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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
5
A long list of society notes reports Mrs. Ben Bell and children visiting Pilot Point restaurants while Joe Hamilton returns from Dallas. Many locals travel to Dallas, Houston, Wichita Falls, and nearby towns for visits, business, and family events. Included are arrivals, retirements, and a funeral in Whitewright with community members attending.
A narrator contrasts a praying man Moody with harsh modern life. He questions faith, honesty, and the erosion of respect for life and property, noting greed and laziness in society and the ease of crime for small payoffs. The piece ends with a lament on depraved humanity and calls for pity.
Funeral services for Roy Norris 31 were held at 3 p m Sunday at the Baptist Church conducted by Rev Leslie O Evans and Rev J L McSpedden. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Norris died suddenly about 5 30 a m Saturday on duty in the cafe he operated. Cause was coronary thrombosis with chest injury from a train collision eight years ago listed as contributory. He was born Navy 2 1907 near Whitewright and married Linnie Garland October 17 1925. Surviving are his wife two sons Bernard and Guy Bailey Norris his father five brothers and three sisters. Out of town relatives attended from several cities.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at Whitesboro Methodist Church for Frank Dillard Thomas 36 president of the First National Bank Whitesboro who died Sunday at a Sherman hospital. The Rev W D Craig Royse City Rev Hugh S Porter and Whitesboro pastor officiated Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery Whitesboro. Thomas born and reared in Whitewright was son of the late E O and Mary Catherine Thomas a Whitewright pioneer. He attended Whitewright school and Oklahoma A&M College. He joined Whitesboro bank in 1920 rising to president. He was a Mason booster club member and Sigma Nu.
The obituary notes the president was married to Miss Evelyn Scheid of Whitesboro on September 15, 1921. He is survived by his wife, son Frank Thomas Jr., daughter Mollie Jo, two brothers Manly Thomas of Los Angeles and E. O. Thomas of Tom Bean, five sisters Mrs. F. E. Douglas of Graham, Mrs. Mary Ryan of Dallas, Mrs. J. A. Scott of Los Angeles, Mrs. Earl Sparks of Amarillo, and Mrs. Sterling Evans of Houston.
Churches led by Dr B Wrenn Webb and Rev C C Childress announce Sunday services. Webb's sermon titled In difference to Religion at 10:50 am and 8 pm revival in Collinsville assisted by Whitewright’s former pastor. Bell's church holds 11 am worship with 10 am Sunday school. N L Manning presides. Young people meet 7 pm with Mrs Sarah Kilgree. no evening service.
At 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship with a pastor's sermon. 1 p.m. worship and 8 p.m. sermon with baptismal service to follow evening worship. All baptism candidates urged to attend. Leslie O. Evans, pastor.
Miss Mamie Daniels of Waco visits her aunt Mrs J B Hall. Mr and Mrs Thomas Gillett announce the birth of a son on Wednesday July 12. Mrs Edna Tignor returns from Sherman hospital where she underwent an operation. Mrs W E LaRoe Mrs Gomer May and Mrs Geo K Stephens go to Dallas to meet Miss Dorothy LaRoe returning from El Paso where she attended a summer school.
Bill White has been hospitalized in Sherman for three weeks with only slight improvement reported.
The County Line Singing Convention will be held at Rose Hill southwest of Whitewright on Sunday afternoon. The program begins at 2 p.m. according to W C Brown, the president. All singers and lovers of good singing are invited to attend.
Farmers thrash grain as Rev. Bob Cates conducts service. Multiple visits unfold with relatives and friends from Dallas to Wichita Falls and Ector. Notes mention Ina Lee Hicks, Dorotha Jean McCord, Willa Jean Hunter, Doris June Hunter, Betty and Melva Allen, Joanita Howell, and others visiting kin.
Governor O'Daniel vetoed state funding, removing a $760 annual ammunition item for the main Department of Safety division including Rangers and criminal investigators. The impact leaves six shooters without ammo while a want ad promises results.
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