Many Local Residents Visiting Here and There
A long list of visitations and social stops across Texas and nearby states includes Mrs. Bess Howard of Rusk visiting Mrs. Lucian La, Mrs. Lillian Simpson in Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. George Burnham of Denison spending time with the Horton family in Whitewright. Also noted are hospital recoveries, political notices for E. P. (Edger) Jackson, and upcoming Grayson College Ex-Students Association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Howard
Rusk
Lucian la
Maggie Horton
Denison
George Burnham
Grayson College
Vera Hickman
Grayson College Ex-Students Association
George Simpson
Paul Simpson
Jack
Ted Spinks
Dallas
R. E. Simpson
Jack Simpson
University of Texas
Dick Simpson
Actton
George Simpson Jr
Doreas Sunday School Session. Miss Stephens At UT Summer School
The Doreas Class will meet at Mrs. Louis May's home on Tuesday July 11 at 8 p m for a social and business session. Miss Mary Frances Stephens went to Austin to attend summer school at the University of Texas following her 1944 Whitewright High School graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreas
The
Baptist Sunday School
Louis May
Mary Frances Stephens
Austin
University of Texas
Whitewright High School
Whitewright
NTSTC Dean’s List Honors Local Students
Miss Mozelle Jacks of Whitewright, a summer student at North Texas State, Denton, is among 295 students named to NTSTC summer Dean’s List for high scholastic averages. The list honors upperclassmen with no grade below C and at least a B average last semester. Miss Jacks is in the graduate class, daughter of L F Jacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale King
J. B. King
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Mozelle Jacks
Whitewright
North Texas State
NTSTC
Miss Jacks
L. F. Jacks
Rotary Luncheon Program Led by W. E. LaRoe Aims At New Members
The Rotary Club's Friday luncheon featured W. E. LaRoe delivering the membership lecture to new members. He and assistant C. B. Bryant Jr. have long led the program since the club began in 1925. Mrs. Russell Summers and Mrs. Clay Horton were thanked for meals, and a new luncheon plan begins with the wife of the program chair providing the meal each week. Visitors Hubert Barber of Mission and W. C. Huffines of Dallas attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
W. E. LaRoe
LaRoe
Rotary
Mr. LaRoe
C. B. Bryant Jr
Bryant
Russell Summers
Clay Horton
Summers
Horton
Hubert Barber
Mission
W. C. Huffines
Dallas
Mortuary Obituary for Albert L. Gentry
Albert L. Gentry, 50, died at home in Desert eight miles south of Whitewright from a heart attack. Funeral services were at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. J. R. Hilger and Rev. J. A. Henderson. Burial in Cross Roads Cemetery. pallbearers named. Born January 20, 1894, in Wylie, he moved to Grayson County as a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. Gentry
Desert
Whitewright
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
J. R. Hilger
Greenville
J. A. Henderson
Sherman
Cross Roads
Earnheart
E. D. Neathery
Cleveland Warrington
Lloyd Withrow
D. Thompson
John Coleman
Ed McCarley
Mr. Gentry
Wylie
Collin County
R. E. Gentry
Grayson County
Desert community native Gentry dies owner of farm and store
A Desert community native and longtime farmer who later ran a general merchandise business died leaving his wife Lela Miller Gentry and a son Sergeant Joe Bob Gentry of Independence Kansas. He was survived by his parents Mr and Mrs R E Gentry of Desert a sister Mrs Clyde Withrow of Sulphur Springs Ark and brother Homer M Gentry of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Lela Miller
Gentry
Joe Bob Gentry
Independence
Kas
R. E. Gentry
Desert
Clyde Withrow
Sulphur Springs
Ark
Homer M. Gentry
Church Service Schedule for E. P. Wootten Church
The church led by pastor E. P. Wootten beams with morning session at 10 a. m. Sunday school and 11 a. m. worship. Evening gatherings include Training Union at 7 30 p. m. and an 8 30 p. m. worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Wootten
Training Union
Church Service Schedule Announced by J Pat Salyer
