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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1955
Page
5
A long row of social items notes Mr. and Mrs. Oran Sears in Farmersville, families from Dallas and Fort Worth spending weekends with relatives, and attendance at banquets, church meetings, and a brain tumor recovery. Also referenced are students from A&M College NTSTC and local anniversaries and hospital news.
Mr and Mrs B D McBroom attended the Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth Saturday. Fort Worth residents Gilbert Summerfield and Mrs. Summerfield visited Mrs Mabel Kelly. Mrs Grace Richardson of Sherman visited friends here Friday. Mrs Edgar Ayers and Mrs C K Smith will spend tomorrow in Dallas. Stevie Ford accompanies them home. Frances Bass and son Bill ill at home with jaundice and chicken pox. Sam Golden in Dallas at bedside of daughter Tyrie T Tomerlin who had surgery at Methodist Hospital Friday. Joe Ross and family visited effected, with son Warren Ross. J O Maxwell hosted visitors from Lubbock Sherman Tom Bean and Lorenzo. B B Club hosted by Mrs Clarence McMillin with high score by C K Smith. next meeting with Mrs Allen T Short. Joe T Meador spoke on orchid growing at Rotary Friday, introduced by Lee Smith.
H D Club Miss Mae Hall presided as hostess to the Whitewright group last Thursday. Mrs. Fred Cook read the council report as yearbooks were handed out and completed. Members scheduled an all day quilting on February 3 at Miss Hall's home and will bring hobo lunches. A February 10 meeting with Mrs. C N Massey is planned and all members are urged to attend. visitors are welcome.
Miss Mary Sue Sims and Charles Buford Franklin wed in Durant Oklahoma on January 28. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Sims of Whitewright and the groom is the son of O H Franklin of Sherman. They plan to reside in Whitewright for several months.
The country weekly editor visits Uncle John Reynolds, the county's eldest resident, for his 102nd birthday interview. When asked for the secret to his long life, Reynolds quips that he has taken vitamin pills since turning 99.
In a Louisville case, Carl Braden a Courier Journal staffer faces sedition conviction. Prosecution shows Braden linked to Communist fronts and wrote for Newsweek and other outlets while active in the Progressive Party and American Peace Crusade. The trial highlights alleged influence over nonmembers through organizational fronts.
The Braden case links a campaign to support Hollywood Ten contempt actions with efforts to pressure Chief Justice Vinson. Prosecutors presented Communist literature and a secretary identified as a Communist, arguing deep Red ties in Louisville civic groups and national political influence.
A nostalgic reflection on doers who ignored doubters. The note recalls Columbus Verne Bell Edison Wright and others who disproved claims that things could not be done praising their achievements and the idea of a special laughing place for impossible feats.
In Flagstaff Arizona the post office sells six cords of aging basement wood dating to 1936 while noting heat has run for 18 years. The piece also mentions iodine 131 half life of eight days making stockpiling impractical.
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