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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1956
Page
5
We report a flurry of visits and travel notes from Sherman area residents. Dr John A Ray returns from a 10 day Dallas trip while Mark Montgomery of Aztec NM spends Monday here. Numerous Sherman and nearby towns residents visit family in Jewett Palestine Van Alstyne Denison Dallas Fort Worth and Gainesville. Charles Stuteville attends funeral in Van Alstyne.
Savoy visitor Josh May and numerous weekend guests from Dallas Paris Fort Worth Sherman Grand Prairie and Howe gather at local homes. Fidelis Class holds pot luck at First Baptist. East Texas State College honors freshman contest winner Billy Hyepock of Pilot Grove. Cpl. Morris J. Shelley serves in Germany with the 10th Infantry Division after entering the Army in 1950.
Eldon Horton of Spring Valley California visited relatives here early in the week while returning home from Washington where he was on government business.
Numerous Dallas Fort Worth area residents visited relatives over the weekend and shared time with parents in Dallas Garland Irving Denton Frisco Abilene Fort Worth and Richardson. Names include Nancy May Newton Manning Evelyn Mason Deborah Joe Clyde Vestal Grady McCorstin Robert Blanton Donna Franklin Cathy Annip Cathy Ayres E A Love Elbert Price Tom Norris Sidney Scott Noel Scott Ohead Head Berniece Davis and others.
Mrs. D. W. Smith and son Jerry visited her mother Mrs. John Vestal in Dallas. Lena Mae Gowdy hosted Tuesday Night Bridge with Miss May Badgett high, bingo winners Mrs. Elmo Wallace and Mrs. C. K. Smith. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hargett included Gaines Hargett Buddy Young and Mrs. Young of McKinney, Bob Waldrop of Bonham, J. B. Layman of Bethel, Henry Hart of Bonham, and Henry Morrison of Sherman. The wedding of Kaytricia Ann Pope and Clem C. Martin Jr. took place at the Bonham Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bow celebrated their golden anniversary on February 6, with Mrs. Bow, formerly Vera Guthrie, wed in 1906 in Clinton County Kentucky. They moved to Texas in 1906 and to Whitewright in 1934. February 6 also marked Mr. Bow's 72nd birthday.
The Little Rock H D Club met Thursday at 2 p m at Mrs. Oscar Bow’s home. President Mrs. Bob Cawthon led the prayer and pledge. Mrs. T L Cowart led “God Bless America.” James Jarvis read minutes. Roll call referenced a book read. Mrs. L L Wendell gave the day’s thought. Mrs. George Ball reported on a remembrance sent to a patient at Abilene State Hospital.
Mrs Horace Miller spoke as council meeting program was directed by the education committee with Mrs Louis Nash of the Tom Bean club as guest speaker on the duties and privileges of serving on juries. Mrs B M Dean and Mrs Ray Hopkins joined as guests and Mrs Cawthon was elected as district meeting delegate. The memory reading by Mrs Clifton Sanderson recalled the annual council meeting of 1941. Refreshments were served to 15 members and guests.
Rotary Club Wilson Kaiser chaired last Friday’s program featuring a Venezu el film at Linda theatre. The nominating committee nominated Kaiser for president and Charles E Ayres for vice president and they were elected. George Hight noted the committee did not nominate two new directors. Secretary Russell Summers and treasurer Ed LaRoe were reelected. New officers begin July 1.
The Assn of American Railroads reports last year had the second best passenger safety record in history with one fatality per 1.8 billion miles, a rate of .06 per 100 million miles, improving on 1952’s .04 per 100 million miles. Whitewright merchants promote better values.
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