Fifty Cent Dinner At Pierce's Cafe Gathers Neighbors
Fifty years ago a regular dinner at Pierce's Cafe offered a square meal for five dimes. Funds from a regional Friday pie supper support equipment for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion. The article notes local church events, renovations, baptisms, and community updates including a baptism in Jordan River and the Anderson Memory family birth, plus civic notes on cement work, church leadership changes, and a tea recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce's Cafe
Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion
Jordan River
William M. Anderson Jr
Sarah Catherine
The
Anderson
Fashion rethink and world fabric shortage noted
Mrs Hamilton hosted the final Music Club meeting before the ree cital. Ruth Hatfield warned designers to avoid floor length gowns and suggested bustles on swimsuits amid a global fabric shortage. Bond sales in the Victory Loan Campaign nearly doubled the quota.
Social notes reveal wide guest list and moves in Whitewright
A long roster of weekend visitors and extended family relations fills Whitewright with travel and hospitality. Guests include the Cornelius and Vandagriff households, Sims, Cunningham, Jones, Wimsett, McCullough, Woodson, Riley, Kilgore, Gosnell, Miller, Meador, and many others from Dallas, Sherman, Bells, Plano, Irving, Grand Prairie and more. A Parkland Hospital surgery, graduation trips, a Lake Texoma gathering, and a summer weight program for high school boys are noted alongside church duties and Lions club plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Velma Sadler
Richard H. Smith
Courtney
Johann
Michelle
Plain
Mont
Sadler
Marvin Smith
Ernest Smith
Sherman
Ona Bell Hampton
Sarah Kilgore
Jeti. Gosnell Sr
Mike Millard
Ruth Keck
Lea
Nocona
Lanes Robnett
Heidi
Lucett
Lubbock
J.M. Ashinhurst
Janet
Grand Prairie
Gary Park
Paducah
Jonny Gosnell
City
Noel Miller
Blue Ridge
Gwen Earwood
Farwood
Miller
Earl Miller
Plano
Whitewright High School
W.E. Grisham
First United Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Whitewright
Whitewright Nursing Home Bible Study and Visitor Notes
Bible study Thursday morning screened two films The Christian Teacher and Israel borrowed from First Baptist Church Whitewright. Thirty six attended Sunday service as visitors from Denison Gret, Fort Worth, Garland, Hobbs and other nearby towns joined residents. Bingo winners this week were Rayford Beach T P Tallent Herbert Stagner Oscar Worsham and Ann Clements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
Fred Clark
of Denison
Bradford Biount
Arlington
Lester Horn
Rayford Beach
T.P. Tallent
Herbert Stagner
Oscar Worsham
Ann Clements
Weekend Visits Span Arkansas and Oklahoma in 1940s Style
Mrs Don Collins Mrs Randy Newman and Mrs Fred Garner spent the weekend in Searcy Arkansas visiting Miss Maureen Albaugh a Harding College student. Mrs Pansy Watson of Hugo Oklahoma guests of sister Mrs Vera Chesser and others visited Mr and Mrs Jesse Austin at Petty Sunday. Kenneth and Debbie with Louis Franklin spent Memorial Day with her father W E Genthe in Enid Oklahoma. Mrs Mabel Layman and Mrs J P Darwin of the city have been admitted to Sherman Community Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ring
Sherman
C.J. Meador
Bill Jones
Wichita, Kar
Gladys Cook
Dallas
Don‘ Cook
Mesquite
Inez Reagan
Burkburnett
D.D. Brooks
Eben Ingram
Cross Roads
Jimmie Anderson
Lubbock
