Whitewright Socials and Travel News List
Sherman visitor R T Pennington and many others from Whitewright are noted in a community roundup. Local visits span from Sherman to Dallas to Florida with births, funerals, hospital stays, and church events.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
5
Sherman visitor R T Pennington and many others from Whitewright are noted in a community roundup. Local visits span from Sherman to Dallas to Florida with births, funerals, hospital stays, and church events.
Local social notes record visits in Clarksville and nearby towns. Della Clack and other relatives from Hillsboro Dallas Prosper McKinney Memphis and Edna gather with Clarksville residents for weekend encounters and a Bonham High reunion. Norman Harper moves from Dallas to Edna to take a job with Magnolia Petroleum.
Jim Hollingsworth of Denison said his son Rev Kermit Hollingsworth has been assigned by his Methodist conference to pastor Grace Methodist Church in Houston. Kermit previously led First Methodist Church in Galveston for four years.
Bremerton couple visit Jessie Mead and Robbie Brown. Dallas residents visit Elvie Scott. Scout staffer duties at Camp Grayson Sherman Area with 14 Troop 42 scouts joining next week. Ray Brown’s motorcycle fire causes 150 damage near Whitewright. Magers family returns from multi state automobile tour including Grand Canyon Walnut Canyon Petrified Forest and Carlsbad Caverns. Waco visitor Scott McSpedden and daughter Charlotte Vantrain spend three days with Berniece Davis in Okmulgee and Dallas relatives touring areas.
Mrs Obie Hall and the St John and Martin households visited Mrs Davis on Tuesday. The Hargett family held a surprise birthday dinner for Mr Hargett at J B Layman home with relatives from Fort Worth McKinney Sherman and local households in attendance. Dr Paul Geers and family moved from El Paso to settle here while he completes a residency at El Paso General Hospital and plans to establish practice in July leasing the Dr Ross May office building.
Miss Wilma Hickson daughter of Mrs Pearl Hickson Whitewright and Mr Willie Miller son of Mrs Nannie Holt Collinsville were married in Sherman last Saturday. The bride wore white linen with white accessories and attended Whitewright High School. The couple will reside in Collinsville.
Nine girls met with Mrs. Lee Smith at the Presbyterian Church basement to form a 4-H Summer Sewing Club. Members include June Bond Bobbie Cawthon Donna Franklin Louisa Lackey Janet Smith Sarah Stevens Joyce Thornhill Louise Vestal and Ruth Williams. Officers elected were Janet Smith president Joyce Thornhill vice president Ruth Williams secretary Robbie Cawthon social chairman and Donna Franklin reporter. The club aims to improve sewing for the 4-H dress revue in August with eligibility for seventh or eighth graders.
In Superior Court Anna Benjamin 41 accused her 47-year-old husband John of 2600 beatings in 25 years of marriage. Attorneys reached a settlement: he will strike her no more and the couple emerged reconciled.
Local church directory lists several congregations with pastors and weekly schedules including Sunday School times worship services and midweek events across First Presbyterian Assembly of God First Baptist Cross Roads Bethel Baptist Pilot Grove and related details for Newton area churches.
A reflective poem urging readers to focus on kindness joy and integrity. It contrasts being busy with positive actions like kindness gladness and doing good with Public blame or harsh judgments. The speaker suggests staying true and right leaves little time for criticism of others.
A reflective verse by Margie B. Boswell contrasts enduring ideas with changing minds. The poem contemplates persistence versus time and labels island imagery and historical peoples in a compact, memory driven style.
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