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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
5
Bonham residents share visits in Durant and Sherman Oklahoma while births occur at home. C. W. Phillips Jr announces son Charles Robert born January 5 1941 and W O White reports daughter Linda Lois born December 30 1940. Local church women plan a 3 PM Monday meeting and others visit relatives as grand jury convenes in the 15th district court.
Miss Ouida Nell Harris concludes a visit in Commerce. Inez and Gladys Ray return from Memphis guests of Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Patton and Mrs. Mary Coble. Billy Pennington observed post appendicitis in Sherman hospital. Farley & Hill expand to Tom Bean. J. A. May estate sales to T. J. Lilley. J. A. Bixler family visit from Fort Bliss. Whitewright Hatchery opens with one incubator. second soon. Miracle Book Club meets Jan 10 for Bible study. Franklin Sears Harris heads to Muskogee for work. J. E. Morgan buys Neff place eight acres. plans renovations. J P Smith held on assault to murder charges in Sherman. Whitewright schools report influenza illnesses. attendance thin but better than neighboring towns.
Dr Herman Klapproth of Sherman, X ray specialist, addressed the Rotary Club Friday on the X ray and its many uses. He was introduced by program chairman Dr Geo Stephens. Rev Dan Vestal of Orangeville spoke, praising the club for aid to crippled children. Vestal, scarred by childhood burns, has undergone plastic surgery with progress. Visitors from Sherman and Merle Smiddy, defense training teacher, attended the meeting.
Mrs. Emory Christian was named president with Bryant King as first vice president and Rham Pennington as second vice president. Glen Earnheart was recording secretary and Joe Hamilton a corresponding secretary. Grady Gillett became treasurer and H T Atterberry served as critic. C P Johnson was parliamentarian with Clarence McMillin as record keeper and Roby Childress as reporter. Seventeen active members and three associates attended.
Mrs. Grady Gillett will be hostess for the next meeting on Jan. iv.
The Whitewright Music Club held its biennial election at Mrs. A. L. Jackson home. New officers are President Mrs. H. T. Atterberry Vice President Mrs. R. E. Hickman Recording Secretary Mrs. Howard Kilgree Corresponding Secretary Mrs. J. C. McMillin Treasurer Mrs. R. T. Pennington Parliamentarian Miss Viva Phillips Critic Mrs. Guy Hamilton. Refreshments followed and guest Mrs. Reynolds May attended.
The Layman family hosted a birthday dinner Sunday at the home for Charley Layman turning fifty four. Seventeen guests attended including J. B. Layman family members from Bethel Elmer Climer and wife with two Dallas children Grady Layman and daughter from Pilot Grove and Loucille Reynolds from Bells.
The first meeting of the new year for the Parent-Teacher Association will be held in the Grammar School auditorium at 3 30 p m next Tuesday. The program on economic security includes a reading on Dignity and Worth of Useful Labor, vocal solo by Mrs. Sarah Kilgree, and talks on Remunerative Skills and Government Aid. A prize will go to the room with the most mothers present. the public is invited.
The Sun lists names added to the weekly honor roll and recipients of another year’s newspaper, including Mrs. R. J. Wallace Guy Burchfield Burn Everheart T Fender May H E Hall Clarence Woosley Mrs J H Pennell W E Pennell Bryant King R A Bow Mildred Holcomb J P Jared T C L Hall. A separate line features Joe selling cellophane masks for clean faces as mothers prepare for visiting.
Leroy Anderson is pastor at Central Christian Church. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb pastor leads Sunday services at 10 a.m. with Sunday school run by R P Montgomery at 10:50 a.m. The young people's choir provides instrumental and vocal music. Evening service at 7 p.m. features A Prayer for the Universal Week of Prayer.
Central Christian Church will hold Sunday service at 11 with Pastor Leroy M. Anderson speaking on General Indifference, the Greatest Enemy of all Peoples. A special church meeting is planned for Tuesday night the 14th to discuss church welfare and future plans. Members are urged to attend both events.
Mrs Susie J Arney 71 died at her daughter’s home in Bonham route 3. Funeral 11 am Saturday at Whitewright Church of Christ with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery directed by Earnheart. Native of Kentucky born June 4 1869 widow of Jeff Arney. Survived by ten children, three sisters, 41 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Dr H V Reeves of El Campo Texas sends a note with a check enclosed to support the Sun. The letter expresses appreciation for the paper and the subscriber’s continued backing.
A reader commits to a two year subscription to The Whitewright Sun to avoid missed issues. The writer expresses fondness for Whitewright as home and notes the paper provides valuable local information.
The 1940 cotton mattress demonstration program in Texas is 85 percent complete with 163,197 mattresses made and 28,793 remaining. A national total tops one million across 19 Southern states, led by Alabama with 187,339 and Mississippi with 151,321, while Texas ranks third with 139,781.
The Department of Public Welfare announced 122,059 old age pension checks have been ordered for January with an average of 13.93 dollars and a total of 1,699,751 dollars. December had 121,123 checks at 13.77 dollars each. 802 names were removed from the rolls last month.
Pecans can be canned to prevent rancidity says Grace I Neely extension service specialist at Texas A and M College. Exhaust air from nuts and jars to seal tightly. December and January.
The guidance outlines shelled pecans canned in hot, sterilized jars without full sealing, using a 4 to 5 pound pressure canner, then immediate steam release. If no pressure cooker is available, pecans may be processed in a slow oven or hot water bath for 15 to 25 minutes, then sealed and cooled. Store in a dark dry ventilated space.
The Sun invites readers to mail in news items from rural routes for weekly publication. Submit items early in the week and sign your name for attribution not publication. The note ends with a quirky line about the nose and ears never stopping growth.
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