Whitewright Local News Highlights Weekend Visits and Events
Denison resident R H Thornhill visited relatives in Whitewright on Tuesday. Bonham’s Stewart Arledge called on Bill Milam Friday night. Du rant Oklahoma visitors Mrs. Guy Dillon and family and several locals spent time with kin. The community notes include hospital visits and church society plans, plus local business and sale updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Thornhill
Denison
Whitewright
Stewart Arledge
Bonham
Bill Milam
Carl Caperton
Bartlesville
Okla
Caperton
O. V. Mogel
Various Local Residents Visit Relatives in Texas and Ohio
Miss Lucy Craig of Dallas visits her parents. Jack McSpedden returns to Waco for Baylor summer school. A W Stedham Jr of Salina visits grandparents. Mrs. L T Bishop visits sister Pernie Badgett. Mrs. Ben Bell and Mrs. David Burne of Sherman visit Mrs. W L Grammer. Mrs. F M Williams hospitalized in McKinney. Texas highway patrolman Tom Brown Jr visits parents. Whitewright hosts visiting families including Elam, Bennett and Thompson families. Baylor Nursing tea honors Miss Carrie Hamilton retiring director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona Bell Hampton
Dallas
Whitewright
Mrs
Lee Hampton
Miss Lucy Craig of
Mrs. M. T. Craig
Ben Bell
David Burne of
Sherman
W. L. Grammer
Tom Brown Jr
The
Texas Highway Patrol
Lubbock
Tom Brown
Baylor University School of Nursing
Carrie Hamilton
Holliday Hall
Junius Street
Texas
Miss Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Noted visitors, Alaska mercy mission, and local wildlife report
C B Bryant Jr arrives in Whitewright by plane for business and visit. Bobby Golden arrives in Alaska aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Northwind on a mercy mission. D D Brooks reports wolves killing chickens south of Whitewright with two wolves seen near his barn last Saturday. Farmers note wolves and foxes increasing in Whitewright area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Bryant Jr
Sweetwater
Whitewright
Bobby Golden
Sam Golden
Alaska
Coast Guard
Northwind
Alaskan
D. D. Brooks
Jenkins Jones Tie Knot In Dallas Home Ceremony
Walter Jenkins of Whitewright and Mrs Ola Jones of Dallas were married Sunday May 22 at the bride’s sister's home in Dallas. About fifty relatives attended. The couple will reside on route two in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross R. May
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Davis Parrish
May
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
Boston
Walter Jenkins
Whitewright
Ola Jones
Route Two
Dallas
Arthur Becknell
Oakland Avenue
Jenkins
Engagement announced for Dorothy Keener and Bob Sprinkle
The engagement of Dorothy Keener of Fort Worth to Staff Sgt. Bob Sprinkle of Rocky Ford Colorado is announced. Miss Keener teaches at Crestwood Elementary School and Sgt Sprinkle is stationed at Carswell AFB. The wedding is set for June 11 at the Little Chapel in the Woods in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Keener
Bristol Street
Fort Worth
Bob L. Sprinkle
Rex H. Sprinkle
Rocky Ford
Colo
D. G. Ogden
E. R. Merriott
Colonial Club
Miss Keener
Eula Keener
Route Four
Guy McCafferty
Whitewright
Little Chapel In the Woods
Denton
Crestwood
Sergeant Sprinkle
Carswell Air Force Base
Rotary Club hears Dr. John Ray recall service in diplomacy
Rotary Club lunch program featured Dr. John A. Ray, longtime U S State Department diplomat, who recalled early service experiences including a World War I episode in Odessa when Bolsheviks took power. He described salaries then versus now and other overlooked benefits. Visitors Courtney Cook and E Bert Beasley attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Williams
Rotary Club
John A. Ray
Ray
U. S. State Department
Odessa
Russia
Bolshevicks
Courtney Cook
E. Bert Beasley
Sherman Rotary Club
San Angelo School Exercises Canceled By Polio Epidemic
