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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
5
Dallas visitor Mrs. Dave Mae Hollingsworth stops in Whitewright. Numerous locals travel to Fort Worth Waco Dallas and Denton visiting relatives and friends. Notables include Jernigan from Idalou and Lem Tittsworth with new Electrolux ad and Cates family moving to Paris.
Denison mourns the death of Dr. F B Hughes postmaster and former superintendent of city schools. He died Wednesday night from pneumonia. Surviving is his wife of Denison.
Mrs Grady Gillett hosted the Friday Literary Club with Mrs Joe Hamilton presiding. President elect Mrs Emory Christian announced the two year program committee: Pennington Atterberry Penn Barbee and May. A program on Local Color Stories featured Gillett Layman Waggoner Earnheart followed by a reception for new officers. Refreshments served to 25 members.
The Whitewright Music Club met Wednesday at Mrs Lester Haile's home to study American music. Miss Lucyle Sanders and Mrs J L Johnson hosted. The program focused on Our Beginning in Sacred Music and will continue for several weeks.
The Fidelis Class of the Baptist Sunday school met at Mrs. Glen Earnheart's home for a regular social and business gathering Thursday evening. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Royce Lay Mrs. O L Jones Mrs. Bryant King Mrs. J C Duck and Mrs. Rudolph Parnell. After a business session forty two was played and refreshments were served.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Johnson 66 were conducted Tuesday at home in Tom Bean with Dr. A R Holton officiating. Burial in Whitemound Cemetery followed. She died after a four week illness at Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman. Surviving: three daughters Mrs Howard Hestand Sherman Mrs Cannon George Howe Miss Lillian Johnson Wichita Falls a son J W Johnson Jr Dallas two brothers J N T H Miller Tom Bean four grandchildren.
Central Christian Church announces Sunday school at 10 a.m led by Roscoe Gillett with the church school. 11 a.m. morning worship. 6:30 p.m. Epworth League led by Miss LaVerne Kilgree. 7 p.m. evening song. Pastor Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks invites all to attend and befriend.
Insomniac Ginsberg jokes to his clothing partner about counting sheep. The partner retorts to count to 10,000. The next morning Ginsberg reveals he counted 10,000 sheep but still did not sleep and lost $21 on a Boston cloth deal after shearing, spinning, and making suits.
Mrs. Jud Collier leads 82 representatives and 16 senators in backing a natural resources tax aimed at oil gas and sulphur. She argues higher taxes protect Texas homes and proration laws, framing oil profits as a shield for homeowners against sales taxes.
Statisticians say nationwide wedding dates sped up only due to extraordinary factors like premarital testing and the draft. In 1940 the marriage rate rose during debate on the Selective Service Act but began to normalize after its passage, with New York City showing a 5 percent rise January to May and a notable June increase.
The Sun lists names added to the honor roll including Mrs. Frank Armstrong George German J W Jernigan Miss Maggie Horton Dr W M Holland James Lackey Ott Lackey J A Creecy Mrs W M Cox W S Donihoe J W McMurry Jr and A P Stanford.
Gov Lee O Daniel praised the Legislature for a good start and sincerity. He offered to mail copies of his recommendations to lawmakers or others who requested them, saying the state faces serious conditions and the body has an opportunity to distinguish itself by solving perplexing questions.
Texas scholars report discovery of a song titled De Hitler Blues sung by De Gray Ghost from Brazos bottom. William A. Owens of the University of Texas recorded the piece which predicts that Hitlerism ends when the Good Ole U S arrives, reflecting wartime sentiment.
In medieval thought fossils were thought to be remnants cast down from stars or heavenly bodies rather than evidence of Earth’s ancient life. This view connected geology to astronomy and theology.
A Bells building survey notes an 18 month boom with new homes and offices completed. Dr C S Carter finished an office near his residence and a new home for Mr and Mrs A M Richardson on Main Street. Several residents including Marvin Everheart and L W Fleming added modern homes and a new garage for Marvin Everheart, operated by Earl Price, with multiple home remodels also mentioned.
A celebrated Theodore Roosevelt quotation extols the value of effort over criticism. It honors the person who strives in the arena, faces dust and sweat, and dares greatly even when failures occur.
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