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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
5
Mrs. Leslie O Evans visits Paris while John Reeves and R V Henry conduct business in Dallas. Local socials note numerous relatives and friends visiting, guests in town, and travels to Sherman, Sulphur Oklahoma, Dallas, Ardmore, Vernon, and other places. Also mentions church and school events, F F A convention, and regional gatherings.
A cheerful kid themed party and shower honored Mrs. Alton McDowell at Mrs. J C English home Tuesday evening with co host Mrs Claude Dillon. Over 30 attended including several out of town guests. piano solo by Mrs Paul Ryan followed by a parade before judges. Gladene Blanton won for best kid costume. Tommy Crittenden burst in to sing a playful number. Many games and contests kept guests engaged.
A roster of attendees lists Mrs. Lou Ellen May and Mrs. Kate Norris along with several others including Mrs. Eva Norris Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. A E Daniel. Also named are Mrs. B W Newman Mrs. D A Ray and Mrs. Floyd Bassett among participants from Hendricks Oklahoma Colbert Oklahoma and McKinney Texas.
Miss Martha Bryant Miss Dorothy LaRoe and Miss Sarah Belle Gillett hosted a picnic and dance at Lake Fannin Wednesday night honoring Miss Jayne Payne Miss Mary Bell Brown Miss Beth Douglas and Miss Grace Cox of Dallas. Guests included Miss Ruth Ann Hunter Sweetwater and several local residents and friends.
Dorothy Murphy and Vernell Harrington spoke about their trip to A. and M. Attendees included Mary Low Dorothy Murphy Sally Mulligan Annie Johnston Robbie Mulligan Mary Mears Loretta Burgess and Vernell Harrington.
The Porter column notes pleasant weather this week. Mrs G D Bennett returns from Dallas. Davis June Hunter spent the weekend with Ellen Francis Bowden. Fort Worth visitors include Mr and Mrs D A Newman and baby and Mr and Mrs Odus Hicks and daughter. Maybell and Jewel Gunter visited Hattie Dale south of Bonham. Lee Williams visited near Ector. Etta B Hicks returned home after visiting Bill Hicks in Klondike. Margarette McCord returned from Little Rock. J P Blanton and Robert Morris families visited Elmer Anderson. Jim Hicks and family visited Dick Fincher. J W Gunter and children visited Henry Gunter. Some attended church at Orangeville Sunday night. Baby spent Saturday night with Jim Hicks. Joe Lauflin and family of Bonham visited the Lauflins.
The T E L Class of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday afternoon with co hosts Mrs Ben Savage Mrs M Belew and Mrs Mattie Skaggs. Mrs Guy Hamilton led a discussion on the ninth chapter of Way of a Man with a Maid. Sixteen attended and refreshments followed.
Layman Pierson of Dallas and Cor dell Layman of Celina wed July 1 at the bride’s home with Rev Jess Bolin officiating. The couple, both graduates, plan to reside in Dallas where Pierson works.
The Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. B M Dean's home with President Mrs John Tramer presiding for a short business session followed by a flower show. Mrs C M Fulton spoke on The Value of Flowers in the Home and Mrs Buddy Stephens on The Arrangement of Flowers for the Dining Room. Flowers were arranged and judged with first place red verbenas won by Mrs C M Fulton second place gladioli by Mrs Pascal Connally and third place zinnias by Mrs B M Dean. A refreshment course was served to listed members. The next meeting will be with Mrs H B Everheart on July 28.
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. George Jarvis's home to study vegetables. Members named favorite vegetables, and demonstrations featured vegetable plates from garden produce. Talks stressed tomatoes in the diet. A picnic is planned for Tuesday on the lawn of Mrs. O G Bow. Refreshments for 18 members and three visitors were served. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Ronald Pierce.
Asa Walker 4-H Club held a Saturday night party hosted by sponsor Miss Dorothy Akridge. Members Sally Mulligan Annie Johnson Mary Low Dorothy Murphy Dora Thompson Robbie Mulllican Jean Caraway Loretta Burgess and Mary Mears attended. games were played refreshments served and a tackiness prize awarded.
The Asa Walker 4 H Club gathered Monday at sponsor Miss Dorothy Akridge's home. Col lin County demonstrator Miss Dunlap gave a canning demonstration. The girls canned one quart of product.
Ogden Utah reports Jake J. Loy Gray son County judge at Sherman Texas was elected to head the National Association of County Officers for the coming year as the group closed its Monte Cristo convention. Houston was named the 1940 convention city. Loy urged county officers to defend national democracy against foreign encroachments calling them the first line of defense and stressing courage and action.
A Civil Aeronautics official said evidence points to rags entering the carburetor as the cause of the June 7 fatal crash of Mexican flier Francisco Sarabia in Washington. He denied sabotage.
Churches schedule Sunday services with Leroy Anderson as pastor and Dr. B Wrenn Webb leading. Sunday school at 10 a m, sermons at 11 a m and 8 p m. Webb conducts morning worship at 8 p m with two sermon topics Personal Religion and Social Reform and The Kind of a World in Which Jesus Lived.
Sunday school at 10 a m with W T Simmons as superintendent. B T U at 7 p m led by Mack Pierson director. No preaching due to pastor Lassie O Evans attending the Baptist World Alliance in Atlanta Ga.
Sunday school at 10 a m led by N L Manning superintendent Morning worship follows at 11 with a sermon by Pastor Ben Bell Subject The Revival at the Seaside Young people meet at 7 p m No evening service Pastor will assist Rev C C Childress in a revival at Tioga
Manhattan Kansas officials unveiled a $725000 physical science building at Kansas State College to discover no gas connection had been provided for the 1000 gas burners in the new chemistry laboratory.
Dr. Homer Price Rainey UT president spoke to the Dallas Civic Federation on adult education in a democracy. He urged the man on the street to redefine liberal education as aligning economists social scientists politicians and the people with science.
Claude Callan laments failing to please his wife over a shared fruit crop. He gave a bushel to his rich brother Tom and urged his sick poor brother Ben to gather a gallon. His wife recounts buying fruit at the store and questions why the entire crop wasn’t given to the rich brother.
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