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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
5
We list a long chain of visits and guests across Sherman Denison Paris Duncan Sherman Plano Plainview and Abilene with travelers from Dallas Fort Worth Pampa Honey Grove and Blackburn. Names include Lillie Dillon Gordon Manton Fain Chesser Dossey and many others visiting relatives friends and patients.
A long list of names shows visitors from Dallas Fort Worth Waco and Corpus Christi spending weekends with local families and relatives. Fred Cook Jr plans a Bonham lumber job with commuting wife remaining local. several others note employment shifts and personal visits across Whitewright Gainesville and nearby towns.
From Austin to Birmingham and Dallas to Nova Scotia, families visit relatives in the area. Aus Tin residents Mr. and Mrs. W L Mathis travel to see Mr. and Mrs. Glen Earnheart while Mrs Henry McLean of San Antonio and Mrs C G Watson with Jubrea of Lewisville visit the Bower and Warren households. Fort Worth and Forney guests join the Sandersons area. J Stanley Schults and sister vacation in Cross Roads Harbour Nova Scotia until Sept 15.
The Rotary Club met in the school lunch room last Friday under new president John Biggerstaff with full attendance. Joe Morgan organized the program and guest speaker Bill McDowell, a high school senior, spoke on grass and soil and will present the talk at Fort Worth on July 17 in the FFA scholarship contest.
Gene Stephens and Lucile Prieto were married in Stockton California on June 26 per report to his parents Mr and Mrs Finis Stephens. Gene a Whitewright High School graduate has served in the Air Force since leaving school.
Barbee Jr son of John Philip Barbee and Mrs Barbee of Mobile wed Doris Parker daughter of J C Parker and Mrs Parker of Mobile. The notice recalls Barbee ancestry in Whitewright and Mobile.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church met Monday afternoon for a Royal Service program and business session. Topics included a Malaya study led by Mrs. J. P. Darwin with eight participants and an opening prayer by Mrs. Don Cook.
The 4 H Club met with Doris Tillett presiding. Dee Anna Alexander read the minutes and roll. Mrs. Alice Spillman discussed sewing points for the county dress revue in August. Donna Franklin explained clothing inventory sheets for individual records with an August 5 deadline for girls records.
A husband and wife joke about towels from a Columbus hotel, alleging one item theft by a cleaner while noting two towels are missing. The exchange highlights couple suspicion over belongings.
Mrs Frances E Bass was installed as worthy matron of Whitewright Chapter 939 Order of the Eastern Star in a July 5 ceremony at the Masonic Hall. The event featured installing officers from Bonham and Ector chapters with district officials and chapter members.
Allen Neal said two alligator hunters will use bigger guns after an 11 foot gator bit a chunk from their boat. The incident occurred during a hunt at Lake Wales Florida.
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