Community News Highlights From Whitewright Area
Dallas visitors John Reeves and son David stop by while Mrs. W. J. Barbee visits relatives in Plano. Local families host and visit, births announced, hospital stays noted, and a June 15 revival at First Baptist Church set with 106 enrollment and 110 attendance. Eastern Star to hold meeting and officer installation at Masonic Hall Thursday night.
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Whitewright
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Community Notes Include Visits and Milestones
Local residents and visitors are listed visiting relatives and attending events across Sherman Denison and nearby towns. Highlights include long timelines of family gatherings with the Doss couple celebrating 60 years of marriage, Mr and Mrs Doss marking the milestone as he recovers at home. The WMU plans a day of prayer and offering for Ministerial Relief on Monday June 18 at 9 a.m.
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WMU
The
First Baptist Church
Local residents host visits and career moves across Texas counties
Grace Roberts visits Mrs Mackie Greer in Littlefield while Ralph Hughes attends a summer session at ETSTC Commerce. Families from McKinney Bells Sherman and Mexia gather with Lansford and Kirkpatrick households for weekend hospitality. J G Simmons of Kaufman, longtime county agent, promoted to district agent for District No 3 headquartered in Vernon, starting Aug 1. graduate of Texas Tech.
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Ralph Hughes
ETSTC
Commerce
J. G. Simmons
Kaufman
W. H. Stedham
Glenn Doss
Simmons
Kaufman County
Extension Service
Vernon
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Local Folks Attend Weddings Visits and Incidents
Mrs. Bobby McCarrol of Trenton visited Mr. and Mrs. A. R. McMurry on Tuesday. The Kentuckytown Baptist Church Bible school is postponed. Ralph Christian and son Gary visited Corpus Christi where he works for Western Electric. Mrs. T D Caylor travels to Oklahoma City for her niece Ella Sue Van Meter’s Friday wedding. Nellie Doyle of South San Gabriel is visiting relatives. Jack Morton and James Stuteville families spent the weekend with Grover Stuteville’s. Ernest Smith of the City Water Department was injured by a power mower and hospitalized for five days, recalling a past incident with a mower bolt at the water plant.
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Ralph Christian
Gary
Corpus Christi
Western Electric
T. D. Caylor
Oklahoma City
Ella Sue van Meter
Ernest Smith
City Water Department
Katy Tracks
Airman First Class Pierson Promoted in Air Force
Kelly B. Pierson of Whitewright earns promotion to Airman First Class. He serves at Lackland AFB in San Antonio with the Personnel Research Laboratory and is the son of W. M. Pierson. He holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration from McMurry College Abilene.
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Kelly B. Pierson
Whitewright
U. S. Air Force
Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Airman
Pierson
W. M. Pierson
Air Force
McMurry College
Abilene
Hinton Visitors Highlight Texas Family Ties
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hinton of Lockhart visited the home of Mrs. W. A. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. R. E. Hickman. Mrs. Hinton is the former Clara Griffin, a niece of Mrs. Kirkpatrick. A/2e Donald Lansford left for Parks Air Force Base after a month with his parents and will tour duty in Northern Japan.
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W. B. Hinton
Lockhart
W. A. Kirkpatrick
R. E. Hickman
Hinton
Clara Griffin
Kirkpatrick
Donald Lansford
Parks Air Force Base
San Francisco
R. W. Lansford
Japan
Worshams and kin visit Freeman at Garland
Mr and Mrs J E Worsham and relatives spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs J S Freeman in Garland. En route they toured Lavon Dam and lake. Guests at Otto Russell's home included Fender May Jackson ville Mrs R W Martin Port Neches Otto Russell Jr and family Lake Charles La Bill Turner and son Garland Wilton McFarland Seguin Kirk May and daughter Sherman and Mrs Charles Jarvis.
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J. E. Worsham
J. A. Worsham
D. N. Worsham
Jimmy
J. S. Freeman
Garland
Lavon Dam
Lake
Otto Russell
Fender May
Jacksonville
R. W. Martin
Port Neches
Otto Russell Jr
Lake Charles
Bill Turner
Wilton McFarland
Seguin
Kirk May
Sherman
Charles Jarvis
First Baptist Church Mission Program Review
The WMS of the First Baptist Church held its monthly mission program on Monday afternoon with the theme Thy Word A Lamp A Light. Mrs. Guy Hamilton traced the history of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Annuity Board and Woman's Missionary Union. Mrs. O L Jones sang Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart. Mrs S T Montgomery led the prayer for retired ministers and missionaries.
