Whitewright Community News Roundup
Local residents and visitors frequent Dallas Sherman and Denton for business health and family events. Notables include C J Meador and son Jack in Dallas. O L Sears at the Men s Presbyterian Synod in Athens. families moving to Whitewright Ranger and Sherman. Hospitals host patients and visitors from Sherman Denton Ada and Proser. A local hardware dealer notes dog disturbances prompting owner vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Meador
Jack
Dallas
Whitewright
West Whitewright
Rat Poison Campaign Delayed by Weather in Whitewright
Grayson County Health Unit postpones March 11 and 12 rat poisoning drive in Whitewright until favorable weather returns. Dates will be reset and notice will be issued. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. L Laubaugh are in Phoenix and San Francisco before returning to Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. H J Ford hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Oral Williams and three daughters, Mrs. Tommie Orme and two daughters from Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ford and three children from Sulphur Springs, and Mrs U J Cates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Whitewright
L. Laubaugh
Phoenix
Arizona
San Francisco
Calif
Bill Hatfield
Kansas
H. J. Ford
Oral Williams
Tommie Orme
Denison
Ernest Ford
U. J. Cates
Rotary lunch honors program chairman and WWII submarine image
Griffin Dollarhide Jr was program chairman at the Rotary Club lunch. A WWII submarine warfare image was shown by a Sherman recruiting station officer. Sherman Rotary visitors included Jack Hammond Hank McLean and Chan cy Corse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Rotary Club
Sherman
Jack Hammond
Hank McLean
Chancy Corse
Sherman Rotary Club
Meador To Lead Students On Arizona California Field Trip
Joe T. Meador assistant professor of architecture at Texas A and M College will lead fifteen students on a field inspection trip to Arizona and California March 13 28 as part of a Texas school building codes research project directed by Dr Arthur Meloh of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe T. Meador
Texas A. & M. College
Arizona
California
Red Cross Drive Aids Sherman Area Amid Weather Delays
Truman Tomlinson remains ill at his parents home in Sherman as weather slows Red Cross Roll Call progress. E. E. Tomlinson, partially paralyzed since a 1943 stroke, shows some improvement. Mrs. Floyd Everheart expands volunteer list and assigns workers to Pilot Grove Bethel and Kentuckytown aiming for Whitewright's $400 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Tomlinson
E. E. Tomlinson
Sherman
Jesse Bow
Tomlinson
Whitewright
Red Cross
Floyd Everheart
Pilot Grove
Bethel
Kentuckytown
American Red Cross
Bell-Grammer Ben Bell Wedding in Sherman
Miss Joanne Grammer and Billy Ben Bell wed at eight o clock Monday in Sherman at the home of the groom’s brother in law Mr. and Mrs. David Burns. Rev. Bell and Rev. Noe of Paris officiated with Hugh McNeese as best man and Joan Huseman as maid of honor. The bride wore a white gabardine suit with navy accessories and pink carnation corsage. Huseman wore a tailored grey suit with red accessories and a white carnation corsage. A reception followed at the Burns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Grammer
W. L. Grammer
Whitewright
Billy Ben Bell
Ben Bell
Paris
David Burns
Sherman
Bell
Rev. Noe
Hugh McNeese
Joan Huseman
Couple from Sherman Tie the Knot in Dedicated Home
Miss Marjorie Large presided at the bride’s book while Mrs. Smith aunt of the groom served punch. Mrs. Bell a 1947 Whitewright High School graduate works in the Texas Telephone Company Sherman office. The groom a 1946 Greenville High School alumnus attended ETSTC Commerce and Austin College Sherman. He works at the Ritz Theatre Sherman. They will reside at 1002 North Harrison Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Large
Bethel H D Club Meeting At Bethel Schoolhouse
Bethel Home Demonstration Club met all day at the Bethel schoolhouse. Ten members and three visitors plus the county agent attended lunch and a program on outdoor living space and etched glassware. The club plans to meet March 22 at 2 PM at Mrs Horace Miller’s home for a cake demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Home Demonstration Club
Bethel
Ezra Denton
Jess Lumpkins
Bill Milam
Zelma Moore
County Home
Horace Miller
Presbyterian Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Henrys Home
Twelve women of the Presbyterian Missionary Society gathered Monday at the home of Mrs. J. W. Henry with Mrs. Homer Sears presiding. Mrs. James I. Logan led the program and introduced speakers including Mrs. Floyd Bassett and Mrs. R. E. Hickman who read a Wilbur LaRoe Jr. letter on the history of women in church work. Logan also read a poem and spoke on missionary opportunities in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Missionary Society
J. W. Henry
Homer Sears
Senior 4 H Club Discusses Skating Party Plans
Under Miss Margaret Moore the Senior 4 H Club met in the grade school seventh grade room. Members reviewed minutes and finished plans for a skating party. Moore gave a talk on the art of changing pictures and passed papers among members before adjournment with a prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Moore
