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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1976
Page
4
Local listings include dining set and chairs for $65, a pair of girls bicycles with new tires for $15 the pair, plus Father’s Day specials from T.W. Ayres and Son. Also ads for printing services, flowers, bridal registry, clothing, pest control changes, and real estate offerings in Whitewright and nearby towns.
Real estate ads list 85 acres pasture and meadow at 395 per acre on pavement near Whitewright plus 160 acres 400 per acre laid out with pavement and community water. A 6 room house with barns and acreage priced 16 500 near Whitewright. Also 20 acres farmland with road on two sides and various upholstery and merchandise listings. Free: baby gerbils and Father's Day promotions. Texas Oil Company seeks Whitewright distributor for maintenance materials with low initial order. Contact C G Russell at Southwestern Petroleum Fort Worth.
Gladys Jones spent the weekend with brother Billy Don Taylor and family in Grand Prairie. The Key families from Greenville visited their mother Oneta Key. Ray Rayburn and Ramsey from Dallas joined Mrs. Retha Sanderson for the weekend. Ina Moody visited her niece Tommie Garber in Irving. Virgil Burchfield and family visited sons James and Mike in Irving. Emmett Green Jr. and Miss Tessa Day were weekend guests of E C Green Sr. Misty and Chance Clark visited grandparents in Amarillo. Lennis Clark hosted O L Winkle and Mrs Jack Morton of Dallas. Mrs. Beulah McLain visited friends in Princeton. Mrs. Frank Alexander of Dallas and Belinda Jacobs of Jefferson, Ga., spent early week with Mrs Hugh Hunter. Mrs. Jean Jarvis hosted Dorothy Collins of Seattle and visited Lester Martin in San Antonio. Mrs. Helen Howland and son from Duncan, Okla., visited the Jarvis home. Collin and Jarvis ladies returned home with Helen Jarvis for a visit. Ron Morgan and Jennifer were guests of Grover Stuteville.
A Whitewright 200 Club committee was appointed to purchase a new coffee maker at the regular Friday meeting in the Munson building on Grand Ave. Arnold Henson presided and 31 members attended. The club plans a June 11 meeting at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church and displays a completed quilt. Visitors are welcome daily from 1 to 4.
Local agency Tom Sears Insurance Realty promotes services from P O Box 735 301 West Grand with phone 364 2469 offering coverage guidance and property protection options.
Announcement of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Miss Julie Hall and Billy Joe Alexander. Both graduates of Dallas Christian High School and Abilene Christian College students. The couple plans to wed August 14 at 7 p.m. at Ninth and Austin Streets Church of Christ in Garland.
Public notice lists city of Whitewright expenses for May including Rocket Oil gas 291.32. North Texas Waterwork supplies 1,720.14. Meador Inc maintenance 24.11. Presley Auto Parts 66.51. Vulcan Materials 406.33. J Philpot pest control 5.00. Cottingham Bearing 20.74. Lustra Lighting 11.45. Industrial Oxygen 9.00. Dwains Paint repair 45. Clark and Courts 17.71. S H Montgomery insurance 170.00. Northeast Texas Wastewater Lab 40. Bob Worthy Ford police car work 41.30.
Whitewright Pee Wee League begins play with teams Whitewright I and II coached by Patterson Henderson and Pierce. Schedules show games from June 10 to July 5 with start times 6 30 for early games and 7 45 for others, against towns Savoy Bells Howe Trenton VA II VA I and II.
Forty five Bells Junior High students received diplomas in a graduation exercise. John Robinson gave the welcome as the theme We Cannot Relive These Moments was displayed on the stage. Stephen Ballard delivered the salutatorian address Am An American Kathy Whitley was valedictorian with America, Land of Opportunity as her theme.
The WMS of Bethel Baptist Church met at Edith Alexander home for Royal Service titled Assignment Overseas. Participants included Edith Alexander Christine Sanderson Frank England Frankie Williams Mayme Lewis and Johnnie England. Plans were made for Vacation Bible School June 21-25 from 7 to 830 pm at the church with Bicentennial emphasis. Alva Key to lead.
Mr and Mrs William L Trlica of Angleton Texas announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Ramona Gail to Joseph Robert Garner son of Mr and Mrs H M Garner also of Angleton The wedding is planned for 1 pm on July 31 at St Mary Lutheran Church in Lake Jackson Texas The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr Mrs C E Garner and Mrs Robert Sears all of Whitewright and the late Robert Sears.
In Saturday runoff results Driscoll won sheriff and Davidchik county attorney. Thompson defeated Walker for Precinct 1 commissioner. Wood won re election for Precinct 3. County totals show Driscoll 204 Shelton 105. Davidchik 225 Shelton 106. Thompson 287 Walker 45.
Tom Bean Personals reports visits by Master Sgt. and Mrs. R D Rodgers Kelly Kim Price and Amy of Bergstrom Air Base Austin to Doug and E W Price Barbara and Jamie. Also Ted Sgt. and Mrs Dwight Shields Diana Glenda and Karen from Lackland Air Base San Antonio visit Burl Shields and parents. Leslie and Kevin Elixson visit grandparents Porter Reeves and uncle Tommy in Leonard this week.
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