DH. Thrasher
Don Collins
Randy Newman
Fred Garner
Searcy Ark
Maureen Albaugh
Harding College
Pansy Watson
Hugo Okla
Vera Chesser
S.D. Hanssey
John Hanssey
Clyde Jenkins
Jesse Austin
Petty
Ouis Franklin Kenneth
Debbie
W.E. Genthe
Enid Okla
Mabel Layman
J.P. Darwin
City
Sherman Community Hospital
Obituary for Mrs Ellen N Ingram of Westminster
Services were held Monday at Crossroads Presbyterian Church for Mrs Ellen N Ingram who died Sunday in a McKinney nursing home. Burial followed under Turrentine-Jackson Funeral Home of McKinney. She was born April 25 1886 in Arkansas, daughter of Si and Mrs Regan, a Presbyterian Church member. Survivors include son A M Ingram of Anna daughter Mrs J W Stout of Ft Worth 1 grandchild 27 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was aunt to Mrs D D Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen N. Ingram
Westminster
Crossroads Presbyterian Church
McKinney
Turrentine - Jackson Funeral Home
Ingram
Arkansas
Si Regan
The
Presbyterian Church
A.M. Ingram
Anna
J.W. Stout
Fit Worth
D.D. Brooks
City
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Cpl
Bussy Thornhill
Philippine Islands
A.L. Greenwalt
Bells Baptist Church
Ioan R. Maddox
Denison
Rotary Club
J.H. Gosnell
Clyde Hansard
Guy Hamilton
Roy Talley
Lane
Milton Sims
Paul Cornelius
A.J. Vandagriff
Alton Cunningham
Kenneth Cunningham
Pike
Wesley Brown
Larry Miller
Kentuckytown
Sears Stevens
Clay
Millard Sanders
Kay and
Kevin
C.M. Jones
Bon
O.L. Jones
Evelyn and
Celia Mae Riley
Neva Joe Clary
Greenville
Janette Jones
Freddie Whipple
J.C. Whipple
Parkland
Albert Mammen
Irving
Jack Hayes
Garland
W.L. Kincaid
Don Williams
Ada
Okla
Scott Mallard
Huntsville
Ala
Lee. Watkins Sr
Beulah Simpkins
Irene Hendricks
Horace
Canton
P.H. Connally Jr
Bob of Sherman
P.H. Connelly
Mac Perkins
Steven
Kim
Brian
Mike
A. R. McMurry
Cecil Hendrix
Lake Texoma
D.D. Brooks of
Darlene Brooks
Tives
Velma Montgomery
David Cain
Rockdale
John Mac Brown
Deana
Laurie
Jeff
G.C. Brown
Roger and
Tracy
Maxine Brown
Barbara
Arthur W. Neal
Ruth
Topeka
Kan
Grover C. Brown
Nursing Home News
By Rosalie Geers
Marvin Bangs
Frenton
Claud Simpson
Fruitvare
Bennie Simpson
John Gillem
M.M. Earnheart
Ft. Worth
Helen Bartley
Wanda Turner
Floydada
Corn Press
O.R. Asbill
Madge Laathrip
Commerce
Margaret Reneau
Vesta Lackey
T.R. Reagan
Monnie Pollard
Florence Wallis
Austin
Ruth Cox
Bennie Arnwine
T.A. Gray
Randolph
K.W. Watson
Nannie
Rose Kirk
J.W. Fielder
Jack Whitson
Houston
Dess Whitson
Ellen Ingram
Edwards
Chevrolet
Texas
Farmer's
Insurance
Paul Stephens
Jesse James
State OF Texas
X. Capitol Station
Austin 11
Apace
First National Bank
Pepe
Het
Sing Depositors
Netienlig Sarmaman Fies
Erent
Kyle, Kenneth Karl
Reviemt
Amon Obine
State OF
Vown
Peggy Partridge
Pirse National Bank
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Mignause
Sip
Newlife
LaGrange
Tex
Whitewright Sun
Sunshine Liquid Feed
Farley Grain CO
Dawson Propane Co
O.W. White Bells
Phillip Earnheart
Call
Stephens & Bryant
Joe Wolfe
Locust Street
Itc
Capps
Texaco
JR. Love
Corr
Gunacth
Ade
Will Bale
New Holland
David Reeves
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W. D. Skipworth
Tom Bean
Whitewright Lodge
A.F
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Igene Shaw W.M
Russell Summers
Langford NY
Monaesthru
Chapman and Cedar
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J.A
Alexander, Inc
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