Local News Roundup From Whitewright Area
Social notes report Mrs. Joe Johnson at an electric appliance dealers meeting in Dallas. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Simmons of Lubbock and Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner in Austin. Mrs. Bryant King travels to Pittsburgh for her daughter’s surgery. Donald Neal earns a two semester Artema Club scholarship. A wreck on West Grand avenue involved Lewis and Robert Whitworth. jail and hospital status noted. Fire destroys Tom Wells home north of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Johnson
Dallas
Joe T. May
R. A. Gillett
Whitewright
Bryant King
Pittsburgh
Earl Jansson
Lewis Whitworth
Robert Whitworth
West Grand Avenue
McMillin
Jesse Lloyd McKnight
Tom Wells
Wells
Personal Life Inquiries From A Curious Reader
A reader asks about personal life events such as visits divorces purchases parties engagements breakups and family growth to gauge social habits and public interest in private milestones.
Rotary luncheon hosts Rev. Ronald Prince guest speaker
The Rotary Club welcomed Rev. Ronald Prince assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church of Denison as guest speaker. Program chairman Wilson Kaiser introduced the speaker. Visitors included Frank Jennings of Denison W A Crouch of Greenville W T Tuttle and Mr and Mrs Harvey Martin of Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Prince
First Baptist Church of
Denison
Rotary Club
Wilson Kaiser
Frank Jennings
W. A. Crouch
Greenville
W. T. Tuttle
Harvey Martin
Sherman
Whitewright Music Club to Meet February Second
The Whitewright Music Club gathers at Mrs. Percy Darwin home to hear Listening to Modern Music with piano by Mrs. Darwin Alexander's Ragtime Band by Mrs. George Hight Stardust sung by Mrs. James Gosnell and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes performed by Mrs. Floyd Bassett A wind speed note compares 30 mph to 10 mph in strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
Percy Darwin
Alexander
George Hight
James Gosnell
Floyd Bassett
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Weldon Drake and Family
Mrs. Weldon Drake and Lynda Karen thank First Baptist Church members and friends for kindness cards and flowers received in the hospital. They express deep appreciation for the thoughtfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
C of C Clinic Postponed By Icy Conditions
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce clinic scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday is postponed due to icy streets making attendance difficult for many, especially women. A new date will be announced in a few days. The clinic will be led by Charles D. Berry Jr. of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce Community Development Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Charles D. Berry Jr
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Whitewright Schools Closed By Ice Weather
Whitewright public schools remained closed after Tuesday morning due to icy conditions that blocked bus routes. Many students were notified by phone that classes would not be held. If weather does not improve, schools will likely stay closed this week. Sand Hills region in Nebraska mainly raises cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Sand Hills
Nebraska
Will to Florida: California Family Survives Panhandle Storm
A 14 member family from California rode out Texas Panhandle’s worst storm in a 1935 Ford arriving in Hall County. The Red Cross provided food and shelter while they sought warmer weather and continued toward Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Hall County
Panhandle
California
Red Cross
Florida
Nervous factors linked to digestive issues and Nebraska land use
Physicians link nervousness and emotional disturbance to widespread bodily disruption and digestive problems such as spastic colon with fullness after meals gas pains and alternating diarrhea and constipation. The article notes Nebraska has about 49 million acres with over 97 percent agricultural land and mentions Oregon's historical wheat as currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Wyoming Has 275 Settlements With Many Tiny Populations
In Wyoming there are 275 settlements and 151 have populations of 100 or less. The figure highlights a prevalence of small communities across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Church Services and Leaders Listed for Local Congregations
Local church notices list service times and pastors for First Presbyterian Enterprise Baptist Church Church of Christ Central Christian Assembly of God and related ministries including Sunday school Bible classes and training union leadership with times for morning worship evangelistic service and evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
James I. Logan Jr
Central Christian Church
J. R. Wright Jr
Assembly OF God Church
E. A. Doty
Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
W. R. Drake
Training Union
Roy Blanton
Brotherhood Presient
Carl May
The Spice of Life and Small Jabs of Fortune
A string of brief, ironic vignettes unfolds from a village scene. A bank crowd discusses prosperity while a tradesman calms a quarrel with a banker style line. In other sketches a beggar seeks change, a patient believes he is Napoleon, and a baseball umpire is challenged by a blind man.
Tramps Hint At Eastbound Danger And A Modern Tale
Fragmented scraps recount a pair of tramps under a water tank with warnings not to go east. A tale mentions a boy promise and a lad's cap found on a train, while Virgil Smith, a famed Oklahoma mule tender, arrives at work on crutches after an earlier mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Mary
Virgil Smith
Oklahoma
Virgil
The Nicest Courtesy to Guests Is Noted in The Sun
A lighthearted note on how mentioning guests and visits in the pages of The Sun serves courtesy. The fragment suggests a polite practice of sharing arrivals, departures, and items with readers as a social gesture.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. G. Simmons of
Lubbock
Guy Hamilton
Baylor Hospital, Dallas
J. H. Waggoner
Austin
Lee Wilborn
Donald Neal
ETSC
Artema Club
C. L. Keith
Houston
Stewart Delgado Jr
Grace Roberts
Jack Lackey
Sherman Hospital
F. H. Floyd
C of
Texas
Belle Baldwin
Millinery Stabilization Commission
New York
J. B. Warren
Oregon
Enterprise Baptist Church
Joe Denton
Church OF Christ
Palace Theatre
Rod Cameron
Tim Holt
Nan Leslie
Richard Martin
Wild Horse Mesa
Scotty Beckett
Allene Roberts
Gene Stratton-Porter
Michael O’halloren
Dana Andrews
Merle Oberon
Ethel Barrymore
Hoagy Carmichael
Randolph Scott
Robert Ryan
Anne Jeffreys
George
Gabby” Hayes
Jacqueline White
West
Frontier
New Jersey
Buddy
Napoleon
Cole & Davis Co
Borden
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