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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1947

Page

5

Local notes on visitors and trips around Whitewright

A roundup of residents and visitors across Whitewright and nearby towns. Griffin Dollarhide Jr and numerous others travel to Dallas and Fort Worth, while relatives visit here from Oklahoma City Nocona Houston and Denison. Multiple family gatherings, hospital updates, and weekend trips to Sherman Marshall and Fort Worth are recorded along with local sales and a few operations.

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Whitewright area visitors and community notes expand

Mr and Mrs Lanius Everheart and son Bill of Los Angeles visited Burn Everheart and relatives. L L Jones and children of Leonard and Clarence Burden near Trenton visited J B Burden near Ladonia. Homer Gentry named summer veterans agriculture teacher with class at Greenville. W H Stedham attended funeral of E M Pratt at Bonham. Pratt was a former Fannin County tax officer. Mrs P J Pierce and son Oscar and others visited in Little Rock Ark. Fred Conn and Blanche Montgomery welcome daughter born July 8. Marathon oil deal offered by Edwin Badgett at Hi Way Launderall. Raymond Bryson and two children return to Round Rock after visiting relatives. Hubert P Blanton of Houston visiting H B Barnett east of Whitewright. Judge and Mrs Randolph Bryant Sr and families of Sherman visiting Mrs C B Bryant Jr Tuesday evening. Mrs Sam McCurry and daughter Louise of Merced guests of C M Howard. McMurry is Howard’s sister. Raymond Cates and children visited his father Ray Cates. they head to Odessa to make their home after years in Paris.

Raymond Cates Ray Cates Odessa Paris

Hi Way Launderall Opens Under Badgett Lease

Mr and Mrs Edwin Badgett lease the Hi Way Launderall from R K Van Dusen and operate the plant with 14 automatic Launderall machines. The facility is modern and air conditioned. Community notes include visits from Grady Stepp and Barbara Jo Dillon, honor roll for Miles Chumbley, a flying disc remark from Whitewright, and a birthday dinner for S H Lenox.

Edwin Badgett R. K. van Dusen

Navy promotion and local incidents unfold in brief notices

Don Newman on furlough learns his promotion to pharmacist's mate third class in the Navy. Durant Oklahoma couple Mr and Mrs Robert Howard recover from injuries after a Calera Oklahoma crash on the 4th caused by a liquor impaired driver. Two Whitewright men plead guilty to aggravated assault and affray in Grayson County Court, with fines totaling over 125 dollars for the assault and 50 dollars for the affray. Officers raid a Negro house near the disturbance and seize 40 gallons of choc later destroyed. A complaint for making choc is filed against a Negro. A further white man charged with affray seeks a jury trial.

Don Newman B. W. Newman Navy Robert Howard Durant Okla Calera Howard C. M. Howard Route One Whitewright Grayson County

Skeleton finds at Lake Texoma mark second this year

The discovery of a human skeleton along the Lake Texoma shoreline northwest of Pottsboro this week follows an earlier find, as Allen Short of Whitewright and Hugh Henry of Denison had located parts of two skeletons in Burns Run months earlier while fishing. Other community notices mention a bee sting incident in Sherman and a weekend reunion at Houston street park.

Lake Texoma Pottsboro Burns Run Allen T. Short Whitewright Hugh Henry Denison

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Griffin Dollarhide Jr Dallas Mrs. G. O. Hughes Hayden Hamilton Greenville Mrs. Mack Fuller of Nocona Mrs Drewie Caylor J. B. Lilley Mrs. P. L. West Oklahoma City Brother T. J. Lilley H. E. Wellborn Jr Temple Katie Nell Yeager M. E. Winburn St. Vincent Hospital Sherman Mackie Greer Gulfport Miss Grace Roberts Joe D. Hicks George Hicks Ely Laura Kidd Peggy Thornhill Old Mexico Harvey Stephens Oklahoma W. C. Bailey Barbara Charleston, S. C W. M. Cox Nell Brown Commerce W. D. Powell Tahlequah Oklo W. H. Stedham Camel Penn Hi-Way Ralph Kent Shirley James Lackey Little Son Houston Ott Lackey Thelma English of J. M. Simmons Charlie Ayres Marshall, Ark Betty Jo Pierce Doris Jean Woods Leta Ball Tom Bean Winnie Sallye Hamilton Nova Carol Hughes Eva Hughes Grover Stateville Fort Worth Jack Morton Desse Reynolds Onabelle Hampton Lee Hampton Mrs. O. V. Barker Mrs. C. W. George Dimmitt C. H. Taylor Wewoka J.E. McKinnon H. L. Carver W. B. Antoine Farmersville Oran Sears Carl May Fred Cook Colorado Arizona California Ben Dyer Garland W. L. Smith A. P. van Meter Drewie Cavylor John Biggerstaff McKinney Veterans Hospital Buster Smith Willis Point J. E. Coggins Helen Holmes van Alstyne C. W. Chesser Sallye Winnie Hamilton Mattie Skaggs Denison General Hospital W. E. LaRoe R.C. Slagle Jr 15Th District Court W. G. Kaiser Clarksville John J. Kaiser Frances Hedgpeth Denton Howard Hedgpeth Women’s Society of Christian Service Methodist Church Aletta Herring Altus Doris McKinney Austin State Board For Hair Dressing Frances Bennett Mrs. O. A. Bennett Elbert Bennett Speedy Harrison John and Louise Lackey Mangum Nancy Wordstrom Susan Fuller D. E. Low Jr Harry Low Orange M. P. Bell American Legion R. H. May A. A. May Mandy McIntyre Lawton Luther Skaggs Marion, N. C Newell Skaggs Ben Ball Lem Tittsworth Bonham Reserve District No First National Bank OF Bells Texas U. S Federal Reserve Bank State OF Texas Grayson P. H. Wilson R. A. Gillett E. C. Whiting J. E. Whiting T. P. Wells Lanius Everheart Bill Los Angeles Calif Burn Everheart L. L. Jones Leonard Clarence Burden Trenton J. B. Burden Ladonia Homer Gentry Whitewright High School Veterans Agriculture E. M. Pratt Mr. Pratt Fannin County Mr. Stedham P. J. Pierce Oscar Pierce Bob Pierce Fred Cook Jr Little Rock, Ark Fred Conn Conn Blanche Montgomery Raymond Bryson Round Rock Travis Bush Hubert P. Blanton H. B. Barnett Mr. Blanton Mr. Barnett Randolph Bryant, Sr David Bryant William Bryant of C. B. Bryant Jr Sam McCurry Louise Merced Pilot Grove McMurry Grady Stepp Ben Savage Barbara Jo Claud Dillon Billie Fay Dillon West Texas Mr. Dillon Bob Bane Vernon Miss Dillon Cecil Brown Plainview Miles Chumbley Sul Ross State College Alpine Mr. Chumbley Robert Chumbley Kentuckytown Ross R. May S. H. Lenox J. M. Parrish Glazner Guy Hamilton Dorothy Hamilton Lawrence Owen Wichita Falls P. L. Owen E. W. White J. L. White Florence Sunray Gas National and Burpee C. J. Meador R. Kk. van Dusen Marathon Mr. Lee Norris Wright Mr. Norris Badgett John Bryant R. I. Scott Scott Houston Street Robert Scott Martha Haase Moulton Noel Scott Sidney Scott Gordon Smith Elvis Scott Baby Max Cole & Davis Co
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