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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
5
A breadth of names visit Whitewright and Denison with relatives in Dallas Sherman and Farmersville. Many residents travel for family gatherings medical visits and vacations. Instances include Nancy Holland in Sherman, Clyde Montgomery surgery in Dallas Baylor Hospital and the Waggoners hosting guests from Yazoo City New Orleans and Minneapolis.
Weekend guests visited families near Whitewright including Janis Noel Ashinhurst Sue Baldwin Ardell and Fern Penny and others from Sherman. Rotary International events take Whitewright leaders to New York and Boston. A Bonham and Sherman contingent joined in visits and a serious head injury at Bethel was reported with skull fracture possible.
Mrs Bruce Pember and children Maybelle Joan and Bruce Jr of Slaton arrived Tuesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs R H May. The children will stay behind while Mr and Mrs Pember attend the Rotary Convention in New York next week.
Capt Robert Sanctuary and Tod Rockwell spoke on the Civil Air Patrol during a Rotary Club luncheon. Arba Orenduff chaired and introduced the speakers who outlined CAP purposes and operations and urged local organizing help for Whitewright. Tests at the gathering included Lt James Sconyers, Bill Hanes, and J J Petrash.
Miss Edna Griffith hosted a birthday dinner Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs B U Griffith in Whitewright. Attending were Therman Healy Maudean Bennett and family from Whitewright plus relatives from Utica Oklahoma and Bells. Others at the evening gathering included Rayburn Gunter Kenneth Ray Chester Woodson Kenneth Woodson and D A Griffiths family with Billy Joe and Neal Duncan.
Mr and Mrs Carl Holland hosted a family reunion at their home on Sunday with a picnic lunch under the trees. Attending were C F Holland of Mineral Wells and family and several Whitesboro and Whitesboro area relatives including Nancy Patsy Robert Lee and others.
Mrs. Frank Dixon and daughter Gloria Ann Denison join Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dickerman and daughters Jacquelyn and Karen Sherman in a social group. Also present are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Osburn and son Mickey Xmair Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dixon and daughters Shirley and Betty and son Dan Misses Myrtle Minnie Emma and Lillie May Holland Mrs Wade Robbins Mr and Mrs Jack Biggerstaff Mr and Mrs Leslie Holland and daughters Nancy and Elizabeth Whitewright and Mr and Mrs Carl Holland.
Funeral services for Mrs Mollie Elizabeth Smith 86 were held at Orangeville Baptist Church with multiple clergy officiating. She died Sunday morning in Caddo Oklahoma at her daughter’s home after a 2 1/2 year illness. Born July 22 1862 in Tennessee she lived in Orangeville most of her life except for time with her daughter.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and is survived by a son Joe Smith of Fort Worth and four daughters including Mrs. Birdie Ensminger of Dallas, Mrs. Pearl Vestal and Mrs. Eula Vestal of Whitewright, and Mrs. Maggie James of Caddo Oklahoma. Also a brother J. R. Wilson of Olney and three sisters Mrs. Callie Kent of Mesquite, Mrs. Josie Graves of Sherman, and Mrs. Edgar Maness of Dallas. In addition to grandchildren she leaves 34 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Funeral services for John Arthur Hodges age 68 were held Tuesday at 10 a m at Bethel Baptist Church. He died Saturday at his Morris Oklahoma home. Interment followed in Bethel Cemetery. Hodges born June 6 1881 in Mississippi moved to Grayson County Texas in 1885. He married Dora Celia Rushing July 5 1899. Survived by son E P Hodges Denison and two daughters Mrs W D Carroll Talala Oklahoma and Mrs C C Mayberry Collinsville Oklahoma.
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