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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1967
Page
2
Local readers note several family visits and social events as residents list guests and weekend stays. Families mentioned include Stuteville, Nicks, Chesser, Short, Keck, Lilley, England, Gentry, Hight, Wallace, and Cook with towns Sherman Richardson Blue Ridge Lewisville Brownwood Texas City.
Mrs. Holmes Connelly of Trenton visited her sister Miss Lena Mae Gowdy on Monday. Thirty six guests attended a birthday party for Mrs. Monnie Biggerstaff hosted by Mrs. Ronald Vestal. One guest list included Mrs. Biggerstaff's children. Other notes mention Dallas visitors, a door greeting by Mrs. J E Henson, and marriages and new enrollment.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown and children of Palestine visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Holleman. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Walker of Center spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Simpson of Grapevine visited Mr. and Mrs. L. C. May. Mr. and Mrs. Don Selman and sons visited Mrs. H. M. Pruett at Princeton Saturday.
Bryan Weber and his sister Mrs Alma Janke of Sherman visited Mr and Mrs Jason Nichols at Cartwright Oklahoma on Sunday, accompanying the trip with family companionship from both sides.
Meadors relocated the old B B Kimbell residence from Sears and Maple to the northern part of town to clear the corner lot for machinery storage. Local social notes include visits among Sandersons and friends in Valley View Dallas Leonard Blue Ridge and Sherman. A new doughnut shop addition at The Malt Shop on Highway 69 serves hot doughnuts from 6:00 a m. plus takeout. East Texas State University confers Master of Science on David Ray Reeves of Whitewright January 24.
Mrs. O T McKnight visits Dallas with her children while Velma Sadler returns from Great Falls Montana to see son James Burt Phillips. Families including the Biggers Welters Slaughters Vandagriffs Nelsons Massengales Truetts Gillespie and Wilsons spend weekends visiting relatives in Dallas Sherman Burkburnett Mesquite Denison and Oklahoma City.
Mrs Jack Pritchard and sons of Bells visited her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson Saturday. Mr and Mrs Dean Watson and daughter of Bells visited her parents Mr and Mrs W D Williams Sunday.
Residents of Fannin County are asked to help solve the origins of about 155 place names on county maps for a forthcoming dictionary of Northeast Texas names. Dr. Fred Tarpley of East Texas State University appeals for information to explain names such as Arch Chapel Brally Pool Creek Ely Enterprise Jaret Branch Mc Graw Chapel Orphanage Cemetery Portland Rainbow Creek Shooter Creek Stillhouse Branch Tollet Creek and Wilhoit Branch before press.
Mr and Mrs A G Shepherd announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara to Robert W Layman son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Layman The couple plan a March 4 wedding at the First Baptist Church in Whitewright Barbara is a 1965 Whitewright High School graduate and a Grayson County Junior College sophomore Robert is a 1966 graduate and employed at Gruman Industries Sherman
Mrs H T Atterberry spent Sunday in Dallas with her brother Maurice McMillin. Mr and Mrs Joe Miller visited their son Terry Miller in Dallas last Thursday. Mr and Mrs George Gordon Pope of Bonham spent Sunday with his mother Mrs C W Pope. Mr and Mrs Leon Wolford of Dallas visited her mother Mrs Alonzo Harper Sunday. Mr and Mrs Paul Hutcher son of Era visited her parents Mr and Mrs M M Warren last weekend.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department expects U S feed grain exports to level off in the 1966-67 marketing year after totaling 26 million tons in the previous year. Gains in Western Europe and higher imports abroad are seen limiting any rise in American sales.
NEW YORK A First National City Bank economic letter notes teenagers and women over 20 filled eight of ten new non farm jobs in the last year aiding a broader rise in employment near 80 million. Since September 1965 employers added 3.3 million non farm workers as industrial production jumped 9.6 percent and real GNP grew about 6 percent.
Evergreen trees such as pine trees shed a crop of leaves gradually each year rather than all at once, unlike deciduous trees which lose their leaves seasonally. This steady shedding helps maintain foliage year round and supports continued photosynthesis through the year.
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