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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
5
Whitewright and surrounding areas report a flurry of visits and relocations. Notables include Mrs. Ralph Kaiser visiting Brownfield and O'Donnell, and Rev. E. P. Wootten moving from Whitewright to Burleson to lead a Baptist church. Also mentioned are farm transactions, cafe ownership changes, and a motion of several residents between towns.
The White Wright Music Club was reorganized at a meeting held last Wednesday at Mrs. Guy Hamilton’s home. Plans for the rest of the club year focus on choral work.
The officers elected for the 1945 47 term include Mrs Guy Hamilton as president Mrs Homer Sears as vice president Mrs R E Lingenfelter as recording secretary Mrs C I Witt as corresponding secretary Miss Viva Phillips as treasurer Mrs R E Hickman as critic and parliamentarian and Mrs J C McMillin as record keeper After the business meeting the members enjoyed a pot luck luncheon.
Miss Florence Irene Bryan daughter of Mrs. Florence Bryan of Honey Grove wed Dee O Little chief pharmacist mate of the Naval Reserve son of Mrs. Nora Little of Denton. The ceremony occurred December 24 at the Methodist Church of Irving with Rev H Grady May officiating. A buffet supper followed at the May home for immediate families. The bride teaches at Denton Teachers College and will remain on the Midland elementary school staff. The bridegroom, a former Whitewright resident and Texas University alumnus, is a pharmacist recently stationed at the Dallas naval air base after 15 months in the South Pacific.
The biennial election by the Friday Literary Club chose Mrs. C. J. Meador as president for a two year term beginning next fall. Mrs. B. W. Newman was elected treasurer and Miss Inez Ray recording secretary. Other officers include Mrs. Olivia Whedbee and several members.
The Rotary Club luncheon Friday featured talks by Rotary International president and secretary and Rotary founder Paul Harris of Chicago. Dr. Ross R. May, club president, led the program, with each talk covering a different Rotary phase and offering members informative insights.
Visitors included Cpl. Jarvis Maddux on furlough, Dr. Cable Strother, Jim Grady, Jack Nossaman of Sherman, and Rev. E. P. Wootten. Also listed were J. E. Osborn district supervisor of public welfare and Mrs. Lillian Maxwell public welfare staff member at Sherman.
The Home Demonstration Club met Thursday with Miss Myrtle Badgett presiding. Fourteen members and one visitor, Pfc. Billy Hatfield of the WAC, attended. Miss Moore led a cream soup and chocolate drinks demonstration. Next meeting set for January 25.
The deceased is survived by a brother Charles H. Lewis and another brother Eugene H. Lewis of Sherman. A sister Mrs. Maggie Kidd of Bells and two nieces and two nephews are also named. She had been ill for about two years before passing away.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Mollie Skaggs wife of the late Charley H Skaggs at 4 p m Sunday in the First Baptist Church Whitewright with Rev E P Wootten officiating Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery She was born July 27 1879 in Tennessee and died Friday at her home Survivors include four children and five grandchildren along with siblings and numerous relatives from several states including Texas North Carolina and Tennessee
Funeral services for Miss Amelia Emily Media Lewis were held Thursday at First Methodist Church Slaton. She died in Slaton on January 9 after a long residence in Whitewright and relocation in 1920 with her family.
Central Christian Church presents Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching on the first and third Sundays at 11 a m. All are invited.
Bible study at 10 a m. Preaching at 11 a m. Communion service at 11 45 a m.
Morning services list Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m. Evening service at 7 30 o clock.
Duke R. Barron serves as pastor with worship at 11 a.m. and Youth Fellowship at 6:15 p.m. Pastor Barron leads congregation in schedule of daytime and evening activities.
War Department reports a Negro WAC postal battalion is being formed for overseas duty in Washington. The unit will be commanded by Negro WAC officers and will go abroad on completion of field training.
Half the concrete deck is poured on a twenty six foot wide bridge with pedestrian walkways on both sides. The span is noted as one of the longest of its type in the Southwest.
Only one phase of the $55,000,000 Denison Dam remains unfinished and should be completed in six weeks to two months. The remaining work covers the nearly mile long bridge across the Washita River arm on Highway 70 in Oklahoma, with all steel for eighty spans in place.
In a terse exchange a distressed private complains about soup. An officer dismisses the protest, insisting the meal is nutritious. A second private adds that the earlier accusation about flies was unfounded.
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