SAN ANGELO San Angelo Junior High School graduation exercises scheduled Tuesday night were canceled due to a polio epidemic. The action affects graduates and families awaiting the ceremony at the school, with no rescheduled date announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Polio Emergency Prompts City Potions and Cleanups
Dr. R E Elvins of the San Angelo-Tom Green County Health Unit urges action after a poliomyelitis emergency. He recommends removing weeds and trash from vacant lots, banning livestock within city limits, and continuing the DDT spraying program indefinitely. Four new polio cases this weekend raise county total to 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Elvins
San Angelo-Tom Green County
VFW and Auxiliary Decorate Wet Graves on Memorial Day
Fifty veterans from four wars across five cemeteries Whitewright Pilot Grove Bethel and Wittitoe were honored on Memorial Day. Flowers from Whitewright gardens were placed on graves as memories of their service and sacrifice were honored with patriotic reverence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Bethel
Wittitoe
Veterans graves honored in five cemeteries vow
A. B. Jones commander of VFW Post 7111 in Whitewright Texas vows that veterans buried in five cemeteries will be decorated every year to honor their sacrifices for the nation, urging that their deaths shall not be in vain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Jones
VFW
Whitewright
Texas
Petrified log 60 million years old found near here
A nine foot diameter petrified log with 84 feet exposed above ground was found near here. Dr. W H Over of the University of South Dakota museum says it is the largest petrified log ever found. The log comes from a forest that covered the area 60 million years ago.
Climax Phone Call Turns Fatal in English Crash
Dennis Clifford entered a phone booth in Maidenhead to summon an ambulance after a crash. A second car struck the booth, injuring Clifford and another crash victim and sending them to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidenhead
Eng
Dennis Clifford
Clifford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Guy Dillon
Durant, Okla
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Gadys Ray
Memphis, Tenn
Michael Patton
Whitewright Variety Store
James B. Phillips
Houston
Clyde Sadler
Marvin Smith
W. D
Bill) Taylor
Sherman Hospital
A. A. Hudgins
Uvalde
Mrs. Hudgins
Marguerite Smith
Mrs. L. M. Smith
James Lay
Royse Lay
Woman’s Society of Christian Service of
First Methodist Church
Taylor Autrey
Bethel Community
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Vera Hickman
J. N. Stone
Glen Earnheart
Phillip
Margaret Hight
Texas City
Billy Glen Earnheart
F. B. Kimbell
Groesbeck
H. J. Bradshaw
Abilene
B. S. Montgomery
Julian Montgomery
Austin
Montgomery
Roland Lay
Stillwater, Minn
Nodie Kidd
Gaines, James
Robert Kidd
Brownsville
Mattie Harris
Fitz Bryant
Pfc
Jesse McCorstin
Killeen Air Base
Killeen
Grady McCorst
David Johnson
East Texas State College, Commerce
Joe Johnson
David
Commerce
L. W. Bassett
L. W. Bassett Jr
Floyd Bassett
Arthur Decker
Oneonta, Ala
Coy Harris
Bernice Emfinger
Noel Ryan
Tulsa
Joe Taylor
Lester Ford
Doris Mays
Anna
H. J. Ford
J. B. Dixon
Holland
Leslie Holland
Holland & Dixon Service Station
Colton Hill
Dave Beazley
Ely
Hill
Beazley
Farley & Hill
Lem Tittsworth
East Hill
Rath
White Swan
Campbell’s
Hi-C
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
Jack McSpedden
Waco
Baylor University
A. W. Stedham Jr
Salina, Kansas
W. H. Stedham
Mrs. J. E. Everheart
F. M. Williams
McKinney
J. L. Elam
Daughters of
Wichita Falls
N. E. Bennett
Frances Bennett
Mrs. O. A. Bennett
Claud Thompson
M. H. Alexander
Floyd Samples
Trenton
H. B. Smith
Judy
Julia Ann
Farmington, Mo
J. E. Smith
Jack Farley
Baylor Hospital, Dallas
Mr. Farley
Mrs. Farley
Ashley D. Jameson
North Texas
Auxiliary
Cole & Davis Co
Hi-Way
Borden's
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