray travels to Washington for a visit. A Feb 3 tournament at the VFW hall is postponed to Feb 17. Local families make visits, moves, and hospital trips across Leonard Duncan Dallas Bakersville and Tulsa. The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club meets Feb 10. Birth announcements, anniversaries, and a patient at St Vincent Hospital are noted along with a school enrollment and a mid term Tulsa degree graduation news. Ralph Kaiser closes cleaning plant. pool hall planned. Lou Ann May operated on at Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas. casts to remain several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl May
Leland May
Dallas
Lou Ann May
Scottish Rite Hospital
Burns from oven explode injures Mrs. Grant in Bonham
Mrs. Robert Grant of Bonham suffered facial neck and arm burns when gas built up in her cook stove oven exploded as she lit it last Monday. She is recovering. Also reported: Mrs. Marvin Bryant, Mrs. Mary Mitchell, and Mrs. Robert Veasy hosted a 42 party for Mrs. R. L. Sears birthday with thirty guests. Whitewright merchants awarded T. B. Blanton $40 cash twice in two Saturdays, earning him local recognition. Blanton, a longtime resident born near Whitewright, attributes luck to long-standing trading in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grant
Bonham
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Whitewright
Marvin Bryant
Madill
Okla
Mary Mitchell
Dallas
Robert Veasy
van Alstyne
R. L. Sears
J. W. Wilson
T. B. Blanton
Mr. Blanton
Blanton
Savoy Bride Mary Lou Swafford Weds Jimmy Kaiser
Mrs Edna Swafford of Savoy announces the marriage of daughter Mary Lou Swafford to Jimmy Kaiser of Whitewright. The ceremony occurred January 22 in Denison. Kaiser is son of Ralph and Mrs Kaiser of Whitewright. Mrs Kaiser was a Savoy High School junior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Swafford
Savoy
Mary Lou Swafford
Jimmy Kaiser
Whitewright
Denison
Kaiser
Ralph Kaiser
Savoy High School
Whitewright Music Club Highlights Gershwin Program
The February 2 1949 meeting at Mrs J P Darwin's home featured a Gershwin sketch with piano by Mrs Darwin a Stardust number by Mrs James Gosnell Lady Be Good by Mrs O L Jones Listening to Modern Music by Mrs J P Darwin and a Selected number by Mrs Houston Darwin Seven members and one visitor attended Refreshments followed. next gathering set for February 23 at Mrs F M Echols home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
J. P. Darwin
O. L. Jones
J. C. McMillin
George Gershwin
Houston Darwin
Drewie Caylor
F. M. Echols
Funeral services held for Mrs Volney R Cox in Denton
Mrs Volney R Cox 63 died Monday at her Denton home. Funeral Tuesday at First Baptist Church Denton with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Whitewright. Born Gertrude Moore in Trenton June 28 1885 she moved to Whitewright as a child and lived in Denton 20 years. Survived by husband two daughters two sons two sisters two brothers and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volney R. Cox
Denton
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill
Whitewright
Cox
Gertrude Moore
Tom Moore
Trenton
Parish
Velma McShaw
Dallas
Dorothy Wright
Houston
Tom Moore Cox
Denver
Colo
Joseph M. Cox
Bryant King
Z. R. Langston
Ford Moore
Sherman
Lloyd Moore
Denison
Obituary: Roy M. Cowart 54 Gatesville Veteran Dies
Roy M. Cowart of Gatesville died last Friday at the Veterans Hospital in Temple after a three year illness. He was born January 30 1895 near Whitewright, son of W D and Georgia Cowart pioneer settlers. A World War I veteran, he worked as a mechanic at Camp. Funeral services were held in Temple and burial followed in Gatesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Cowart
Gatesville
Veterans Hospital
Temple
Mr. Cowart
Whitewright
W. D
Georgia Cowart
Camp
Obituary: T L Cowart and family mourn loss of long-time resident
Hood suffered paralysis three years ago and was a Temple hospital patient since then except for a short Gatesville stay. He was a Bethel Baptist member. Survived by wife Earl Williams, three sons Le Roy, Billy Earl, and Bobby, two daughters Barbara June and Anne, brother T L Cowart, sisters Mrs. R. D. Benson and Mrs. C. N. Ross. Funeral and burial attended by T L Cowart and Mrs. C. N. Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
