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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
5
Local residents and visitors populate Whitewright activity with numerous calls on relatives in Arkansas Sulphur Springs and Dallas. Families welcome service members home from the Navy and a city remembers a funeral. Summer gatherings are reported with birthdays and reunions as local businesses promote polio insurance and household goods.
The engagement of Miss Ann LaRoe to Capt Ronald M. Faison of Perrin Field was announced at a Denison coffee. The wedding is set for August 10 at Central Christian Church. Guests included family members from Whitewright and Farmersville, with LaRoe noted as a Whitewright graduate and Perrin Field worker.
Mrs. Joe Rich hosted a July 2 birthday gathering at her home for her daughter Betty. A lace refreshment table with an angel food cake and games provided evening entertainment. Attendees included Gladine and Ann Harper, J. A. Harper Jr., Billy Booher, Elda Cambron, Doris McKinney, Edith Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, and many relatives of the honoree.
Descendants of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Scott held a reunion Sunday at Sherman’s Houston Street Park, the first since 1941. Fourteen young Scotts served in World War II, twelve overseas. all returned except Joe Sexton. Attendees included W. H. Scott family, Freeman family, Eula Williams, Lois Williams, L. Sexton family, Sidney and Noel Scott, Alma Rogers of Dallas, and J. W. Wilson family.
Alstyne and Sherman households including G E Scott G W Scott J L Scott Lola Scott Haskel Scott RB A Scott R J Wallace J B Allison Rufus Scott Sam Binion Elvis Scott and others in Sherman and area gathered in a social notice listing numerous couples and children from Pilot Grove Whitewright Tom Bean Denison and Denison connections.
Dr John A Ray guest speaker at the Rotary luncheon, after returning from Guatemala. He outlined history of Guatemala City and US State Department efforts to foster goodwill. Ray has long served in foreign service. Club secretary reported high May and June attendance. Roy Blanton became president and Marshall Hasty the new vice president. Rex Cruse from Huntsville visited.
Amarillo field commander Col. Joe L. Neal ordered all field personnel off limits at night citing reported clashes between soldiers and civilians. The rule lasts from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. until the city can handle the hoodlums, with no immediate comment from city officials.
A regimental commander turned rickshaw puller, ex-colonel Wang Hsien, is reported by Hsin Min Pao to have returned to his former labor in Hangchow. The piece notes his demobilization and shift from army to street work.
The Sun reports authorized candidacies for the Democratic primary. July 27 1946 includes J N Dickson Vernie Henderson for County Judge Grady Thompson M Dicken Weldon Savage Fred Prestage for Sheriff Robert Dean George Schumacher for Tax Assessor-Collector S V Earnest re election R C Neaves District Clerk Olan R Vanzandt for County Attorney E P Jackson second term Fat Work Frank Trimm for Commissioner Pct 2 Cany Hurt.
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