Denton Gossip and Society Notes Highlight Week
Denton residents and visitors are named in a long list of social and civic events. Births, illnesses, trips, and club meetings are reported along with a Texas Liquor Control Board investigator and a university honor roll. The February social season at Texas State College for Women includes the Mardi Gras masquerade planning and costume guidance from two Whitewright alumnae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Sears
Whitewright
School of Business Administration
University of Texas
J. A. Fitzgerald
Thomas Isn
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Vivian Echols
Martha Bryant
Miss Echols
F. M. Echols
Miss Bryant
A. M. Bryant
Farmers urged to sign sheets for 1937 cotton allotments
A. J. Badgett, committeeman for Whitewright, urges all county farmers to visit the county agent and sign 1937 crop worksheets. The signing applies to all cultivated land and affects county cotton acreage allotments whether or not they participated in soil conservation. A 10 percent sign-up shortfall reduces everyone’s allotments.
Fidelis Class of First Baptist Meets at Mrs Layman Home
The Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church held a business and social meeting at Mrs. F. D. Layman’s home Tuesday evening. Mrs. John Yeager presided, Lena Mae Gowdy led the devotional, and prayer was offered by Mrs. L. O. Evans. Fifteen members, two associates, and one visitor attended as hostesses served a George Washington motif salad course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
F. D. Layman
John Yeager
Lena Mae Gowdy
L. O. Evans
George Washington
Whitewright Music Club Meets On Love in Music Theme
Friday afternoon meeting featured a program including Miss Tommie Chenoweth and several members of the Whitewright Music Club. New members Mrs. Charles Pier Mrs. J W Miller and Mrs Lindsey Coffey joined. Mrs Paul Ryan hosted at West Grand avenue with refreshments for thirteen members.
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Whitewright Music Club
Tommie Chenoweth
R. T. Pennington
A. L. Jackson
Floyd Bassett
F. D. Layman
N. L. Manning
Charles Pier
J. W. Miller
Lindsey Coffey
Paul Ryan
West Grand Avenue
Circles of Baptist Missionary Union meet in trio of services
The East Circle gathered with Mrs. Jennie Crittenden and Miss Maggie Noe for a 10 member meeting. The North Circle met at Mrs. B. G. Gowdy for Personal Service Guide study and eight members shared refreshments. The West Circle met with Mrs. D. A. Yowell with two members present.
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The
Baptist Missionary Union
East
Jennie Crittenden
Maggie Noe
B. G. Gowdy
West Circle
D. A. Yowell
Dallas Couple Weds in Fort Worth Ceremony
Miss Ruth Jopling and Arthur J. Reed of Dallas were married February 5 in Fort Worth with Dr. Everett King officiating. The bride, a Whitewright High School graduate and former librarian, later worked at Huey and Philp in Dallas. the groom is with Stephens Printing. They reside at 5749 Vickery Boulevard, Dallas.
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Ruth Jopling
Arthur J. Reed
Dallas
Fort Worth
Everett King
Hemphill Presbyterian Church
J. C. Parsons
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
Federal Library Project
Huey & Philp
Reed
Stephens Printing Company
Whitewright Club Women Host Mexican Dinner for Husbands
Members of the Whitewright Literary Club entertained their husbands Friday evening with a Mexican dinner at the Community Public Service Company building. Hand tinted place cards marked 38 attendees with sombreros for men and Mexican pictures for women as table favors.
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Whitewright Literary Club
Community Public Service Company
H. P. Donigan
R. T. Pennington
F. D. Layman
R. P. Childress
Joe M. Connally
J. B. King
R. A. Gillett
Emmet Penn
Grady Gillett
C. J. Meador
Clarence McMillin
N. L. Manning
J. B. Hamilton
J. H. Waggoner
Lena Mae Gowdy
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Jack Lackey
Nadine
Social Visitors and Local Family News Roundup
Orangeville residents hosted and visited relatives including Mr and Mrs Alton Robinson and baby with Aunt Bettie Blanton. Marshall and Dallas trips noted for O V Wilder Marie Donihoe and Wayne Bowen. The item mentions borrowed botany trivia about attar of roses from Bulgaria and a grass species ho o.
