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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1957
Page
6
A parade of visitors and travels fills the week as residents tour hospitals, attend funerals, and host guests. Jimmie Clark remains a patient in Sherman while Floyd Bassett recovers there. Numerous trips include Dallas, Stephenville, Waco, Gainesville, and Texarkana with family members and friends from West Plains, Perry, and Arlington staying connected.
Visitors and family travels fill a string of notes from Texas towns. Names include Bill and C. N. Ross in Dallas, Ott Lackey in Conroe, Hayd en Hamilton in Greenville, along with Haile family trips to Lake Michigan and a Plainview visit by Elbert Hansard and Alta Nell.
J E Osborn of the State Department of Public Welfare Sherman district spoke at the Rotary meeting last Friday. He was introduced by program chairman Jack Meador and discussed the new total disability provision of the federal program. Clint Hennig presided in John Biggerstaff’s absence and thanked Baptist women for meals during the club’s temporary eating arrangements.
Ruth Williams, Donna Franklin and Bobby Kay Cawthon assisted the girls at the meeting. Attendees included Rose Ann Bunch, Ann Moore, Doris Tillett, Brenda Geers, Joyce and Martha Thornhill, Pat and Bobbie Coggins, Anna Franklin, Ruth Williams, Mrs. L. A. Franklin, Mrs. Walter Bunch, Ruby Cawthon, and a new member, Ann Moore. Rose Ann Bunch served refreshments.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met at the home of Mrs. Paul Caylor. Officers and members attended as the pledge and roll call were given. A belt making demonstration and plans for an education booth and fair concession were discussed.
The church schedules Sunday morning services at 10 and 11 o clock and invites worshippers to attend. Miss Gayla Sears speaks on her trip to the National Westminster Fellowship assembly in Grinnell Iowa where 1800 Presbyterian youth gathered for the quadrennial meeting. John Holloway plans a junior camp at Lake Texoma next week with junior high camp in August. The North Texas Youth Conference for senior highs continues this week at Texoma.
Mr and Mrs Donald M Frye sue the home builder claiming their $23250 Bunker Hill Plaza house leaks water from the air conditioner whenever it rains. They filed the petition yesterday seeking 15000 in damages.
WSCS met at 3 p m Monday at the home of Mrs A M Bryant with Mrs Roscoe Vestal as program chairman. The topic Strangers Within the Gates featured readings by Mrs Roscoe Gillett and Mrs Russell Summers and costumes representing different countries. Mrs W C Brown Jr of Bells spoke on Keep Your Windows Clean and sang with others, while Mrs R P Childress led songs. Refreshments for 24 were served.
Nine 4-H Club members gathered with Mrs. Walter Bunch at the First Baptist Church at 2:00 PM Tuesday. Doris Tillett presided, then the group split to Mrs. Louis Franklin and Mrs. Bob Cawthon’s homes to sew simple blouses.
A Los Angeles Reporter letter warns viewers that TV doctors and actors in white robes often pitch patent medicines and laxatives. It argues real physicians do not sell cures on television and warns that such remedies can be dangerous, especially for medical conditions like appendicitis.
In Kansas City Kansas a trio of Texans halted the Santa Fe El Captain for 25 minutes as they lounged across the rails in an attempt to flee. Officer Ray Hickcox said they aimed to leave town and the world. They were fined $35 each for vagrancy and drunkenness.
Bell Telephone Co introduces a pocket transistor radio sized device in Allentown Bethlehem. A central switchboard signals a carrier who goes to a phone and dials a pre arranged number. A special operator transmits a radio signal within eight miles to the receiver, activating four feeds and producing a pleasant whistle.
An estimated 11,000 people die annually in fires and at least 20 percent are children five years old or younger, highlighting severe danger to young lives and the need for fire safety measures.
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