Ethel Greens Notes On Whitewright Social Roundup
Local notices list visitors and family gatherings across Whitewright and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Aston Smith of Dallas, Rev Harless McAlester, Mrs. McAlester of El Paso, Homer Gentry family, Maude Hodge in Savoy Nursing Home, and many others from Dallas, Plano, Sherman, Denison, and Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston Smith
Dallas
Harless McAlester
el Paso
Homer Gentry
John McAlester
Whitewright Nursing Home
Howard Hodge Sr
Maude Hodge
Savoy Nursing Home
James Rogers
Grand Rapids S. D
Kenneth McKinney
Plano
Viola McKinney
Grover Brown
John Tuff
Enid Cassity
Fairview
Arthur Neal
Ruth
Alton Neil
Barbara Reid
Topeka
Kansas
Nina Davis
Denison
G. C. Brown
Richardson
Roger
Tracy Brown
Brown
Sherman
Minnie Smart
Dan Vestal
Fort Worth
Fred Clark
R. C. Binstch
Greenville
Lonnie Jaynes
Cheapeake
Virginia
Johnnies Jaynes
Garland
Hazel Bowers
Freda Dockery
Everett McMurry
Texas
Lucy McMurry
Birthday Parties Highlight Local Family Celebrations
Birthday reports celebrate Jason Ray Ballard turning one on July 3 with a Raggedy Andy themed party to be held July 4 at his home. Co hosts are Wilma Ballard and Anita Smith, with grandparents Ann Ballard Oscar C. Smith and great grandmother Ella Patterson noted. Brenda Lee Layman also marks her first birthday on June 27 with a family gathering including the Layman and Hendrix families in Tom Bean and Whitewright. Sheryl A. Morris, daughter of Berton A. Morris Jr, participates in AFROTC field training at Lackland AFB as part of a nationwide four week program, was a member of East Texas State University unit and a Tom Bean High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Ray Ballard
Harrold R. Ballard
Jason
Raggedy Andy
Wilma Ballard
Anita Smith
Ann Ballard
Oscar C. Smith
Ella Patterson
Brenda Lee Layman
Roy Layman
Robert Layman
Carlos Bodine
Dianna Hendrix
Ricky Wilson
Chris
Jeannie Layman
Tom Bean
Lou Ann Carpenter
Myrtle Carpenter
Whitewright
Cecil Hendrix
San Antonio
Sheryl A. Morris
Air Force
Berton A. Morris, Jr
Tex
U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Afrotc
Lackland Afb
Morris
East Texas State University
Tom Bean High School
Former newspaper woman and educator in Spotlight week
Mrs. Aubrey Stella Wheelis McMurry, born March 19 1888 in Pike Collin County, is in nursing home Spotlight this week. She taught at Poke and Davenport before 1908 married 1908 freelanced for McKinney Democrat and Leonard Graphic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey
Stella Wheelis) McMurry
Pike
Collin County
C. C. Wheelis
Lula Ashlock Wheelis
McMurry
Baptist Church
J. H. Perkins
Dallas
Lois Young
Phoenix
Ariz
A. E. McMurry
Garland
Aline McMurry Galen
Married man preferred for management humor
A curious friend asks why a employer favors married men over bachelors. The reply is blunt: married men don’t get as upset when yelled at.
Nursing Home News Highlights Local Visits and Admissions
Mrs Morris of Sherman Library hosted a Coffee Talk film Monday with refreshments. Jerry Jones led Bible Study Wednesday. Forty five attended Sunday services. New admissions include Mrs Ine Doggett of Van Alstyne and Mrs Em Finger of Dallas. Several residents and visitors are listed with family ties across Sherman, Dallas, Bonham, and Kilgore. Family events and recent passings noted among communities served by the nursing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Sherman Library
Jerry Jones
Ine Doggett
van Alstyne
Texas
Emfinger
Dallas
Ann Clements
Martha Partridge
John Ballard
Community Hospital
Aubrey Hall
Marie Caraway
Tilman Tallent
J. P. Owenby
J. E. Owenby
Sherman
Ashlock
Earl Benson
Thomas
Kilgore
Edith Crawford
Mable Sears
J. B. Emfinger
Bill Freeman
Houston
Quotations on Silence by Ray Spinoza Carlyle
A collection of aphorisms contrasts silence with speech. John Ray notes that quiet speakers are welcome in any place while Spinoza and Carlyle reflect on happiness and eternity in restraint. The tone is reflective and terse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Carlyle
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Ethel Green
Jack Pannell
San Bernardino
Calif
Mary Lou Ayres
Jess Blanks
Vernon Bryant
Peggy Ford
G. A. Henson
Mark Brown
Stuart
Emmett Green
L. D. Beal
Helen Pruitt
Estelle Baxter
A. R. Brinkley
San Antonio S
Austin
Brinkley
J. S. Nichols
Teague
John Curtis
J. W. Crock
Rosa Flora
Mike
Mark
Annette
Peru
Ind
Anna Murphy
Frank Cole
James Blakey
Charlie Lewis
Pecos
Sheryl Morris
Lackland
Aubrey McMurry
Earnheart
Continental Telephone of
Jim Worsham
E Barns
Nursing Home News
Dick Dockery
Trenton
Floyd Shinpaugh
Bonham
James Beavers
Joe Bellows
Julia
Ector
Clemie Bursey
Crowell
Abbie Lou McKinnis
Wichita Falls
Ida Lee Horne
Truscott
Moody Bursey
Mary Lou Kissinger
Bon
Bower
Hall
John Ray
Baruch Spinoza
Mr. and
Mrs
Eddie McCartney
Little’s Grocery
Monsanto
MOET
Hi-Way
the Baptist Church
Brenda Dyer
Brenda Dyer Operator
Anna Robinson
Man Rae
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