Local Personal and Social News Across Whitewright Area
Mrs. F D Layman visited relatives in Dallas Tuesday. J W Burden of Orangeville spent Monday with J W Henry. Mrs. D A Ray convalescent after two weeks illness. Numerous visits and arrivals include Mrs J M Sturdivant in Denison, Mr and Mrs O Sargent and Tom Starr of Denton visiting here, Mrs Lela Ownby returning from Shamrock, and many others from Sherman Greenville Fort Worth and Dallas. Winter blizzard brings 14 degrees in Whitewright amid a Brotherhood Dinner at Central Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Sargent
Tom Starr
Denton
Fred Starr Sr
Brotherhood
Central Christian Church
H. B. McCormick
International Convention of Disciples of Christ
Church
Fred B. Wise
Chicago
Perry Gresham
University Christian Church
Fort Worth
Ann LaRoe
Azilee Smith
Billy Christian
Margaret Burnham
Billie Hatfield
Edward Montgomery
Helen Childress
J. H. Lance
Betty Colleen Allen and neighbors in Porter community
Mrs Elbert Bennett a Porter school teacher, is recovering from flu. Her husband has been substitute teacher. The Andersons of Randolph visited her parents the Coopers. Pate Hicks of Denison visited his brother Jim Hicks and family. Doris June Hunter visited Betty Jo Rich. Mary Lee and Charlene Fincher of Klondike spent the weekend with Ina Lee and Sara Louise Hicks. Rev Bob Cates conducted services Sunday. Lora Cooper visited her sister near Trenton. Melvin Anderson and family spent Sunday with his parents. Betty Marie and Melva Colleen Allen visited Dorotha Jean McCord Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Colleen Allen
Elbert Bennett
Porter School
Cleve Anderson
Randolph
M. M. Cooper
Pate Hicks
Denison
Jim Hicks
Doris June Hunter
Betty Jo Rich
Mary Lee
Charlene Fincher
Klondike
Ina Lee
Sara Louise Hicks
Bob Cates
Lora Cooper
Lola Morgan
Trenton
Melvin Anderson
W. C. Anderson
Betty Marie
Melva Colleen Allen
Dorotha Jean McCord
Whitewight PTA Meeting Hears Talks on Children
The Whitewight Parent-Teacher Association met in the Grammar School auditorium. President Mrs. C J Meador led with prayer. minutes and treasurer report were read. Fund purchases included a school lunch room canner. Speakers covered Children Quarrels, feelings of inferiority, and truth telling by L E Ricketts. Sixth grade won the room count. Next meeting is Feb 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewight
Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
C. J. Meador
J. L. Johnson
J. A. Yeager
Lucille Craig
Floyd Everheart
H. W. Key
N. L. Manning
L. E. Ricketts
Key
Lonnie Myrick Jr Celebrates Tenth Birthday Party
Mrs. Clara Myrick hosted a Saturday party for her son Lonnie Myrick Jr turning ten. Children enjoyed games and stunts with paper caps and refreshments for 25 guests before attending a local theatre matinee. Guests included Betty Ann Dar win Betty Lee Jones Henrietta Jackson Betty Margaret Sears Jo Ann Pruitt Jacquelyn Nossaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Myrick
Lonnie Myrick Jr
Betty Ann Darwin
Betty Lee Jones
Henrietta Jackson
Betty Margaret Sears
Jo Ann Pruitt
Jacquelyn Nossaman
Local social list of attendees and hostesses at event
Billy Jean Wallace Miss Mary Pumphrey Mrs H T Atterberry Mrs Lilian Slusher Marion Myrick Pat Gray Conway Craig James Kent Johnson Harold Ray Vineyard David Lee Johnson George Henry Hansard Jack McSpedden Loren Paul Ryan Jimmie McSpedden Eugene Thornhill and Terry Max Miller attended. Mrs Myrick was assisted in entertaining by Mrs Homer Craig and Mrs Milton Greenway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Jean Wallace
Mary Pumphrey
H. T. Atterberry
