Local Social News and Notes from Whitewright
Mrs D A Ray returns from visit with daughter Mrs C T Ferguson in Leonard. Families from Texarkana and Midland visit Whitewright. Dr E O May of Madill Oklahoma visits his mother Mrs R May. A daughter born January 1 to Mr and Mrs Leon Kent of Savoy. P T A meets at Grammar School with Mrs O L Jones in charge. Barn on D B Tate farm destroyed by fire. Lt Bill Bryant of Denton announces birth of son and family visit. Ensign Lawrence Gaston and Robert Gaston with Mrs A C Ernst visit grandmother Mrs T H Sears during holidays.
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Leon Kent
Savoy
Kent
Jones Field
Bonham
Ed Kent
P.T. A
O. L. Jones
D. B. Tate
Whitewright
O. J. Mears
Bill Bryant
Denton
Bryant
G. F. Bryant
Air Corps
Africa
Ensign Lawrence Gaston
Robert Gaston
A. C. Ernst
Little Son of Winters
T. H. Sears
Ensign Gaston
Notre Dame University
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
Norfolk
Fires and moves dominate Whitewright community notes
Mrs. Cappie Beard returns from a visit near Leonard. Jack Hansard, 17, burned when gasoline soaked trousers ignited from a cigarette lighter at Hansard service station. Several families moved residences this week, and Jim Ayres home northwest of Whitewright burned Monday night, destroying most belongings. The Fleming Kimbell trust fund plan for Oak Hill Cemetery seeks dues and pledges for endowment to begin in 1943.
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Jack Hansard
Earl Hansard
Hansard
Jack
Jim Ayres
Whitewright
Mrs. Ayres
Charlie Ayres
Fleming-Kimbell Trust Fund
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cemetery Association
Presbyterian Missionary Society Meeting Set
The Presbyterian Missionary Society will meet Monday January 11 at the home of Mrs. Robert Sears with Mrs. J W Henry as co host. Mrs T E Barbee will lead the program on China and National Missions.
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The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Robert Sears
J. W. Henry
T. E. Barbee
China
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meeting
The H D Club will meet at Mrs. W L Hatfield’s home on Thursday January 14 at 2 p m. Miss Eunice King will demonstrate reseating a stool or chair. Bring your stool or chair and materials of corn shucks or cattails. Visitors invited.
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
W. L. Hatfield
Birthday Party for Edward Alton McDowell Turns Seven
Mrs. Alton McDowell hosted a children's party Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 to celebrate her son Edward Alton McDowell turning seven. Forty eight guests attended with games refreshments and a gift shower.
Funeral for 7-Year-Old Beulah Woodruff Held in Trenton
Beulah Frances Woodruff died at Sherman hospital after a four day illness. Funeral services were conducted at the Assembly of God Church in Trenton with pastors Charles E. Wilson and Wilson Estes presiding. Burial followed in Burns Cemetery. She was born December 30 1935 near Trenton and is survived by her parents a brother Lloyd Ray and grandparents I Nallison south of Whitewright and R W Woodruff of Klondike community.
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Beulah Frances Woodruff
Sherman Hospital
Assembly of God Church
Trenton
Charles E. Wilson
Sadise Assembly of God Church
Wilson Estes
Burns Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
A. R. Woodruff
Lloyd Ray Woodruff
I. N. Allison
Whitewright
R. W. Woodruff
Klondike
William R. Davis 89 Dies in Denison Texas
William Robert Davis aged 89 died Wednesday afternoon at his Denison home. Funeral services were held Thursday at Whitewright with Rev. Hugh Porter officiating. A Grayson County pioneer, he came from Walden County Georgia at age five and was survived by four sons five daughters 40 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren. His wife died in January 1942.
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William Robert Davis
Denison
Whitewright
Hugh Porter
Mr. Davis
Grayson County
Walden County
Canaan
Hiram Davis
W. T. Davis
Lamar County
C. C. Davis
Temple, Ariz
W. P. Davis
H. E. Allen
Sherman
J. E. Everheart
J. S. Forkner
Memphis, Tenn
M. C. Gentry
Fayetteville
Ark
Preacher Schedule for Sherman First Methodist Church
Rev W Harrison Baker will preach Sunday at 11 am in Sherman District. Evening service at 5 pm with pastor Rev W W Adcock. Winter schedule keeps 5 pm Sunday services. Sunday School at 10 am. Youth Fellowship at 6 pm. Woman's Society of Christian Service meets Monday 3 pm. Choir practice Wednesday 7 pm. Bible study Wednesday 7 pm in designated homes.
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W. Harrison Baker
Sherman
W. W. Adcock
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Grand Jury Impaneled for January Term at Sherman
Judge R C Slagle Jr opened the January term of the fifteenth district court at Sherman and impaneled a grand jury which was recessed soon after. Grand jury commissioners were E B Chamberlain Sherman Burt Middleton Denison and Yeurg George Howe. Foreman Ralph Geisenhower Denison led a panel including E B Chapman C S Roberts Jr Dan Poole Sr Sherman Scotty Graham Collinsville G G Strickland Van Alstyne Guy Hamilton Whitewright Charles Keener Tom Bean Charles Calhoun Dorchester Emmett Spears Tioga George Brown Pottsboro and Weldon Brown Gunter.
