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Local society notes highlight 1940 Whitewright events
Miss Janis Jayne Horton attended the Variety Club luncheon in Dallas with her parents and others. The Whitewright Parente Teacher Association met at the Grammar School Auditorium. Mrs. Meadow presided. Numerous local students and clubs are noted from Mardi Gras at Texas State College for Women to debates, dances, and public meetings across Whitewright, Denton, and Denison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janis Jayne Horton
Adolphus Hotel
Dallas
Rotary International
Whitewright Parente Teacher Association
C.J. Meadow
J.L. Johnson
Clara Myrick
Lonnie Myrick Jr
Floyd Harris
Bethel Home
J.H. Gosnell
H.W. Hedgpeth
Whitewright
Emerson Sears
Cbr Bryant
Brazell
Pilot Point High School
Jernigan
Whitewright High School
Key
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Dorothy LaRoe
W.E. LaRoe
LaRoe
Emmet Pennente
West Grand Avenue
J.B. Hembree
McLean
F.D. Layman
C.P. Johnson
J.B Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Glen Earnheart
Roby Childress
J.H. Waggoner
Inez
Gladys Ray
Elizabeth Waggoner
Gone With the Wind
Billie Hatfield
Central Christian Church
American Legion
The
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Ft. Worth
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Whitewright Cooperative Gun Association
T.A. Gray
Mr. Smith
O.G. Bow
L.R Alexander
Rhorn Pennington
Hotel Denison
Billy Rhorn Pennington
Denison
Gillett
W.H.S
Aileen Pennington Kaiser
Palace Theatre