Christmas Holiday Guests Fill Whitewright Area
The town and surrounding area welcomed a large number of visitors during the holidays. Many residents traveled to Dallas Fort Worth and other cities for Christmas, with numerous relatives hosting or visiting. The report notes travel, family gatherings, and seasonal weather affecting New Year plans. Historic notes include a forecast of cold temperatures and a dense fog event closing 1941 with heavy fog and rain.
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Dallas
Christmas Visits and Military News Across the Area
Local families shared Christmas visits with relatives in Texas and nearby states. Morris Gillett left for U S Navy radio training in Los Angeles and enlisted as radioman second class. A Cotton Belt paint crew refreshed depot exteriors, while families awaited letters and military updates from loved ones stationed in Pearl Harbor and Manila.
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Morris Fogle Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Los Angeles
Calif
U. S. Navy
Christmas News From Home As Families Reunite
A batch of Christmas visits and wartime updates spans families in Oklahoma and nearby states. Letters from sailors aboard Pearl Harbor bound ships report safety after the December 7 attack. Navy training and ship assignments are noted for several sons while relatives in Oklahoma City, Austin, Madill, Dallas, and Van Alstyne exchange greetings and holiday recollections.
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C. A. McLean
Murphy Rion
Nancy Joe
Texas City
J. W. Cantrell
Billy
J. W. Jr
Frank Hume
Dallas
Emma Magers
Bonham
Bill Miller
Pearl Childress
Sherman
C. B. Dixon
Shirley
Memphis, Tenn
Ben Childress Jr
Bennie
Tulsa
R. Wn. Sears
Jim Sears
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G. L. Baugher
Luther Gordon
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Thelma English
Alta Nell Hansard
Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Hansard
Wolfe City
Fender May
Houston
Gomer May
Dick Barbee
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W. J. Barbee
Mrs. O. L. Sears
Farmersville
Johnnie Bean
el Paso
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J. B. Hamilton
R. S. Boyd
B. G. Gowdy and
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Holmes Connelly
C. F. Collins
Midland
Floyd Collins
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Waxahachie
Helen Maddux
George Brown
DeKalb
Lucy Craig
Bess Howard
Wyatt Norman of
Rusk
Lucian LaRoe
Olan Press of
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L. E. Alexander
J. D. Hoard
J. E. Payne
Mrs. Garver Stateville
Sam Stuteville
Jo Willa Stuteville
Grover Stuteville
Earl Hansard
Oscar Bilmner
Victoria
Granvolee Hansard
F. M. Echols
N. L. Manning
Margaret Lilley
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Tom Gerald
Indiana
Glen Earnheart
Mrs. Holmes Connelly
B. G. Gowdy
Bob Mays
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Lucian Andrews
Grace Harris
Bells
Louise Duncan
Billy Muirhead
Lawrence and
Robert Gaston
Winters
T. H. Sears
M. J. Roberts
Mel Roberts
B. W. Newman
Albert Pruitt of
Crockett
J. Lee Smith
Detroit
Will Smith
Jim Ayres
Warren McGuire
Danny Boone
Dardanelle, Ark
M. B. Hasty
Robert Doss
U. S. Department of Labor
Glenn Doss
R. H. May
Bruce Pember
Joe Hembree
Pampa
Emmet Penn
T. E. Sears
Tom Sears
Celina
Bob Jones
C. P. Johnson
Frank Miller
Earl Blanton
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C. S. Blanton
Claud Stephens
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J. D. Williams
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Earl Lyons
Phyllis Brown
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Tom Brown
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J. W. Blakey
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C. L. McCuistion
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Alton McDowell
Hollis
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S. H. Montgomery
James Hairston
Denison
Dick Montgomery
Bailey Mack of
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Morris Wilson
Vida Simmons of
J. M. Simmons
W. T. Simmons
Jim Russell
J. D. Russell
Paul Ryan
McKinney
J. L. Truett
Olive Myrick
J. C. Gillespie
W. C. Johnson
William H. Adams of
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Grace Roberts
Lucille Craig
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Charley Sanders
Stuart Delgado Jr
J. R. Riley
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W. R. Vineyard
Thomas Gillett
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Grady Gillett
George Burnham
Margaret Ann
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W. T. Horton
Jack Hannah
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Bryant Penn
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E. H. Conibear
Marie Jackson
E. O. May
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R. May
Ida Harris
Betty Hall
June Ott
Sara Belle Gillett
Earl Jenkins
Walter Jenkins
R. G. Carter of
Jenkins
Mrs. Lowell Watson
Lubbock
Frank Stauss
Tahlequah
Tom Baine
Kenta
Addie Sweatt
Merriwell Vineyard
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
Scotland
Fay Glass
Roy Martin
Corpus Christi
Charley Jarvis
Will Martin
R. E. Sandlin
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Moody
S. By Montgomery
Robert Cantrell
Elizabeth Orme
John Cantrell
Billie Wright
W. E. Wall
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J. L. Cantrell
Mark Montgomery
Jack Montgomery
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Montgomery
Etta Lee Owen
George Sullivan
Kansas
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Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Frank Eee Ar
Claire Trevor
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Jerry Colonna
Dorothy Lewis
Alan Mowbury
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Honey Grove High School
Guy Hamilton
Paul Hancock
Paris
F. M. Dyer
Paul Smith
Sue Stephens
George Riley
Whitesboro
Robert Smith
W. T. Hamilton
Mary Jared
H. M. Hamilton
Bonnie Belle
Greenville
Roy Hamilton
Miss Dorothy
Brownsville
Guy Hamilton Jr
Clyde Vestal
C. A. Wilson
J. T. Vestal
Euell Bradley
Jamell
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Margaret Helen Costley
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Harvey Smith
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Frank Whitworth
Joe Jarvis
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James Bryant
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J. B. Hall
Mae Hall
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T. J. Snow
T. J. Snow Jr
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Nyle Yowell
Tom Bean
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M. B. Morgan
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J. A. Bixler
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Mary K. Brice
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Clyde Russell
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Otto Russell
Elbert Hansard
Aubry Hansard
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Jack London
Bailey
Grady Hansard
Lou Nell
J. D. Fleming
W. L. Roark
Ranger
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Savoy
J. W. Hollingsworth
Frank Hollingsworth
U. S. Marine Corps
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Nancy
Jim
Alex Parrish
Oscar Parrish
Canada
Davis Parrish
Ross R. May
Columbus Fogle
Eddie Fogle
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America
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E. P. Wootten
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D. W. May
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Cecil Grimes
Mark Montgome
Billy Earl Montgomery
U. S. S. Hopkins
Lee Wilborn
Lucian
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R. R. Kaiser
Ralph Kaiser
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T. H. Ralph
Navy
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Cedar Vale
Tom Montgomery
Huntsville
Max Montgomery
Jenny Montgomery
Gertrude Montgomery
Ada
Julian Boone
Ben Montgomery
John Yeager
Jack Lewis Yeager
U. S
Phelps
Jack
Coy Harris
Billy Coy Harris
Naval Training Station
Lizzie Roper
Lewis Othel Stapleton
Neil Brittan
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