Hamilton Goodnight and Glyodene Goodnight Wed in Palm-Altar Ceremony
Hamilton Goodnight wed Glyodene Goodnight in a Friday afternoon ceremony at 4 p.m. The service took place at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Hill in Sherman with an altar of palms and Easter lilies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glyodene Goodnight
Billy Hamilton
A. R. Hill
Sherman
Couple to Wed in Sherman Noted North Park Baptist Couple
The article notes the wedding of Randolph Hamilton and the daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Goodnight of Whitewright route 2 with Rev Claude Johnston of North Park Baptist officiating. The bride wore a powder blue dress with white carnations in the corsage, and Randolph Hamilton served as best man. After a Dallas trip the couple will reside at 102 North McKown Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Johnston
North Park Baptist Church
Randolph Hamilton
Dallas
North McKown, Sherman
Music Club Hosts Afternoon Meeting in Wilson Home
The Whitewright Music Club met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. John Wilson's home with co hostess Mrs. Floyd Bassett. Mrs. Homer Sears led the business session and a varied program followed including a Sigurd Romberg sketch, guitar and mandolin duet, vocal solos, readings and an instrumental piece. Fifteen members were served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
John Wilson
Floyd Bassett
Homer Sears
Sigurd Romberg
Annie Laurie
Tom Barbee
Vera Hickman
Fred Holton
O. L. Jones
Guy Hamilton
New Candidate for Commissioner
Denison real estate dealer C. E. Mauk 2320 West Bend notified the Herald he will file Monday to run in Precinct 2 for the July 24 primaries. Mauk has operated in real estate since 1945 and is the third Denisonian to enter the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
C. E. Mauk
West Bend
The
Herald
Mauk
Mauk Enters Politics_First Time Candidate from Denison
Born in Oklahoma and raised in Grayson County since age two, he was a farmer before joining U.S. Engineers on the Denison Dam project. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Mauk of Denison, he has five children and attends the Methodist Church. This marks his first political entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Engineers
Denison Dam
Oklahoma
Grayson County
B. F. Mauk
West Walker
Two Liquor Stamp Forgers Are Held
Denison Thirteen year old sheriff’s report notes Roger T. Glance 23 was arrested Tuesday in Sherman by Deputy Sheriff Ray Smith on liquor stamp counterfeiting charges for possession of a die or engraving. T L Ferguson 31 a Denison printer faces charges for possession of counterfeit liquor stamps and a plate for forging. This case is described as rare in a dry Texas county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Roger T. Glance
Texas
Sherman
Ray Smith
Glance
T. L. Ferguson
Dry
Methodist Women Gather For Monthly Social
The WSCS of the First Methodist Church will meet Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. L. Gilpin for its monthly social. All Methodist women are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
First Methodist Church
R. L. Gilpin
Political Announcements for Democratic Primary July 24 1948
The Sun announces candidates subject to the Democratic Primary. County Commissioner Precinct 2 lists E. P. Edgel Jackson seeking re election and F. M. Fat Work as another candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
E. P
Edgel) Jackson
F. M
Fat
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. E. Sears
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Tom Arney
Marshall
Bob Mitchell
Gladiola Mill
O. L. Sears
Men’s Presbyterian Synod
Athens
Billie Smith
Ranger Sunday
Mr. Smith
Clint Melugin
Clifton Page
Susie Sikes
Mrs. Eldridge Pendleton
Farmersville
Leon Spindle
Houston
J. F. Spindle
Paul Bowen
Fred Cook Jr
Greenville
Geo. K. Stephens
Ada, Okla
Mrs
Gomer
Joe Brooks
Robert
Denton
F. M. Echols
St. Vincent Hospital
Mary Belle Skipworth
Betty June Evans
C. P. Johnson
Galveston
Dr. Johnson
State Medical School
Clarence Ashlock
Joe Lynn of
E. E. Benson
James Stuteville
Betty Darwin
Dorothy Wallace
NTSC
Ronald Faison
W. E. LaRoe
Bennie Thornhill
J. R. Williams
R. L. Benish
O. W. Barker
Norman Harper
Bob Sears
Prosper
W. W. House
Tom Brown
Mr. House
Belle King
Murrayville, Ill
Longview
George Bennett
Hugh Hunter
Aloga
Doris Hunter
Commerce
H. C. Willis
Sherman Hospital
Cora Simmons
Sidney Scott
Elvis Scott
R. I. Scott
Hubert Ford
J. D. Yowell
Cisco
Yowell
C. E. Rice
Trenton
Ralph Kaiser
Mrs. Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser
Frank Armstrong
Plano
Charley Short
Iva Dell Quick
David Pennington
Glenwood, Ark
Mr. Short
Mrs. W. W. House
R. E. Bobbitt
van Alstyne
E. C. Winn
Collinsville
Chicago
W. G. Kaiser
Clarksville
G. V. Ford
Ford
Rath
Black Hawk
Wolfe Brand
Oleomargarine
del Monte
Farley & Hill Grocery
Bell-Grammer
Bethel H-D Club
Presbyterian Society
Hamilton Goodnight
Blue Ribbon
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
Curley Kent
Kissinger Motor CO
Oxfords
Cole & Davis Co
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