Local society notes of visitors and church events
Mrs. T. B. Blanton is ill. Numerous visitors from Dallas Sherman Durant and other places stopped by or visited relatives in Whitewright. The WSCS meets in August. Rotary speaker Dr. Frank Turner discussed service. Youth Fellowship picnic at Greenville Park with attendees and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed LaRoe
Frank Turner
Rotary Club
Turner
Methodist Church
Rotary Service
Youth Fellowship of the Methodist Church
Greenville Park
John Polk
Jack Lackey
W. M. Pierson
Ada Jones
Social notes from Whitewright area gatherings and visits
Fort Worth visitors Mr. and Mrs. W E Hargett call on relatives in Fort Worth and Sherman. Mrs. D M Taylor convalesces at Pilot Grove after Sherman hospital. Mrs. W H Stedham visits Vernon with Williams family. Horton and Ball visit George Burnham in Lubbock. Bryant King weekend in Dallas with Jansson family. Baugher and Holland visit Whitewright. B B Club meets with high score by Lewis Cooper and bingo by Elmo Wallace. Baptist picnic hosts 150 attendees with history by B W Newman and song by Mrs O L Jones. Fort Worth and Dallas guests join local families for Sherman park picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Smith
Lewis Cooper
Elmo Wallace
Wallace
B. W. Newman
O. L. Jones
Robert Collins
Patsy
Fort Worth
J. B. Layman
Horace Miller
Collins, Millers and Laymans
Frank Ireland
Dallas
Sherman
Local Families Visit and Railroad News From Fort Worth
Mr and Mrs Buddie Ford of Dallas visited Mr and Mrs Edgar Ayers over the weekend. They were joined home by their son Stevie who had stayed several days. Guy Victory, former Whitewright resident, is named executive assistant for Burlington Lines based in Lubbock. A Wright Armstrong of Fort Worth and Denver Railway announced the appointment. Victory began his railroad career at the Katy depot here and has served as general agent for the Fort Worth and Denver since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddie Ford
Dallas
Edgar Ayers
Stevie
Guy Victory
Whitewright
Burlington Lines
Lubbock
A. Wright Armstrong
Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Mr. Victory
Katy
Fort Worth & Denver
Tarpley-McElligott Miss Anna Weds Wilson Tarpley
Miss Anna McElligott daughter of Mrs Leta McElligott of Bells wed Wilson H Tarpley son of Walter W Tarpley of Bonham Saturday evening in the bride’s home. Rev Don E Dillon officiated before an improvised greenery altar with white gladioli. Rayburn Tarpley served as best man and Mrs Joe Everheart was matron of honor. A reception followed and the cake table featured Madeira cloth and gardenias. The bride later received a BS from North Texas State College and an MS from East Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McElligott
Leta McElligott
Wilson H. Tarpley
Walter W. Tarpley
Bonham
Don E. Dillon
Edhube Baptist Church
Dillon
Rayburn Tarpley
Grand Prairie
Joe Everheart
Nell Thomas
Leonard
Colorado
Tarpley
North Texas State College
East Texas
Widespread Guests Attend Bonham-Wedding of Local Couple
State Teachers College and East Texas connection noted as Mr. Tarpley, B S and M S from ETSTC, serves as elementary principal at Whitewright. Out of town guests included Tarpleys of Bonham, McCulloughs of Denison, Jones of Trenton, Tarpleys of Greenville, McDonalds of Bonham, Biggers family, and others from Oklahoma and California.
