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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1934
Page
5
Community members travel and visit relatives across Texas Oklahoma and nearby states with several Whitewright residents attending a Sherman rally. Candidates J W Bailey Jr and Dr R L Sears featured as hosts and speakers as families visit kin and shop for home goods offerings in Bonham.
A long list of Sherman residents and visitors is reported. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Call Reeves and son Wallace, Miss May Badgett, Mrs. Dorothy Andrews, Rev. Ben Sturdivant, J. W. Thompson, Misses Mary Marie and Frances Dell Mitchell, D. L. Lyons, Percy Darwin and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Graves, Miss Johnnie V. Dossey, R. L. Johnson, Mrs. Lonnie Myrick, Mrs. M. E. Greenway, Mrs. W. S. Bryan, Miss Pauline Hazelwood, Mrs. R. R. McDaniel, Miss Vivian Echols, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pember, Joe Thomas Meador, J. H. Biggerstaff, Rev. E. A. Maness, and Addison and Trenton Vestal. A meat counter upgrade and cooling unit are noted at J. H. Biggerstaff’s shop. Trenton Vestal’s injury in New York City is reported as not serious.
Evangelist Hite and family along with Mrs. Laura Johnson and others visited J. J. Miller’s home last Thursday. Judging of yards entered in the Friday Literary Club contest, postponed from last week, will occur Friday morning under the civic committee led by Mrs. H. P. Donigan. Awards will be announced in The Sun next week.
The Sewing Guild met last Thursday with Miss Hester Martin. Maggie Horton was chosen president and Vinita Jenkins was named reporter. Six members and two visitors attended. Next meeting with Miss Jenkins is Thursday night at 7 45. Dorotha Ray Hickson hosted a birthday party Sunday with 18 children enjoying games and refreshments. Dr. Jack Spindle, newly licensed, visited family in Whitewright before heading to Houston for a State Board exam, aiming to practice after results.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society met Monday afternoon with Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick. Devotional by Mrs. J. Fender. Prayer by Mrs. B. Wrenn Webb. Report on General Assembly women’s missions meetings in Cleveland Ohio. Miss Margaret McMurry discussed West Indies work. Floyd Bassett elected reporter. R. L. Sears secretary of Spiritual Life Group. Refreshments served by hostess and daughters Mrs. Leon Harp and Mrs. R. E. Hickman of San Antonio.
A bus driver quips that he rarely has time for meals and eats at the wheel, prompting a listener to remark that it sounds tough. The exchange highlights a humorous moment during a routine stop.
North Texas wedding of Lucille LaRoe and Lee J. Wilborn held Sunday at the bride’s West Grand avenue home. Attendants wore green and yellow. ceremony featured live music by Mrs. Haden and Mr. LaRoe. The couple will reside in Austin after a Dallas and Austin honeymoon. The bride, a Whitewright native and UT graduate, teaches expression and speech in the city’s public schools. The groom, an Austin mathematics teacher and UT graduate, is a member of Sigma Iota Epsilon. Many out of town guests attended.
Mrs. C. P. Johnson and daughter hosted a bridge gathering at Mrs. Johnson's home honoring Miss Lucille LaRoe bride-elect of Lee J. Wilborn of Austin. Guests included Miss LaRoe, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Christian, and many others from Winters Dallas Slaton Sherman and surrounding areas.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Mc Laughlin Dunn of New York formerly Savannah to J. M. Penland of Dallas formerly Whitewright occurred Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. J. S. Truett at his home. After a wedding trip to New York the couple will live in Dallas. Penland is president of Southwestern Drug Company and was raised and educated in Whitewright.
Miss Dorothy Hamilton and four other attendants celebrated with Beth Waggoner and Miss Frances Bryant as guests of honor. Hand painted tallies were given by Miss Martha Ann Simmons of Dallas. The home featured yellow gladioli and green and yellow decor. An ice course was served and gifts presented to the honoree. High score favors went to Mrs. Lehroy Slusher and Mrs. Bryant King. Hostesses included Mrs. Guy Hamilton and Mrs. Emmet Penn.
A breakfast at Mrs. Hamilton's home honored Miss Lu cille LaRoe bride elect of Lee Wilborn. Guests included the Wilborn party and relatives from Winters Durant Leonard Sherman Farmersville Denison and Leonard. Green and yellow decor and solo dances complemented the morning event.
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