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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1964
Page
5
Beaumont, Plano, Sherman, Wichita Falls, Bonham, Las Vegas, Tom Bean, Leonard, Trenton, Denison, Fort Worth and Dallas residents are listed visiting family, friends, hospitals or attending church events. The piece notes hospital stays, weekend visits, a church stewardship program, births, and UT Austin honors for John Manning Meador among 531 UT students on the fall honor roll.
Mrs C W Pope spent Sunday in Bonham with Mr and Mrs George G Pope. Clarence Melugin of Dallas visited in the home of Mr and Mrs John Smith. Russell Glen May a Dallas schools teacher spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Lallace O May. Visitors of Mrs Bernice Davis included Rev and Mrs John Faulkner and daughter from Fort Worth, Mrs Lillian McSpedden and Jimmy McSpedden, Mrs Eula Andrew and Joe Ashinhurst of Sherman. The Tuesday Bridge Club met at Mrs Roby Childress home with high score by Mrs George Hight and bingo by Mrs Childress. guest Mrs H T Atterberry. The Hight family hosted Sunday guests including Joe Maglie and daughter Glynis Dell, O'Dell Powell, Dennis Risinger and Scott Allen, Mrs M H Quillin and daughter of Dallas, Max Linsky of Sherman, and Neal Hart of Sulphur Springs. A Tom Thumb Wedding PTA rehearsal is set for 2 30 p m Monday at the school gymnasium. transportation available by calling Mrs J D Marlow or Mrs Philip Earnheart.
A man speaks to a young girl making mud pies on the sidewalk. He remarks she is dirty and she replies that she is dirty but prettier clean.
The Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Ralph Wallace's home last Thursday night March 12. Eight members shared a simple dessert and Mrs. McMillin led a program on being a good hostess to a young visitor. Mrs. Lawson led games, and Miss Lola Short helped serve refreshments. The next meeting April 9 will be at Mrs. Hardcastle's.
Mr and Mrs Doss Clark of Bonham announce the engagement of their daughter Carolyn Clark to Donald Walker son of Mr and Mrs B R Walker of Whitewright. Carolyn is Miss Sherman of 1962 and a senior at East Texas State College Commerce a Gamma Phi Beta member. Donald is a UT senior and a Sigma Nu member. Wedding planned for June 6 at Seventh and Main Baptist Church Bonham.
Each year about 40,000 people in the country attempt to walk into glass doors or windows and over 6,000 require hospitalization. More than 65 percent of victims are male and a third are children, prompting cities to adopt safety glass codes. Homeowners with sliding doors are advised to place bright eye level tape or decals.
Harvard expert Dr. Ross A. McFarland outlined older persons driving faults at a Gerontological Society meeting in Boston. He cited pulling out from the roadside, improper turns, failing to yield, and ignoring signals as common errors and noted older drivers have fewer accidents but more fatal outcomes and slower recovery.
New York readers in Times Square opened a sealed Times Tower cornerstone box with 12 newspapers dated January 18 1904. Reports cited Far East and Panama troubles Erie Railroad congestion Broadway box office probes Mafia raids Africa uprisings cigarette dangers and shifts in paper names as the Times addresses rebuilding Allied Chemical Tower.
In 1657 Nieuw Amsterdam officials launched the first anti litter campaign fining first offenders about $1.20, marking early municipal efforts to curb littering in the colony.
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