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Alton Robinson
Baby
Bettie Blanton
O. V. Wilder
Marie
J. E. Donihoe
Leonard Segers
Robert Segers
L. H. Segers
Marshall
Alton Bowen
Wayne
Paul Brown
Dallas
Paul Bowen
O. W. Wilder
Sherman
John Savage
Jim Reneau
Lloyd Barry
Dan _ Harris
Wayne Bowen
J. T. Jenkins
Willima
Jasper Painter
Dog Creek
Navarro hens fed chewing tobacco in Navarro County
Chewing tobacco is fed to Navarro County poultry as a remedy for blue bugs and worms. FSA fieldmen report a disease among families financed by the FSA and note tobacco pills the size of a pea given nightly and again a week later restore production, despite higher cost.
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Corsicana
Navarro County
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Bond Reduced in Fannin County Perjury Case
In habeas corpus proceedings in district court the bond for Donald George, indicted on a perjury charge, was reduced from 5,000 to 1,500. Officers say this is the first perjury case in Fannin County in several years.
Churches Dr. B. Wrenn Webb Pastor Service Schedule
The notice lists Sunday activities with times including 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m How To Pray Junior Church and 4 30 p m Vesper with subjects If We Had No Church and A Prayer that Stopped Short Beginning March 6 Vesper services will be discontinued in favor of a 7 p m evening service at the church.
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B. Wrenn Webb
Sunday School and Evening Services at Enterprise Church
The Enterprise church outlines Sunday activities with Sunday school at 10 a.m and preaching at 11 a.m and 7 30 p m conducted by Pastor O F Robinson They invite new members and visitors promising a friendly welcome and cheerful treatment. 65 attended last time and organizers urge raising attendance to 100.
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Enterprise
Friendly Church
O. F. Robinson
Sunday Methodist services and rally notice
Sunday at the Methodist Church includes Sunday school at 10 a.m. with N. L. Manning as superintendent and services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Epworth League meets at 6 p.m. with Miss Sarah Belle Gillett as president. Friday March 4 the North Texas Conference Aldersgate Rally will be in Dallas with several bishops speaking. J. M. Connally, pastor.
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Methodist Church
J. M. Connally
Death of Mrs. Jim Burks 61 Formerly of Grayson County
Mortuary notice reports the death of Mrs. Jim Burks age 61 in Tulsa Oklahoma on Saturday night. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon with interment in Tulsa. Formerly Miss Mattie Yowell she was born near Rose Hill and lived in Denison and Grayson County before moving to Tulsa last fall. Surviving husband Preston Burks son and daughter plus several grandchildren and siblings are listed.
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Jim Burks
Grayson County
Tulsa
Okla
Mattie Yowell
John Yowell
Rose Hill
Tom Bean
Denison
Church of Christ
Preston Burks
Lela Baker
Colbert
Roy Yowell
Whitewright
Jim Yowell
Leonard
Henry Yowell
Emma Davis
G. F. Teague
Art Lidy
Princeton
Senate to Probe Prices of Principal Commodities
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a resolution by Senator Josiah W. Bailey to investigate costs prices and profits of principal commodities. The plan allocates 25000 dollars for the inquiry and the vote was unanimous under Chairman Royal S. Copeland.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Royal S. Copeland
Dem
New York
The First Pneumatic Tire Origins and Rubber Demand
The 1896 tire began in a small factory. Now over a million work in rubber production consuming about 1.225 billion pounds of rubber annually. Wagtails earned their name from jerking tails while running or perched.
Reverend W A Stuckey Dies in Dallas at 78
The Rev. W. A. Stuckey, 78, a long time Methodist Church South minister, died after a three year illness in a Dallas hospital. Born July 25, 1859 in Russellville Ark, he served many pastorates including Cooper Bonham Wichita Falls McKinney Sulphur Springs Denton Bowie Kaufman Whitewright and led Decatur district as presiding elder. He leaves a wife, a son in Louisville and a daughter in Northhampton, with three grandchildren. Funeral at First Methodist Church and burial in Grove Hill.