Lilian Slusher
Marion Myrick
Pat Gray
Conway Craig
James Kent Johnson
Harold Ray Vineyard
David Lee Johnson
George Henry Hansard
Jack McSpedden
Loren Paul Ryan
Jimmie McSpedden
Eugene Thornhill
Terry Max Miller
Myrick
Homer Craig
Milton Greenway
Bethel H D Club Holds Monday Meeting
Bethel Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Floyd Harris home Monday afternoon with Mrs. J H Gosnell presiding. Refreshments were served to listed members and Miss Louise Autrey. The next meeting is Jan 25 at Mrs. H W Hedgpeth home for a covered dish luncheon with Miss Eunice King county agent attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Harris
Bethel Home Demonstration Club
J. H. Gosnell
G Ness
J. L. Denton
T. L. Cowart
Vernon Gierhart
L. Windie
H. W. Hedgpeth
George Jarvis
Louise Autrey
Eunice King
County Home
Funeral services for Mrs Louisa Hedgpeth in Whitewright
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church for Mrs Louisa Hedgpeth 85 of Whitewright with Rev. Ben Bell and Rev. Bob Cates officiating. Interment followed in City Cemetery. pallbearers included O G Bow Kay Dillon and others. She was born January 20 1854 in Wilson County Tennessee and married James Hedgpeth in 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Hedgpeth
Whitewright
Methodist Church
Ben Bell
Bob Cates
Randolph
City
Glen Earnheart
O. G. Bow
Kay Dillon
R. C. Vestal
Wade Robbins
Walter Compton
Howard Hedgpeth
Bethel
Frances
Elizabeth Hedgpeth
Ruby Kerr
Robert Crowell
Sherman
Herman Crowell
Denison
Funeral Services for Mrs J A Henderson at Pilot Grove Church
Funeral services were held for Mrs J A Henderson wife of Rev J A Henderson at 3 30 p m Sunday at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with ministers Rev W J Epting Rev David Phillips Rev C Chumbley and Rev Howard McSpedden officiating. Interment followed in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers included Earl Fields Horace Miller Jess Blanks Earl Benson D Blanks and Jack Biggerstaff. She died at home near Pilot Grove Saturday after ten years of ill health. Born April 24 1878 in Byron County Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Johnnie Reynolds and married in 1896. Surviving are her husband four daughters five sons five brothers and five sisters thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Henderson
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
W. J. Epting
Celina
David Phillips
Leonard
C. Chumbley
Howe
Howard McSpedden
Pilot Grove
Glen Earnheart
Earl Fields
Horace Miller
Jess Blanks
Earl Benson
D. Blanks
Jack Biggerstaff
Henderson
Byron County
Kentucky
Johnnie Reynolds
Texas
Whitewright
Virgil Reynolds
Bailey
Grace Sloan
Euell Scott
Albert Reeves
Ray Henderson
Dove
Bill
Jack Henderson
J. B. Henderson
Church Services and Programs Led by Leroy Anderson
Church notices list Leroy Anderson as pastor with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 a.m. Preaching at 7 p.m. Bible study at 10 a.m. Young People’s Training at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday features prayer meeting and Bible training at 7 p.m. Leonard Mullens is noted as minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Anderson
Leonard Mullens
Mission Service Schedule at Bells Methodist Church
Sunday school at 10 a.m. under N. L. Manning, superintendent. Morning worship at 11 with a sermon titled The Missionary Message of the Bible. Young people meet at 6 p.m. led by Mrs. Sarah Kilgree. Evening services at 7 with a sermon by the pastor. Training school for the East Sherman zone will convene at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Bells Methodist Church.
