Whitewright Personal News Roundup Highlights Visits
Harold Pace visits Paul and Mrs Cook. Mrs Bess Howard stays with Mrs LaRoe. Lee Simmons and friends from Sherman in Whitewright. Dr Jack Spindle of Rusk visits. Mrs R H May visits Dallas. Robert Gaston of Winters visits grandparents in Whitewright. several trips and gatherings noted across area.
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Harold Pace of
Longview
Mrs
Paul Cook
Lee Simmons of
Sherman
Whitewright
Jack Spindle of
Rusk
J. F. Spindle
Robert Gaston
Winters
Needlecraft Club Luncheon Hosted by Mrs Clifton Jones
Mrs Clifton Jones hosted the Needlecraft Club at her home on Wednesday for the monthly luncheon. A short program entertained one visitor, Mrs Buster Anderson. The president led a business session with plans for the summer months, and the club adjourned until October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Jones
Buster Anderson
Flower Study For Bethel Home Demonstration Club
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club met Monday at Miss Margaret Coggins’s home for a program on flower arrangement. Members and guests heard talks on accidents by Mrs. T. L. Cowart and Miss Louise Autrey. Prizes went to Mrs. Floyd Harris and Mrs. E. A. Boy. Refreshments were served to 13 members and three guests. Mrs. George Jarvis will host July 17.
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Bethel Home Demonstration Club
Margaret Coggins
Floyd Harris
Ouida Nell Harris
Elizabeth Hedgepeth
Foy Clowers
E. A. Boy
T. L. Cowart
Louise Autrey
J. C. Coggins
Clarksville
Co. M. Fulton
Buddy Stephens
George Jarvis
Rotary Club Program by Dr Geo Stephens Advances Medicine
Rotary Club lunch speaker Dr Geo Stephens, program chairman, used the forum to practice public speaking and discussed the advancement of medicine over the past century. He highlighted disease stamping efforts and rising life saves, receiving hearty applause for a well delivered talk. Guests Lloyd Sellick of San Antonio and Bob Steakley of Sherman attended.
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Geo. K. Stephens
Rotary Club
Dr. Stephens
Rotary
Lloyd Sellick
San Antonio
Bob Steakley
Sherman
Witty Exchange on Stockings and Age in Silhouette
A pair of terse lines about silk stockings prompts a salesman inquiry. A quick quip about actresses under thirty follows, then another jab at women under thirty claiming to be actresses. The dialogue showcases sharp, period-voiced humor and social satire.
Death of Daniel Crawford Watson 63 in East Whitewright
Daniel Crawford Watson 63 died Saturday night at his East Whitewright home. Funeral was Sunday at First Presbyterian Church conducted by Dr B Wrenn Webb and Rev Leslie Evans. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born June 16 1876 in Nashville Tenn son of Andrew Jackson and Martha Watson. Survived by wife Effie Kirk three children and five grandchildren. He had long cared for Oak Hill Cemetery and was held in high esteem by many neighbors and friends.
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Daniel Crawford Watson
East Whitewright
First Presbyterian Church
B. Wrenn Webb
Leslie O. Evans
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Mr. Watson
Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Martha Watson
Orangeville
Whitewright
Effie Kirk
Randolph
Osie Martin
F. O. Mangrum
Sherman
Lowell Watson
Lubbock
Kelous Watson
Leroy
Lonnie Dee
Maurice Ray Martin
Paul Gene
Billy
John Smith
John Burkett
Will Smith
Tom Bean
W. D. Howe
Houston
O. C. Chick
Dallas
Miss Pearl England
Denton
Church Services Plan Special Meetings At Baptist Church
The Sunday program lists 10 a.m. Sunday school led by Dick Montgomery, 10 50 a.m. preaching by Dr. B Wrenn Webb with the sermon titled Are We New Testament Christians. No evening worship scheduled as services are moved to Baptist Church meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Dick Montgomery
The
Baptist Church
Sunday Services and Revival Plans For Local Church
Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. with N L Manning as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon titled The Heart of Matter. Evening services are dismissed for a Baptist revival underway. The pastor will assist Rev C C Childress in Collinsville next week at a revival beginning Sunday.
Pension roll probe starts in Texas as liberalized law awaits federal ruling
Austin officials opened a probe into 35,000 applicants for old age assistance under the liberalized pension law passed by the Legislature. The Federal Social Security Board must decide if the Texas measure meets federal standards and will continue to match state funds. A ruling against the law could cut July payments in half, with rolls potentially expanding and further reducing checks riding on state funds alone. Approximately 118,000 people received June checks averaging $14.15.
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Austin
Federal
Social Security Board
W. A. Little
State Pension Organization
Tele phone girl calling or business profession
The quotation asks how to classify a tele phone girl and whether her role is a business or a profession. It concludes that neither applies and labels it a calling rather than a job category. The line reflects a viewpoint on vocational identity rather than formal sectors.
Legislat ors Gone But Clamor Lingers in Texas
In Dallas Dispatch Journal veteran columnist Harry Benge notes Texas legislators closed session amid weariness. Gov. O Daniel hints January 1941 for possible special session as political tides and radio driven leadership shape public debate, while Senator Joe Hill and senate colleagues navigate lingering courtship of power and taxation.
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Harry Benge Crozier
Dallas
Texas
Austin
Joe Hill
Senate
Old age pensioners on Gov O Danials desk by November
A report notes that aged pensioners will be laid on Governor O Daniel s desk before next November. The move appears tied to political timing ahead of the governor s Sunday remarks.
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O’daniel
CCC Quota to Be Enrolled Friday
Forty-nine white youths and six negro boys from Grayson County will be enrolled at Sherman Friday in the civilian conservation corps. Miss Martha Naylor, supervisor for the Texas relief commission, says the office will select enrollees who will undergo physical exams and assignments at the Sherman CCC camp. Eligible boys 17 to 23 may be accepted with preference to those 18 or older, with thirty-five kept at Sherman, six sent to Wolfe City, the rest to Denton then Dallas, while the six negroes go to a Daingerfield camp.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Civilian Conservation Corps
Martha Naylor
Texas Relief Commission
Sherman CCC
Sherman Camp
Wolfe City
Denton
Dallas
Daingerfield
Off Relief Couple Pays Back $237 After Job Found
In Cleveland, a young couple who previously relied on relief celebrate the Fourth with pride. The husband now has work and the wife, offering gratitude, presents a $237 repayment to relief headquarters, saying she wanted to repay the help received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Drive Against Wage-Hour Violators
Washington administrator Elmer F. Andrews announced a intensified drive against wage and hour act violators with a 2.5 million dollar appropriation for the new fiscal year. The plan includes 16 regional offices 11 branch offices and a mobile inspectors force to cover the country. He said the decentralization will speed up handling of complaints and enforcement of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Scotchman and wife attend county fair basket joke
A Scotchman and his wife walk from their farm to the county fair. His wife carries a heavy lunch basket and he offers to take it, saying they might get separated in the crowd.
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Scotchman
Mary
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