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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
5
Miss Mildred Chesser visits Bonham relatives and Alyne Felker notes seed offerings. Families travel to Dallas Corpus Christi Gainesville Sherman Denison and Denton for visits operations moves and a new born. Presbyterians meet in Sherman and a birthday child born February 29 is noted.
Whitewright society items report visitors and travel from Plano Mulberry Ark Sher man and Dallas plus a Denton student on the dean’s honor roll and a senior. Local business ads promote radios sewing machines and used furniture. A Tulsa businessman bought livestock and property here and a local couple married in Durant Okla with Navy groom.
Morning services include Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m. Evening programs start with Training Union at 6 45 p m and worship at 7 45 p m. Wednesday features a prayer service at 7 45 p m.
J Pat Salyer leads Bible study at 10 a.m. then preaches at 11 a.m. followed by a communion service at 11:45 a.m. Evening worship begins at 7:30 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Johnny E. Pickering, pastor, holds Sunday school at 10 a m communion at 11 a m and preaching on the first and third Sundays each month rich in church life and scheduled services.
Duke R Barron, pastor, preaches morning worship at 11 o clock with the sermon titled Detours of Life. Sunday evening services are dismissed so all may attend the revival closing at the Baptist Church.
Morning worship at 11 a m and a special 7 30 p m service will install Rev Wm A Casseday as pastor. Delegation from Denison Sherman Leonard Howe and nearby communities will attend. Public invited to all services.
Congress ordered the Government Printing Office to reprint 231250 copies of the 1942 agriculture yearbook. The project requires 880000 pounds of paper and $17000 was appropriated. Distribution will grant each senator 550 copies and each representative 400 copies at taxpayer expense. The Sun notes typewriter carbon is sold.
The Texas Timber Salvage Program will salvage storm damaged East Texas lumber, centered near Lufkin, starting March 1. Forester Joseph C. Kircher will lead field operations with timber owners, using prisoners of war labor and $3,000,000 in federal funds to process about 100 million board feet of lumber and 1,000,000 cords of pulpwood over six months.
Kenneth L. Dixon writes from Italy with the AEF. After six months overseas a soldier reflects on esprit de corps, will to live, and the grim reality of wounds. He notes wounded men often prefer to remain out of combat and that death can be a mixed blessing between battle lines.
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson will be the main speaker at the Memorial Christian Church annual memorial service on May 28. The event, announced by Rev. G. C. Minor, will be held in the Denison High School auditorium.
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