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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
5
Whitewright society items describe visitors from Dallas Oklahoma City and Sherman. Local business operations include Millet feed promotions and a Palace theatre rebuild after April fire. The record notes church revival schedule changes and regional travel including Dr John A Ray on state department business.
Mrs J E Payne Jr and daughter Jayne of Dallas visit her father J D Hoard. Mr and Mrs C J Meador attend funeral services in Arkadelphia. Mrs B G Gowdy and Lena Mae Gowdy attend Dr C D Judd's funeral in Denton. Highway work begins resurfacing Whitewright to Trenton. Naval Reserve recruits report July 1. Phyllis Brown to Indianapolis as USDA inspector. Rotary program features Rev Roy Bagley War Is Curable. Whitewright fire halts chicken house blaze. Savoy College reunion attendees listed. Sun reader praises With The Men In Uniform column.
The City Water Department confirms the summer rate on current water statements. The rate allows 30c per thousand gallons after the first four thousand, with the regular rate applying to the initial four thousand. Amid hot dry weather, many families rely on city water for gardens and flowers.
Mr and Mrs Roger Holcomb of 516 West Gandy Denison announce the birth of a daughter Peggy Sue on June 20 at Long Sneed Hospital Denison Mrs Holcomb is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Blakey residing northeast of town and Mr Holcomb is a native of Whitewright They moved to Denison last year where Mr Holcomb is employed by Short Murray Funeral Home Jas D Buster of Sherman announces opening offices in Sherman July 1 for general law practice after four years in the U S War Department He resigns to specialize in estates probate wills examining abstracts curing titles and will handle civil and criminal cases
Pfc. Jim R. Brodhead of Gainesville formerly Whitewright and Miss Margaret Troutt will marry at First Presbyterian Church Gainesville Friday evening June 25 at seven o clock. A reception will follow at the groom elects parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brodhead.
The Hickman Presbyterian Church class met at Mrs. Vera Hickman's home for a picnic supper marking the third anniversary. Supper served to members and their husbands, with visitors Mrs. D. Leon Harp, Mrs. O. E. Lancaster and son Owen III of San Antonio, and May Belle Pember of Dallas.
The Sun announces new honorees including Mrs. R. E. Sandlin M. T. Craig J. C. Woodson Jesse Wallace and Mrs. Claud Phillips added to the weekly honor roll.
County Judge Jake J. Loy is in Wil son N. Jones Hospital resting comfortably under treatment for a heart ailment. The attack occurred Sunday night after a vacation in Tennessee. No visitors are allowed by the attending physician.
A 12 year old Denison youth walked into Citizens National Bank and demanded $160 from Elaine Janes threatening harm. He handed a note and was caught by Kenneth Ransom as he fled and later placed with the county juvenile officer after stating he wanted a horse.
A youth attempted a bank robbery after presenting a note for 200 dollars and fleeing when confronted. He later sought 160 dollars for saddle purchases. Six days earlier an armed bandit stole 5000 dollars from J A Foster, cashier of the State National Bank.
A Sunday outing at Mrs. W. H. Womack’s Ladonia home ended in tragedy as 12 year olds Mary Ruth Clayton and Wanda Ruth Coates drowned in a pond near the house. The girls were grandchildren of Mrs. Womack and the Coates family, and rescue efforts lasted about forty minutes before authorities recovered the bodies.
Five people died and four were seriously hurt when a Katy train struck a car on highway 10 in South Whitesboro at 8 a.m. Monday. The victims include Ralph Dillon 18 Billy Ray Dillon 9 Gerald David Blanton 8 Beverly Ann Blanton 4 and Mae Young 15. Edith Dillon 48 mother of the Dillon children and grandmother of the Blanton children is hospitalized in Sherman with serious injuries. Also injured are Mrs. David Blanton 28 W D Dillon 22 and his infant daughter Bren
In Whitesboro area a Dillon family tragedy left multiple injured and killed as a car headed toward Whitesboro crossed the Katy railroad crossing. John Dillon, deceased about nine years, was father to the children. Survivors include Mrs. O N White who identified the dead. Mrs. David Blanton and two children visited Edith Dillon near Whitesboro.
In Burbank California the last Hudson bomber rolled off the Lockheed line as the Old Boomerangs bow out for the faster Constellation. The WWII era craft earned its nickname for risky returns to base, shot-up wings, and belly rips and was phased out after Vega Ventura entered production. The Hudson served in reconnaissance patrols, dive bombing and as a ship and submarine hunter, including the first American warplane to engage a Nazi submarine.
Mr and Mrs Charles Holland of Mineral Wells and their granddaughter Bonnie Jean Holland of Lubbock spent Sunday with his mother Mrs J F Holland.
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