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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
6
Student shares summer plans including Little League, rodeos, riding ponies Snowflake and Sugar, playing shortstop, swimming, visiting an uncle, and hoping to play football after baseball ends, noting a mix of activities and a desire for time off from school.
Rev. Dan Vestal led Wednesday chapel services with Tom Mac Holmes from Trenton providing special music. Sunday worship featured Rev. and Mrs. Grissom from Whitewright, with 33 attendees. Bible study was led by Rosa Lee Somerville, a patient. Bingo winners announced. Numerous visitors noted: Mary Caylor, William Kear, Mary Bryant, Clarence Jones, C.R. Jones, Lafatte Latimer, Marvin Bangs, Opal Bookout, Eula Hampton, Ocie Allison, the Taylors, the Davises, Bell Robinson, C.C. Cook, Hazelip, Johnson, John, Earl Kear, Ball, Sullinger, Alexander, Windle, Stephens, Latimer, Syptak, Morris, Denton, Leona Cunningham, Lettie Jackson, Vida Ingram.
Mrs. Joyce Reid Auten arrived from London to make Whitewright home and enjoy her first bananas in six years. A Bethel quilting party hosted by Mrs. Billy Harger included eight attendees. Cemetery thefts noted at Oak Hill Cemetery. Joe S. Dyer won a Briggs School gold medal for reading and diligence. Whitewright Sun changes ownership as Buddy and Pat Camper take over with offset printing.
William H. Atkinson Jr 39 died in Corpus Christi after a heart attack. An engineer and Korean War veteran born in Howe he is survived by his wife Carel and parents in Bells, two daughters and two grandmothers. Ronald Earl Pierce 68 retired farmer died in a Sherman hospital. Services were at Bethel Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter, two sisters, nine grandchildren, and a great grandchild.
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