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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
5
A son born to Mr and Mrs Clifford Brewer on June 12 and another son born to Mr and Mrs Floy Low on June 13 head a round of births. The column notes numerous visits with relatives and friends in Denison Sherman Bonham Dallas Waxahachie and Greenville along with civl service moves and a few local events and errands.
Hear the champion banjo picker on a trade lot in Whitewright at 5 p m Saturday. Finch will speak. Mrs R C Vestal and daughter Zoe returned from Houston after two weeks with family. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Jerome Peschke in Houston. Dr B Wrenn Webb and several girls attend Presbyterian conference at Woodlake. A family reunion was held in Sherman. First aid class suspended for low turnout. Captain Dan S McMillin to wed Adele Gilbert of Dallas at Fort Riley Kansas on June 26.
Mrs A L Jackson and her children Albert Lee and Henrietta will travel to Dallas tomorrow to visit relatives. Albert Lee will depart Dallas on Saturday for Mingo Junction Ohio where he is employed. Mrs Holmes Connelly and daughter Elaine of Trenton and Miss Sue Price of Houston were luncheon guests of Mrs B G Gowdy. Price and Connelly were Baylor University roommates in Waco.
Allen T. Short announces Snow White laundry truck will resume semi weekly service after being called off the White Wright Leonard run. Customers are asked to deliver bundles to his shop for pickup and processing.
Mrs. Frank Phillips irrigates a victory garden producing a cabbage over eight pounds. A parade of visitors includes Mrs. Lucian LaRoe and D. R. Lewis returning from Austin to join Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilburn. Other notes cover a freak corn stalk, a wartime memorandum about the Lexington, and multiple family gatherings and bridge party hosted by Mrs. Rham T. Pennington.
A fond mother tells her son to rise early and be punctual so he does not make the captain wait at breakfast as he begins his Navy service.
The T. E. L. Class of the Baptist Sunday School met at the church for a business and social session. Devotions were led by Mrs. Ben Savage and Mrs. Olive Myrick presided. Refreshments were served to 13 members.
Miss Jo Willa Stuteville, of Houston, will wed Jack Lafayette Morton, also of Houston, at 5 p m Saturday at the bride’s parents home in Whitewright. Attendants include maid of honor Drunette Farley and Frances Morton of Fort Worth. Winnie Ruth Morgan will sing and Jack Chil cote of Fort Worth serves as best man.
Staff Sergeant Charlie C. Burchfield of Whitewright and Miss Hallie Mills of Bailey wed last Thursday at the groom’s parents home northeast of town with Rev. Miller officiating. They left Saturday for Baer Field Indiana where Burchfield is stationed and he was promoted to staff sergeant with aviation mechanic second class. Burchfield graduated Whitewright High School in 1939 and has served about 18 months in the Army Air Corps.
The family and friends honored Mrs. J A Creecy with a birthday dinner at her home Saturday. Guests included Mr and Mrs J G Mitchell Mrs Cecil Watson and children from Whitewright Mr and Mrs O C Bowen and Mr and Mrs Delmor Bowen and children from Orangeville Virgil Creecy of San Diego Calif and Mrs E E Hunter and Miss Christine Thomas of Oklahoma City. Afternoon guests included Mrs Netty Bowen and Mrs Paul Bowen of Orangeville and Mr and Mrs Fred Cook Jr of Whitewright.
Albert Lee Jackson Jr, a steel plant employee in Ohio, spoke at the Ro tary Club luncheon Friday. Russell Summers chaired the program as Jackson described armor plate production and steel plant operations. Jackson, a Whitewright High School graduate, studied chemical engineering at Texas Tech and production engineering through a government course, and he is visiting his mother and relatives.
Mrs. Nannie Rhudy, employed in Wilson Texas, returns home after two weeks visiting her children. A family reunion gathered Sunday at Clarence Rhudy's home in Orangeville with J. W. Parker and daughter, Rev. W. G. Boyd and Clyde, Birdwell Rhudy family, Ada Rhudy, Earl Rhudy, Lawrence Boyer, Gennie Boyer, Weldon Morris and Dorothy Burks among attendees.
In a domestic vignette a Jr. child is in Australia while an uncle is in the Azores. A father must mow the lawn and assist the mother with floor waxing, highlighting shared family labor across distances.
Churches announce Sunday school at 10 a.m. Children’s Day service at 10 50 a.m. and preaching at 8 30 p.m. led by Pastor B Wrenn Webb with regular worship and programs.
Lloyd Allen minister speaks on Christian Fathers for Father s Day June 21 at Central Christian Church. Morning church and communion at 11 a m. Sermon titled Christian Fathers. Evening service at 6 o clock.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. led by W. T. Simmons, morning worship at 11. Training Union at 7:45 p.m. Evening worship at 8:30. Wednesday prayer hour at 8:45. Pastor E. P. Wootten extends a cordial welcome to all to worship with us.
A special Father's Day service is planned at the Methodist Church with the pastor’s sermon The Man After God s Heart. The 8:30 p.m. night service features organ music funded by the Whittle Music Company of Dallas. Sunday School opens at 10 a.m. led by Mrs. H C Willis and Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. led by Mildred Kent.
A jab at a classic elephant joke unfolds with a boastful hunter showing tusks and declaring he shot the animal in his pajamas. A bemused listener asks how the elephant ended up in that strange scenario.
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