Whitewright News Highlights Local Marriages
Local society notes tell of the marriage of Mr. T. E. Montgomery to Miss Fannie Pope at the Presbyterian manse. Other items include business transfers, elected church officers, moves, candidate announcements, injuries, honor roll names from Austin College, births, moves for employment, and a New Year’s school gum and candy pledge.
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T. E. Montgomery
Fannie Pope
Presbyterian Manse
J. F. Fender
Bob Sears
Sears Auto Co
Byron Sears
Baptist P. E
W. J. Epting
Oran Sears
Willie Mangrum
Lena Mae Gowdy
F. A. Benton
Lonnie Myrick
B. B. Adams
San Antonio
Adams
Epworth League lineup and local notices feature Whitewright events
Epworth League program showcases Miss Mamie Cox Theresa Everheart Mabel Rector and Margaret Everheart. Local weddings include J B Baker and Edith Bartley on December 28. Whitewright residents report injuries from icy conditions and Lovell Wrenn joins Wesley College debate team.
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Epworth League
Mamie Cox
Theresa Everheart
Mabel Rector
Margaret Everheart
J. B. Baker
Edith Bartley
Mahurin News
S. E. Jones
West Grand Avenue
Robert Hedrich
Ardmore
Okla
Lalla Childress
Bridgeport
Local notices Drift with births marriages and appointments
Announcements include births on Jan 14 a son to Mr and Mrs Riley Hall and on Jan 7 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Sam Ward. Troy Ford becomes operator at Roberts Co store cream station. James Elliott Thomas and Lois Johnson wed in Tom Bean last Saturday. Funeral for Mrs H D Perdue. Local club meeting list officers and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Bryant
Ed LaRoe
Bryant
Riley Hall
Sam Ward
Troy Ford
J. W. Henry
Roberts Co
James Elliott Thomas
Lois Johnson
Paul Ryan
G. F. Bryant
Newton Manning
H. D. Perdue
Bernice Davis
D. B. Andrew
Bill Dixon
Pauline Binion
R. E. L. Binion
Mattress School
Whitewright
Pilot Grove News
Witty snippets and social quips from a busy week
A collage of light humor and small-town banter includes a Presbyterian bank joke, Turkish soldiers in Korea reacting to parachute height, a minister’s wife remark about a missing daughter, and a council arguing over water mains. Little anecdotes mix marriage musings, old city pride, and dating jests into a breezy column.
First day at school ends with awkward birthplace claim
A boy explains he refused to name a hospital birth place and instead said he was born in a location he found less embarrassing. His mother probes for the full response as the story hints at a humorous misunderstanding of his reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Mule Skinner Trains Mule With Two by Four
A farmer hires a mule skinner to cure a balky mule. The skinner explains training requires the animal's undivided attention. Willie asks if a man's wife is his better half and if marrying twice leaves nothing of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Father
Weather Shapes Mood and Health Says Doctor
Chicago report notes Dr Noah D Fabricant of Illinois College of Medicine says weather changes affect emotions and bodily functions. He cites Hippocrates and Lincoln era mood shifts and links to asthma heart disease and death rates while detailing body type responses to temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Noah D
Fabricant
Hippocrates
Lincoln
Two Nips a Day Promoted for Elder Health
In Ann Arbor a Wayne University physiologist Dr. J Orten urged replacing tea and toast with a wine or highball before meals and at night. He told a gerontology conference at the University of Michigan that two nips daily benefit the bloodstream and that people should drink at least two quarts of water daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. Orten
Department of
Physiological Chemistry
Wayne University
University of Michigan
Orten
First Artillery fires at Fort Sumter ending Civil War start
The first defensive shot of the Civil War was fired on April 12 1861 by the First Artillery at Fort Sumter signaling the start of the conflict.
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Fort Sumter
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