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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
5
Local residents and visitors populate the town as pneumonia confinements and illnesses are reported. Couples from Houston Fort Worth Dallas and Austin arrive or return, while alums and students travel for school and family. A missing Elgin wristwatch case highlights honesty in Whitewright.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Smith of Whitewright announce the marriage of their sister Mrs Davie Mae Hollingsworth to Mr Joe Ray Smith on Saturday January 1 at Ector. The Smiths reside at 223 North Walnut Sherman.
Rotary program chair Hoover introduced Davis Parrish of the Navy V-12 Unit at Rice Institute Houston who outlined daily schooling and training with weekends off. Lt. Hamilton Vestal of Corpus Christi, visitor with his parents, shared experiences with troops on Jap infested Pacific islands where he was wounded twice and earned a field commission after killing six enemies.
Sunday school at 10 a m and Youth Fellowship at 7 p m announced for the Methodist Church with services and activities planned for members and youth groups.
Church listings show Bible study at 10 a.m. with preaching and communion at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7:30. First Presbyterian led by Rev. Wm. A. Casseday with a New Year message at 11 a.m. Morning Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with evening Training Union at 6 45 and worship at 7 45 under Pastor E P Wootten. Wednesday prayer at 7 45.
Funeral services for Mrs. L. R. West were held at 2 30 Sunday at the First Methodist Church after her death Friday morning in Oklahoma City. Rev. Wootten and Rev. Casseday led the rites with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include her husband two daughters a sister and two brothers. She was born June 23 1899 in Fannin County and lived in Oklahoma City for twelve years.
J. D. Judd long time Pilot Grove resident dies at home after heart attack. Born 1868 in Bowling Green Kentucky he lived in Texas since 1896 and 1900 settled at Pilot Grove. Survived by wife and a daughter with services conducted by Rev. Roy Stanley. Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed.
Mrs. Rosa Parish of Pilot Grove is survived by six sons including W. W. Judd and G. W. Judd of Galveston, D. C. Judd of Lubbock, I. O. Judd of Sherman, and Capt. Howard S. Judd of the Army in Los Angeles. She also leaves three brothers I. P. Judd of Cookeville, E. D. Judd of Washington, and L. M. Judd of Birmingham, a step mother Celia Ann Judd of Cookeville, five half-brothers and sisters, and 18 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Sunday for Willie Earl Baxter 52 who died Saturday after a two week illness of a heart ailment at his route four home The service occurred at First Baptist Church in Tom Bean with Rev Asa Coleman presiding Interment followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery Survivors include his wife Dexter Perdum son Warner Ray Baxter his mother Mrs Laura Baxter five sisters and a brother The Baxters were longtime residents of the Tom Bean area
The Sun reports a surge in honor roll subscriptions as many renewals appear on the margin. Names added since New Year include Anna Belle Turner Paul Caylor Miss Sallye Hamilton Ben Ball Miss Eva Williams and others.
Finis Alverson, in his first term as public weigher of Precinct 3, has announced his bid for a second term. The notice urges Precinct Three voters to support his reelection.
Fort Worth journalist Boyce House, famed for I Give You Texas, is likely to run for lieutenant governor of Texas. His 1942 bid showed strong county reach, despite eight opponents, and his active state-wide work for economy and education underscores a formidable candidacy.
Austin observers report traffic accidents will soon reach pre war levels, as the Texas Safety Association cautions.
C. J. Rutland, chairman of the association's traffic committee, cites Department of Public Safety figures showing 1,038 traffic deaths in the state for the first 11 months of 1943, down 160 from the same period in 1942.
President Roosevelt, recovering from the grippe, was well enough to begin work on his annual message to Congress on Tuesday. He remained in his bedroom with no appointments as he drafts the speech.
Pravda aims at Wendell Willkie for his New York Times article on Russia and the Baltic states. Dmitry Zaslavsky accuses the 1940 Republican nominee of muddying waters to gain support from nonbelievers of the Soviet Union and sympathy from foes. Baltic question is deemed Soviet business and off limits to Willkie.
Marine Captain Richard Y. Stafford of Windsor Missouri killed at Guadalcanal on October 11 1942 will be honored by the launching of a destroyer escort vessel bearing his name on January 11 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox has designated Miss Floral E Stafford Sherman as sponsor she is Stafford’s niece and daughter of Lt Comdr Frederick E Stafford a North Carolina flight surgeon Stafford held the Purple Heart a presidential citation and the Silver Star.
A Budapest dispatch in the Stockholm Tidingen reports rumors that the Allies plan an invasion of Yugoslavia. The plan allegedly involves landings and bridgeheads on small Adriatic Dalmatian coast islands.
A rat can consume 100 or more pounds of grain and feed a year, underscoring losses for farmers and storage facilities during periods of high rodent activity.
J. C. Calvin Buchanan, current first deputy county clerk, announces candidacy for county clerk in Grayson County subject to Democratic primaries. He ran previously three years ago and reached the runoff but did not enter the second primary. A formal announcement will follow.
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