Community Visitors and Local Appointments Log 1930s era
Sherman resident Mrs Maude McCurdy visits friends while Mrs Russell Summers vacations in Denver Colorado. Numerous regional residents travel to and from Dallas Garland Paris Irving and Sherman for weekends visits and family gatherings. C R Porter to fill pulpit at First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 with local families and friends noting extended family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Porter
Presbyterian Church
Texarkana
First Presbyterian Church
Visitors and local residents listed in community notes
A long column lists visitors and relatives in Whitewright with ties to Sherman Texarkana Ada and other places. Names include Norris Gaddy Schwiening McMillin Williams Fralicks Hansard Doss Bennett Bigger and several families with weekend visits and travel updates. Major Faison serves two weeks at Carswell AFB with replacements LaRoe Lay. James Bennett has Marine boot training in San Diego and writes home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bennett
O. A. Bennett
U. S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Pvt
Alvis J. Bennett
C Co
MCRD
Whitewright
Local Social Notes From Oklahoma and Nearby Towns
Mrs J A Melugin returned Monday from a visit with Mrs Mary Rash and relatives in Tulsa Oklahoma. Mrs Grace Ostrander left Tuesday for San Diego California after four months with her parents R C Vestal. Mr and Mrs Warren Ross Mr and Mrs J E Ross of Ector and Mrs Lora Hicks of Sherman visited their mother Mrs Joe Ross last weekend. Mr and Mrs N B Nicholson and son of Garland spent the weekend with his mother Mrs W T Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. McDaniel
Quanah
J. E. Montgomery
Dallas
F. M. Echols
Gilbert Keck
Nocona
J. M. Ashinhurst
Patricia
Donna
J. H. Gosnell
Ross Alexander
Brad
Garland
Jack Dickerman
Sherman
Carl Holland
Frank Miller
Midland
C. P. Johnson
Pat Emmett
Raney Bunch
Houston
R. C. Vestal
Ray Rayburn
Thomas Sanderson
Elmer Sanderson
James Reeves
Morgan City
Eugene Reeves
McKinney
John Reeves
Esker Fralicks
Greenville
Sueane
Jane Dixon
Shreveport
J. A. Melugin
Ray Hansard
Granvolee Hansard
Irving
Jack Hansard
Harold Doss
Kay
Berniece Davis
Eula Andrew
Joe Ashinhurst
Lillian McSpedden
L. H. Vantrain
Okmulgee
Okla
Dick McSpedden
Mary Rash
Tulsa
Oklo
Grace Ostrander
San Diego
Calif
Warren Ross
J. E. Ross
Ector
Lora Hicks
Joe Ross
N. B. Nicholson
W. T. Nicholson
Rotary Club hears Capt. J Frank Wilson on leave before Korea
Rotary Club guest speaker Captain J Frank Wilson of the Army Quartermaster Corps discussed his upcoming Korea tour of duty. He was introduced by program chairman Sears Anderson, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Lee Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Wilson
Army Quartermaster Corps
Rotary Club
Sears Anderson
Captain Wilson
Lee Wilson
Korea
Brown and Burchfield marry in Bells ceremony
Miss Joyce Jean Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Brown Kentuckytown wed J W Burchfield son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Burchfield Saturday June 2 in Bells They were accompanied by Miss Nora Fae Bass and Bobby Burchfield The groom graduates from Whitewright High School class of 1956 Mr and Mrs Burchfield reside in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Jean Brown
Wesley Brown
Kentuckytown
J. W. Burchfield
Virgil Burchfield
Bells
Nora Fae Bass
Bobby Burchfield
Whitewright High School
Burchfield
Sherman
Bass and Burchfield Couple Weds in Hugo Oklahoma
Nora Fae Bass daughter of O S Bass and Bobby Ray Burchfield son of Virgil Burchfield were married on Saturday June 16 in Hugo Oklahoma. The bride is a Wewright High School 1956 graduate and groom a 1955 graduate. They reside in Whitewright where he works at First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Fae Bass
O. S. Bass
Bobby Ray Burchfield
Virgil Burchfield
Hugo
Okla
Georgia Howard
Kenneth Hopkins
Whitewright High School
Whitewright
First National Bank
WSCS Meeting Observes Student Day at Jacks Home
The Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. L. F. Jacks’s home on Monday for Student Day. Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide led a brief business session, with Mrs. Sears Anderson directing the program and several members and three students taking part. refreshments were served to 20 members and guests by Mrs. Jacks and her daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
L. F. Jacks
Griffin Dollarhide
Sears Anderson
John Polk
A. M. Bryant
F. M. Echols
I. L. Neathery
Florena Williams
Margaret Williams
Mary Anderson
Jacks
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meets In June
