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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
21
Local residents and relatives are listed visiting in Dallas Denton Bonham Muskogee Oklahoma City and other places. Several individuals including Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Mrs Yancy Mrs Hollingsworth Mrs Starr and others are highlighted with trips to and from Dallas Sherman Lubbock Commerce Hillsboro Carlsbad and Abilene among weddings visits and open air meetings announced by Allen Harper and church activities.
Numerous families visit, travel, and enlist with Army Air Corps. Local residents attend Camp Fire Girls encampment and Red Cross knitting classes. Principal-elect David McKinney to lead Whitewright High School. Civic events include Grayson County speakers for Whitewright anniversary. reminiscences note old band members and town history.
Mr and Mrs Newton L Manning and daughter from Dallas visited then moved to Camp Stewart Kerrville where Manning serves as a counselor for six weeks He is a former Whitewright High School teacher and has been reelected with a double salary increase Dallas schools plan annual pay raises for several years Manning received a double increase after his first year The Sun urges readers to send in news items within the publication week but notes two items were too old July 10 club meeting and July 8 party were rejected for this issue
Miss Belle Huddleston of Dallas and longtime Whitewright resident reports a pleasant surprise birthday dinner held Sunday. Attendees included D. E. McCoy Alonzo Harper and families Joe Rich and daughters A N McCoy and Rice from Dallas guests traveled from Whitewright for a meal at Kidd Springs followed by a zoo visit.
Mrs. R J Bush of Whitewright announces the marriage of daughter Iona to Charlie Barrett of Van Alstyne route 1. The ceremony occurred July 12 in Kingston Oklahoma. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs R W Barrett of Sedalia and employed in a local grocery. couple will live there.
Allen Harper addressed the Rotary Club luncheon at the Church of Christ speaking on ethics and trust in business. He urged leaders to keep their word as the basis of security and credibility, stressing the need for integrity now. E. C. Butler and Roy Blanton were introduced as new club members, with W. E. LaRoe outlining Rotary ethics for newcomers. Visitors included B V Dulaney Barlow Roberts J O Dodson Noland Jackson Rev L L McCutchen and others from Sherman.
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. H. W. Hedgpeth home with 14 members and four visitors Frances Hedgpeth Elizabeth Hedgpeth Wade Coggins and Mrs Joe Coggins attended. After a brief business session a program on Opportunities of Our time was presented.
A Farm Youth group led by Frances Hedgepeth Ouida Nell Harris Joe Coggins T B Autrey and J H Gosnell held a meeting with a refreshment course. The club will convene at 2 p m September 9 at the home of Mrs George Jarvis.
The T. E. L. Class of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday at 3 30 p.m. in Mrs. Ed Martins home with co hosts Mrs R S Morehead and Mrs S T Montgomery Sr After a business session they played games for an hour and served refreshments to 15 members three associate members and two visitors
Churches announce services with Dr Alan Harvey-Brooks as pastor. Sunday school begins at 10 a m followed by preaching at 11 a m.
Morning worship at 11 a.m. Evangelistic service at 8 15 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 15 p.m. Everybody welcome.
The schedule shows Minister Allen Harper leading a 10 a.m. Bible study and 11 a.m. preaching on the topic Worrying from Philippians 4:6. A 7 p.m. Young People’s meeting is followed by no services at 8 p.m. The congregation will depart at 7:45 p.m. for a Gospel meeting in Tom Bean.
The Rev Dr B Wrenn Webb conducts services with Sunday school at 10 a m led by R P Montgomery at 10 50 a m for morning worship. A fall and winter campaign program is outlined and an August vacation for the pastor is noted. The program resumes August 31 after the break.
J. H. Burchfield of Whitewright holds Coffee Mill Lake’s big bass record at seven pounds nine ounces, landed after a dash past a log. Noel Grammar reports a Dallas woman caught a five pound bass on her first outing while daily catches remain strong with no new records.
Clem Pizzutelli, a 56 year old grocer in Monongahela, put up an 8 by 23 foot billboard listing delinquent customers to shame unpaid bills. After the first day five payments arrived, fourteen more followed the next day, with accounts dating back to 1928. He plans to continue, hoping other merchants join the effort.
Elizabeth Ann Hackney, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hackney, drowned Sunday at Lake Crockett twelve miles north of Honey Grove. She was swimming with many others and wandered into deep water. Bud Page recovered the body from ten feet of water. This marks the lake’s first casualty.
Denison project reports 221,985 yards of concrete poured by G F Lytle Co with about 3,000 yards remaining. A 120 ton crane is expected to arrive soon to assist placing and lowering emergency gates atop the dam.
The passage asserts that humans have caused or directly influenced the extinction of nearly every wild life form in North America, highlighting the pervasive impact of human activity on native species.
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