Local notes record births illnesses visits and civic items
Mrs J A Bixler ill with influenza. visits by Rev J L Truett and others. Births announced for January 25 and 26 1941. Residents travel to Bonham Dallas Sherman and Plano. Legion Auxiliary meeting reports. Flagstaff planned for post office. Katy Railway traffic study at busy crossing. City tax deadline February 1. milder January weather contrasts with last year’s freezing spree. Community events include Camp Fire Girls Bible study and society meeting.
Methodist Women Health Topic At Van Alstyne Meeting
Fourteen delegates from the Methodist Church attended the District Missionary Institute at Van Alstyne. Dr. Alan Harvey Brooks and Rev. W. Harrison Baker led the program with multiple church leaders as speakers. Lunch was served by the Van Alstyne church women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Harvey-Brooks
Lee Norris
Philip Norris
W. N. Stone
A. M. Bryant
Methodist Church
District Missionary Institute
van Alstyne
Alan Harvey- Brooks
Whitewright
W. Harrison Baker
Sherman
W. Angie Smith
First Methodist Church of
Dallas
Ira Riker
Board of Christian Education
Neal Cannon
J. M. Connally
Commerce
Hargrove Grounds
Evangelism
W. M. Graham
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Harvey Brooks
van Alstyne Methodist Church
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meets in Mrs Norris Home
The H D Club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Lee Norris home with Mrs. Mattie Hastings as co hostess. Mrs. W L Hatfield presided and Mrs. Claud Dillon led the program. Refreshments for 25 members and one guest Mrs Marie Jinkins. The club plans an all day Sherman meeting on Feb 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Lee Norris
Mattie Hastings
W. L. Hatfield
Claud Dillon
Marie Jinkins
Sherman
Bethel H D Club Plans Feb Meeting At Sherman
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Floyd Harris home with Mrs. O G Bow in charge. Miss Louise Autrey led a food and national defense program. Members voted to send flowers to ill Mrs H W Hedgpeth. Twelve members attended and refreshments were served. The next meeting is Feb 11 at 10 30 am at the frozen food locker plant in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Home
Floyd Harris
O. G. Bow
Louise Autrey
Harris
Foyce Hicks
Jewel Jarvis
H. W. Hedgpeth
Bethel
Sherman
Kentuckytown Club Holds Meeting at President’s Home
The Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday in the home of president Mrs Burn Everheart who presided over the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club
Burn Everheart
Club Elects Fulton Secretary Treasurer
Mrs. C. M. Fulton was elected secretary treasurer replacing Mrs. Buddy Stephens who moved away. Mrs. P. H. Connelly led a program on food and national defense with members Mrs. Carl Holland Mrs. Elbert Hansard and Mrs. Verde Roberts participating. The club will meet with Mrs. Roberts Feb. 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Fulton
Buddy Stephens
P. H. Connelly
Carl Holland
Elbert Hansard
Verde Roberts
Roberts
Funeral services for William C. Walker set for Thursday
William C. Walker of the Desert community will be buried at Cross Roads Cemetery after a 2:30 p.m. service at his late residence seven miles south of Whitewright. The ceremony is led by Dr. B Wrenn Webb and Dr. J F Fender with Glen Earnheart in charge. He leaves six children, ten grandchildren, and multiple siblings. He died Wednesday night after years of illness. Funeral details include active pallbearers Billie D. Thompson and others. Burial at Cross Roads Cemetery confirms a long Texan life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Walker
Whitewight
B. Wrenn Webb
First Presbyterian Church
J. F. Fender
Glen Earnheart
Billie D. Thompson
Guy
Lloyd Neathery
Howard
Harold Wallace
Howard Yoder
Edgar Bow
William Cowart
Cross Roads Cemetery
Walker
Desert
Whitewright
Asa Walker
Texas
Arkansas
Presbyterian Church
Dora Cowart
D. Thompson
J. L. Robinson
Mary Lee Walker
Garland matriarch dies after illness in Dallas home
Mrs. Frances Wolfe Garland of Pilot Grove, a longtime Grayson County farmer who moved from Arkansas in 1877, died after a three month illness. She lived with her Dallas daughter. Survived by five sons S F Garland John Garland B H Garland L T Garland D W Garland one daughter M R Gramling two dozen grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
M. R. Gramling
Dallas
Funeral services for James M. Phares held at Hebron Church
Funeral services were held at 3 p m Monday at Hebron Baptist Church for James M Phares 62 who died Sunday evening at his home six miles north of Savoy Rev E J Holifield of Bells officiated Burial followed in Hebron cemetery He was born in Tennessee August 12 1878 came to Texas at age five and was a Methodist Church member Surviving are two sons Jess Phares of Savoy Ross Phares of Bells two daughters Mrs C C Whitlock of Bells and Mrs N F Hicks of Clarendon 10 grandchildren two brothers Rufus Phares of Nocona and Joe Phares of Sherran and five sisters listed with towns including Bells Collinsville Wichita Falls Whitewright and Denison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron Baptist Church
