Whitewright Sun social notes drift with regional visits
Dallas visitors and local relatives fill a long list of new arrivals and visits. mentions include Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Meador, Mrs. Guy Hamilton in San Antonio, Aubrey Hansard of Grand Prairie, Miss Alta Nell Hansard improving at home, and Ensign Robert L. Benish's Washington trip. Also notes trades day, Legion Auxiliary meeting plans, new furniture offers, a birth, a tractor accident, and a Baptist T. E. L. class gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Nell Hansard
E. A. Hansard
Howe Minister Weds At Whitesboro
Announcement of the marriage of Rev. C. Chumbley of Howe and Mrs. Gladys Turner of Whitesboro. The ceremony was held Sunday at the bride’s home with Rev. Leon Chumbley, the groom’s son, reading the rites. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Maurice Holcomb of Alto and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Huddleston of Howe and the Chumbley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Chumbley
Howe
Gladys Turner
Whitesboro
Leon Chumbley
Maurice Holcomb
Alto
H. L. Huddleston
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Holds All Day Meeting
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met all day at Mrs. C. A. Wilson’s home with Mrs. Oscar Huseman presiding. Mrs. W. L. Hatfield reelected as reporter and two bed lamps donated to Perrin Field hospital. Miss Eunice King spoke on feeding hens and fruit tree spraying. New member Mrs. Grover Stateville joined. next meeting set for Feb 28 at Mrs. Elmo Wallace’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
C. A. Wilson
Oscar Huseman
W. L. Hatfield
Perrin Field Hospital
Eunice King
Ronald Vestal
Hong Kong
Ben Savage
Clifford Jarvis
Miss King
Grover Stateville
Elmo Wallace
Bacilli of Joy Delighting the Romantic Poet
A playful line asserts microbes in a kiss as a source of bliss. The speaker teases a boy with a cheeky image of germs bringing happiness in romance.
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Bacilli
Death of C. W. Abbott in Texas Funeral Held at Methodist Church
The death of C. W. Abbott occurred Sunday at 2 20. He had suffered illness for over a year and a month in critical condition before passing. Funeral services were Monday at 2 30 p m at the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev W W Adcock, with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery under Glen Earnheart's direction. Survivors include Phoebe Ellenor Lewis Abbott, three daughters, a granddaughter, a brother Jim Abbott, four sisters, and many more relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Phoebe Ellenor Lewis
W. M. Wells
Richmond
May Abbott
Whitewright
O. E. Large
Whitesboro
Ruth LaVerne Large
Jim Abbott
Washington
Belle Harris
Tyler
Nan Gholson
Riverside
Calif
Emma Henry
McCulley
Texas
Ellen Barnett
Monticello
Church Services Listed For Two Pastors
Rev. E. P. Wootten conducts Sunday school at 10 a.m. with W. T. Simmons as superintendent and morning worship at 11. Evening services at 7:30. Rev. W. W. Adcock leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Young people sing at 6 p.m. and evening worship at 7:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Wootten
W. W. Adcock
Auto Owners Lag in Paying 1943 Licenses
County tax officer George Schu macher urged motorists to pay auto licenses now to avoid a late rush. With 45 days until the April 1 deadline about 15 000 licenses must be paid. Only 50 autos and 30 trucks have been registered so far, near last year’s total of 15 000 vehicles.
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George Schumacher
Race Horse Jumps From Train Unhurt In Transit
A race horse being moved to Hot Springs Arkansas jumped from an open baggage car door near Denton after becoming irked, landing right side up and running. The air brake was pulled, the train stopped, a flagman was dispatched, and the horse was recovered with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Hot Springs
Ark
Denton Landing
Bert Matthews
Bacon
Local boy pilots Malta escape and Red Cross aid
Pilot Officer Merriwell Vineyard of Whitewright Texas recounts five hours afloat in a rubber dinghy after his plane failed over Malta. He describes bail out, rescue by a speed boat, and time spent in the American Red Cross Eagle Club. He discusses postwar farming plans in the United States and concerns over shortages of labor machinery fertilizer and transport.
