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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
5
Claire Doss visits Sherman relatives while Dallas visitors drop in. Multiple residents from Sherman Gainesville Denison Commerce and Bonham host relatives and attend services. A birth is announced near town and local businesses advertise furniture sales.
A long list of residents and visitors from Whitewright and nearby towns are mentioned visiting relatives and friends in Sherman Commerce Dallas Greenville Terrell Ada and other areas. Several graduates and students return home from colleges and universities for summer breaks. The notices also report a birth and a homecoming event at Virginia Point with many former locals in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McDaniel of Denison spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C F Collins northeast of town. Mrs. McDaniel is a sister of Mr. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. R T Ray have returned to Lakeview. They were called to Whitewright to be at the bedside of Mr. Ray's father, D A Ray, who died last Thursday morning.
Misses Mary Pumphrey Lucyle Sanders and Sallye Hamilton Whitewright school teachers will attend summer session at Austin College Sherman. The summer session will open Monday.
Edwin Fulton comes back from University of Texas to spend the season with his parents near town. Mrs. Van Barnum and Miss Danita of Shreveport visit Blanton relatives. Mrs. Barnum is A. H. Teel’s daughter, pioneer Whitewright citizen. Bryant King and daughter Mary Dale go to Dallas for Bachman’s Lake camp hosted by the Salesmanship Club with Eugene McElvaney as host. W L Stowers and wife return from Cleveland where he attended the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church as delegate from the Paris Presbytery.
Mr and Mrs Orbin Blanton of San Antonio spent the weekend here visiting relatives. They traveled to Austin on Monday to attend summer school. Mr Blanton serves on the faculty of the Texas Military Institute in San Antonio.
Miss Roberta Sloan attends summer school at State Teachers College in Denton after visiting her parents the Sloans. Mardell Pumphrey earns college scholarship medal at Austin College Sherman with a 94.3 average. Whitewright hosts visiting families, Masonic Lodge officers elected, and Woodmen of the World meet with 15 candidates.
W. S. Cunningham is elected as a Whitewright high school faculty member for next year to teach vocational agriculture. Reared near Bohanam, and a graduate of A M College, he has five years of teaching experience and currently teaches in the A M College summer school. He will also coach the high school athletic teams.
Rev C W Dennis received word of the death of his brother in law J B Gravley a longtime Farmers Branch resident and prominent farmer. Rev Dennis and family left Thursday to attend the funeral. Gravley died Tuesday night in Dallas County.
The Baptist Workers Conference of Grayson County met at the First Baptist Church in an all day session with large attendance. Morning addresses were given by Rev. H. L. White Rev. L. R. Lamb and Dr. A. E. Prince. Dr Prince preached a sermon in the afternoon after reports from various churches.
Donald Hall and Guy Hamilton Jr join a six member subscription team at Holland's Magazine after training. They aim to sell a set weekly quota to stay on the team and may travel across several Southern States this summer if successful.
Miss Lucille LaRoe led an expression class on a Monday afternoon picnic to White Rock Lake. The event featured a lunch of sandwiches chips eggs pickles olives bananas cakes and tea for many students and teachers. Awards were given Monday morning in chapel with Norma Frances Donigan拿 best rendition Drunette Farley for memorizing Aileen Pennington best diction and poise and Marjorie Nell Blanton receiving the loving cup for highest general average.
Miss Laura Jean Reynolds of Leonard visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs J A Stateville here this week. She will depart for Canyon to attend the summer session at West Texas State Teachers College.
The Sewing Guild met Thursday evening with Miss Maggie Horton and five members present. After a brief session, cake and ice cream were served. The club adjourned and attended a picture show.
Mrs. Howard Brodhead entertained at her Gainesville home with a bridge party for Miss Lucille LaRoe bride elect of Lee Wilborn. Coreopsis and yellow gladiolas adorned the rooms. an ice course in green and yellow followed. High score prize went to Mrs. Gomer Graves. Guests included many local ladies from Gainesville and surrounding towns.
Former I. O. O. F. members are asked to gather at the Odd Fellows hall in Whitewright on Friday night June 8 at 8 oclock or contact L. O. Lackey before June 15. A member notes that business of importance will be considered.
Mrs. Jack Diamond of Lubbock and Mrs. J. Q. Adams of Royse City are visiting their mother, Mrs. W. T. Ross.
Mr and Mrs W E LaRoe and children enjoyed a weekend at the Katy Rod and Gun Club lake near Saint Jo as guests of friends. T H Sears and son Bob left for Floydada and other plains farming interests. Mrs Nadine Kight went to Denton for the summer session at the College of Industrial Arts to work on her Master’s degree.
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