Fort Worth and Dallas Visitors Dominate Local Social Notes
Local residents and visitors from Fort Worth Dallas Sherman and Denton fill a weekend of calls visits and attendance at events. Mentions include Mr and Mrs J G Blanks in McAlester and family trips to Lawton and Durant. The community notes cover birthdays weddings church events and club gatherings with a focus on social activity and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Maurice Davis
Philip Earnheart
T. E. Newton
St. Jo
Community Notes and Social Visits Across Local Towns
Social visits populate Whitewright and surrounding areas with relatives and friends from Dallas Fort Worth Bells and Savoy. The Blue Ridge Calhoun region hosts family gatherings while a wildcat oil well east of town shows no oil at 4000 feet amid secrecy. A T E L Class and BB Club convene with bingo prizes and high scores as subscribers note aging editor J C Woodson nears 87 and recalls a rarely broken Republican voting record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildcat
Sun
Local families visit Hamiltons and others over weekend
Dallas guests including Mr and Mrs Roy Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Roy Ray and Greenville visitors Miss Sallye and Winnie Hamilton shared Sunday with the Biggerstaffs. Fort Worth and Austin leaders and Boy Scouts joined a housing project visit and a state parade marking National Boy Scout Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hamilton
Roy Ray
Dallas
Hayden Hamilton
Wilburn McKinney
David
Greenville
Sallye
Winnie Hamilton
Women Missionary Society meets at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society met Monday for the Royal Service and business program. North Circle led. participants included Mrs. Adah Gillespie, Mrs. James Cooper, Mrs. C. T. Sadler, Mrs. Olive Myrick, Mrs. O. L. Jones, and Mrs. Carl May with seventeen members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
North Circle
Adah Gillespie
James Cooper
C. T. Sadler
Olive Myrick
O. L. Jones
Carl May
Smith Blanton couple wed in Longview home ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kenneth Smith reside at 515 South Bend after their marriage at the home of the officiating minister Dr. C. L. Porter in Longview. The bride is the former Miss Shirley Blanton of Whitewright and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Smith of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kenneth Smith
South Bend
C. L. Porter
Longview
Shirley Blanton
Roy Blanton
Whitewright
C. K. Smith
Bass and Whipple Tie The Knot At Whitewright Home
Bass and Whipple married at 3 p m Sunday at Rev R L Hamm s Assembly of God Church home ceremony with few relatives present. Bride Ida Frances Whipple wore a grey tweed suit trimmed in blue. They will reside with the bride s parents temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Eugene Bass
Ida Frances Whipple
Whitewright
R. L. Hamm
Assembly of God Church
Mrs. Bass
Rotary Club hears State Rep Omar Briggs as guest speaker
Rotary Club Friday program featured guest speaker State Representative Omar Briggs of Denison. Briggs spoke on the problem of public issues and civic concerns, outlining legislative perspectives and local impact for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Blanton
Rotary Club
Omar Briggs
Denison
Briggs
Legislature Defends Driver Safety Law Amid Critics
The legislature member defends the automobile driver safety responsibility law, arguing most House members supported it while blaming the Texas Department of Public Safety for overextending its reach. Jimmy Nossaman debuts as club pianist succeeding Shirley Blanton. The club approves a $250 call for Grayson County livestock improvement. Visitors include Omohundro Perry and Harvey Martin of Sherman, Montgomery and Rogers of Dallas. Roy Blanton to present this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
L. S. Omohundro
John Perry
Harvey Martin
Sherman
J. Max Montgomery
L. W. Rogers
Dallas
Roy Blanton
Whitewright Music Club Meets On Negro Music Theme
