Whitewright Local Notes and Visiting RelativesRecap
A compendium of brief notices from Whitewright and vicinity includes illness and hospital stays such as Mrs J L Denton and Mrs Paul Stephens, travel and visits by residents to Sherman Dallas Houston Lubbock and Oklahoma City, and a fire at Roy Taylor’s home with total loss and insurance details. Several church events and revival plans are also noted along with a birth announcement and a Leonard picnic caravan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Taylor
Highway 160
Whitewright
Sermon In Songs to Replace Sunday Worship at First Baptist
Rev. Weldon R. Drake announces a Sermon In Songs at the First Baptist Church Sunday at 8 p m. Choirs from the churchs senior and intermediate departments will present the program. Tom Brown Jr and his bride of Lubbock visited his parents in Orangeville Tuesday. Mrs. Brown is Nadine James of Lubbock. They were married at Lubbock June 28. Brown is a State Highway patrolman stationed at Lubbock. Funeral services for Mrs J H Chatman 96 mother of Mrs W A Martin of Whitewright were held at the Cooper Methodist Church Thursday. Mrs Elmo Wallace of Whitewright and Mr and Mrs Horace Ashlock of Sherman attended. Mrs Martin was at her mothers bedside when she passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon R. Drake
First Baptist Church of
Whitewright
Rio Grande City
Laredo
First Baptist Church
Tom Brown Jr
Lubbock
Tom Brown
Orangeville
Brown
Nadine James
Mr. Brown
J. H. Chatman
W. A. Martin
Methodist
Cooper
Elmo Wallace
Horace Ashlock
Sherman
Patsy Pannell and James Murphy Wed in McKinney Chapel
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Patsy Pannell, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Guy McCafferty, and James P. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Murphy. They wed Sunday at the V A Hospital chapel in McKinney with Chaplain Harris officiating. The couple plans a home in Whitewright after a wedding trip through Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Pannell
Guy McCafferty
James P. Murphy
Virgil Murphy
Route Four
V. A. Hospital
McKinney
Harris
Doris McKinney
Whitewright
Truett Holloway
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Rotary Club Luncheon Highlights Army Air Force Chaplain Service
Rotary Club program chair B R Caraway invited Major H W Wicher of Perrin Field who spoke on Army Air Force chaplains and showed a moving picture detailing chaplain duties. Major Wicher serves at Perrin Field. Guests included Capt W C Fathering U S Army, Luther Skaggs of Marion NC, and Billy Glen Earnheart of Texas City. Visiting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Caraway
Rotary Club
H. W. Wicher
Perrin Field
Army Air Force
Fred T. Whiteside
Wicher
W. C. Fathering
U. S. Army
Luther Skaggs
Marion
Rotary Club reports 40th International convention
Harvey Martin of Sherman Ray Johnson of Denison and Billy Barr of Bonham attend as Rotarians. Newell Skaggs presides in Joe Johnson’s absence. Tom Sears delivers a report on the 40th Rotary International convention in New York City where he served as a club delegate.
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Harvey Martin
Sherman
Ray Johnson
Denison
Billy Barr
Bonham
Newell Skaggs
Joe Johnson
Tom Sears
Rotary International
New York City
New Law Punishes Families of Escapees in Soviet Shift
Stockholm report notes a new statute punishes adult relatives of citizens who flee illegally. Penalties include five to six years at hard labor and confiscation of all belongings. Applies to those who aided the escapee and those who failed to inform authorities.
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New York
Soviet Union
Dagens
Woman Sues for Divorce Over Humble Walking Rule
Mrs. Johanna Braverman files for divorce from George Braverman after alleging he demanded she walk 20 paces behind him as he cited South American Indian customs. The 44 year old housewife says the idea was his and he forced her to follow it.
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Los Angeles
Johanna Braverman
George Braverman
South America
Braverman
Ribbonfish Suspected in Sea Serpent Sightings
In La Jolla California scientists from Scripps Institute of Oceanography report nets from the Pacific have yielded eggs and larvae of ribbonfish a rare species several feet long. The finding explains the sea serpent sightings as a natural marine creature rather than a monster.
Scripps program targets sardine disappearance mystery
The Scripps Institution reports a grant of 700000 dollars to study why California sardines vanish. Researchers hope the project will expand the known fish species in the area from about 682 to 1000 or more and shed light on marine trends.
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Scripps Men
Had Means But Didn’t Show It In Omaha
73 year old Omaha man Fred Wechler lived in a $10 a month room and claimed yearly living costs of 520.43 and 115.89 for the first half of this year. A nurse found his secret when he was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. A small black purse hanging from a cord contained 17180 in bonds and cash.
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Omaha
Fred Wechler
Wechler
New Machine Measures Talk in Psychotherapy Study
Harvard physicians Verzeano and Finesinger unveil a device that times each speaker in a dialogue and records interruptions, pauses, and spoken content. The apparatus, described in Science Today, aids psychotherapy research and logs conversation on tape.
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Boston
Marcel Verzeano
Jacob E. Finesinger
Harvard University Medical School
Science Today
Local Church Schedules Include Various Sunday Services
A list of church services across denominations outlines Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. with additional evangelistic, youth, and midweek activities. The collection includes Assembly of God, Enterprise Baptist, First Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Central Christian, First Methodist, and First Baptist churches led by pastors such as Rev. E A Doty James Logan Jr. Ashley Jameson and Weldon Drake.
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E. A. Doty
First Presbyterian Church
James I. Logan Jr
Central Christian Church
J. R. Wright Jr
First Methodist Church
Ashley D. Jameson
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J. L. Denton
Route
M. E. Winburn
West
Texas
Cecil Fields
Morenci, Ariz
W. F. Fields
O. L. Jones
Tarpley
Greenville
Grant Hoover
Houston
Charlie Ayres
Marshall, Ark
Tom Barbee
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
John Philip Barbee
Elbert Hansard
Alta Nell
Dallas
Dorotha Magers
Jim Sears
R. L
R. L. Sears
Mathes
Lem Tittsworth
William King
Pittsburgh
Earl Jansson
Carl Reeves
Durant, Oklo
Lisbon
Chas. Keliehor
Aqua Dulce
Keliehor
Robbie Brown
Leland May
Coolidge
Arizona
Paul Stephens
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Jerry Leslie
G. W. Smith
Leonard
John Vestal
Jack Hall
Barbara
J. E. Smith
Owen Hull
Allen Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
W. T. Beazley
Dave Beazley
Ely
Tennessee
Kentucky
L. A. Bishop
North Carolina
Harold Warlick
Georgia
L. H. Grammer
Aubrey Hansard
Waco
Lou Nell Hansard
Wolfe City
Frances McNeely
Marion, N. C
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Russell Summers
Wilson Kaiser
A. L. Greenwalt
Bells
Sun
Marvin Cole
W. E. LaRoe
Cleveland
Ohio
Elks Fraternity
Washington, D. C
Virginia
LaRoe
Elks Lodge
Lonnie Magers
Oklahoma City
Connie Ray
W. A. Goodnight
Near Whitewright
RATH
Griffin
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
Russia
Hi-Way
Borden’s
Men’s Athletic Union Suits
Cole & Davis Co
Assembly OF God Church
Enterprise Baptist Church
Church OF Christ
W. T. Simmons
W. R. Drake
Carl May
Roy Blanton
Brotherhood
California
BATH
Per LK. Ake
LK. Peg
Kraft’s
Hunt
Polar Bear
Hunt's
Kerr Mason Jars
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