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R. C. Slagle Jr
Fifteenth District Court
Sherman
E. B. Chamberlain
Burt Middleton
Denison
Yeurg George
Howe
Ralph Geisenhower
E. B. Chapman
C. S. Roberts Jr
Dan Poole Sr
Scotty Graham
Collinsville
G. G. Strickland
van Alstyne
Guy Hamilton
Whitewright
Charles Keener
Tom Bean
Charles Calhoun
Dorchester
Emmett Spears
Tioga
George Brown
Pottsboro
Weldon Brown
Gunter
Farm Meeting For Bethel Set Twice A Week
R. B. Cruse, local vocational agriculture teacher, met with Bethel farmers Tuesday night and arranged weekly meetings for indefinite duration each Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p m. Topics include hog feeding and worm control, feeding and culling hens, new U S Government cotton varieties, hybrid corn, garden vegetables, and hot beds. Open to all interested farmers and farm women.
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R. B. Cruse
Bethel
U. S
Walter Tom Holmes To Get DFC Award For Saving Plane
First Lt. Walter Holmes Jr. of Denton Texas will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for steering a four engine Liberator through enemy territory after a cannon shell wounded him and damaged the aircraft. Holmes helped return his crew to safety and kept the ship in formation despite injuries and a knocked out engine. He had previously been awarded the Purple Heart and is married with family links to Denton and Shreveport Louisiana.
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London
Walter Holmes Jr
Denton
Texas
United States Army
Holmes
The Distinguished Flying Cross Award Description
The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to any person in the Army Air Corps and related reserves for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight after April 6, 1917. The cross features a bronze badge with a four blade propeller, red white and blue ribbon, and engraving of the recipient’s grade name and organization.
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Army Air Corps
United States
National Guard
Organized Reserves
Housewives Get New Job Pointkeeper
An Office of Price Administration spokesman advised anxious housewives to keep January purchase records to gauge family needs under rationing. Duplicate slips would reveal overbought staples and help determine what to cut to ensure a balanced diet.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Washington
Roosevelt to Launch 1943 Food Production Campaign
President Roosevelt will broadcast next Tuesday to announce Farm Mobilization Day and kick off the 1943 food production campaign. The Agriculture Department says the program will stress food as a war weapon and the UN's reliance on American farmers. Leaders from the United Nations will speak from England and Washington, with an American farmer and a farm woman speaking from Chicago.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
United Nations
England
Chicago
War era men clothing shifts with WPB dictates
Civilian men will dress in 1940s spring and summer styles despite War Production Board changes. Suits stay functional for work and leisure, no wool shortage seen. Pajamas drop collars and cuffs, shirts reduced pockets, flat-pack packaging saves space, and nylon and wool blends appear in ties.
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Dallas
War Production Board
Southwestern Men’s Apparel Club
Hotel Adolphus and
England
WPB
War Production Board limits 1943 newsprint to 1941 tonnage
The War Production Board on Thursday ordered every newspaper to cut 1943 print paper use to the tonnage used in 1941 for net paid circulation, a move expected to sharply reduce nationwide newsprint consumption.
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Washington
War Production Board
Newspaper Paper Rationing Exempts Small Weeklies and Dailies
The wartime order grants an exemption to publishers using 25 tons or less of print paper per quarter after January 1 1943. The policy targets large operations with an estimated 10 percent impact, while small weeklies and dailies are spared.
Four Children Die in Texas Blazes
Four Texas children died and two others were seriously burned in separate fires across the state. Daniel Sellers Jr. and his 11 month old brother Larry Lee perished in an Amarillo trailer home fire after their mother left them asleep. James Edward Harper, 10, died from a gas explosion near Brownwood that also injured his parents. Ruth Marie Burts, 8, died in a dairy farm home fire near Houston. Phillip Sporn, 18 months, was badly burned in Houston when a kiddie car pulled a gas hose causing ignition. James Clardy, 3, of Marshall remained critically burned after clothing caught on fire from a yard trash blaze.
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Texas
Daniel Webster Sellers Jr
Larry Lee
Amarillo
James Edward Harper
Joe D. Harper
Brownwood
Ruth Marie Burts
Milton Burts
Houston
Phillip Sporn
James Clardy
Marshall
Ration books and tires tied to tire inspection rule
The Office of Price Administration announced that no gasoline ration books or tires will be issued to motorists who do not have tires inspected by January 31. All car owners must complete their first tire inspection by the end of the month, regardless of rationing book type.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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Texarkana
E. 0. May
Madill, Okla
R. May
Frank Miller
Bill
Midland
C. P. Johnson
Lem Tittsworth
the Sun
Lee Carver
Gilbert Hensley
Farmersville
William Ray
Oran Sears
Frank Stauss
Bill Pete
Tallequah
Okla
Lucian LaRoe
D. R. Lewis
Lee Wilborn
Austin
F. G. Hoover
R. T. Pennington
Dick Montgomery
Mike Winburn
Mr. Winburn
Charles Stateville
Ed Pennell
Miss Monta Badgett
Wade Robbins
Orangeville
Presbyterian Society
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DFC
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Miggins
North Texas State Teachers College
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R. P. Childress
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