Local News Roundup from Sherman Area
Weekend travels and family visits across Sherman Durant and Denison noted. Birth of Debra Jo Mason to Mr and Mrs Ray Mason. several residents attend hospital stays funerals and services. Connie Collins and others visit hospitals and relatives. a Conoco Station changeover and tractor accident prompt local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Meador
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sherman
A. L. Conner
Pilot Grove
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Ray Mason
Debra Jo
John Mason
Ector
Cleve Anderson
Route 3
Community society notices from Whitewright area
Local church groups met for sessions and social events. Miss Zoe Vestal attends a Prudential insurance school in Newark with 300 selected nationwide. 275 people attended a farm party at the high school with Murray Cox as speaker and Russell Cash named for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe Vestal
Houston
R. C. Vestal
Whitewright
Newark
N. J
Prudential Life Insurance Company
First National Bank
Murray Cox
WFFA
C. B. Bryant III
Russell Cash
Texas
Marvin Methodist Church
Mrs Garner and Donna Collins Visit Leonard Family
Mrs. Fred Garner and Donna Collins spent Wednesday in Leonard with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sprinkie for a social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Collins
Donna Collins
Fred Garner
Paris
Leonard
Ernest Sprinkie
Rotary Club Meeting Honors Guest Speaker Rev Farler
Rotary Club vice president R A Gillett presided as president Grant Hoover was absent due to illness. Program chairman O V Barker introduced Rev Sam P Farler pastor of the First Methodist Church as the day's guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Gillett
Rotary Club
Grant Hoover
O. V. Barker
Sam P. Farler
First Methodist Church
Fidelis Class Holds January Meeting at Cummings Home
Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Sunday School held a monthly business and social meeting on Thursday evening January 24 at the home of Mrs. W. C. Cummings with a pot luck dinner. Mrs. Lewis Cooper presided, Gene Hughes gave the devotional, and officers and group captains presented monthly reports. Thirty three members attended. The next gathering will be a family dinner at the church on Thursday February 21 for members, associate members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis
First Baptist Sunday School
W. C. Cummings
Lewis Cooper
Gene Hughes
Bridal Shower for Mrs Don Stephens in Pike
A bridal shower and tea for Mrs Don Stephens of Dallas was hosted at Mrs Paul Mannings home in Pike with co host Mrs George Gilmore. Attendees included Mrs Joe Stephens and Mrs A R McMurray from Whitewright. The honoree, the former Betty Fry, recently married Mr Don Stephens in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Stephens
Dallas
Paul Manning
Pike
George Gilmore
Joe Stephens
A. R. McMurray
Whitewright
Betty Fry
C. L. Fry
Stephens
Bethel W M S Meeting Welcomes New Members
The Bethel W M S met Monday at 2 00 pm with ten members and two visitors. Mrs. O G Alexander directed a community mission program. Guests included Mrs. Dooley and Mrs. Goodnight. The meeting opened with song The Ninety And Nine and closed with prayer by Mrs. Louis Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel W. M. S
O. G. Alexander
M. V. Williams
Clifton Sanderson
Bob Cawthon
J. M. Franklin
J. H. Gosnell
Cecil Bartley
Sunbeams
Zachaeus
Bridal Shower Held For Mr and Mrs Harold Word
A bridal shower was given Tuesday evening at 7 30 for Mr and Mrs Harold Word. The bride is the former Mary McKinney. Games were directed by Mrs O G Alexander and the blessing was offered by Rev G G Burnett. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Word
Punch and Cookies Served at Wanda Alexander and Laura Williams Event
Wanda Sue Alexander and Laura Jean Williams hosted a gathering for fifty guests with punch and cookies. Several attendees sent gifts despite missing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Sue Alexander
Laura Jean Williams
Whitewright Music Club Meets at Mrs McMillin's Home
The Whitewright Music Club gathered Wednesday afternoon at Mrs J C McMillin's home with Mrs McMillin directing. Members answered roll call with jazz names and presented program numbers including Paper Jazz Origins and Influences by Mrs Homer Sears and solos by Mrs Floyd Bassett Mrs O L Jones and Mrs Houston Darwin. The chorus practiced after the program and nine members were served refreshments with four absent. The next meeting is February 13 at Mrs George Hight's home with Mrs Philip Earnheart as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
J. C. McMillin
Houston Darwin
George Hight
Philip Earnheart
Luck Repeats Law Of Averages In Odd Note
Mrs Julia Pearson sent two Christmas packages to Korea. Her son Pfe Chester Wishamore 23 of the 3rd Combat Engineers wrote back only to reveal both gifts bore her signature. The State of North Carolina earned 3200000 in interest on surplus tax fund investments last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Julia Pearson
Korea
Pfe
Chester Wishamore
3Rd Combat Engineers
YMCA
North Carolina
Practical Home Tips From a Past Era
The text offers household hacks such as threading needles on a slant for easier eye passage, securing trunk packing lists with thumb-tacks, achieving weathered wood finishes with gray stain and white paint, and warns against jamming a brush into a corner as it bucks bristles.
Blind business people earn 131000 in 1951
A Texas report shows blind entrepreneurs earned 131000 in 1951 through state aid. The group aided by the State Commission for the Blind operated businesses with a 16 percent profit on 785500 gross sales, including refreshment stands, washerteries, mop shops and mat factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Lon Alsup
State Commission For the Blind
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