This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend and midweek travels across Texas Oklahoma and nearby towns. Names include James Bryant in Atlanta Dallas visitors Neighbors and family members from Denton Paris Sherman and Leonard plus activity at churches schools and local businesses.
W D Powell sold farming gear to Robert Collins who will move to the Blanton farm located 11.4 miles south of town on highway 160. C B Bryant Jr sold the farm last week to Ellis Morgan of Savoy. Whitewright Lodge No 167 conferred Master Mason degrees on Mike Winburn and J H Gosnell Jr at a Tuesday meeting with visiting Masons from Howe Greenville Leonard Celeste Bonham Savoy Bells and Trenton. Sandwiches were prepared by Mrs Lewis Cooper Mrs B W Newman Mrs R R Summers and Mrs G L Baugher.
Miss Mary Ellen Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Brown married S Sergeant Charles J Royka son of Mrs Louise Royka of Dallas Saturday January 12 in the study of Dr A H Carleton pastor of St Johns Methodist Church Lubbock in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore a pink wool jersey dress with black accessories and gardenia corsage. Attendants were Miss Maxine Cole and Cpl Joe Farmer of Lubbock. Mrs Royka a 1942 Whitewright High School graduate later attended TSC W Denton and is a student at Texas Technological College Lubbock. Sgt Royka was stationed at Northway Alaska with the Air Transport Command for 23 months and reported to Army Air Field Lake Charles Louisiana. she plans to join him in June.
J C Hasting and Ola Faye Rice were married at the Methodist parsonage on Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Rev Duke R Barron officiated. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs M L Rice of Abilene while the groom is son of Mrs Mattie Hasting of Whitewright. He has just been discharged from the Army after serving in the Pacific. They will reside in Dallas with C B Norris present.
Rotary Club heard Sgt Murl Ryon recount his three year military tour including seventeen months overseas. He served in a hospital unit and rode a hospital train from front lines to hospitals, spending days and nights aboard with a full medical staff aboard and only brief furloughs.
The report notes four 100 percent attendance meetings in December with F. G. Hoover as secretary. The Friday meeting also had perfect attendance. Sgt. Rex Brown on furlough and Kirk May were guests, with the item mentioning how the wounded were taken to hospitals and how the train was operated.
Lt. James H. Scongers of the Army Air Forces wed Capt. Lelia Chester of the Army Nurses Corps in Travis Park Methodist Chapel San Antonio on January 12. The bride has served over three years in the AAF nursing corps with assignments at Tarrant Field Fort Worth and General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. Scongers, stationed at Ellington Field, has eight years in the service and was a German POW for 13 months. prior to service he lived in Yazoo City Mississippi and the bride in New Orleans.
Friday afternoon meeting hosted by Mrs. R. E. Lingenfelter featured a talk on Russian folk music by Mrs. C. I. Witt and a group rendition of Song of the Volga Boatman by club members. Miss Gladys Ray reviewed Any Thing Can Happen by George Papashnikov, detailing the immigrant story and Americanization. Mrs. Jack Meador attended as a guest.
The Camp Fire Girls will meet in Ann Witt's home this Saturday after missing last Saturday due to bad weather. Nine members plus two sponsors participate. inviting girls eleven and up to join. Current members include Joyce Hansard Thelma Norwood Peggy Parnell Dorothy Todd Carol Ryan Nancy Sue May Ann Witt Lorene Simmons Nelda Jean Binion. Sponsors are Mrs Floyd Everheart and Mrs Clyde Hansard.
Ardell Penny seaman first class writes his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Penny that he expects to be home in January. He spent Christmas at Enimetak and was en route to Balboa at the time. He has been overseas for more than two years.
The Sun reports George W. Hansard Jr. has a new address at Det 710 117th AACS Sqdn APO 428 care of Postmaster New York and was transferred from Rome Italy to Vienna Austria. Pvt George Simmons at Harlingen will be transferred to Fort Sam Houston for an operation on February 1 per his mother’s information.
Lester Martin returns after four years in the Army including 17 months overseas in the India-Burma-China campaign. He may reenlist to gain benefits. First Lieutenant Joe T. Meador arrives in the U S after serving about four years and teaching arts in France at Biarritz American University.
The schedule lists Rev. E P Wootten as pastor with Sunday School at 10 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m Training Union and Class at 6 10 p m Evening Worship at 7 p m Prayer hour Wednesday at 7 p m and choir practice Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
The Reverend Pat Henry of Fort Worth informs church officials that Clifford Taylor, a senior ministerial student at Texas Christian University, will speak at the Central Christian Church regular morning service.
The church invites all members to attend Sunday at 11 a m to hear the new speaker. The church has lacked a regular pastor since Earl Bissex resigned last September.
Rev. E. A. Doty to lead preaching at 11 a.m. and evening service at 8 p.m. All welcome to attend.
Duke R. Barron serves as pastor with Church School at 10 a.m. Worship Service at 11 a.m. Choir practice scheduled Wednesday at 7 p.m. to continue weekly church activities and community worship.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.