The H D Club met June 14 with Mrs. F. M. Echols presiding in Mrs. R D Maddux’s absence. Members discussed cucumber varieties and beet relish with pickles, hosted by Mrs. Burn Everheart and Mrs. Clyde Sadler. Guests from Corsicana and Kansas City attended. plans for a lawn ice cream supper June 29 were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home
F. M. Echols
Ed Martin
R. D. Maddux
Carl May
Charles Dickens
Burn Everheart
Clyde Sadler
E. C. Waits
Corsicana
Clarence Thompson
Kansas City
W. M. Pierson
4-H Club Schedules Dress Review and Meeting Notes
The 4-H Club met at the Presbyterian Church at 2:00 p m on June 19. Ruth Williams called the meeting to order and a dress review was set for August 7 at 2:00 p m in the church assembly room. Members learned apron making and thanked W E Stanford for machine access. Fifteen members and three adult leaders attended. Refreshments were served and the group planned to meet again June 26 at 2:00 p m at the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Williams
W. E. Stanford
4-H
Badgett and Taylor Wed in Lubbock Church Ceremony
Jack Badgett son of Floydada residents and Carolyn Taylor daughter of Lubbock residents were married in a double ring ceremony at St. John's Methodist Church Lubbock last Friday evening Rev Charles Ludrick officiated A reception followed on the church patio The groom is a Texas Tech graduate and Pure Oil geologist The bride also Tech educated and taught in Lubbock schools They will reside in Wichita Falls where he is employed by Pure Oil Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Badgett
D. R. Badgett
Floydada
Carolyn Taylor
D. L. Taylor
Lubbock
St. John’s Methodist Church
Charles Ludrick
Badgett
Pernie Badgett
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
Smile Worth Twenty Thousand Dollars
A moral from a Cheer Magazine reflection notes a boy burned by an unguarded live wire. In court his smile’s value is contrasted with the paralyzed side, leading to a twenty thousand dollar verdict and a statement on the importance of genuine kindness in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheer Magazine
Little Lines by Margie Boswell excerpt
A poem fragment by Margie B. Boswell notes how climbing ladders brings both joy and fear. It ponders who can truly understand yearning while observing that facts resemble claws of strict laws.
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Margie B. Boswell
Six Types of Letters To Editor Cited
Sapulpa Herald publisher Ralph P. Matthews lists six letter types: cuss out the editor, request a puff story or kill a story, want someone or condition “help” but with no name, seek info about a long-ago paper subject, request a copy with two cents postage, or submit a vague birth notice naming Mrs Smith without an identifying detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Matthews
Sapulpa Herald
Dearest the monkey climbs tree as police chase unfolds
In New York George T. Gilliam calls to his pet monkey Dearest after its leash breaks. The caper ends with twenty police in pursuit of the animal around the neighborhood, illustrating a comic household moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George T. Gilliam
Dearest
Gilliam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Maude McCurdy of
Russell Summers
Denver
Colo
Points
Mrs
D. E. McCoy
Aztec, N. M
Lena Mae Gowdy
Paris
J. W., Goree
Fred Stegall
Rosalee and
Herman
Emelle, Ala
Frank England
Lee Norris
Philip Norris
Tom Norris
R. C. Norris
Joe Miller
Terry Miller
David
James W. Smith
Smith
Massachusetts
Otis Air Force Base
Patsy Cooper
Lynn Cooper
Ely
Ruth Ann Garner
Angleton
Robert Sears
Elizabeth Waggoner
Austin Public Schools
Carolyn Edwards
Mrs. O. R. Edwards
Lee R. Alexander
Grand Prairie
Orall Monroe
Denison
J. E. Henson
Betty
Fort Worth
San Antonio
David Smith
Salome
Ariz
Arizona
Maurice Garner
Connie Sears Garner
C.D. M
Delaware
Kuner
del Monte
Alma
Libby
Heinz Baby Food
ZEE
BIG Tex
Grayson
Borden
KRAFT
Mecgee
Jesse Norris
Shafter, Calif
Robert H. Gaddy
Latta, S. C
W. H. Stedham
Community Hospital
E. C. Watson
Don Cook
Jim Meador
C. J. Meador
Jean Ellen Schwiening
Sonora
Clarence McMillin
Guy Hamilton
H. H. Taylor
Guy Hughes
Atlanta
Texas
Don E. Williams
Ada, Okla
Donna Jean
R. M. Faison
Air Force Reserve
Carswell Air Force Base
Ed LaRoe
Royce Lay
L. LaRoe & Company
Emory Christian
Christian
J. Don Biggerstaff
Bloomington
Indiana
J. Don
University of Indiana
Germany
Air Force
W. T. Cooper
N. D. Cooper
Electra
Bessie Proud
St. Louis
A. R. McMurry
McMurry
Earl Dockery
Trenton
Ann Howard
Leonard
H. E. Spradlin
Ernest Spradlin
Lockney
Burchfield-Brown
WSCS
Farmer's Comprehensive
Stephens & Bryant
Badgett-Taylor
Dante
A. Owen Penny
Voile and Batiste
Cole & Davis Co
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