Whitewright News Roundup of Local Moves and Visits
A long list of residents and guests appears, detailing relocations, visits, and social events in Whitewright and nearby towns. Notable items include William Wilen buying the Mrs Frank Phillips home, Rosa Gardner moving to Whitewright Nursing Home, and multiple family visits across Bells Vernon Gainesville and Dallas. The piece notes a water line flood in Whitewright, a newborn in Greenville, and community church activities plus military assignments and local student achievements.
Babies Abroad and Adoption Trends
More unmarried mothers travel abroad to secretly give birth and place infants for adoption in foreign countries. Domestic supply of babies, mostly illegitimate, now exceeds demand for the first time in ten years.
Friday Literary Club A Folk Music Tea at Summers Home
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. R. R. Summers home last Friday. Mrs. Summers led a program on American Folk Music and Speech presented by Mrs. Roy Blanton and Mrs. George Hight. Refreshments were served.
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R. R. Summers
Whitewright H D Club Holds First Meeting of Year
The Home Demonstration Club met with new president Mrs. J C McMillin. Eleven members answered roll with goals for 1963. Reports were read and adopted. New officers and committees were named. Next meeting set for January 30 at Mrs Ralph Wallace.
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Home Demonstration Club
Whitewright
J. C. McMillin
America
McMillin
Treasury
Council
Ralph Wallace
Little Lines by Margie B. Boswell
A reflective verse piece by Margie B. Boswell explores dreams sentiment and truth. It teases how words and intuition blend while noting mystics rarely chase statistics and urging direct talk and practical tips such as a timely hint and a Want Ad.
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Margie B. Boswell
Parsons couple wed in First Methodist Church chapel
Miss Barbara Jean Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Wilson of Whitewright became the bride of Grace Ray Mathes son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Mathes of Parsons Kansas in a double ring ceremony January 7 at the First Methodist Church Parsons Rev Lloyd Peters officiated. The bride’s sister in law Mrs Randel L Baker Parsons was matron of honor and Mr Baker was best man. The bride is a 1960 graduate of Whitewright High School now employed by a Mineral Wells firm. The groom a 1959 Altmont High School graduate attended Kansas Junior College and recently served at Camp Walters Mineral Wells Texas. They reside at 350 Petlay Parsons Kansas.
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Barbara Jean Wilson
William C. Wilson
Whitewright
Grace Ray Mathes
Ralph Mathes
Parsons
Kansas
First Methodist Church
Lloyd Peters
Randel L. Baker
Baker
Mathes
Whitewright High School
Altmont
Kansas Junior College
Camp Walters
Mineral Wells
Texas
Peflay
Pine Lumber Best For Building Purposes
College Station reports Southern yellow pine as the strongest lumber for construction. Texas A&M extension forester Bill Smith cites Forest Products Laboratory tests showing southern pine outperforms nine other woods in bending strength nail holding stiffness and hardness. Texas annual production reaches 500 million board feet. Homes built with grade marked Southern pine are said to have superior strength.
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College Station
Bill Smith
Texas A&m College
Texas
Forest Products Laboratory
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Smith
The SPICE of LIFE and a Tail in a Knothole Joke
A miscellany dives into aging beauty and postwar wit. A farmer’s calf tale frames a shop talk moment as two salesmen puzzle over why the calf cannot slip through a small barn hole, a humorous contrast to social quicks and one liners.
Bargain Counter Escapade Ends With Gentlemen Turn
A dignified man pushes through a crowd seeking a special pair of hose for his wife. A sharp exchange ensues as a woman questions his courtesy. A city scene unfolds with a lighthearted policeman remark about removing telephone poles. A clinic sequence shows four specialists and a janitor offering a bright finale.
Never Been Caught Answer to Arrest Question
A job applicant answered no to a question about arrests and wrote Never been caught in the follow up Why. The line reflects a misguided response from someone unaware the prompt targeted prior arrests. The anecdote highlights awkward legal wording in applications.
Milk from a peanut joke fuels farm kitchen humor
Jed Parson's son, a chemist, returns home and reveals his lab made a milk-like substance from peanuts. Jed replies with a rural quip about a mighty low stool, reflecting lighthearted farm life.
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Jed Parson
Milk bottle blamed for tire puncture
A Los Angeles conversation reveals one driver punctured a tire after running over a milk bottle. The other explains an elderly man had the bottle in his pocket and didn’t see it.
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Los Angeles
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Mrs
Royce Lay
Ben Coker
Bells
William Wilen
Mrs. Frank Phillips
Mrs. M. R. Smith
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Charles Hulsey
Olney
Noel C. Miller
Nobility
Carl Holland House
W. L. Tedley
West Whitewright
Jimmie Anderson
East Whitewright
Rosa Gardner
Trenton
Whitewright Nursing Home
D. E. McCoy
Joe Rich
Dallas
D. F. McCoy
Laura Anderson
M. E. Broughton
Big Spring
Myrtle Smeathan
Frisco
Travis Sanderson
Clifton Sanderson
J. P. Williams
James H. Gosnell
Judy
Delinda Blackerby
Doris Tillett
Kay Buchanan
Fort Worth
Drewie Caylor
Guy Stepp
Ravenna
Lester Caylor
Bill Perkins
C. R. Porter
A. J. C. Dunnam
Texarkana
Guy Hamilton
H. H. Taylor
Esker Fralicks
Gainesville
Vernon Melugin
Greenville
J. A. Melugin
Rice Melugin
Phoenix
Arizona
Charlie Dossey
Spring Valley
Calif
L. R. Dossey
Lloyd Compton
Earl Compton
Tate
Clyde Tidwell
Jack Ayres
Carrollton
A. L. McCurdy
Lloyd Alexander
Edinburg
Mr. Alexander
Cotton Ginners Association
The
Oscar Billner
Sherman
W. J. Billner
Mrs. Thomas Cobb and
Nashville, Ky
H. D. Cobb
Gene Hughes
Ralph Hughes
Garland
Mrs. Leon Wolford
J. A. Harper
Joe Bodine
Mesquite
James Bodine
Terry Miller
Joe Miller
Manton Fain
Maxfield Clinic
Oak Lawn
James Compton
Jim Williams
Vernon Compton
Leonard
Dee Badgett
van Buren
Ark
Mr. Badgett
Miss May Badgett
First Baptist Church
C. J. Meador
Europe
N. L. Skaggs
James E. Norris
McConnell Afb
U. S. Air Force
Sheppard Afb
Norris
John A. Norris
Emma O. Burnett
Women’s Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church of
Dale Gore
Keith Morgan
Ira Fleming
Carl Holland
C. B. Lawson
Tom Brown
Paul Stephens
Ruth Morgan
City of
Russell R. Summers
Josh Billings
Old Jed
Farley & Hardcastle
Decker
Bologna
T-Bone, Sirloin & Club
Wolf Brand
East
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