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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
5
The bulletin notes births in the region including a son born to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Key on Friday February 7. It lists several visitors and residents from Dallas Sherman Whitesboro and Denison visiting relatives here or staying with family, along with a hospital entry for Albert Reeves and a pie supper at Enterprise Baptist Church on February 19.
Local residents named include Jack Meador and Clyde Owen visiting family. A five room dwelling change of ownership occurs with Dick Montgomery purchasing on Spruce Street. Other items note campfire banquet, pledges to East Texas State College, and a Pearl Harbor naval detail.
Paul Simmons has joined the Army Air Corps and heads to Las Vegas with two other Whitewright seniors J B Smith and James Birt Phillips. Mary Edna Simmons will stay at school while Billie Jean Cox and Pascal Cox return to Houston after a visit. Miss Phyllis Brown makes the B average at Texas State College for Women and avoids classes. Sara Belle Gillett named among college beauties. photo to appear in the yearbook.
F O Mangrum deputy sheriff arrested a Whitewright man Saturday in a liquor investigation finding eight pints nearby though none on the arrestee’s property. He paid a $22.50 fine and costs on a vagrancy charge from Jess Wall Sherman justice of the peace. Miss Dorothy LaRoe senior at Texas State College for Women Denton completed practice teaching to prepare for public school work. The ladies auxiliary of the American Legion met at Mrs J P Darwin’s to plan a Feb 25 gym social with committees named. Red Cross workers were listed and the next meeting set at Mrs H T Atterberry’s home. The Sun printed 250 copies of the song Sing Little Birdhes Sing for J P McAlester southwest of town. he composed it at Grayson College in 1901 and kept electrotype plates 35 years.
Lloyd Badgett son of Mr and Mrs E M Badgett has been commissioned as a second lieutenant infantry U S Army Reserve Corps and may be called to active duty soon. He earned his commission at Fort Sill Oklahoma after four years of citizens military training and had one year of military training at Texas A M College and John Tarleton Agricultural College.
Mrs T E Carruth announces the marriage of her daughter Tommie to Thomas E Sears of Whitewright. The ceremony was held Saturday evening at Highland Park Presbyterian Church Dallas with Dr L E Du Bois officiating. Mrs Sears is the daughter of Mrs T E Carruth and the late T E Carruth of Denton. He is a UT graduate and a Whitewright High School faculty member. They will reside in Whitewright.
Mr and Mrs Bill Dixon announce the marriage of their daughter Billie Dixon to M C Cook Jr son of Mr and Mrs M C Cook of Burke west of Van Alstyne The ceremony was read by Rev Howard McSpadden of Pilot Grove The bride is a Whitewright High School junior and the groom a Van Alstyne High School graduate They will reside on a farm near Burke
The monthly PTA meeting was held Tuesday afternoon in the Grammar School auditorium with 42 in attendance. The first grade won the attendance prize. the fifth and seventh grades tied for intermediates. Mrs Lucille Craig spoke on The Contributing Home and Miss Sallye Hamilton on Juvenile Protection under the theme Responsible Participation in Our Democracy. L E Ricketts discussed the lunchroom project.
The Women's Division of Christian Service met at the church for the monthly business session. President Mrs. A M Bryant presided and Miss Sue Stephens led a devotional on prayer. A social meeting for pastors and wives is set for March 2 at the church. Zone meeting is Feb 18 in Trenton. Next meeting on Feb 24 with Mrs. Lee Norris. Sixteen members and one visitor attended.
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club visited the Sherman frozen food locker plant on Tuesday. Noland Jackson, plant manager, and Miss Eunice King, county home demonstration agent, led a demonstration of the plant’s uses. Fourteen members and five guests attended.
Lunch was served in the assembly room of the court house. The next club meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Edgar Bow on Tuesday February 25.
Mortuary Ab Pruitt 25 former Austin College athlete and brother of Mrs. B W Newman of Whitewright died Friday night in a Paducah hospital after an emergency appendicitis operation. Funeral services were held in Paducah and later in Dallas. Surviving are his wife, a son, his parents, six sisters and three brothers. He earned the 1937 Cawthon Cup and starred in football and golf at Austin College.
Central Christian Church announces Sunday activities led by Dr. B Wrenn Webb with 10 a m Sunday school taught by R P Montgomery. The sermon titled The Reward of the Merciful centers the 10 50 a m service and 7 p m Prayer With and For the Brotherhood of Man.
Church notices list Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks as pastor with Sunday schedule including 10 a.m. church school led by Roscoe Gillett at 11 a.m. morning worship, 6 30 p.m. Epworth League led by Miss LaVerne Kilgree at 7 p.m. evening song. The pastor desires to be your friend.
Few new medicines have equalled the records of the sulfone drugs introduced to America four years ago. Two sulfones sulfapyridine and sulfathiazole have scored dramatic gains in treating infections and serious conditions, signaling a new era in antimicrobial therapy.
Four Philadelphia doctors report sulfapyrimidine reduces vomiting caused by other sulfa drugs and aids pneumonia treatment. The Journal of Medical Sciences notes the new drug works as a supplementary therapy, potentially improving outcomes for hospital and home patients.
The normal person’s head enlarges with age as frontal bones expand. Forehead width tends to increase because the frontal bone thickens and broadens over the lifespan.
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