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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
5
Locals list visits by Miss Belle Huddleston and many others to and from Stamford Gainesville Waco Durant Sherman and Bonham. A daughter Peggy Sue was born July 1 to Noel and his wife. Several residents travel for visits to Commerce Okemah Ardmore and Alabama. Names include Perdue Dossey Gordon Livingston Craig Wilson Jones and others.
A flurry of weekend travel and family visits fills the notes with numerous names and places. Fort Worth residents Mr. and Mrs. Way Hancock visited relatives here, and many others including Miss Martha Sears and Miss Carrie Hamilton return or travel to Dallas Austin Houston and Sherman with family ties in Denton Paris Marshall and Plainview. Local leaders and band director Fred D. Martin from Shawnee are referenced with a planned free band concert Saturday at the J A Yeager station.
Mrs. T. F. Coffman and grandchildren Johnny Mack and Margaret Greer and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coffman of Dallas returned from a visit with relatives in West Texas. Robert Cantrell of Marlin spent Sunday and Monday with his parents, J. L. Cantrell and wife, a member of the Marlin Daily Democrat news staff for two years.
Mrs C C West and Mrs Hayden White with daughter of Coalgate Oklahoma were guests of Mrs W J Doss Friday. R C Montgomery learns his son Frank Montgomery moved from Carrizozo New Mexico to their Claunch New Mexico home recovering from a paralytic stroke. Whitewright locals observed July 4 with many shops closed. Several trips and visits noted across towns, including Dallas, Kingston, Quanah, and Big Spring.
Mark Montgomery and Joe Riddle have taken over the operation of the Southland ice station in Whitewright just north of the Houston grocery, taking over from Bill Taylor who previously ran the station.
Betty Sue Thornhill observed her eleventh birthday with a Thursday party for friends. Games and refreshments including candy cake and lemonade followed, with guests Mary Lou Thrasher Tommie Thornhill Billy Joe Riddle Oma Jean Sanders Ida Pearl Thrasher Ima Sue Garner Winnell Stapleton Charleen State ville Jack Thrasher Jack Camp Durant Okla Macdean Roper Nola Jean Perdue Ima Jean Kidd Ima Jane Kuykendall and Mary Thornhill. Betty Sue received several gifts.
Mrs W B Head hosted a birthday dinner Sunday for her husband on his 46th birthday. Guests included many relatives from Blue Ridge Weston Cleburne Bells McKinney Leonard Whitewright and others, with numerous McGuffey and Taylor family members and children in attendance.
Mrs. Carl Holland, a home food supply demonstrator for the Home Demonstration Club of Kentuckytown, led a Friday afternoon canning session at her home. Lima beans and corn were prepared, with the corn canned in whole grain and cream styles. Seven club members attended, along with visitors Mrs. J. G. Sloan, Mrs. F. T. Harris, Miss Ouida Nell Harris, Mrs. C. S. Keener and daughters, Misses Lizzie and Dorothy Keener, Miss Dorothy Carter, Mrs. Guy McCafferty, Patsy Parnell, Mrs. Joe Chumbley, and children from Sedalia. Refreshments were served.
Churches hold 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship titled The Neglected Garden. There will be no evening worship. Worship will be with the Methodists in support of their meeting series.
Mahurin News reports Oland Bush and son Leon in Sherman and Sedalia last Wednesday. James Burris family and Mrs. T. C. Hall and son visited in Bonham earlier. George Howelwell of McKinney and Elmer Mullican group spent weekend visiting A. E. Mullican family. Miss Lena Bush hosted Henrietta Jones. Mrs. Hutchins and Ford families visited Whitewright. P H Hall returned from California. Farmers thrash grain this week.
Patrick Horace McAnaney, 25, drowned in Log Lake at Denison Monday night. His companions Henry Smith and Virgie Mason swam to help but McAnaney’s body disappeared. He is survived by his mother in California and brother Ralph McAnaney of Oregon.
Mrs. Madelyn Cates and Miss Eva Nell Kitching of Commerce spent the weekend with homefolks. Miss Johnie Baker, recovering from appendicitis at St. Vincent's Sanitarium Sherman, is improving. Betty Cates visits grandparents J. H. Hodge at Mahurin. Ford Kitching and Clarence Barker of Sherman visited Lillard Hode at Savoy Monday night. The Beazleys and Barker families hosted or visited others in Ector Randolph and Ran dolph on Sunday.
Funeral services for W. E. Conway a former state legislator aged 67 were conducted Friday in Leonard after his death Thursday at his home. He had lived in the city long and his wife is sister to the late Emma Lacy. Survivors include his wife a son Lacy Conway of Dallas a daughter Mrs L D McComas of El Paso a sister Mrs John Robertson of Whitewright a brother J H Conway of El Paso and two grandchildren.
Funeral services for M. J. Lankford, 78, who died Wednesday at his home in Ector, were held Thursday afternoon. Born in Tennessee, he had lived in Fannin County for many years. Survived by his wife, two sons H. G. Lankford of Sherman and W. C. Lankford of Midland, four daughters, a sister, 30 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dallas reports the Social Security Board will issue account numbers to workers from field offices starting July 1. Workers in the Dallas area may pick up Form SS-5 at post offices and mail completed forms with postage to 1530 Allen Building, Dallas. Forms are returned with account numbers after processing, with postmasters assisting applicants as needed.
Employers who have not applied for identification numbers may obtain the necessary form SS-4 from post offices. This completed form should be forwarded to the Social Security Board, 1530 Allen Building, Dallas, Texas.
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration will reduce its rolls to 1,665,477 by July 15 amid budget limits. June 26 employment stood at 1,821,151, down from June 5, with the WPA peak over 3,000,000 in February 1936. Administrator Harry Hopkins ordered the cuts due to a $1.325 billion appropriation this year.
A collection of aphoristic lines on human flaws leadership and social behavior. Notes that youth can be wiser than elders, bosses pass blame, average people feel well, and care in emergencies affects living costs. Also comments on timing in romance and executive work when given space to think.
A breezy exchange features a joking line about calisthenics versus a railroad train, capturing a moment of light humor. The remark hints at a recurring character or topic titled That Man, highlighting a playful back and forth.
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