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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
5
A long list of visits and travels across Dallas Fort Worth and Denison. Residents including Mrs Kugga Hansard Miss Sallye Hamilton Miss Mardell Pumphrey and Lucian Vestal are mentioned along with travels to Houston Celina Fort Worth Millsap and Korea related notes. Community clubs church events and local schooling updates are included.
Miss Martha Joe Smith visits Bogota relatives while F W Alverson returns from Paris to Whitewright. Families attend multiple reunions and visits in Fort Worth Dallas Melissa and Savoy. Whitewright School Board ponders remodeling after further study. next meeting Friday. Women’s Society set for 3 30 p m at Mrs James Bryant’s home with Mrs E F Everheart as leader. Savoy College Ex Students reunion featured Alverson on program. college chartered 1880 and building contractor W H Thompson links noted.
The Woman's Missionary Union of Bethel Baptist Church met last week with Mrs. Christine Sanderson presiding. Eleven members attended as Mrs. Susie Denton concluded the study of Jerusalem after the opening song Jesus Calls Us. Prayers were offered by Mrs. Carrie Cowart and Mrs. Jewel Jarvis.
Fred Conn publisher of the Denison Herald spoke at the Rotary Club on Friday. Malcolm Williams introduced him as program chairman. Conn discussed his paper and recent advances in production methods while visitors from Denison Sherman Dallas Gainesville Whitewright attended. Lem Tittsworth of Bonham advertised used electric machine and dining room suite for sale.
Central Christian Church holds Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m. Methodist Church led by Ashley D Jameson offers Sunday school 10 a m, morning service 11 a m, youth fellowship 7 p m, evening service 7 30, and youth hour 8 30 p m. Assembly of God, Rev R L Hamm, offers Sunday school 9 45 a m, morning worship 11 a m, evangelistic service 7 p m, prayer service Wednesday 7 p m, and youth evangelistic service Saturday 7 p m.
Rev Lee H Smith pastor director Miss Dorothy Jane Nelson director of religious education Sunday School at 10 Floyd Bassett superintendent Classes for Morning worship at 11 The pastor will be in charge Judahson meeting Tuesday at 2 Westminster Fellowship Thursday at 7 30 Miss Nelson in charge No service on June 24 for Grayson College reunion Family Night for Hickman Class Thursday June 14 at 8 Choir rehearsal Wednesday at 7 p m
James L. Cooper marks one year as pastor with a June 17 anniversary service. Training Union at 7:00 p.m. Prayer service Wednesdays 8:00 p.m. Choirs meet Fridays. June 24 is Men’s Day with Jim Cantrell as morning speaker and laymen presenting parts. Members urged to fill seats.
The Brotherhood will meet Monday night June 18 to consider plans and issue a more definite announcement next week.
A I Creswell retired Greenville druggist died at his Floyd home Sunday morning and was buried in Greenville Monday. He was brother in law to Mrs I L Neathery of Whitewright. Creswell formerly sold drugs at Pilot Grove about thirty years ago before moving to Floyd.
Dr J B Warren notes women feel colder in rooms because of attire. Engineers and physicians report that if women wore winter clothes like men they would be comfortable at 70 degrees instead of 76. Men could forgo coats to avoid cooling below 85 degrees in summer.
On May 22 1951 Marine Corps Aviation marked a milestone in its development as aircraft and training programs expanded. The celebration reflected growth in aviation units and the service's evolving air power role during the postwar era.
A reflective verse on aging and love as days shorten and night falls. The poem contemplates sorrow and resilience, urging companionship and gentle speech as time wanes. It cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox as the author.
Agricultural engineer Henry Bowen unveils a magnetic crop duster in Lansing Michigan that charges spray particles as they exit the sprayer. The charged particles seek oppositely charged plant leaves for better coverage and less waste. The note adds a factual aside that there are eight furlongs in a mile.
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