R. D. Benson
Howe
C. N. Ross
Ely
T. L. Cowart
Mrs. Mettie Compton Dies at 75 in Witt Springs Ark
Mrs. Mettie Compton 75 wife of the late W P Compton and mother of W W Compton Whitewright died suddenly last Thursday at Witt Springs Arkansas Funeral services were held there Monday with burial in Witt Springs Cemetery She was born in Arkansas married in 1891 Mr Compton died in 1946 and she was a Baptist Church member Surviving are five sons and one daughter W W Compton Alvah Birt Raymond of Witt Springs and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Compton
Mettie Compton
W. W. Compton
Whitewright
Witt Springs
Ark
Alvah
Birt
Raymond Compton
Funeral Notice Delayed by Ice Storm
Fred Compton of Black Gum and Mrs. J E Drewry of Tulsa report the death of Mrs. Compton. Compton left for his mother's funeral Saturday and returned Tuesday. the telegram announcing the death was delayed by an ice storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Compton
Black Gum
Okla
J. E. Drewry
Tulsa
Compton
Eddie Fogle 51 Dies at Veterans Hospital Los Angeles
Eddie Fogle aged 51, son of Mrs C C Fogle, died Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Los Angeles. A World War I and II veteran, he served 28 years in the armed forces after transferring from the Navy to the Army and received a medical discharge. He was buried with military honors in the National Cemetery at San Bruno, California, and survived by his mother and two sisters, Mrs R A Gillett of Whitewright and Mrs J R North of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Fogle
C. C. Fogle
Veterans Hospital
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Fogle
Whitewright
Wesley College
Greenville
Army
National Cemetery
San Bruno
Calif
R. A. Gillett
J. R. North
Ardmore and Stanley Fogle Brother Link to San Antonio
Ardmore Oklahoma and a brother, Stanley Fogle of San Antonio, are mentioned as related individuals in the readable OCR fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore, Okla
Stanley Fogle
San Antonio
Maybe He'll Be More Careful of Bets in Future
Jacksonport Wisconsin anecdote reports Oscar Scott lost a bet to Mrs H B Mogenson over the 1948 presidential choice. He carried out the forfeit in red flannel underwear and was fined for operating a public conveyance without a license after wheelbarrow ride. Nebraska note states its area at 77000 square miles, exceeding six New England states plus New Jersey and Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonport
Wis
Oscar Scott
H. B. Mogenson
Scott
Thomas E. Dewey
Nebraska
New England
New Jersey
Delaware
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John A. Ray
Washington, D. C
VFW Hall
O. A. Bennett
Route Two
Leonard Unday
Ben Savage
Grady Stepp
Don Farmer
Mrs
Charles Dossey
Bakersville
L. A. Dossey
Duncan, Okla
Marie Bennett
Leonard
Wm. Gibson
Mary Bennett
J. D. Howard
Knoxville, Tenn
Drewie
Paul Caylor
Sharon Ann
Olan White
St. Vincent Hospital
Beverly
Wes Judd
Irene Atterberry
Lillian Slusher
Dell Sanderson
Elmer Sanderson
Commerce
Joe Johnson
David Johnson
Crystal City
Anna Ruth Johnson
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
W. R. Milam
Frank White
Alice
White
T. J. Lilley
Betty Ann Darwin
Robert Emerson Sears
Robert Sears
University of Tulsa
Bovaird Supply Co
Odessa
Texas
Tom Barbee
W. J. Barbee
Vera Hickman
Julian Boone
Mr. Kaiser
the Sun
Cole & Davis Co
Wolverine
Star Brand
Red Wing
Men’s Union
Palace Theatre
Randolph Scott “Return OF the
James Craig
Lynn
Johnnie Johnston
Wallace Berry
Jane Powell
Elizabeth Taylor
Carmen Miranda
Xavier Cugat
Wally Berry
Frank Buck
Leon Erroll
Rod Cameron
Bonita Granville
Don Castle
George
Gabby” Hayes
Jacqueline White
Jack Wrather
East Texas
Tyler
Klondike
Kaiser-Swafford
Mrs. Volney R. Cox
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Maver
Craig’s Cafe
U.S
Monte O Pineapple Juice
Pioneer Sweet Peas
BATH
RED Chain
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
Community Public Service Company
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