Whitewright Sun society notes and war bond drive update
Mrs Cappie Beard visits relatives in Denison Lt and Mrs George K Stephens return to Lubbock after visiting friends Mrs Minnie Patterson visits Fort Worth last weekend The Burchfield couple announce birth of a daughter Jan 31 PTA to meet Feb 9 at 4 pm Grammar School Several local families visit Sherman Fort Worth and Denton areas Grayson County Baptist Workers Conference set for Feb 9 in Sherman Hugh Hutchins seriously ill in Sherman hospital Various local trips and illnesses noted The third Victory program raises 3045 for War Bonds and stamps at Whitewright High School auditorium
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Joe Thomas Meador
Camp Polk
C. J. Meador
Local residents renew subscriptions and visit kin
Joe E. Ross of Savoy route one and E. W. Ross of Ector route one renewed their subscriptions for another year at The Sun office. Miss Emma Joyce Hinton of Wichita Falls visited her mother Sunday and works in the rent control office there. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armstrong and twins of Plano join Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barbee of Commerce visiting their parents here Sunday. Whitewright posts new mail schedule with early morning service. The north bound midnight Katy train now drops newspapers and first class mail since Jan 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Ross
Savoy Route One
E. W. Ross
Ector
Sun
Emma Joyce Hinton
Wichita Falls
Frank Hinton
Miss Hinton
Frank Armstrong
Plano
Jack Barbee
Commerce
W. J. Barbee
Tom Lilley
Postal Service
Whitewright
Katy
Whitewright H D Club Meets With Mrs Lee Wilson
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs Lee Wilson last Thursday The next meeting is set for February 11 at Mrs Charley Wilsons home A covered dish luncheon will follow Those who wish to work on chairs should bring them along plus a covered dish sugar and coffee Miss King will attend Reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Lee Wilson
Charley Wilson
Miss King
Baptist W M S Meets In Royal Service Program
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church met in the church parlor on Monday for a royal service program and business session. Miss Maggie Noe led. Mrs. E P Wootten gave the devotional. Mrs. Jennie Crittenden and Mrs. S T Montgomery spoke. Olive Myrick presided over business. Refreshments served to 34 members. Hostesses were Mrs. C J Meador, Mrs. A J Cates, Mrs. J A Yeager, Mrs. Alton McDowell, and Miss Myrtle Badgett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society
The
Baptist Church
Maggie Noe
E. P. Wootten
Jennie Crittenden
S. T. Montgomery
Olive Myrick
C. J. Meador
A. J. Cates
Bonnie Spencer Weds Pfc. George Surrell at Fort Benning
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Spencer of Blue Ridge announce the marriage of their daughter Bonnie to Pfc. George Surrell stationed at Fort Benning Georgia. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Surrell of Tulsa Oklahoma. Mrs. Surrell will join her husband soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Spencer
Route One
Blue Ridge
Bonnie
Pfc
George Surrell
Fort Benning
Aleck Surrell
Tulsa
Okla
Surrell
Rotary Club Luncheon Features Private Gavin Hill Reader
Private Gavin Hill, a high school student, entertained Rotary Club members Friday in a luncheon program. Clay Horton led the program and Lt. George K. Stephens, former club president, spoke briefly. Guests included Lt. Joe T. Meador, stationed in Louisiana, with next week’s program in charge of E. C. Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavin Hill
Rotary Club
Clay Horton
Hill
George K. Stephens
Lubbock
Joe T. Meador
Louisiana
E. C. Butler
Secret Ballot Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Weaver Moore of Houston introduced a secret ballot bill in the Senate proposing using numbered ballots to record votes while keeping the voter's choice blind. Voters would tear off their ballot number and place it separately to prevent vote tracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
Weaver Moore
Houston
Moore
Mrs Theta Yvonne Reed 22 dies in Sherman hospital
Mrs Theta Yvonne Reed died at 12 10 a m Thursday after a three week illness in a Sherman hospital. The funeral will be at Westminster Baptist Church with Rev J A Henderson and Rev E P Wootten and burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. She was married to Billy Roy Reed and leaves a son Ronnie Reed and her parents two brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Yvonne Reed
Sherman
Earnheart Funeral Home
Billy Roy Reed
California
Westminster Baptist Church
J. A. Henderson
E. P. Wootten
Elm Grove
Westminster
J. B. Bell
Relda
June Cato
W. F. Caraway
Whitewright
Death of W. H. Coggins prominent New Prospect merchant
W. H. Coggins, 69, merchant and planter of New Prospect near Inman South Carolina, died January 20 after a three month illness. A Cedar Springs native, he resided 63 years in New Prospect, was a deacon at New Prospect Baptist Church for 20 years, and leaves wife, two daughters, a son, three grandchildren, two sisters and four brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Coggins
New Prospect
