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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
5
The Whitewright Sun front reflects residents illness and recovery, moves to Sherman, births and sporting events, a Legion meeting, school updates, diphtheria immunization push, and Gulf Coast era retellings with names like Mrs. Gillett Lem Tittsworth and J. Reeves.
The Hickman Sunday school held its first social of the year at the teacher Mrs. Vera Hickman home. Officers elected for the year include President Mrs. John Reeves and Vice President Mrs. J. H. Madonne.
The P T A met at the Grammar School Tuesday afternoon at 4 with 25 members present. A program featured an arrangement of There is a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere performed by McSpeden, Alexander, King, and Huseman. Talks by Mrs. Butler and Rev. Wootten covered Today's Elementary School Essentials and Is the Curriculum Your Business.
Dorotha Darwin daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Darwin and James H Gosnell son of Mr and Mrs J H Gosnell were married last Thursday at 6 30 pm in the home of the officiating minister Rev J L Truett Attendants were Mr and Mrs Roby Childress Mrs Olive Myrick of Whitewright and Private and Mrs Wallace Wilson of Shellman The bride wore a powder blue two piece wool suit with dusty rose accessories and a corsage of pink carnations Mrs Gosnell a 1941 Whitewright High School graduate is now a junior typist in the U E Engineer office at Denison The groom a 1941 Whitewright graduate has been a junior operator in the same Denison office They will reside in Denison after a short wedding trip.
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. Cora Simmons home with hostess Mrs. J C McMillin. Papers titled As the Leader So the Club and Facing 1943 prepared members for the election of officers for 1943 44 and 1944 45. Officers include President Mrs J B King and multiple vice presidents secretaries and other roles. A refreshment course was served.
Rotary Club luncheon featured minister John Overby of the Church of Christ as guest speaker. He linked Rotary ethics to the Golden Rule and Bible teachings for business success. The club opened 1943 with two 100 percent meetings and aims to sustain high attendance. Rev. E. P. Wootten, club president, seeks to maintain the district’s top attendance record.
Community collection coordinators appeal for steady metal donations as workshops report low inventories. Local clubs, recycling centers, and volunteers coordinate pickup days to prevent shortages and support manufacturing partners this month.
Miss Elizabeth Ireland and Clyde Craig announce their marriage on Tuesday January 12 at Perrin Field. They will live in Sherman. The couple are well known in Whitewright with the groom son of Mr and Mrs M T Craig and the bride a Whitewright High School graduate who worked at the Craig Cafe.
Shirley Beth Raley died of diphtheria in a Sherman hospital at 3 a m Monday after less than a week ill. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Raley she moved with her family from Mt Vernon to Whitewright thirteen months ago. Body was taken to Mt Vernon Monday afternoon and funeral services were held there Tuesday afternoon. Survived by parents and brother Kenneth Rex Raley.
W W Adcock will discuss Success or Failure? as the Sunday morning topic at 11 o clock at the Methodist Church. Evening service follows at 5 o'clock and Sunday school meets at 10 a m.
The third annual Baptist Hour radio sermon series on WFAA and other stations continues Sundays at 7 30 a m through March 28. Speakers include Dr E D Head and Dr O T Binkley January 17 and 24, Dr Francis P Gaines January 31, Dr J Clyde Turner February 7, 14, 21, Gov Pat M Neff February 28, Dr R G Lee March 7, 14, 21 and Dr Ellis A Fuller March 28.
Louise Bryant from the A and M College Extension Service urges farm families to hold a family finance conference early in the year. She notes exact earnings and spendings are essential due to tax laws and price controls. A single person may track accounts, but group decisions should guide spending and saving.
Miss Bryant urges a wartime family plan focusing on saving more this year than last, directing funds to war bonds, paying debts, prioritizing essential health purchases, and home production. She stresses recording home grown foods, their value, and products sold as a core of prudent, patriotic living.
In memoriam the speaker mourns a mother with hopeful faith we shall meet again in a place without suffering where angels guide her to rest. The tribute thanks a Supreme Being and honors the memory with references to flowers songs and final sleep.
A college professor cites Alexander Kerensky on why Americans smile. He praises democracy that empowers individuals to worship freely vote for leaders and pursue happiness. He contrasts this to totalitarian regimes and argues the nation fights to keep America a land of smiling people.
History notes that before electric lighting people relied on fire for artificial illumination with torches and flames providing the main source of light.
The Dallas News notes early gas lighting in 1785 when Prof. Jean Pierre Minckelers lit his classroom with gas distilled in class. It mentions Benjamin Franklin in 1752 studying electricity with a Leyden jar and explains that bulbs are airless to prevent oxygen from burning filaments.
Captain Cassell reports Solomon Islanders in Guadalcanal reward Marines with candy for dead Japanese. Natives trade killed Japs for more sweets as Marines note their taste for American marksmanship. A captured Japanese officer asks to see machine guns with "electric eyes."
An English lord remarking on a burial quips to another, noting the death of a wife with understated humor. The response confirms the loss bluntly, illustrating the dark humor characteristic of aristocratic understatement in social clubs.
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