The Country Correspondent and the Weekly News
A reflection on rural weeklies once thriving on small towns. The piece recalls country correspondents mostly housewives and farmers who fed editors with vivid, humorous, and sometimes excessive detail. It notes handwriting styles, local color, and the old habit of closing with a cheerful universal line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Boondocks
Big City
Republic
Trembly Spencerian
Tom Smith
Main Street
Grandma Hawkins
Grange
Rotarians View CPR Film Demonstration
Rotarians were shown a pictorial lesson on cardiopulmonary resuscitation as a life saving method. The film, brought by Joann Robinson a Sherman nurse formerly from Whitewright, demonstrated the step by step emergency resuscitation procedure. Rotarian Jim Grissom served as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Robinson
Sherman
Whitewright
Jim Grissom
Hubcaps Stolen at Worthy’s Ford Lot
Several hubcaps valued at 385.26 were stolen Friday night or early Saturday from new cars on the Bob Worthy Ford lot on Highway 11. The theft is under investigation, according to Whitewright police chief Leroy Duquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Worthy Ford
Hwy. 11
Leroy Duquette
Whitewright
WMU Meeting at Church Highlights Christian Program
Mrs Florence Lewis opened the WMU meeting on Monday with Mrs Marlow leading prayer. Diane Stephens read minutes and presented treasurer's report. The Royal service program by Tennie Wilson. Bible Study led by Mary Stephens. Program participants included Diane Stephens Mary Darwin Vera Gentry Opal Hughes. Closing prayer by Sue Hedges. Christ Makes All Things New.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Lewis
WMU
Marlow
Diane Stephens
Tennie Wilson
Mary Stephens
Christ
Mary Darwin
Vera Gentry
Opal Hughes
Sue Hedges
Masons Install Officers at Whitewright Lodge No 167
Mason lodge No 167 installed its 1977 78 officers Monday night led by worshipful master Harry Don Morgan with Hermon Philley senior warden and Ted Jenkins junior warden. Appointive officers include Floyd Flowers junior deacon Leon Scott senior steward Don Whipple junior steward Dan LeDane tiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Lodge No
Harry Don (Butch) Morgan
Hermon Philley
Ted Jenkins
Floyd Flowers
Leon Scott
Don Whipple
Dan LeDane
Slowest Typewriter Claims Chinese Character Bank
A Chinese typewriter features 5,850 characters and a maximum speed of 11 words per minute, marking it as an unusually slow writing device.
Scott Wilson Receives $500 UT Scholarship
Scott Wilson son of Mr and Mrs William Wilson is one of 10 engineering freshmen at the University of Texas at Austin to receive a $500 scholarship through the department of civic engineering for the 1977 78 academic year. Wilson a 1977 honor graduate at Whitewright high school was the recipient of the annual $500 Rotary scholarship. He will enter the University of Texas this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Woodruff
Whitewright High School
Texas Christian University
Elmer Brown
TCU
Brown
Scott Wilson
William Wilson
University of Texas At Austin
Department of Civic Engineering
Wilson
University of Texas
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Don Duncan
Publishers
Auxiliary
Funeral Home
Johnny Williams
Air Core
Corps
Wilma Wells
Twisp
Vista Ladies Club
Hood Canal
Oswald
Graphy
Dominican Republic
Aoe
Penman
Mrms Jones Baack
Cai
Ferna
The
Tacoma
Wash
News-Tribune
Leo Tolstoy
John Tyler
Worthy
U. S
Jim Sullinger
University
Masons
James H. Gosnell
Emory
A. A. Hudgin
Dr. Pepper
Agy Tt
Coca Cola
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
First Baptist Church
Jimmie Hedges
Levi’s
Abe
Ine
Levis
Chambray
Fruit of the Loom Boys
Buster Brown
Darnett’s
Darnett
T. W. Ayres & Son
Whitewright, Texas
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