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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
5
A compilation of residents visiting relatives and friends in nearby cities and towns. Entries mention Joe Johnson, Clyde Craig, and many others from Dallas Sherman Wichita Falls Denison Sherman Longview and Durant among stops and hospital stays.
Mrs. Clarence McMillin and Willis Simmons visited relatives in Sherman. Bonham visitors included Mrs. Clyde Craig and Mrs. Jack Nossaman. J. P. Jared of Rusk and Skinny Jared of Ardmore attended W. T. Nicholson’s funeral. Joe Rich returned home after hip fracture. Numerous locals attended showers, banquets, and funerals, with residents visiting families in Denison, Paris, Trenton, Commerce and Dallas.
Don Washburn of the National Duroc Record Association visited J. R. Oliver to review his herd of Duroc pigs. Miss Anna Ruth Johnson, David Johnson, and Jack Pritchard joined Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson for a weekend visit in Caldwell and Farmersville.
Mr and Mrs N E Skaggs and Mr and Mrs Edgar Ayres attended a birthday dinner Saturday night at the home of Mr and Mrs L W Surratt in Sherman.
Mrs. O. L. Jones and her daughter Mary Janet along with Mrs. R. S. Morehead returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. David Price in College Station. A daughter Deborah Lee was born December 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Fleming of Sherman, a former Whitewright resident and brother of Mrs. Tom Head of this city.
Mrs. Mattie James hosts visitors including Fred James Irene Autrey wedding correction issued Kite Autrey misstatement corrected Mr F Wright announces run for county commissioner Denison grocer for 26 years Women’s Society of Christian Service plans Monday meeting in Mrs Gillett home May and brother Gomer May open new Jacksonville drug store A R McMurry improving visitors listed Officials and residents visit Whitewright and nearby towns Thomas Montgomery named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities son of Clovis New Mexico residents Montgomeries of Clovis formerly Whitewright
Mrs. Billy Ben Bell and her son Billy Benl Jr are due this week from Trinidad West Indies where they joined their husband and father stationed with the Army. Mrs. Bell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Grammer.
Russell Ray Summers today received the first national service life insurance refund check delivered to Whitewright ex-service men. Postmaster T. J. Lilley informed The Sun this morning. Summers served in the Navy.
District Clerk S. V. Earnest of Sherman spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon last Friday, introduced by Paul Stephens. The club elected Miss Billye Faye Dillon as pianist to succeed Mrs. Margaret Melton who resigned. Russell Summers will lead the program tomorrow.
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Vestal hosted a dinner for their son Paul Vestal of Sherman on his birthday. Guests included Mrs Paul Vestal, Mr and Mrs Bob Grant of Bonham, Mr and Mrs Guy Dillon of Durant Oklahoma, Joe B Dillon of Dallas, and Mrs W A Kirkpatrick and Mrs Vera Hickman of Whitewright. Rex B Cruse, former Whitewright vocational agriculture teacher, was chosen as Sherman’s most outstanding young man of 1949 by a 12 member committee of business and professional leaders.
Sherman received a U S Jaycees certificate and a gold inscribed key at a Monday noon luncheon held at Hotel Grayson.
The Whitewright Music Club met with hostess Mrs. Vera Hickman to discuss The History of Ballet. Eighteen members contributed names of famous ballet dancers while Mrs. George M. Hight chaired and presented the history paper.
Miss Evelyn Mae Jarvis daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Jarvis route 1 and William Barkley Hughes son of Mr and Mrs John D Hughes of Whitewright wed in a ceremony read by Rev W J Epting at his Sherman home. The bride is a Tren ton High School graduate and the groom a Whitewright High School senior. they will reside at 801 North Park Street Dallas.
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