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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1954
Page
5
Joyce Johnson visits Grand Prairie with Mary Page while Edgar Ayers returns from McKinney veterans hospital. Dallas and Sherman residents visit family in Whitewright and Denison, with trips to San Antonio Kerrville and a London to California journey noted.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Bassett and Mrs Kugga Hansard spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Dallas. Sara Margaret White of Paris visits grandparents Mr and Mrs T J Lilley. Mr and Mrs Dick Walker and sons visited his mother Mrs O R Walker in Van Alstyne. George Brown and daughter Ann visited relatives in DeKalb. Mrs Aubrey Page attended the funeral of aunt Mrs Zula Tucker in Clarksville. Mrs Newton Manning of Dallas spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs F M Echols. Mrs Paul Perry of Abilene and Mrs Dick Thornhill and children from Fort Worth were guests of their mother Mrs M L Thornhill. Wesley Ray Dillinger of Moffie Field Calif and Mr and Mrs R C Comer of Wichita Kansas visit Mr and Mrs Bill Dillinger. Mr and Mrs L D Puckett of Dallas spent Sunday and Mr and Mrs J W Luttrell of Justin spent the first of the week with Mr and Mrs C N Massey. Mrs Charles Skaggs entertained her bridge club Tuesday. Mrs Dick Walker made high score. Mrs Fred Dinkler and Miss Pernie Badgett were guests. The club will meet with Mrs Dick Walker on Aug 10. Mrs Henry Berry Mrs Buck Head and Mrs Ira Fleming entertained their Sunday School classes with a lawn party at Mrs Fleming’s Tuesday evening. Games were played and refreshments served to 15.
Mr and Mrs Haskell Thomson of Van Nuys California stopped at the Sun editor and other friends Wednesday while en route to Waco to visit Basil Thomson and to Marshall to visit Reuel Thomson's family. The Thomson family once lived in Whitewright in the early 1900s where Haskell's father operated a meat market until his death about 1913.
Mrs Della Clack of Clarksville concluded a visit with Mrs C A Wilson. Several families from Dallas Sherman Paris Celeste Garland Fort Worth and Odessa spent time in the area. A birth at Perrin Field hospital July 23 was announced. A Baptist WMS meeting featured a lecture on Daniel and Esther. A tractor accident injured James Bourland near Denison. Funeral services were held for Mrs S J Janway attended by multiple relatives.
Lela Lou McFerrin and John Charles Chesser, both 1954 Whitewright High graduates, married at 8 pm last Friday at the bride’s parents home in Dallas. Officiated by the bride’s Church of Christ minister father. After a wedding trip, they will reside at 503 North Clinton, Dallas, where both are employed.
Mrs. Sarah Kilgree Miss Elizabeth Waggoner and Miss Beverly Bassett hosted a dinner and kitchen shower at Craig's Cafe Friday evening for Miss Carol Ryan bride elect of Roy Turner of Victoria. The wedding will take place on August 1.
The Rotary Club heard an unusual program by Lloyd Alexander featuring his brother Manuel and Manuel’s daughters Sue Rochelle and Jo. Manuel played guitar, Sue accordion, and Rochelle Jo and Sue sang, finishing with a hymn. A prior secret poll by Roy Blanton favored Shivers 22 to 11, not reflecting Whitewright voters at Saturday polls. Luther Skaggs of Marion, North Carolina, attended as a guest.
The Little Rock Home Demonstrations Club held its July 22 meeting at 2 p m with Mrs Horace Miller presiding. Guests included Miss Mary Hunnicutt of Dallas and Mrs O G Alexander and daughter Rozena. Mrs R E Pierce gave the thought for the day, and Mrs George Ball led a singing of Happy Birthday to club secretary Mrs Floyd Harris. Harris received a surprise handkerchief shower. Mrs Jack Biggerstaff demonstrated picture framing and color selections. Refreshments by Mrs J G Blanks and Mrs Sammie Maxwell served 18 members and guests.
James G. Trotter, 75, told Patrolman Charles Minor that he gave his pension check to a woman friend to cash. She handed him fake money, and he realized the bills were play money when attempting to spend them.
The Florida Retail Controllers Assn offered $20 for a genuine cracker barrel to symbolize old-fashioned stores but found no barrels. A note on world population growth and truck age rounds out the item.
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