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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
5
Sherman area social page reports J L Cantrell on business in Sherman and Lonnie England serving on jury duty. Local families visit relatives in Jacksonville Nobility San Antonio Dallas and Arlington. School events include Hockaday commencement and North Texas State Teachers College graduation with several Whitewright students and alumni noted.
Funeral services for 54 year old Joe B Russell were conducted at 3 30 p m Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery by Rev L O Evans and Rev J L Truett. Pallbearers included Wheeler Russell Dick Russell Jack Biggerstaff Frank Smith Charlie Smith and Roscoe Russell. He died Monday in Sherman after years of heart trouble. Born July 28 1884 near Whitewright he lived in the area until about 15 years ago. Survived by sister Mrs C P McGinnis of Whitewright and four nieces and one nephew.
Funeral and burial services were conducted at Carson Cemetery north of Ector Monday at 2 30 p m for William Thomas Burchfield 73 who died at 6 45 a m Sunday at his home south of Whitewright after a stroke of paralysis Born in Alabama May 2 1866 he was married to Martha Dillard in Arkansas May 1 1892 They moved from Arkansas to Texas in December 1928 living near Ector until moving to Whitewright this year He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church Survivors include his wife five sons Claude Clyde Otis William Carl five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Earnheart arranged for burial.
Orval M McMillin 67 died at 6 am Tuesday at his daughter Mrs Robert Foley in Dallas after living with her. Funeral at Church of Christ held 2:30 pm Wednesday led by Elder Joe Burton former Whitewright minister. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by three sons a daughter five grandchildren four brothers a sister and many relatives.
Leroy Anderson serves as pastor at the church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Preaching follows at 11 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. Services highlight weekly worship and instruction.
Pastor Ben Bell leads Sunday school at 10 a m with N L Manning as superintendent. Morning worship at 11. sermon by Rev C A Spraggins district superintendent of Sherman district. Young people meet at 7 p m. Evening services at 8 with a sermon by the pastor.
Mrs. Howard Welch hosted the Needlecraft Club at her home on Wednesday afternoon. After an hour of handwork, members and their husbands planned a picnic for next Tuesday night. Mrs. Welch served refreshments to eight members.
On his birthday last Saturday Les ter Simpson entertained many friends at a Lake Fannin swimming party in Bonham. Attendees included Edward Montgomery Billy Grammer Charles Skaggs Bobby Montgomery Kirk May Carl Pierson Billy Merrell Bill Simpson Jean Katherine Merrell Audrey Merrell Jim Allen Spinks Mr and Mrs Lester Simpson Mrs R E Simpson Will Merrell and Mrs Ted Spinks.
Announcement this week notes the marriage on October 31, 1938 of Franklin Dixon son of Mr and Mrs G B Dixon of Whitewright and Miss LaVerl Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs S M Morgan of Sulphur Springs Mrs Dixon is a Sulphur Springs High School graduate 1937 and a junior at East Texas State Teachers College Commerce where she worked on the college newspaper and magazine Mr Dixon a Whitewright High School graduate also attends Commerce College They plan to reside in Sulphur Springs where Dixon will teach at Forest Academy.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb pastor plans a Sunday program with music readings and a play on Sunday school missions. Dick Montgomery superintendent will preside as offerings are taken. Evening service at 8 features The Sincerity of Jesus.
Health guidance stresses sanitation to prevent contamination of perishable foods. It warns that summer diarrhea and ptomaine poisoning arise from contaminated items, highlighting the role of heat in bacterial growth. Recommendations include refrigeration, thorough cooking, strict cleanliness, and fly control to protect infants and all consumers.
A poised salesman offers a tongue in cheek pitch while a prospective buyer jokes about his wife’s warning. The buyer quips that his wife would caution him to watch traffic, avoid trucks, and not hit lights as he considers buying a new car. The exchange ends with a humorous reminder to learn from past mistakes.
Austin researchers on the state planning board released a list of Texas trees. Entries include Ash in Northeast Texas, Bay to Brazos soils, Cedar statewide, Cypress in East Texas swamps, Mesquite common, Pecan the state emblem, Oaks with 50 species, Walnut in river bottoms, Willow along the Rio Grande, and many others across regions with notes on commercial value and uses.
A Texan recalls how heat on a ranch near Amarillo made a coyote and a jack rabbit seem to walk in the scorching prairie. Other items note a dust storm in Oklahoma lifting a prairie dog, a fogbound Pennsylvania valley misdirecting a carpenter, and a fact about steel car body thickness at 1/16 inch.
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