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WMS
First Baptist Church
Guy Hamilton
Southern Baptist Sunday School
Annuity Board
Woman's Missionary Union
O. L. Jones
S. T. Montgomery
Weekend Visits and a Wedding Attendances Across Texas
Mr and Mrs R F Hagler of Caddo Mills and Mr and Mrs Jack Johnson of Fort Worth visited Mr and Mrs P M Helms. Miss Winnie Hamilton and Miss Sallye Hamilton attended the wedding of James Roy Waldrum Jr and Rose Manning in Dallas. W J Hargett marked another birthday June 10 at the Layman home route one with Mrs Hargett Whitewright and siblings from McKinney Sherman and Layman family present. After lunch a birthday cake was shared and gifts showered on Mr Hargett.
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Paul Stevens
Fort Worth
R. C. Vestal
Stevens
Grace Vestal Ostrander
Baylor University
Waco
R. F. Hagler
Caddo Mills
Jack Johnson
P. M. Helms
Winnie
Sallye Hamilton
Roy Hamilton
Dallas
James Roy Waldrum Jr
Rose Manning
W. J. Hargett
J. B. Layman
Bath time vs TV clash sparks homes for miners
In Collerton England miners press the National Coal Board to install bathrooms at home claiming teen daughters object to fathers watching television in the living room during bath night. Leslie Howe, lodge secretary, says families are forced out for walks on bath night.
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Collerton
England
National Coal Board
Leslie Howe
For Men Only Joke on Women Dinner Speakers
A cheeky one liner appears in a men’s publication asking why there are few women after dinner speakers. The punchline attributes scarcity to women’s alleged inability to wait long enough.
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John Reeves
Son David
W. J. Barbee
Mrs
Frank Armstrong
Plano
R. B. Owens
Sabinal
E. T. Doss
Dorothy Jo Branham
Community Hospital
Ray Mason
Cleve Anderson
Ely
Fred Garner
Wilson N. Jones
Henry Rogers
Ted Hamas
Tommie Rogers
Durant, Okla
M. L. Thornhill
Tyrie Tomerlin
Glen Haven Blvd
Tomerlin
Jimmie Golden
Terrell Cowart
Guy Doggett
Grand Prairie
Kansas City
Memphis
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Lucio Orozco
Beverly
Debbie
Odessa
Claude Garner
Carlton Johnson
Grayson Hotel
John Martin Rosso
Houston
John Kaiser
Mrs. Morris Moreland of
Silverton
P. M. Jarvis
J. E. Shoemake
Ohio
Charles Shoemake
Jackie
Nancy Ryan
George Ball
A. B. Vernon
Atoka, Okia
Newton Cole
O. E. Head
Doris
Orville
Jack Hicks
Ira Hogue
Tupelo
Okla
Ceilan Parsons
Gordon Taylor
Denison
W. W
Buster) Ball
McKinney
Charlie Ayres
Ft. Smith
Ark
Ben Hensley
Ural Horton
Marshall, Ark
Ed Doss
Blue Ridge
Uvalde County
Scurry County
Mr. Doss
Thomas J. Doss
Betty Crocker
Pillsbury
Pillsbury Angel Food
Kimbell
del Monte
Comstock
Jar
White Swan
Kuner's
Libby
Blue Lake
Borden
Grayson Oleo
McGee & Henderson, Bells Fresh Fryers
BIG Tex
HEINZ
Mrs. Grace Roberts
Mrs. Mackie Greer
Littlefield
Robert Lansford
Joann
Sandra
Douglas
Bells
J. O. Maxwell
J. H. Hopper
Tom Bean
A. E. Mullins
Joe B. Dillon
Ira Kirkpatrick
Rickie
Ora Phillips
Mexia
Mrs. Earl] Barker
Highway Patrol
Edwin Pringle
Irving
Clyde Little
John Biggerstaff
J. P. Darwin
Club Lake
Greenville
Bobby McCarrol
Trenton
A. R. McMurry
Kentuckytown Baptist Church Bible School
Nellie Doyle
South San Gabriel, Calif
Hershel Murphy
Jack Morton
Billy
Jean
James Stuteville
Kilgore
Grover Stuteville
Mama’s
C. D. M. Coffee
Heinz Baby Food
Sunvale Bacon
Bologna
Summer Union Suits
Cole & Davis Co
Farmer's Comprehensive
Stephens & Bryant
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