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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
5
Local notes list numerous Dallas visitors to Whitewright including Maurice McMillin and families. Shifts show church events at Landmark Baptist and a Baptist G A meeting with Brenda Geers presiding. Social visits span Sherman Dallas and surrounding towns with multiple households hosting and guest lists.
Eddie Wilson son of Capt. and Mrs. J Frank Wilson was honored with a birthday party on Saturday January 5. Fifteen children attended the event with theater fun and refreshments at the honoree’s home.
Rotary Club meeting last Friday featured a musical movie at the Linda theatre. W. K. Alexander was welcomed as a new member by Dick Walker, with Jackie Andrew announced as high school student Rotarian for January.
The Friday Literary Club met Friday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. J. C. McMillin's home with co hostesses. Mrs. R. R. Summers presided as president. Officers for a two year term were elected: President Mrs. J. C. McMillin first vice president Mrs. Glen Earnheart second vice president Mrs. H. H. Sears recording secretary Mrs. Emory Christian treasurer Mrs. R. R. Summers critic Mrs. George Hight parliamentarian Mrs. James Bryant reporter Mrs. Alton Mc Dowell. Social hour featured date pudding coffee and nuts for 14 members.
Miss Mary Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Sears Anderson Whitewright and James Hunter Harwell son of Mrs Verna Harwell Denton and E A Harwell of Chicago married in Ardmore Oklahoma on December 24. Honeymoon in Chicago followed. Mrs Harwell a Whitesboro graduate and NTSC junior Oil Queen of Whitesboro 1954. Harwell a Denton High School graduate and NTSC Theta Chi member three and a half years before Army service stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky.
Lt. (Jg) Thomas Sturdivant and Miss Deborah Ann Ireland married in Oklahoma City on December 27. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Sturdivant of Enid Oklahoma. the pastor is a Whitewright native. James Sturdivant served as best man. The couple will live in Long Beach California during his Navy tour.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met Monday at Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide Jr.’s home with co host Mrs. F M Echols. President Mrs. Dollarhide welcomed new member Mrs. L H Durham. The program on "For All Children" was led by Mrs. Ott Lackey with several members participating. Refreshments served to 20 members and three guests.
Senator Moffett of Chillicothe will introduce a mixed feed control act in Texas for Thursday. The bill would cover mineral supplements vitamin feeds and antibiotics not in the 1905 statute and keep the 10 cent per ton tax. It aims to improve enforcement tighten guards against adulteration and improper labeling and aligns with a uniform feed control bill endorsed by industry and consumer groups.
A handwritten note from J. L. Huckaby Jr on January 8 1957 thanks the town for holiday blessings and gifts to pupils. It notes a completed merry go round on campus and appreciation for the American Legion PTA and school board. The writer expresses a desire to serve the town.
Governor Allan Shivers declared January 13 to 19 as Printing Week praising printing as a vital civilization asset and noting it has built modern intellectual and social structures.
Phillipburg N J horse thefts seem a relic as the Mansfield Vigilante Society disbands after 90 years for lack of business. The group formed to guard against horse thieves voted Saturday to disband, signaling a shift in local crime patterns.
The National Statistics Institute estimates France now has 43,787,000 residents, up 346,000 from last year. The quip about "fifty million Frenchmen" appears in jest as the survey confirms the revised total.
Secretary Fred Sea ton recalls a heavy drinker who joined a health sanitarium cure. The man says he endured weeks living on nothing but food and water after friends persuaded him to seek treatment during New Year festivities in Washington.
A 32 year old Idaho senator, the Senate's youngest member, walked into the chamber after bypassing a doorkeeper. He explained he wears brown suits to avoid being mistaken for a page. The piece ends with a military quip about war.
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