The Whitewright Music Club met Wednesday with Mrs. Philip Earnheart as hostess. Theme was the American Negro and His Music with Mrs. J. P. Darwin as program director. The meeting opened with a Negro spiritual and a chorus singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
Philip Earnheart
J. P. Darwin
Bethel W M S Meets With Fourteen Members
The Bethel Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society held a Monday meeting with 14 members. Under Mrs Doyle Alexander the program began with song and prayer. The Royal Service program was presented by several ladies. Mrs J H Gosnell reviewed the first chapter of Spanish Pilgrimage. The gathering ended with prayer by Mrs J L Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the Bethel Baptist Church
Doyle Alexander
J. H. Gosnell
J. L. Denton
Town pays final Civil War ransom in Frederick Maryland
Frederick Maryland has completed the last payment of 200000 dollars to Confederate soldiers used to protect Union Army stores during the Civil War. Residents say the federal government should repay, and three Maryland congressmen have pursued repayment without success. The article also notes the 1854 Nebraska territorial boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland
Diabetes Major Health Problem Across Texas
Texas records 887 diabetes deaths in the past year per State Health Officer Dr. Geo W Cox. He notes diabetes now ranks as a major health issue, especially among middle age white collar indoors workers, and urges simple living, diet, exercise, sleep, and annual health checks for early detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Johnson
Fort Worth
Pascal Cox
Clyde Craig
Mrs
Russell Summers
Denton
Alice Blanks
Willie Stapleton
Denson
Preston Hefner
Whitesboro
Grover Smith
Ely
R. A. Gillett
Bankers’ Convention
Dorothy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
W. A. Kirkpatrick
R. E. Hickman
Ben Patterson
Bob Grant
Bonham Sunday
J. G. Blanks
McAlester, Okla
J. E. Blanks
L. H. Darwin
Allen Harper
Lawton, Okla
David Brooks
of Sherman
D. D. Brooks
George Baugher
Drewie Caylor
Baugher
Beauticians
Adolphus Hotel
Thomas Sears
Wilson Kaiser
Curlee Cummings
W. B. Antoine
Mineral Wells
Gilbert Henslee
W. B. Long
A. N. Lawrence
Farmersville
O. L. Sears
Pernie
May Badgett
T. A. Gray
Grace Sloan
Lubbock
L. R. Dossey
Sidney Scott
R. I. Scott
Kathy Wilson
Mrs. W. C. Wilson
Don Collins
Frances Bullard
Fred Garner
Garland
Ernest Owens
W. N. Stone
Ben Lilley
Cushing, Okla
T. J Lilley
Paris
Frank White
Don Farmer
Grady Stepp
Wilson-Darwin
H. L. Carver
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
R. R. Summers
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright Public
St. Louis
Maud Belew
Meadow
Horace
Roy Belew
J. C. Keeling
Canyon
Sunvale
BACON
Vienna
Maryland Club Coffee
Grayson Oleob
Can
Imperial Sugar
Kimbell
Gladiola
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Mrs. G. D. McCoy
Blue Ridge
L. C. Hampton
Ona Bell
Bernice Davis
Pilot Grove
Homer Garner
Jack Manoogian
Manoogian
Roger Dale
Kaiserslautern
Germany
Sergeant Manoogian
Amy Hall
Jack Hall
Barbara
Pam
G. M. Hodge
Savoy
Howard Hodge
Bells
J. E. Smith
Clarence Ashlock
Fayetteville, Ark
Earl Benson
Mr. Ashlock
Jim Ashlock
Floyd Bassett
Elmo Wallace
Wallace
Lewis Cooper
Clarence McMillin
Cooper
The
Baptist Sunday School
J. D. Fleming
Floyd Harris
Harris
Thurston Montgomery
T. H. McSpedden
Anna Laynett
Douglas
Thomas McSpedden
Frisco
R. A. Miller
Hazel
Phillis
Scott McMillin
Waco
Lillian McSpedden
Jimmie
C. E. Thomas
California
C. W. Carpenter
J. C. Woodson
J. R. Woodson
Tom Bean
Mr. Woodson
Woodson
Ray Travis
O. O. Carter
Joe Bailey
Amarillo
Carl Wilkinson
John Biggerstaff
George Brown
B. W. Newman
Whitewright Housing Authority
John Kaiser
East Main Street
Joe Morris Wallace
Sherman Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Congress Avenue
Capitol
Stephen F. Austin
Baptist Wms Meets
Bass
Whipple
Nebraska
State
North and
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Craig’s Cafe
Chambray
Bargain Square
Cole & Davis Co
Hi-Way Grocery
Grayson Oleo
Griffin
SWIFT
Staley
Baker’s
Decker
Borden’s Dry Milk
Brook
Jumbo Butterbeans
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