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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
5
Local social notes list visits across Dallas Garland Pottsboro Commerce Sherman and Abilene. Friends and relatives from Blue Ridge Dallas Grand Prairie Lake Dallas and Fort Worth visit and travel to family events and celebrations. An upcoming surgery and a university graduation are also noted.
The speaker urges that lasting peace comes only when each person first cleans his own heart and life through Christ. He insists community peace starts inside individuals and invites worship at the Church of Christ with Therman Healy delivering the message.
Mrs J H Sconyers has returned to San Antonio accompanied by her cousin Miss Elizabeth Waggoner. Mrs Walter C Johnson returns to Dallas after visiting her sisters Mrs Earl Myrick and Mrs J C Gillespie. Mr and Mrs P A Short hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Lester Short and children Bob and Helen of Midland and Miss Leora Short of Denison. Hershel and Harry Elliott US Navy airmen sons of Mr and Mrs R C Elliott of Whitewright route 4 are training in antisubmarine warfare with Air Antisubmarine Squadron 21 in San Diego California. The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church met at the home of Mrs T E Barbee with Mrs R E Hickman program chair, along with Mrs Arba Orenduff, Miss Janis Horton, Mrs Lester Haile, and guests Mrs Marvin Bryant of Madill and Mrs Printess Compton.
The 80th birthday of Mrs. Elbert Edens was celebrated June 11 with a dinner hosted by her children at the Edens home. Four generations attended, including Mrs. Edens, her daughter Mrs. W. T. Farrow, granddaughter Mrs. Ralph Bond, and great granddaughter June Gail Bond. Mr. and Mrs. Edens are early settlers, with five children listed and out of town relatives from Bells Sherman Casper Bonham and Whitewright.
The Young People's Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church held a party at the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Grider on Thursday evening June 8. After a business meeting the group played games and enjoyed cake and ice cream with attendees including Jane Meador Don Cook Jimmy McSpedden Joe Pannell Helen Sinor and others.
Miss Joan Huseman daughter of Mr and Mrs O A Huseman became the bride of John Ball son of Mr and Mrs G E Ball of Tom Bean in a candlelight ceremony at 8 p m Saturday.
A brief column urges readers to mention guests and personal visits in The Sun as a courtesy. It promotes sharing any item with the paper and uses the language of polite social practice.
Therman Healy officiated as the double ring ceremony was held at the Church of Christ for the marriage of the Whitewright couple. The bride wore an embroidered organdy gown with a lace veil and carried a white Bible with gardenias. After a brief wedding trip the pair will reside in Sherman with family and friends in attendance.
Mr and Mrs Peter Thyssen Lawrence announce the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth Ann to Mr Jack Sears on Saturday May 20 1950 at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City The groom is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Claud Sears and grandson of the late T H Sears of Whit Wright
Velma Starnes married Orville Starner of Fort Worth in a brief Friday afternoon ceremony conducted by Ray B Short of Sherman. The bride, daughter of C. E. Rice of Whitewright, and groom, son of the late James Henry Starner of Illinois, will reside at 3604 El Campo Fort Worth after a short trip.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at the high school on Thursday June 8 for a cooking demonstration by Miss Isabel Herndon of the Community Public Service Co. Ten members attended and Mrs. W R Milam led a brief business session. The next meeting is set for Wednesday June 21 at the KENTUCKYtown school building.
Five cheese making plants are located at Lubbock. This terse note records the presence of multiple dairy facilities in the city, indicating a local dairy processing cluster.
A reflective verse echoes the fading days and growing dusk as love endures through loss. Ella Wheeler Wilcox muses on companionship and hope amid aging, urging quiet unity and mutual courage as tomorrow remains uncertain. The line ends by noting gospel means good news.
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