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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1947
Page
5
A flurry of visits and travel fills Whitewright and nearby towns as residents and relatives from Denison Sherman Dallas Gainesville and other places stop in. Notable mentions include Mrs Ralph Kaiser visiting Brownfield O'Donnell and others from Denison in Whitewright, plus Edits about a bank hire and a frozen food locker promotion.
Local society items list visits and summer travel of ETSTC and Whitewright High School connections. Names include Miss Anna Ruth Johnson, Miss Charlyne Gerhard, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson, Miss Lillian Neathery, and several others visiting or traveling between Dallas San Antonio Corpus Christi Saltillo Monterrey Mexico St. Louis Dallas and Fort Worth. Community announcements cover a women's society meeting and local professions with brief personal travel and family updates.
A Whitewright area report notes a 64 degree temperature at 7 30 am amid a damp east wind. Social items include a Presbyterian Church swimming party in Orangeville, a watermelon surprise, and lawn party guests. Local incidents cover tractor wheel lugs charges, cross county auto accident injuries, and VFW Auxiliary hospital visits for McKinney patients.
Mrs. Leon Wolford formerly Miss Edith Harper was honored at a miscellaneous shower held Saturday at 8 p m in the home for the recent bride.
Mrs Herman Bedford hosted with Mrs Joe Rich as co hostess The program featured a piano solo by Shirley Blanton a song by John Bryant a reading by Mrs Clarence McMillin a piano solo by Janis Jayne Horton and a song by Laura Bess Rich Refreshments followed for fifty guests
Miss Joyce Hinton daughter of Mrs Minnie Hinton Whitewright married James P Jenkins of Dallas in Rockwall on July 12. The bride a 1940 Whitewright High School graduate and former Southwestern State College student works for the Internal Revenue Service in Dallas. Jenkins a Cush ing High School and Oklahoma A and M College graduate is an IRS agent in Dallas and the couple will reside there.
Rotary Club of Whitewright new president Marshall Hasty summarized a presidents and secretaries gathering with the district governor in Tyler. About 135 attendees represented nearly every club in the district. the program for the year was outlined and Hasty announced some twenty committees. Visitor E G Gilley of Ector and Bonham Rotary Club attended. Tom Sears of the Whitewright American Legion announced a donkey baseball game on Monday August 4. Clay Horton will chair Friday’s program.
Open house was held Friday evening by the Women's Society of Christian Service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. honoring Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Gilpin. Mr. Gilpin recently began his second appointment as pastor of the First Methodist Church. Present were Rev. and Mrs. James I. Logan and Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Childress. Music was provided by Mrs. Paul Ryan and several young musicians.
The committee in charge of arrangements included Mrs C B Bryant Jr Mrs R R Summers Mrs R A Gillett and Mrs E F Everhart One hundred fifty guests called during the evening.
The text lists church activities with Assemblies of God and Church of Christ services. Rev. E. A. Doty presides at the former with Sunday school at 10 a m and sermons at 11 a m and 8 p m. The latter includes J Pat Salyer preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m and Ray Bristol leading Sunday school at 10 a m, with sermons on the first and third Sundays.
James I Logan Jr minister leads morning worship at 11 a m. Evening youth meeting at 7 30 p m. Choir practice scheduled for Wednesday at 7 00 p m.
Rev Weldon Drake recently called as pastor will occupy the pulpit at Sunday morning and evening services for his first days as pastor at the First Baptist Church.
The Martha Class presents a beautiful copy of the Holy Scripture to First Methodist Church. Miss Lucille Sanders directs the class. Pastor R L Gilpin preaches Thus Saith the Lord. Special music featured. Evening service at 8 by Rev James Logan of Presbyterian Church. Public invited.
Beckley West Virginia. Sgt Junior J Spurrier of Bluefield, famed for a one man army success that earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, applied Tuesday for re enlistment in a report from Lt John S Baker of the recruiting office. Spurrier won the medal for single handedly capturing the German occupied town of Achain France after killing 25 Nazis and taking 20 prisoners including the garrison commander.
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