Inman
S. C
J. E. Coggins
Whitewright
Cedar Springs
Coggins
Sun
W. Freeman
Margaret Erwin Coggins
Spartanburg
New Prospect Baptist Church
Malcolm T. Foster
Fayetteville
N. C
Harry J. Crow
Wade H. Coggins Jr
Anne Coggins
William Wade Foster
W. H. Wingo
C. C. Ramsey
A. E. Coggins
W. A. Coggins
Campobello
Texas
A. B. Coggins
Columbia
Funeral services held for T. H. Miller of Tom Bean
Funeral services were conducted at 2 30 P M Monday in the Tom Bean Church of Christ for T H Bob Miller 63 of Tom Bean who died Sunday in a Sherman hospital after a heart attack Burial followed at Witt Toe Cemetery Pallbearers were Joe Hamilton Ed Pennell C H Lackey E O Thomas E C Gann W C Cole T J Miller and J W Johnson Surviving are his widow Stella Caldwell two children Harold Spratt and Lowell Miller a grandson Harold Miller Spratt and a brother J M Miller born August 9 1879 to Thomas and Elizabeth Miller pioneers of the Tom Bean community He was a lifelong Church of Christ member and retired two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bean
Harold Miller Spratt
J. M. Miller
Church Services Notice
Churches Rev. E. P. Wootten, pastor. Sunday school, 10 a m. W T Simmons, superintendent. Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Evening services at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Wootten
Methodist Church announces sermons and youth events
Rev W W Adcock will preach The Christian Front at 11 AM Sunday. Evening topic The Open Doors of Latin America at 5 PM. Sunday School at 10 AM and Youth Fellowship at 6 PM led by Lester Simpson Jr. East Sherman subdistrict Youth Fellowship meets Tuesday at Ector with Bells youths. Week of Dedication Feb 28 to Mar 7 aims to unite the church in prayer and Gospel outreach.
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Christian Front
W. W. Adcock
Methodist Church
Latin America
Youth Fellowship
Lester Simpson Jr
East Sherman _ subdistrict
Ector
Bells
Appropriation Committee Favors Emergency Fund Move
Connelly notes the Appropriation Committee approved a $1.5 million unappropriated sum under the ceiling of House Bill 8 to be used monthly for welfare. The plan requires a new law to divert funds to the Welfare Department active fund, aiming to prevent a $2.00 March pension cut and reduce general fund overdraft while UT cuts $200,000 in operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Department
House
Senate
University of Texas
Lawmaker proposes ending pension ceiling to grow aged rolls
A Texas lawmaker argues for removing the pension ceiling and appropriating accumulated funds to expand the aged rolls to about 200 000 pensioners while preserving the current average pension and restoring the November $1 cut. The speaker named the author to key committees including Appropriations and Labor. Buck Taylor, editor of the Middle-Easter, reports from Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Taylor
Fannin County
Texas
Buck
Savoy
Saint Patrick's Death Date and Burial in Down
On March 17 493 St Patrick died at Saul County Down at 106 and was buried near the chieftain's fort two miles from town. Bishops priests and people gathered at his tomb in reverence for over fourteen centuries. Colgan notes a miracle of driving reptiles from Ireland aided by a drum.
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St. Patrick
Saul
Sabhal
County Down
Patrick
Ireland
Colgan
Haunted House Visit Sparks Ghostly Escape Joke
Zoe asks Moe about a haunted house night. Moe retells a wall passing ghost encounter then escapes through the opposite wall, delivering a punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe
Moe
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Mrs. Cappie Beard
Denison
Minnie Patterson
Fort Worth
Mrs
Charlie Burchfield
Grammar School
Raymond Phillips
Bonham
J. D. Russell
Mary Dale King
Denton
Bryant King
C. B. Bryant III
Dallas
C. B. Bryant Jr
B. E. Chesser
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Jesse Wallace
M. R. Key
Grover Stateville
Jack Morton
Morton
Grayson County Baptist Workers’ Conference
First Baptist Church
Country Church
Hugh Hutchins
Tishomingo
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mr. Hutchins
J. H. Waggoner
Vaughan
A. P. Stanford
Homer Sewell
Dan Sewell
Jacksboro
Helen McCown
Olivia Whedbee
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Robert Sears
J. W. Henry
T. E. Sears
America
Homer Sears
Boyce House
KGKO
KGNC
Amarillo
Troy Lee Ford
Virgil Ford
William C. Lewis
Donnie Ray
Lem Tittsworth, Bonham, Tex
Wade Robbins
Mineral Wells
Charley Hall
Paul Cook
W. A. Akridge
Roscoe Pace
Kilgore
M. J. Roberts
Mell Roberts
Murl Ryan
J. H. Akridge
Atkinson Construction Company
Cecil Fields
Alvin Worden
Morenci, Ariz
W. F. Fields
Floyd Everheart Jr
Pittsburg Street
Floyd
Quaker Oats Company
Drunette Farley
Pascal Farley
Elizabeth Waggoner
Bailey School
S. E. Walker
Neva Woods
Mayfair Macauley
J. L. Boone
Merlyn Brown
Jim Brown
Orangeville
U. S. District Engineer
R. E. L. Binion
Percy Darwin
Binion
Farley Grocery
Surrell-Spencer
T. H. Miller
Ladies
Oxfords
Lace
Cole & Davis Co
Connelly
Glen Earnheart Benefit Association
First National Bank
State Insurance Department
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