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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1977
Page
3
The Sun announces the Citizen of Tomorrow feature starting this week with photos taken by Waltz Studios of Des Moines Iowa. Several pictures will be published weekly and readers are urged to watch for their child’s image.
The old Pilot Grove Methodist church, moved to Old City Park in Dallas and restored by the Heritage Society, hosted its first wedding in years. Kim Stembridge and Greg Ragsdale of Dallas chose 7 7 77 for luck, celebrating in a vintage church setting with daisies and baby's breath. Proceeds from a July 29 Music Revue in Trenton will aid the new city park, featuring Kate Estes and local acts.
A surprise pink and blue shower was held Friday at the home of Mrs. Linda Sullivan honoring Mrs. Bob Chris Round. Hostesses were Mrs. Sullivan Mrs. Veda Norwood and Mrs. Peggy Gattis. Attendees included Mrs. Gina Hicks Mrs. Ann Faison Mrs. Kay Bryant Mrs. Dana Morgan Mrs. Raynell Hennig Mrs. Patricia Elder Mrs. Gattis and Mrs. Sullivan. Attend Church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Blakey returned from a Fort Fordyce and Warren Arkansas vacation. They saw Radna Rice in New Edinburg Arkansas. Mrs. Ann Heflin of Birmingham Alabama visited the Blakeys and Danny Heflin in Savoy. Allen Harper and Todd, John Paul and Andrew Brownlow of Fort Worth visited Mrs. L. H. Darwin and other relatives. Mildred Burke of McKinney Virginia Bandy of Dallas and Billy Umphress of Waxahachie visited Homer Gentry.
Attendance at Sunday chapel reached sixty with the Grayson County Singers performing in the afternoon. New admissions include George VanBever Blue Ridge Albert G Nicely Savoy and Charles Melton Sherman. Visitors from Dallas Garland McKinney and Leonard attended or hosted residents. Sympathy offered to Hollie Golden and Ruth Cox. A monthly Birthday Party and Fern Moore Baptist ladies from Trenton chaired the chapel event. Dairy practice notes advise keeping fluid dairy products at or below 40 degrees to preserve quality.
Danny Berend, former Whitewright resident, is promoted to assistant director of customer and employee services for Community Public Service in Fort Worth. He was born in Denton and educated at Gee High School Pilot Point, North Texas State University and Grayson County Junior College. Berend previously worked in CPS Whitewright from 1970 to 1976 and later transferred to the Fort Worth office. He and his wife Mary have two daughters Kimberly and Kelli. he was active in Whitewright civic groups.
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