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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1938
Page
5
Whitewright residents and visitors are listed with travel, illness, hospital stays, and social events. Names include H T Atterberry, W E LaRoe, Cora Simmons, Ross May, and Martha Vestal. Schools, church actions, and local civic happenings span Whitewright and nearby towns with multiple travels to Dallas Sherman Paris Greenville and Fort Worth.
Jim Russell visits his mother in Sherman as funeral notices report Jesse E. Stedham in Liberty near Greenville and infant Miller death in Sherman. Dr. Sam F King of El Paso, longtime Sherman associate, is noted as deceased. Funeral details for Kingston Oklahoma cousin Mrs. George S Henry are listed along with a long guest list for Lena Butts farewell in San Bernardino.
Floydada church announces Elder F R Yeakley from Floydada will preach Sunday morning and evening. Members are urged to attend and all others are welcome.
Sunday school at 10 a m followed by morning worship at 11 a m with a sermon on Baptism and the Lord's Supper. At 6 15 p m Baptist Training Union and evening worship with a Scout service at the Methodist Church led by Pastor Leslie O Evans.
Forty three W M A members and six visitors met at the church for a mission program led by Mrs C H Gregg of Denison as guest speaker. The theme was Missions in the Homeland. Earlier the local W M A officers and Mrs Gregg met at Mrs C J Meador’s home for a covered dish luncheon. Mrs Gregg outlined officers duties and Golden Jubilee offering plans. Circles will meet separately for Bible study next Monday.
Mrs. Minerva E. Ownby wife of the late W D Ownby died Monday at 10 a m in Whitewright. She was 86. Services were at First Presbyterian Church at 2 p m Tuesday conducted by Dr B Wrenn Webb. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by three sons Ernest Seagraves Noel C Ownby San Francisco Warren D Ownby Broken Arrow nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Roland G Ownby preceded in death.
Mrs. Luther Gordon, Mrs. Ted Simp son, Mrs. Marvin Perkins, Mrs. Percy Darwin, Mrs. Ben Savage, Miss Frances Anderson, Miss Norma Anderson, and Miss Viva Phillips appear among guests at a community gathering.
Mrs J T McBroom hosted a Wednesday afternoon gift shower at her Canaan home honoring Mrs Barney McBroom who married during the Christmas holidays. Refreshments served to a large list of guests including Mrs R L Smith Mrs J R Burk Mrs Cecil Alverson Mrs J M Franklin Mrs Earl Hansard Mrs R D Hall Mrs Charlie Mitchell and others with several attendees sending presents in absentia.
Mrs. B. W. Newman hosted the Whitewright Music Club meeting at Mrs. F. M. Echols home with piano solos by Mrs. Paul Ryan and Miss Tommie Chenoweth and a vocal solo by Mrs. Floyd Bassett. Afterward, guests socialized at Mrs. Newman's. Three new members Mrs. J. W. Miller, Mrs. Charles Pier, and Mrs. Lindsey Coffey were welcomed. The February 18 program will be at Mrs. C. T. Atkins.
Tuesday night a Court of Honor was held at the Scout cabin with attendees including Sherman residents Mr. McLean and Mr. Perry. The committee members were John Reeves, R. A. Gillett, W. T. Simmons, and R. D. Maddux. Scouts Newman and Pierson and Bob Sears Jr led a post meeting with committeemen and the patrol leader.
Mrs Mack Pierson and Miss Mil dred Holcomb entertained a group of friends Friday evening with a forty two party. The decorations and refreshments followed a Valentine motif.
Sunday evening at 7 p m a union service for Boy Scouts and leaders will be held at the Methodist Church with participation from other churches. Sunday afternoon the East Sherman Young People’s Union meets with local hosts. Sunday morning services include Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 by Pastor Joe M Connally.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. All services led by Pastor J O F Robinson. Everyone urged to attend all services and be on time.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb presides at 10 a m Sunday school with Thurston Montgomery leading the opening. 11 a m marks the final sermon in What Presbyterians Believe Infant Baptism and Junior Church session on Worshiping God with Neighbors. Friday Feb 11 hosts School of Missions with pot luck at 6 30 and multiple leaders for adults and juniors. No vesper service Sunday night due to union.
Mrs. Nuell Skaggs and Mrs. Jess Smotherman hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. W. O. White Jr., formerly Imogene Nelms. The Valentine theme featured decorations and prizes for Mrs. Wayne Stephens and Mrs. Grady McCarstin. A large gift bouquet was presented amid games and refreshments for a long guest list including Mrs. J. D. Smotherman and Mrs. Virgil Murphy.
The 4th month honor roll lists First grade pupil Doris Biggerstaff. Third grade honorees include Betty Jo Henderson Bobby Blanks Sibina Reynolds Marcia Lane Blanks and Marie Miller. Fourth grade recipients are Mary Dale Fields and Ray Jones. Fifth grade honorees include Burford Garland Melba Jane Neatherly.
Senator G. H. Nelson of Lubbock announced for lieutenant governor in Austin. He framed his campaign around a one house legislature to curb lobby power and end sessions hamstrung by the current system.
The candidate claims voters will act on conviction, not lobbyists, stressing the lieutenant governor’s power over legislation via committee appointments. Nelson, raised in Cass County and longtime West Texas resident, is a lawyer and former senator and district attorney. He and his wife Aileen Hackney Nelson have three children.
The Morning Herald and the Leader-Republican in Gloversville and Johnstown will stop accepting liquor or beer advertising as their current contracts expire. The publishers say the ban aligns with magazines and newspapers elsewhere and with local sentiment and that the papers have long aimed to be read by every member of the family. Living blossoms will carry the color scheme for the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939.
The Blackburn Hardware Co at 209 211 West Houston Sherman offers a full line of shelf and heavy hardware farm implements machinery pumps and repairs. Mr. Blackburn guides the firm and invites inquiries with phone 676. They emphasize dependable stock prompt service and honest business policies as the basis of their good reputation.
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