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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1961
Page
5
A series of visiting relatives and friends is reported from area towns. Names include Meador Cook Houston Childress Bay City Woodson Hurst Mooneyham McKinney Barnett Wolfe City Turner Richardson Vandagriff Sherman Neathery Lubbock Barbee Mobile Benish Corpus Christi Jacks Fort Worth Vincent Pasadena Garland Tom Bean Cobb Jacks, with church circle activities at First Baptist and plans for a Royal Service program.
Guests at the Head residence included Clarence Rhody from Orangeville and Jack Hicks with family from Sherman. The Rex Ray Circle of First Baptist met for mission study led by Mrs. J P Darwin. Five members attended with prayers by Mrs. Fleming and Mrs. Lawson. Ball family members and grandchildren from McKinney Dallas Sherman and Denison were listed among Sunday visitors.
Rotary Club program chairman Joe Bodine presented a film on rockets and missiles. Sherman visitor Rotarian Stan Heston attended with guests Don Pool Joe Hamilton and Jim Watkins. The annual Rotary Ann banquet is set for Thursday night at the Grayson Hotel in Sherman. no meeting will be held Friday.
Mrs Glen Earnheart hosted the Friday Literary Club at her West Maple Street home for a February 17 gathering. The program featured discussion on late 19th century American literary artists with leader Mrs Charles Skaggs highlighting Longfellow Hawthorne and the influence of New England. Mrs James Bryant spoke on Edgar Allan Poe and read from The Raven.
The program featured tributes to Walt Whitman and Mark Twain with discussion of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Mrs. Vestal announced a Texas House bill to tighten obscenity laws, the club endorsed it, and members sent a letter of support to Rep. Tom James. Nineteen members attended the social hour with cherry pie and coffee.
The Fidelis Class gathered at the First Baptist Church for its monthly business and social session last Thursday evening. Vice president Mrs. W L Hatfield led, and Mrs. Carl McFatridge gave the devotional "He Is the Door." Mrs. Paul Stephens' group organized the covered dish dinner for twenty two members. next gathering is the third Thursday night in March.
A veteran seeking vocational rehabilitation must obtain counseling to determine training needs and suitability under Public Law 894. A Korean veteran may obtain a GI loan for a partnership if eligible, with loan guarantees based on the veteran's share. Peacetime veterans are eligible for VA hospitalization only under specific discharge or disability conditions. WW II GI life insurance endowment proceeds must be taken as a lump sum or in monthly installments from 36 to 240 payments.
The notice lists weekly schedules for First Presbyterian Bethel Baptist and Assembly of God churches. It includes Sunday School times, worship services, training unions, prayer meetings, and midweek activities. Additional items note Royal Service program, officers meetings, choir practice, Bible study, and Christ Ambassadors events.
The notice lists worship services at 11:00 a m and 7:00 p m with midweek meetings for officers and teachers at 7:00, prayer at 7:30, and youth fellowship at 6:00 p m. Monthly fourth Sunday service is at 5:30 p m. Women’s Society meets first and third Monday at 3:00 p m and Wesleyan Service Guild meets every other Monday at 7:30 p m.
The item notes Cross Roads Presbyterian Church schedule preaching at 11:00 a m and comments on the daily U S water demand of 320 billion gallons with five billion more than supply. It suggests desalted sea water as a possible solution.
Rochester professor Dr Basil G Bibby told the 96th Chicago Dental Society meeting that each sweet snack is a separate attack on teeth and that consuming one pound of candy with a meal causes less damage than nibbling it across the day.
In Grayson County Texas the estate of Arthur Mason Mosse deceased has original Letters Testamentary granted February 20 1961. Creditors must present claims by law and may mail to George Burt Mosse or Marcella Marie Coffman at their Denison addresses.
A New York foundation uses crisscross or radiating inner bands from a central control panel to lift and support extra weight. Stylists say this control system enhances silhouette and helps ease fitting into tight garments.
Chicago's first permanent school was built of brick and the first city offices were housed in a brick building, marking early municipal and educational infrastructure.
In a Ladies Home Journal biography the teenage Jackie Kennedy wrote her goal was not to be a housewife. The magazine notes she has achieved that ambition as First Lady of the United States.
The 1959 average price for Texas crude oil stood at 3.00 dollars per barrel.
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