Sunday School Awards at First Church Pastor Wrenn Webb
Dr B Wrenn Webb presides at 10 a m Sunday school with Dick Montgomery as superintendent. Awards go to perfect attendance last year. Sermon at 10 50 a m on Over coming Prejudice and a 7 p m series lecture The Inevitable Word. The Young People's Church led by Mrs Sears Mrs Gordon with Margaret Hanna at piano. A lighthearted family exchange ends with a teacher’s whispered Thank Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Dick Montgomery
The
Young People’s Church
Robert Sears
Horace Gordon
Margaret Hanna
Wilkinson and Bennett Families Visit Leonard Friends
Porter News notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilkinson and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Mar Wilkinson and baby to J. E. Worsham in Leonard, Margaret McCord patient at Wilson N. Jones Hospital Sherman, and Dorothy Jean McCord staying with Betty Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Wilkinson
Mar
Wilkinson
J. E. Worsham
Leonard
M. L. Williams
W. C. Anderson
J. W. Gunter
Elbert Bennett
Margaret McCord
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Pop Eyed Toad Airless Joe Emerges From Cement Slab
Henry Ashford of the Foard County News reports Airless Joe, a pop eyed toad, lived 20 years encased in a concrete slab at the Todd home in Eastland County. The tale recalls rival Old Rip, a horned frog buried in 1978, now enshrined in the Eastland County courthouse, while Joe rests behind the Foard County News building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd
Foard County
Ashford
Rip
Joe
Eastland County
Foard County News
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F. D. Layman
Dallas
J. W. Burden
Orangeville
J. W. Henry
D. A. Ray
Mrs. J. Philley
Greenville
J. M. Sturdivant
Lela Ownby
Shamrock
J. S. Brown
J. M. Fulkerson of
Glenn Doss
Grover Smith of
Ely
Cora Morrow
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Lanius Kincaid
Mrs. J. L. Boone
Bob Bow
Rankin
J. L. Bow
Allen T. Short
Gladys and
Inez Ray
J. H. Waggoner
Elizabeth Waggoner
Chas. Sweet
Oakland
Calif
H. T Atterberry
Department of Justice
West Shady Grove
S. F. Bow
Caldwell, Idaho
Dr. J. L. Bow
Fannin County Baptist Workers Conference
Ector Baptist Church
Floyd Everheart Jr
Cameron Boone Tygrett
J. L. Boone
E. O. Whitwell
Ben Montgomery
Buck Howard
Durant
Okla
C. M. Howard
Paul Robbins
Robbins
Janice McIver
G. Alexander
Lloyd Alexander
M. F. Alexander
Jones Alexander
Bert Wilder
Thomas Gillett
Texaco
Dorothy Hamilton
Honey Grove High School
Guy Hamilton
Dorothy McGaughey
Honey Grove
Julian Montgomery
B. S. Montgomery
R. C. Montgomery
Frances Williams
Harold Hodges
Los Angeles
Bert Nicholson
Oklahoma City
Georgia Miller
Joe Miller
Avinger
Chess Pope
Grace McLean
Albuquerque
New Mexico
H. B. Barnett
Rex Brown
Childress Pharmacy
Fannin County
Mrs
Sallie Moore
the Baptist Church
W. E. Pennell
Thomas J. Lilley
United States Senate
Mr. Lilley
Civil Service
Social Security Board
Denison Post Office
Sherman Post Office
John Holcomb
R. L. Holcomb
Geo. K. Stephens
Spruce Street
Princess Compton
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Central Presbyterian Church In
Ann J. Reed
New York
Leon Spindle
el Paso
Jack Spindle
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fort Bliss
Spindle
Texas State Hospital
Rusk
Bettye Davis
Miriam Hopkins
George Brent
William Boyd
Santa Fe
Pat O'Brien
Wayne Morris
Joan Blondell
Kokomo
Santa Fe Marshal
John Payne
Olivia Dehaviland
Myrna Loy
Tyrone Power
PT Association
Gillett’s Texaco Service
Texaco Oil
Bethel H-D Club
Louisa F. Hedgpeth
Central Christian
Church OF Christ
First Presbyterian Church
Sonny
Porter News
Pop-Eyed
Toad
Greasing
Yeager’s Service Station
Cole €& Davis Co
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