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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1953
Page
5
A compilation lists numerous local social visits and weekend trips. Residents and visitors include Mrs. Harvey Ford in Bells, Hartwell Edwards in Kaufman County, Bryan Jared in Ardmore Oklahoma, E A Douglas in Waxahachie, and many more from Dallas Sherman Denison Vernon and Lub bock. Several attended the Billy Graham revival in Dallas and others visited relatives or stayed with friends across towns.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Ayers hosted visitors from Leonard and Dallas while Cpl and Mrs Joe Pannell joined Mr and Mrs Alva Barker. Major and Mrs William Paul from Washington DC visited in Sherman as Wanda Dell Sanderson from Dallas concluded a visit with her parents. Major guests include Dr and Mrs E C Webb and Mr and Mrs Ernest Webb. Southwestern Bell donated 50 dollars toward the city recreation park fund bringing total to 2104 35. A softball game at Bryant Field will feature teams from Sherman and Bethel with free admission. Mrs Gladys Hefner of Whitewright becomes business manager of Whitesboro Manufacturing Company. Staff Sgt and Mrs Ownby expect to arrive from Japan around July 10 for a visit with his parents in Whitewright.
Mrs. W L Hatfield hosted the Whitewright Home Demonstration Club on June 25 with Mrs C N Massey presiding. Roll call about small fruits growing followed by a display of fresh plums. Nine members and one visitor attended. next meeting July 9 with Mrs Joe Miller to focus on slip covers.
Rotary Club members elected and inducted Jack Meador as president Earl Blanton as vice president Russell Summers as secretary and Ed LaRoe as treasurer for the upcoming year Summers and LaRoe continue as holdovers Roscoe Gillett received a rising vote of thanks for his year as retiring president The board includes the four officers the retiring president and two elected directors
Paul Stephens and John Biggerstaff led a meeting where the club decided to observe the Saturday holiday by a large majority. Only two members voted against and two or three did not vote. Captain Davis Parrish of the Air Force attended as a guest of John Biggerstaff.
Bethel W M S met Monday with ten members present for a community mission program. Mrs Clifton Sanderson and Mrs Bob Cawthon presented a playlet He That Winneth Souls Is Wise. The closing prayer was led by Mrs O G Alexander.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met at 10 a.m. on Thursday June 25 for an upholstery demonstration led by Mrs. Floyd Harris and Mrs. Bob Cawthon. A covered dish luncheon followed for seven members and one guest Tommie Gerhart of Roswell New Mexico visiting his grandmother Mrs. L L Wendell. He provided humorous readings and sleight of hand tricks. The next meeting is set for July 9 at 2 p.m.
In Grayson County Texas on August 4 1953 Sheriff G W Blanton will sell at the courthouse door the right title and interest of C J Kennedy and wife in a 4 . 7 acre tract on Paw Paw Creek to satisfy a 530 10 tax lien plus costs awarded June 5 1953 by the district court for delinquent taxes with interest at 6 percent. Proceeds apply to the judgment and lien. Redemption rights exist under law. Deputy Lester Day Sherman Texas. Published Whitewright Sun July 2 9 and 16 1953.
The Junior 4-H Club invites members and the public to a program directed by club members. A social hour follows the event.
The 1953 spring pig crop in Texas is the lowest since records began 29 years ago. The new crop is estimated at 566,000 head, 39 percent below last year's 924,000 and less than half the 10 year average. Drought reduced grain crops, curtailing hog production across the state.
President Eisenhower signed legislation extending the doctors and dentists draft by two years and preserving a $100 monthly bonus for medical veterans. The measure sets 21 months of service since September 1940 as a non induction threshold and runs the bonus to July 1, 1955.
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