Local Social News Notes From Whitewright area
Mr and Mrs F M Echols return from a Dallas Denton visit. Several residents attend funerals and host bridge clubs. Births engagements hospital updates and visits across Sherman Dallas Porterville Arlington State College cadet Benton Burnham noted. Many local families welcome guests in Whitewright neighborhoods through weekend travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Echols
Dallas
Denton
Janet McClure
Bennie Harvey
Halbert McClure
Porterville
Calif
Harvey
Albert L. Harvey
Whitewright
Porterville High School
Porterville State Hospital
Aubrey Lee Burnham
G. A. Burnham
Grapevine
Arlington State College
Burnham
Whitewright High School
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
A compact verse set by Margie B Boswell reflecting on mindset and self discipline. The piece contrasts different feeds of thought and urges an upward path without surrender to folly. It echoes Disraeli on fools and angels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie B. Boswell
Rotary Club honors Denton agent and Pacific Northwest tour
Rotary Club of Grayson County featured a color travel film by Denton County agricultural agent Al Petty about a Murray Cox led 15 day Pacific Northwest tour. Petty, presented by Russell Summers, attended with his daughter Judy as part of the 171 Texans on the annual trip. The club and Grayson Rotarians plan a joint 50th anniversary meeting in Sherman tonight replacing the regular Friday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Petty
Denton County
Pacific Northwest
Murray Cox
WFAA
Petty
Russell Summers
Rotary Club
Judy
Grayson County
Sherman
Rotary
VFW Post Reports Gainesville District Meeting
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post held a regular meeting Tuesday night with coffee and doughnuts. Commander A B Jones reported on the Gainesville district meeting attended with John Jenkins. A $100 check was presented to the quartermaster for the post attaining its membership goal, the first in the district. The post invites all foreign service veterans in the Whitewright area to attend the fourth Tuesday meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
A. B. Jones
Gainesville
John Jenkins
Jones
Foreign Service
Whitewright
4-H Club Meeting At Pilot Grove With Lincoln and Washington Content
Miss Alice Guthrie and Mr Stanley Oakley led the February 17 gathering of Pilot Grove 4-H club members. Girls named a dairy product, boys a wildflower or tree, then a program on Lincoln Washington and St. Valentine’s Day followed before adjournment for a March 17 return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Guthrie
Stanley Oakley
Pilot Grove School
James Williams
Farmers & Merchants Club Holds Regular Meeting
The Farmers & Merchants Club met in the school agriculture building to hear Mr. Chastain of Sherman Social Security and Fred Cook of the county ASC discuss Social Security coverage and ASC programs. The club voted to buy a $39.85 La Motte soil testing kit for use at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers & Merchants Club
Chastain
Sherman Social Security Office
Fred Cook
County
ASC
Cook
la Motte
Kentuckytown Community Club Formed in Local Meeting
Women of the Kentuckytown community organized the Kentuckytown Community Club at Mrs. Wesley Brown’s home. The group will meet Thursdays at 2 p.m. at the schoolhouse. Officers: Pearl Hickson president, Carl Holland vice president, Frances Bass secretary and treasurer, P. H. Connelly reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown
Wesley Brown
Pearl Hickson
Carl Holland
Frances Bass
P. H. Connelly
Veterans VA benefits Q and A on training, insurance, and income
Answers cover whether VA pays for correspondence courses with on the job training, reinstatement and conversion of National Service Life Insurance, treatment of stock inheritance as income, and deducting GI insurance premiums from disability compensation. Includes quotes and aphorisms.
Whitewright Texas to Hold City Election on April 5 1955
City of Whitewright Texas orders an election for two City Commissioners to be held April 5 1955 at the City Hall Election Room. R C Vestal named judge with two clerks appointed. City Marshall to post the notice thirty days before the vote. Signed February 22 1955 by Mayor R R Summers with city secretary Harold Doss as witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Summers
Whitewright
Texas
City of
R. C. Vestal
O. L. Jones
T. G. Doss
Harold Doss
Backward Look by Edgar A. Guest
A nostalgic verse recalling a fatherly bond as a child grows into adulthood. The speaker notes a son’s tall frame and independent life including driving a car, contrasting past floor games with present independence. Through tender reminiscence the poem honors parental affection and a manly transformation.
Emerson quote on friendship over material comforts
A Ralph Waldo Emerson reflection notes that after five years clothing, housing, or possessions fade, while the company one keeps matters most. The emphasis remains on enduring personal connections over status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Emerson
Dressing for Salads
Recipe notes describe light mayonnaise dressings for fruit and vegetable salads. Beat one egg white, fold into one cup mayonnaise, add almonds for a special touch. For lime dressing mix five tablespoons oil with six tablespoons lime juice, add salt paprika mustard and optional onion juice. Read all the ads.
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F. C. Williams
Elbert Bennett
Aretta Jane Price
Owens Chapel
Ron Faison
Jack Farley
Harold Thornhill
Irving
Normal. Richardson
Hiram Perdue
Mac Kaiser
L. O. Kaiser
Mrs
John Kaiser
Ben Simpson
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
L. O. Ballard
Galens Park
Knox Sprowl
Howe
Leon Ball
Lester Martin
San Antonio
C. E. Glass
Corpus Christi
W. J. Martin
Jack Lackey
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Ross May
Roy Taylor
Lloyd Taylor
Paul Taylor
C. H. Taylor
Pernie Badgett
Lena Mae Gowdy
Ted Spinks
Cary Bill
Jim Allen
Amarillo
R. E. Simpson
Frank Rapp Jr
Belleville, Ill
Newton Manning
J. L. McSpedden
Jim
Cora Morrow
John Henry
F. S. Call
Leonard
L. A. Watkins
Oscar Harris
Randolph
Mrs. True Henson
J. E. Henson
Riley Tabor
Mrs. Tabor
Homer Sargant
Clarksville
Scott Mallard
Norman, Okla
H. F. Stingerland
Cheyenne, Wyo
Paul Cook
J. H. Akridge
Desert
Clyde Vestal
John Vestal
C. A. Wilson
E. Pat Emmett
Raney Bunch
Houston
T. W. Cato
Sonny Cato
J. B
Rhonda Kay
Farmersville
Mark Hardin
Tom Bean
Leo Simpson
van Alstyne
Strandlee
Tommy Sawyers
Tina Price
Ada Jinkins
Clarence Tillett Jr
J. O. Wallace
Ely
Harley James
R. I. Wallace
Raymond Wallace
Jenkie Ewing
Seagoville
Disraeli
Sunkist
Pillsbury
Ballard
del Monte
Griffin
Kuner
Northern
Can
Campbells
Griffin’s Grapefruit Sections
Grayson Oleo, Ib
Cello Tall Korn Bacon
Borden’s
VFW
Friday
Annabelle Neathery
Utah
Wyoming
Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes
C. J. Meador
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone National Park
Jackson Hole
Ira Creswell
J. C. McMillin
McKinney
Creswell
Kentuckytown Club
Tillett’s
Wasson’s
Ian Griffin
Salerno
Alc
Scott Tissue
Rinso Blue
Marydale
Tillett Grocery & Market
Eloquence
Horace
State of Texas
Grayson
Edgar A
Whitewright Cleaners
NEW Oxfords
Boys’ Oxfords & Loafers
Cole & Davis Co
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