Local Visitors and Births Highlight Busy Weekend
Fred Garner spent the weekend in Amarillo while Thomas Sears and his sons Tom and Del plus Cliff Emerson visited in Lubbock. Several families from Dallas, Tyler, Fort Worth and other areas visited relatives, with newborn Jeffrey Lynn to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jarvis of Dallas on July 5. A called Whitewright Lodge meeting will confer the B. A. degree tonight. Community notes also record illnesses, travels, and holiday visits across multiple Texas towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sears
Sons
Tom and
Del
Cliff Emerson
Lubbock
Jeffrey Lynn
Leonard Jarvis
Dallas
J. C. Jarvis
Local visitors and travels noted from Whitewright area
Social notes record visits among Rogers Arkansas Lake Dallas Amarillo Durant Okla Dal las Marlin and Bonham. Guests include Mr and Mrs Pascal Binion Mr and Mrs Morris Hughes Mrs Clay Horton Mr and Mrs Earl Fields Mr and Mrs P L Owen and Clyde Owen in Tucson Ariz Mrs R E Hickman hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Guy Dillon Paul Vestal Joe Dillon and Bob Grant. Cecil Magers tours foreign countries. The Joy Russell Circle Baptist Missionary Society met with Mrs Paul Stephens and members shared program and devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Hickman
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Paul Vestal
St. Joseph, Mo
Joe B. Dillon
Dallas
Bob Grant
Bonham
Cecil Magers
Italy
Switerland
France
Austria
Mr. Magers
Bertha Magers
Whitewright
Marlin
Joy Russell
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Paul Stephens
Gene Hughes
O. L. Jones
Joe Rich
Jones
Double Ring Ceremony In Whitewright Transfer
The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Williams of Whitewright Route 1, wed Mr. Clifton Sanderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson of Whitewright Route 1. The bride wore powder blue silk with white accessories and an orchid corsage. Attendant was Mr. and Mrs. Don Key of Mesquite. Both graduates, she works at Republic National Bank in Dallas and he at Southwestern Motor Freight Bureau. The couple will live at 4906 Live Oak Street in Dallas after a wedding trip to Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Williams
Whitewright Route 1
Mr. Sanderson
Clifton Sanderson
Whitewright
Don Key
Mesquite
Beta Sigma Phi holds meeting at Mrs. Billner home
The Chief Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Helen Billner. Mrs. Janis Sivley led the training program in the absence of vice president Mrs. Carol Orenduff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Helen Billner
Janis Sivley
Carol Orenduff
Thornhill Family Reunion Marks 86th Birthday
Mrs. J. P. Thornhill celebrated her 86th birthday with a Sunday family reunion at her Whitewright home. About 70 attended a noon meal and 11 of her children joined in singing to her. Five Thornhill sisters and numerous relatives from Denison Fort Worth Sherman Sudan Pottsboro Lewisville Ector Howe McKinney Whitewright joined the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P
Jake) Thornhill
Thornhill
D. H. Thrasher
Lucy Cline
Whitewright
Gussie Taylor
Ector
R. C. Burnett
Sudan
Kate Cecil
Raymondville
Nell Zaves
Ruth Jones
Bennie Thornhill
Roy Coffman
Archie Asbill
Garland Muse
A. L. Thompson
Bill Thornhill
Denison
R. M. Stapleton
Paul Cecil
Fort Worth
Sherman Thornhill
W. G. Thornhill
J. A. Burden
Sherman
John Burnett
J. C. Stapleton
Pottsboro
Wiley Williams
Lewisville
Floyd Taylor
Bobby D. England
McKinney
Leon Thornhill
Howe
W. C. Thornhill
J. B. Thornhill
Brenda
Frank Thornhill
Pearl England
Sam Taylor
Virgil Mullins
O. E. Woodson
Edna Thornhill
Williams-Sanderson Wedding at Bethel Baptist Church
Miss Laura Jean Williams and Travis Sanderson wed at 8 p m Saturday in the Bethel Baptist Church parsonage with Rev. Calvin Tolar, pastor, officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Jean Williams
Travis Sanderson
Bethel Baptist Church
Calvin Tolar
Reunion Held In Back Yard Of Mrs. O M Brown
Thirty three relatives and friends attended a Monday evening reunion in the back yard of Mrs. O M Brown. Attendees included the Gants Nelsons Burchfields Browns Russell Phillips Brown from several nearby towns and California, with several siblings and relatives listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Brown
J. F. Gant
Mazella Gant
Sue
Ben Nelson
Tom Bean
J. W. Burchfield
Debbie and
Bruce
Deport
Raymond Brown
Oakland
Calif
Viva Phillips
Dallas
Nell Brown
Linton
Rudolph Russell
Ode
Proficiency and Passing Grades Cited by Uncle Mat
A teacher added a longtime gentle compliment to a poor report saying the student contributes nicely to group singing by listening. Uncle Mat argues tax funded schools avoid failing students by easing grading standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Mat
Social Security Info for Workers Near Retirement
Gus Jones of the Sherman Social Security Administration explains that insured workers can apply for retirement benefits at retirement age while continuing to work. Benefits may begin immediately or when earnings decline, and filing at retirement age safeguards against any loss of benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Jones
Social Security Administration
Sherman
Jones
The
East Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Garner
Amarillo
Marvin Bryant of
Madill, Okla
R. L. Sears
H. H. Lytle
Ophelia Keahey of
Tyler
Bob Hyecock
Obie Rutledge
Jonas Manuel
N. B. Nicholson
Garland
W. T. Nicholson
J. C. Hatridge
Minnesota
Points
J. C. Allred
Bells
Joe Johnson
R. A. Essary
Whitewright Lodge No. 167
A. F
A. M
Austin Stedham
Salina, Kans
W. H. Stedham
Jean Painter
Sara Beth Crouch
Barbara Lumpkins
Bruce Pember
Slaton
Tokyo
Japan
T. J. Lilley
Robert Emerson Sears
Maurice Garner
Angleton
Bob Sears
Harlie Howell
Herman Musser
Celina
Kan
J. H. Hopper
Jim Williams
W. E. Marlow
Sammie Maxwell
Anna Caldwell
Elmont
C. P. McGinnis
George McCurdy
Wylie
A. L. McCurdy
J. A. Harper Jr
Aztec, N. M
D. E. McCoy Jr
Pete Massengale
Delmer Musser
R. A. Scott
Lola Scott
Bert Ayers
Memphis, Tenn
Edgar Ayers
George Bennett
Otto Cunningham
Ben Williams
Ernest Williams
Marshall Williams
New Thern
James Otto Williams
New Orleans
W. W. Ables
Jim Ables
James Harold Ables
Ernest Ables
van Alstyne
C. E. Haker
J. O. Brinkley
Howard Hendrix and Son
Grandview, Mo
Pascal Binion
Rogers, Ark
Morris Hughes
Clay Horton
Guy Allen
Lake Dallas
Charlie Woodruff
Earl Fields
P. L. Owen
Inlaw
Clyde Owen
Tucson
Ariz
Youngblood
Suzanne
U. S
Arizona
Kimbell
Morton
Pepperidge Farm
Gorton
Thompson
Duncan Hines
Grayson Oleo
Folger’s Coffee
Bologna
Keith
Louisiana
Decker
Gladiola
Zestee Waffle
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