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Dallas
W. A. Stuckey
Lewis
Methodist Church, South
Russellville
Ark
Central College
Sulphur Springs
Cooper, Bonham
First Church
Wichita Falls
McKinney
Denton
Bowie
Kaufman
Whitewright
Decatur
Lewis N. Stuckey
Louisville
W. Scott James
Northhampton
Mass
First Methodist Church
W. C. Martin
W. D. Bradfield
R. F. Bryant
M. L. Hamilton
C. C. Seleeman
Grove Hill Cemetery
Stuckey
Costs Man 313 To Change Tire Of Stalled Motorists
Fred Wetzler stopped to help four stalled motorists on Highway 66 six miles east of Marshfield Missouri. They offered a dollar to change a tire and later robbed him of his wallet and car after he finished. His car was recovered a mile away. The assailants fled.
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Marshfield
Fred Wetzler
Cabol Log
Wetzler
J. D. Johnson
Tahlequah
Okla
Highway 66
New Farm Program Sets Cotton Subsidies Near Quarter Billion
Washington officials estimate the administration’s new farm program will deliver about 250 million dollars in subsidy payments to U.S. cotton farmers. Under caps and conditions, growers could receive 110 to 130 million from the general program plus 130 million in price adjustments for last year’s cotton. The total would likely be affected by a proposed crop reduction from 18.7 million bales to about 10.75 million.
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Washington
Wallace
Bear traps found near East Texas stills threaten moonshiners
A new hazard for inspectors emerges as bear traps are uncovered near bootleg operations along the Trinity River near Quitman in Wood County. The traps were discovered by the still squad leader M. L. Eilers and destroyed to prevent injuries.
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Austin
Liquor Board
M. L. Eilers
Texas
Trinity River
Quitman
Wood County
Steel firm spends 8.4 million on research for jobs
A single steel company allocated 8.4 million dollars in the past year to research and development. The funds supported laboratory work across 64 buildings as part of efforts to create new products and expand employment.
Sign Your News Items For Publication
Notice urges all submitters to sign names to assure publication and establish source while warning that unsigned items up to a limit will not be published. The publisher states the rule protects the newspaper and enables attribution.
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The
Sun
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Perfection Oil
Lem Tittsworth’s
Bonham
J. T. Gillespie
Wolfe City
Carl Gillespie
Jim Murph
Mrs
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Simmons Powell
Clarendon
Mrs. Weldon Binion
Lurlyne Travis
Canton
Mrs. Lackey
W. C. Bailey
W. M. Cox
J. H. Davenport
Don Farmer
Grady Stepp
Ben Savage
Floyd Snodgrass
Sherman Hospital
Percy Darwin
Commerce
Mrs. L. H. Darwin
G. L. Baugher
W. E. LaRoe
Fifteenth District Court
E. F. Everheart
Texas Liquor Control Board
Leslie Holland
Denton Teachers College
Carl Holland
W. L. Gordon
R. B. Gordon
J. W. Davidson
Mrs. Simmons Powell
Ladies of the Central Christian Church
Bethel Dramatic Club
Walter C. Johnson
State Senate
Dallas County
Mr. Johnson
J. L. Truett
Pearl Truett
L. E. Ricketts
Ella Paulk
Paulk
Dodd City
Kildare Bridge Club
Whitewright Methodist Church
J. H. James
Earl
Jeff Milam
Coll Milam
Bettie Joe
van Alstyne
J. L. Cantrell
M. W. McGuffey
W. T. McGuffey
F. R. Whitted
Blue Ridge
W. B. Head
Dorothy Hamilton
Honey Grove High School
Guy Hamilton
Tom Barbee
Morris Wright
Graham
Frank Wright
Wright
Edgar Montgomery
Sewell McKinney
Ross R. May
Cece
McCormick
Deering
Manning & Meador
IHC
A. J. Badgett
Fidelis
Baptist Circles
Jopling-Reed
Mrs. Reed
Vickery Boulevard
Orangeville News
Bulgaria
Navarro
First Presbyterian Church
Enterprise Baptist Church
Senate
Sinclair
Sinclair HC
J. A. Yeager
Etex
Sun Office
Baltimore
Cash Grocery and Market
Star Brand
Red Wing
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