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Sun Wednesday
Red Cross
London
Merriwell Vineyard
Whitewright
Texas
Malta
American Red Cross Eagle Club
P. O. Vineyard
Winnipeg
RAF
Vineyard
Wickard to Ask Furloughs for Crop Harvest Help
Secretary Wickard told a Senate sub committee he will ask the Army to furlough troops if needed to harvest the 1943 farm crops. He said the Agriculture Department is canvassing farmers on labor and machinery needs for the coming planting season. Chair Ellison D Smith said the hearing would blow the lid off the administration's farm policy.
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Washington
Claude A. Wickard
Senate Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Ellison D
Cotton Ed) Smith
Denn
South Carolina
Amos and Andy to quit air this week
After 17 years on the air Amos and Andy Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll will sign off Friday night for an indefinite layoff. They plan to return next fall for two shows a week at most. The duo have billed five nights weekly since 1926 with one sometimes carrying the other when ill.
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New York
Amos and
Andy
Freeman Gosden
Charles Correll
Hog production and insurers in the 1940s drought era
The piece notes a major life insurer planning to raise 100000 hogs next year while old mutual policies imply policyholders act as swine herders. It cites 1943 hog production goals of 121000000 to set a record hog year and mentions dust filled travels of eastern insurers.
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South Dakota
Department of Agriculture
America
Noted Error as Untimely Animal Choice
In Chicago Daily News reporting the subject chose an incorrect animal in a bet or request, creating a mistaken selection and triggering a corrective action or clarification. The piece focuses on the misstep and subsequent redirection of the decision.
Aftermath of War Major Kretchet Calls for Ruthless War Ending
Izvestia publishes remarks by Major Kretchet of the Red Army recorded before his death in battle. He argues Germans must be annihilated for the future and warns against mercy and moral talk by outsiders. He insists fascists deserve ruthless punishment for Russian losses and ruined cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izvestia
Kretchet
Red Army
New York Times
Knows His Bars in a Family Music Moment
A policeman’s son studies music asking how many beats per bar. His father knows the bar count of his beat, but his mother notes the boy asks about beats per bar, a playful twist on timing and phrasing.
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Mrs. C. J. Meador
Dallas
Guy Hamilton
San Antonio
Miss Dorothy Hamilton
Guy Dillon
Plainview
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Aubrey Hansard
Grand Prairie
Mrs
E. A., Hansard
Margaret Delgado
Grace Roberts
Billie Roberts
Denison
Carl Gillespie
Waxahachie
Rev
J. L. Truett
C. C. Fogle
R. A. Gillett
Eddie Fogle
Ardmore
Okla
Lem Tittsworth
Verna Melugin
Perrin Field
Great Bend
Kansas
Lee Norris
John Norris
Phillip Norris
R. E. Simpson
R. E. Simpson Sr
John Simpson
Leonard
Guy B. Ely
Slaton
Mrs Ely
J. P. Harper
American Legion Auxiliary
Bonham, Texas
Ensign
Robert L. Benish
Washington, D. C
T. E. Barbee
Ensign Benish
Martha Louise
Frank W. Miller
Midland
C. P. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Wallace Wilson
Sherman
Pvt
Wilson
Ben Roberts
Sweetwater
M. J. Roberts and Son
Mel Roberts
Jack Nossaman
F. M. Nossaman
Cherokee, Okla
Senator Bill Ginder
Oklahoma City
Paul Pritchett
Stateville
Pritchett
Sherman Hospital
Kathryn Roddy
U. S. Employment Service
D. E. Low
The
Baptist Sunday School
Olivia Whedbee
W. L. Kincaid
Sallie Moore
R. S. Morehead
J. E. Morgan
Col. Geo. Apple
London Red Cross
Amos
Weingarten
Sooey, Sooey
Chicago Daily News
Hawk
Wolverine
Ladies
Oxfords
Cole & Davis Co
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