James M. Phares
Savoy
E. J. Holifield
Hebron
Mr. Phares
Tennessee
Lincoln Phares
Texas
Methodist Church
Jess Phares
Ross Phares
Bells
C. C. Whitlock
N. F. Hicks
Clarendon
Rufus Phares
Nocona
Joe Phares
Sheran
Alice Waldrop
Janice Price
Collinsville
Loy Rogers
Wichita Falls
Lucy Hargett
Whitewright
Pearl Pool
Denison
Central Christian Church Sunday Schedule
Central Christian Church announces Sunday services at 10 a.m. led by Dr. B Wrenn Webb with Sunday school at 10 a.m. under R P Montgomery. The Christian Answer is at 10:50 a.m. and Prayer With and For the Brotherhood of Man at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
B. Wrenn Webb
R. P. Montgomery
The
Christian Answer
Brotherhood of Man
Sun Honor Roll Names Subscribed This Week
The Sun lists subscribers for the week on its honor roll. Allen T. Short Bascom Sears Mrs. Claud Walcott F. S. Call E. H. Hughes Luther G. Skaggs Virgil Mullins J. H. Norris Mrs. Carroll Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Allen T. Short
Bascom Sears
Claud Walcott
F. S. Call
E. H. Hughes
Luther G. Skaggs
Virgil Mullins
J. H. Norris
Carroll Wilson
Farmer Receives Million Dollar Check by Error
Duxbury Massachusetts Andrew Paanenen, 42, a small cranberry grower, cashed a government check for 1 000 015 25 dollars after a Treasury misprint overpaid him by exactly one million dollars for the soil conservation program. The error was discovered when he attempted to deposit the check on a Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duxbury
Mass
Andrew Paanenen
Treasury
Paanenen
Man Placeholder Irony at Plymouth National Bank
A man entered Plymouth National Bank and demanded cash using a check. Teller Walter Roberts and officials reviewed the check and realized it was valid, prompting concern over supplying a million dollars on demand. The man then revealed it was a joke and mailed the check to the Treasury for correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth National Bank
Walter Roberts
Roberts
Paanenen
Treasury
Vote billions for defense but not for gold braid
Washington report notes House members backed defense spending yet opposed a $300 annual pay increase for army and navy officers serving as White House aides to cover special uniforms and maintaining gold braid. The Military Affairs Committee tabled the bill expanding pay for White House service officers, including the president's naval and military aides, the army chief of staff, and the chief of naval operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Army
Navy
White House
Naval Operations
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J. A. Bixler
J. L. Truett
Olive Myrick
J. C. Gillespie
Bonham
Woodrow Sinor
J. W. Murphy
H. G. May
Elbert Thompson
Pilot Point
E. T. Doss
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Texas State College For Women At
Denton
H. T. Atterberry
M. L. Patton
Memphis, Tenn
Inez
Gladys Ray
Mexico City
R. E. Sandlin
Berry
Archer City
S. T. Montgomery
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
J. P. Darwin
R. M. Womack
Sulphur Springs
J. W. Thompson
Ravenna
W. J. Doss
John Reeves
G. L. Davis
Cole & Davis Company
Garland
S. B. Sorrells
Annie House of
W. J. Barbee
Plano
Frank Armstrong
W. C. Johnson
Frank L. Johnson
Rev
Floyd Bassett
Will Sims
Near Town
W. B. Bixler
Fort Bliss Army Hospital
el Paso
Tanda Camp
Elizabeth Waggoner
Mary Lee Hughes
Mary Helen Hill
Betty Margaret Sears
Miracle Book Club
Call Reeves
Blannie Reeves
Dorothy Hamilton
Honey Grove High School
Guy Hamilton
Dorothy McGaughey
Clarice Galbraith
Mary Palmer Allen
W. A. Sirkle
Trenton
G. W. Pope
Circle
R. B. Grodon
Neil Brittan
Emmet Penn
Brittan
Ft. Bennett
Georgia
San Antonio
San An Antonio
Camp Walters
Mineral Wells
W. H. Wiech
Gulf
L. LaRoe & Company
Mr. Welch
Post Office Department
Whitewright Post Office
Eula L. Phillips
Greenville
Katy Railway
City Commission
Women’s Society For Christian Service of the Methodist Church
H. C. Willis
R. R. Summers
J. B. Hamilton
Folger’s Coffee
Pinto
Griffin’s Syrup
Farley
Hill
the Econmoy Grocery
G. L. Baugher
Celeste
Ross R. May
Carl May
Ira May
Mrs
Ethel Mulkey
Santa Monica, Calif
Ben Montgomery
Lem Tittsworth
Albert Jackson
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
A. L. Jackson
Paul Vestal
Roscoe Vestal
Margaret Boone
Whitewright High School
Roby Childress
Floyd Everheart Jr
Imogene Head
Claire Doss
North Texas State
Drunette Farley
Winnie Ruth Morgan
East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce
Dick Montgomery
North Texas Underwriters Association
Bethel H-D Club
Kentuckytown Club
Mary Hardwick
Alice Marble
Big Bill” Tilden
Donald Budge
Britain
J. D. Garland
Grayson County
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Howard McSpedden
Pilot Grove
Pilot Grove Cemetery
Farmer
Alexander
Lester Haile
Myrna Loy
Melvin Douglas
Charles Starrett
Ann Sothern
Ian Hunter
Roland Young In
Dulcy
Boris Karloff
Ritz Bros
Cole & Davis Co
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