Community notes from Whitewright and surrounding towns
Whitewright area residents and visitors are listed with stays and visits to families in Denison Dallas Gainesville Corpus Christi and Des Moines Iowa. Local events include a Games Tournament at 8 p m Tuesday March 2, garden courses at high school and Kentuckytown, and a large J E Morgans livestock auction drawing 112 head. Bonds and stamps sales total 61050 75 across four Victory programs.
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Kentuckytown
Whitewright
Whitewright News notices and local events
Gomer Graves of Sherman visited Whitewright Monday. Mrs. Jack Hannah of Sherman sustained burns lighting a gas stove oven. Funeral held in Bells for Jack Hubert Johnson with Navy burial rites and a Pearl Harbor heroism citation. Whitewright sent thirty men to Dallas for induction with three possible rejections. names not released pending official reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hannah
Sherman
Emmet Penn
Wade Robbins
Charley Cates
Clarence McMillin
Mark Montgomery
Whitewright
Bells
Jack Hubert Johnson
M. H. Johnson
Navy
San Francisco Bay
Hensley Field Naval Air Station
Naval Burial Service
Young Johnson
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Dallas
Selective Service Board No. 2
Selective Services
Johnny Lambert Birthday Dinner Honors Navy Enlistee
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lambert hosted a dinner in Ector for their son Johnny on his twentieth birthday. Attendees included family friends and relatives such as the Lamberts, Howells, Lamberts, Lockes, Dendy and Deaton families, and Hazel and Imogene Lambert. Johnny has enlisted in the Navy and is on leave until February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Lambert
Ector
Johnny
Johnny Lambert
Harlie Howell
Freeman Lambert
Alvie Locke
Edith Dendy
Hazel
Imogene Lambert
Mary Ann Deaton
Navy
Friday Literary Club Meeting Highlights Canada Theme
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. C. J. Meador's home with fifteen members present. Programs included Canada’s national air The Maple Leaf Forever, a comparison of Canadian and U S government, and a look at Canadian places of interest and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Meador
Canada
National Air of Canada
R. P. Childress
United States
H. T. Atterberry
J. B. Hamilton
J. H. Waggoner
Rotary Club Luncheon Discusses Postwar Peace
The Rotary Club program on international affairs and postwar peace was led by W E LaRoe. Rev W W Adcock C B Bryant Jr and F M Echols participated as the discussion evolved into a roundtable on issues facing the peace conference.
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Rotary Club
W E. LaRoe
W. W. Adcock
C. B. Bryant Jr
F. M. Echols
Birthday Dinner for Mrs Graves Honors Husband in Ely
Mrs. T. S. Graves of Ely hosted a Sunday birthday dinner honoring her husband. The gathering marked a special occasion with family and neighbors in attendance.
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T. S. Graves
Ely
Birthday greetings for Mr. Graves mark 76th
Dinner guests from Bonham Sherman Whitewright and Ely attended the celebration for Mr. Graves. Callers included Grover Smith Willis Russell and families as well as many relatives and friends who wished him a happy birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Waits
Allen Cordelia Blair
Will Biggerstaff
Ruth
Bonham
Buster Graves
Joe
Sherman
Ethie Melugin
Jimmie Nossaman
Whitewright
Betty Blanton
Orangeville
S. D. Massey
C. A. Massey
Johnnye Nell Massey
J. C. O'Neal
C. E. O’neal
Peggy
Patsy
Renee Beazley
Tommie Sue
Ely
Mr. Graves
Grover Smith
Glenda Jean
Willis Russell
Pat and
William Donald
Death Notices Earl Taylor 54 Whitewright Area
Earl Taylor 54 died suddenly Monday morning of a heart attack at his brother in law F B Rascoe south of Whitewright. Funeral at 2 30 pm Tuesday Nevada Baptist Church Rev E P Wootten officiating. Burial Nevada Cemetery Glen Earn heart funeral home. Born August 26 1888 in Mississippi survived by wife three brothers five sisters.
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Earl Taylor
F. B. Rascoe
Whitewright
Nevada Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
First Baptist Church of
Nevada Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Mr. Taylor
Mississippi
Royse City
Taylor
Sam Taylor
Randolph
Jack Taylor
Dallas
Herman Taylor
McFerrin
Jeff Walker
Nevada
J. H. Horton
Winnsboro
Gene Tiery
Spencer Taylor Dies at 66 in Dallas Hospital
Funeral services were held for Spencer Taylor 66 of Van Alstyne at First Methodist Church with Rev. C B Fielder of Greenville and local pastor Rev Henry Vail assisted by Rev Frank Johnston. Burial followed in Van Alstyne Cemetery. He was VP and cashier of First National Bank, president of Taylor Grain Co and director of Van Alstyne Cotton Oil Co. Survived by wife Maude Umphress, daughter Mrs Robert Fielder, son James Nelson Taylor, two grandchildren, three sisters and an Army Air Corps cadet at Kessler Field.