The Church of Christ presents a program led by minister J Pat Salyer with Bible study at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. A communion service follows at 11 45 a.m. Evening worship is scheduled for 8 15 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
J. Pat Salyer
Methodist Church Service Times
Duke R. Barron, pastor, leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. Youth Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. Evening service and choir practice at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday schedule continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Duke R. Barron
Church Extends Warm Welcome with Weekly Schedule
Rev. J. M. Wilson serves as pastor at a church offering services Tuesday and Thursday at 8 45 p m Sunday School at 9 45 a m and a Sunday evening healing service at 8 45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Wilson
Communion Sunday At Presbyterian Church With All Welcome
Reverend Casseday invites Presbyterians and strangers to attend the 11 A M communion service. Sunday School begins at 10 A M. Share the invitation with friends and relatives and join in the church’s work for the Kingdom. A cordial welcome awaits all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Casseday
Presbyterian Church
Editor Explains Why Japanese Court Death Tells Brines Tale
Russell Brines recalls serving as a war correspondent with Japanese forces in 1939 on the Mongolia Manchuria border. He details his Tokyo years and internment in Manila, noting varied deaths in the emperor's service and the brutal conditions in limestone caves above the battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Manila
Japanese Soldier Suicide on Biak Island Highlighted
The article explains how Shinto beliefs and imperial propaganda drove Japanese soldiers to suicide rather than face capture. It notes battlefield terror, social disgrace, and the allure of Yasukuni shrine, with rewards to families helping debt relief for peasant households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biak Island
Japan
Yasukuni
Tokyo
Sun Advertising Echoes Economical Mailing The Sun
An old advertisement notes that Sun advertising is economical and suited for adding machine paper, highlighting cost efficiency and practicality for business use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lillian Simpson
R. L. Benish
Mrs. T. EB. Barbee
Robert Cantrell
Bonham
J. L. Cantrell
T. W. M. Merrell
Mrs
Grady Spindle
Santa Monica, Calif
J. F. Spindle
of Denison
W. H. Horton
W. L. Smith
Miss Azilee
J. L. Smith
Garland
C. T. Sadler
Sherman Hospital
Mrs. R. H. Thornhill
W. H. Stedham
J. E. Stedham
Paul Franklin
Near Tom Bean
Texas Pastors
Southern Methodist University
Joe Miller
Mrs. Trueman Miller
Fort Worth
Jesse. Wallace
Morenci, Ariz
E. P
Edger) Jackson
Lem Tittsworth Rural Furniture Store
S. E. Wallace
Horace Ashlock
el Dorado
I. E. Blanks
Ashlock
Joe Morris Wallace
Margaret Hanna
Thomas Gillett
Grady Gillett
T. S. Moreland
Sanger
Moreland
Ben Dyer
Joe Smith Dyer
Clarence Dyer
Durant
Okla
Tom Barbee
Walter Livingston
Mary
Minneapolis, Minn
R. E. Lingenfelter
Jim Russell
J. D. Russell
Ely
Clarence Wootten
Merle Scoggins
Baylor University
Waco
J. A. Bixler
Ford City
Theo Duncan
H. C. Garrison
Dexter, N. M
J. R. Pennington
W. A Casseday
Corrine Casseday
R. N. Sandlin
Guy Hamilton
Baylor Hospital
R. P. Gordon
H. O. Johnson
Memphis, Tenn
R. B. Gordon
Memphis
Russell McGinnis
C. P. McGinnis
Durant, Okla
Robert McGinnis
Palace Theatre
Perrin Field
Odell Worsham
J. E. Worsham
Leonard
Lorene
Oleta Worsham
J. A. Worsham
Otis L. Proffitt
Church of Christ At
Pilot Grove
D. M. Rich
Lee Norris
Norris
W. C. Bailey
Barbara
Charleston
S. C
W. M. Cox
Ruth Cox
Betty Bryant
Betty Friesen
el Centro
Calif
Jackie Nossaman
Pat Gray
Norma Smith
Betty Ann Darwin
David Johnson
Ruth Maddux
John Charles Jones
James Kent Johnson
Betty Lou Reeves
Joan Huseman
Billy John Kaiser
Pinkey Raley
Betty Margaret Sears
Joe Vestal
G. C. Brown
Joe Thomas May
R. H. May
R. A. Gillett
A. L. Gentry
America
Eisenhower
Europe
Farley Grocery
Mi Oan
Assembly OF God
First Presbyterian Church
Ethel
RCIAT
Isc & Lal
West Judd
Tom Sawyer
Cole & Davis Co
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