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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1947
Page
4
A roundup of regional residents traveling and visiting kin and friends this week. People from Sherman Whitewright Dallas Denison Fort Worth and several other towns were seen in various communities and on family visits.
Charles Blanton, a Black man from the White Rock area west of Whitewright, pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and received a two to ten year prison term in the Fifty-Ninth District Court. The crime took place in the same White Rock community.
Lem Tittsworth of Bonham advertises ice refrigerators at 8.95 and 12.50 to 25 for living and bed suites from 69.50 to 89.50, a used gas range at 89.50, and a typewriter at 39.50.
Basic training completion for Pvt. John P. Griffith at Fort Jackson and enlistment date April 21 are noted alongside multiple social items. Visits and travels include Dr. R E Lingenfelter returning from Amarillo eye ear nose clinic, Mrs. A M Bryant and Betty visiting Canyon, and relatives from Fort Worth Waco Denison Shreveport. A Ves tal-Douglas wedding in Dallas and various family visits are listed. A Presbyterian church covered dish supper is announced for June 29 honoring Rev James Logan. Red River Valley Livestock Exhibition directors add Roy Blanton and J R Oliver to the board in Sherman.
Miss Anna Ruth Johnson and Miss Charlyne Gerhart of Mt Pleasant spent the weekend with Johnsons in Commerce. ETSTC students Norma Smith Billie Lois McClaran and Jonnie Nell Massey were also guests. Guests of Mrs Lucian LaRoe included several named area residents. A go ing away party honored Lonnie Rae England before she moved to Greenville. Floyd Taylor reported the first cotton bloom, planted April 1, with more blooms and boll weevils noted. Veterans Hospital visits and travels of local families were listed. Linda Rae Mason infant funeral held at Wise Funeral Home Bonham with interment at Oak Hill. A Masons dinner in the Grammar School dining room featured Jesse Cox and Emory Christian.
Mr and Mrs C J Meador returned home after attending the International Rotary convention in San Francisco. They toured the Northwestern states and Canada, visiting Yellowstone National Park en route. Meador shared snowstorm stories of 30 foot drifts seen in the park. Technician Fifth Grade Martin T Girdner, son of Mr and Mrs Alex Girdner, serves in Japan with the 423rd Quartermaster Laundry, 16th Cavalry Quartermaster Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division. He trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, and has been overseas since August 1946.
S. H. Jared died suddenly last Wednesday at his son J P Jared’s home in Rusk. A short funeral service was held at Glen Earnheart funeral home at 3 p.m. Friday, with interment at Blanton Cemetery east of Whitewright. Rev. Kermit Hollingsworth and Rev. Grady Hollingquest led services in Rusk. Born October 8 1887 in Cookville Tennessee he moved to Whitewright in 1902 living there 24 years. He married Sadie Burton in Whitewright December 25 1905. Survivors include two sons J P Jared of Rusk Bryan Jared of Ada Oklahoma and two daughters Mrs T T Mosey of Franklin Louisiana and Mrs Don Jenkins of Rusk plus seven grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the I O O F lodge and worked as a carpenter.
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