Fifth Sunday Singing Convention at Kentuckytown
L L Wendell says the Fifth Sunday Singing Convention will meet Sunday at 2 00 p m at Kentuckytown. New books are in use and the event promises two hours of singing with warm weather not hindering turnout. Singers and listeners are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Wendell
Kentuckytown
Wendell
Local church schedules listed for Newton area
A compilation of Sunday School and worship times for multiple Newton area churches. Listings include First Baptist Newton, Church of Christ, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, Bethel Baptist, Pilot Grove Church of Christ, and Cross Roads Presbyterian with service times and staff names such as Pastor Cole, Minister Waldrum, Rev J W Polk, Rev Lee H Smith, Grady Langford, and Rev Howard L Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Newton Cole
Training Union
First Methodist Church
J. W. Polk
First Presbyterian Church
North Texas
Lee H. Smith
Floyd Bassett
Pilot Grove
Cross Roads Presbyterian
Howard L. Holland
Leonard
Alphabet lesson ends in choking accident
Alice Montgomery age 15 of Thomaston Georgia was babysitting and teaching alphabet with plastic blocks. She sneezed with an A in her mouth and it lodged in her windpipe. Doctors retrieved the block but the incident left her cautious about combining education and babysitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Alice Montgomery
Thomaston
Alice
Reward Shows It Pays To Be Honest
Lester W. Cedar of Huntington Park California received a $1000 reward for returning to Mrs Amy M Weisberger of Richmond California a purse containing $1000 and jewelry worth $10 650 The act demonstrates the value of honesty in a local incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Park
Calif
Lester W. Cedar
Amy M. Weisberger
Richmond
Sherman Pastor Dies Victim of Poliomyelitis Iron Lung
Dr. Egbert Lubbers a 40 year old Sherman minister and former Austin College staff member remained in critical condition in a San Antonio hospital with bulbar polio on Tuesday. He fell ill Sunday night at a Presbyterian encampment in Kerrville, was taken to Kerrville hospital, then flown to San Antonio Monday evening and placed in an iron lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Egbert Lubbers
San Antonio
Lubbers
Austin College
First Presbyterian Church
Kerrville
Defendent Has Little Feeling for the Test
James Freeland Francis 26 tells Municipal Court Judge Leroy Sams he could not reliably judge sobriety tests. He recalls one test required him to close his eyes and touch his nose with a forefinger. The judge asks if he could touch it and Francis replies he does not know with eyes shut and unable to see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
James Freeland Francis
Leroy Sarhs
Francis
Sams
Four Great Athenian Festivals Highlight Ancient Greek Athletics
Ancient Greece featured four major national festivals where athletic events took prominence. The games drew participation from city states and showcased nude and timed contests, influencing later Olympic ideals and public culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
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T. B. Blanton
R. A. Pryor of
Pike
A. R. McMurry
J. R. Miller
Artesia, N. M
T. L. Cowart
Mrs
John Kaiser
Mac Kaiser
Richardson
Ida Stevens
Achilee and
Durant
Oklo
Haskell Maxwell
Austin
Fred Starr
M. E. Winburn
Pauline Binion
Denison
David Miller of
Joe Miller
W. D. Powell
Talequah
Okla
W. H. Stedham
Don Collins
Abilene Sunday
Dixie Distributing Co
Keith and
Cheri Hill
Irving
R. E. Pierce
David and
Roddy Layman
Jerry Neal
C. M. Bussey
George Bennett
Millard Allen
Emma Lou
Bixby, Okla
Jim Ayres
Evelyn Ayres
Johnnie Mallard
Ralph Mercer
Pullman, Wash
C. J. Waits
Paul Stephens
C. J. Jr
Charlie Truett
Fred Truett
Olive Myrick
Adah Gillespie
W. J. Hargett
Monte of
W. E. Hargett
Jane
Tupelo
Fulton
Miss
Red Bay
Ala
J. D. McMillin
C. A. Wallace
de Sota
W. H. McMillin
C. W. Hill
Nick Nicholas
Karen McGee
Bells
Johnnie Brown
C. P. Deal
Pampa
Logan Johnson
San Angelo
Joe Ross
Logan Ross Johnson
Houston
Lora Hicks
Thompson
Glen Jace
J. E. Ross
Joe Charles
Warren Ross
Ector
Ina Moody
WSCS
M. W. Williams
Mack Williams
Morgan Wilson
Durant, Okla
J. F. Wilson
Blue Ridge
Jim Wilson
Pasadena
Elmer Sanders
Charles Owen
Doris Worsham
Doyle Alexander
Desert
J. A. Worsham
Lloyd Ray
Brenda
Hugh Sanders
Mike
Lela McCollum
Silas Garland
Morton Badgett
R. F. Hagler
Caddo Mills
Grayson
Mrs. Pickford
Folger’s
Admiration
White Swan
Hi-Way Grocery & Market
D. M. Taylor
E. J. Williams
Vernon
W. H. Horton
Leon Ball
George Burnham
Bryant King
Earl Jansson
G. L. Baugher
W. S. Holland
Pamala
Tulsa
Carrots, Cello
Mellorine
Lily
Scott Tissue
Joy
Mrs. Tucker
Bright & Early
Bologna, Ib
OLEO
Asc
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Singing
Church OF Christ
J. Roy Waldrum
Bethel Baptist Church
Sherman Pastor
Dollarhide Hardware
Ladies’ & Children’s Sandals
Shorty
Garza Sheets
Cole & Davis Co
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