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van Alstyne
Spencer Taylor
Dallas
First Methodist Church
C. B. Fielder
Greenville
Henry Vail
Frank Johnston
First Baptist Church
van Alstyne Cemetery
First National Bank
Taylor Grain Co
van Alstyne Cotton Oil Co
Maude Umphress
Robert Fielder
James Nelson Taylor
Army Air Corps
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Miss
J. H. Geer
Nettie White
Powell D. Harris
Denison man Walter Tignor dies after month illness
Walter Tignor 58 a former Whitewright resident died at his Denison home 919 West Nelson after a month long illness. Funeral services were held in Denison with burial in Fairview Cemetery. He was born April 22 1884 in Denison and spent most of his life there employed by the Katy Railroad. He married Sarah E Harper in Gainesville on November 19 1926 and is survived by his wife a stepson Leon Harper and two brothers Claude and ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Tignor
Whitewright
West Nelson
Denison
Carter McKenny
Deport
Fairview
Mr. Tignor
W. C. Tignor
San Antonio
Katy Railroad
Sarah E. Harper
Gainesville
Leon Harper
Claude
Family names appear in Denison and Wichita Falls notices
M. and Chester Tignor of Denison and a sister Mrs. W P Wirst of Wichita Falls are identified in the readable portion of the notice.
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Chester Tignor
Denison
W. P. Wirst
Wichita Falls
Church Announces Sunday Services and School
Rev. E. P. Wootten is pastor with Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent W. T. Simmons. Morning worship begins at 11 o'clock and the evening service at 8 p.m.
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E. P. Wootten
Presbyterian Aid Society Meets Monday in Church Parlor
The Presbyterian Aid Society will hold a meeting at 2 30 p m Monday in the church parlor. All members are urged to attend.
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John H. Madanne
Bern
Switzerland
Presbyterian Church
Fidelis
First Baptist Church
Luther Gordon
Presbyterian Society
Presbyterian Aid Society
Church Services and Sermon Schedule Listed
Rev W W Adcock pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a m worship at 11 a m and young people's sing song at 6 p m with evening worship at 7 45 o'clock Rev Fred Adams pastor of Leonard Methodist will preach at the Sunday night service.
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W. W. Adcock
Fred Adams
Leonard Methodist
Central Christian Church Announces Sunday Sermons and Services
Chester E. Gleason uses The Intelligence Office and The Broadness of the Holy Way as sermon subjects for Sunday February adjacent. Services at 11 and 7:30 with Sunday School at 10 led by Miss Mae Hall and guided by W. E. LaRoe and Miss Gladys Ray.
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Chester E. Gleason
Intelligence Office
Holy Way
Mae Hall
W. E. LaRoe
Gladys Ray
Grocer Held in Fatal Shooting Over Rationing
ELWOOD Ind Harrison Holmes 50 a grocer was held in the killing of Morris Solomon 48 of Sharon Pa who was shot to death during an argument over rationing Authorities quoted Holmes saying Solomon complained about rationing then returned to the meat counter and argued about fat content Holmes ordered him from the store but he resisted and after warning he would shoot Solomon was shot in the head during the confrontation
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Elwood
Ind
Harrison Holmes
Morris Solomon
Sharon
Holmes
Solomon
Feet Need Right Shoe Size Club Formed in Dallas
A Dallas group called the Mismated Shoe Club was formed to help people with one foot larger than the other. The informal club aims to relieve the pinch under wartime rationing by enabling members to secure footwear that fits both feet.
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Dallas
Dallas County War and Rationing Board
Mismatch Shoe Club coordinates cross-town footwear swaps
Granville W. Moore's office notes requests from Memphis St Louis and a Massachusetts city about solving mismatched shoe needs for a resident wearing sizes five and seven. A member, Mrs Alleane Wilkes, was named corresponding secretary and circulates a round robin to connect inquirers for interchanges of footwear.
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Memphis
St. Louis
Massachusetts
Granville W. Moore
Alleane Wilkes
Mismatch Shoe Club
Too Cold to Snow Myth Tested by Weather Lore
The article explains that snowflakes form near 32 F, with heavier fall as moisture increases. at subzero temps snow is rare and air carries ice needles instead. It notes snow in extreme cold places like Little America and Verkhoiansk in Siberia, citing National Geographic Bulletin.
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America
Alaska
Siberia
Verkhoyansk
Siberian
National Geographic Bulletin
Hospital Ward Banter After Operation
A patient awakens from surgery with relief and a grim joke about a sponge left inside him. A neighboring patient jokes about another reoperation to retrieve a missing instrument. The operating surgeon then asks if anyone has seen his hat, ending the anecdote with light humor about hospital misadventures.
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Jim
Interrupting Campaigner Seeks Name From Shouting Fan
A campaign speech was repeatedly interrupted by a man in the crowd shouting liar. The speaker paused and asked the interrupter to state his name so the audience could meet him, promising the crowd would be pleased to know the speaker’s accuser.
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C. J. Pace
Bonnie Nicholson
Rusk
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Guy Green
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Barbara Jean
J. E. Smith
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