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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
13
Local residents and visitors from Dallas, Sherman, Bonham and Denison are listed visiting relatives, attending funerals, and shopping. A vernal equinox note marks spring start. Public notices include PTA delegates elected for Leonard convention and local business promotions.
Local residents hosted guests from Winnsboro Bonham and Anna while March rainfall remained light and scattered. Rotary speaker Irby Caruth discussed rugged individualism as John Bean left Sherman for a teaching post in El Paso. Bridge and forty two games, Lone star tales, and Masonic ties also adorn community notices.
The Friday Literary Club held a Texas themed afternoon with a vocal quartet Have You Ever Been to Texas in the Spring led by Mrs. Bryant King. Reading The City of the Alamo was by Mrs. George Stephens. A travelogue of San Antonio was presented by Mrs. Emory Christian. Delegates were elected for the Second District T FMC convention. Refreshments followed for members and honorary member Mrs. H P Donigan.
Funeral services for T. J. Reagan 25 were conducted at 2 30 p m Monday at Cannon Baptist Church near Sherman. He died Saturday in a Sherman hospital. Burial followed at Cannon. Reagan born December 20 1915 in Nobility southeast of Whitewright married Verba Nichols September 28 1935. Surviving are his father T W Reagan wife a son Gary Leon and daughter Mary Beth Reagan eight sisters and three brothers.
Funeral services for Charlie S Neathery 70 were held at the Pilot Grove Baptist Church conducted by Rev Dan Vestal. Burial followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery. He died Sunday morning at home after a six month illness. Born July 6 1870 in Clinton County Kentucky he was married twice and survived by Rosie Lee Creswell 1900 widow of two marriages, two sons Paschal Neathery Otis Neathery five daughters and many grandchildren and a great grandchild. He was brother of the late Dr E J Neathery of Sherman.
Church service times listed for Central Christian Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. and evening song at 7 p.m. Pastor Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks invites friendship. Additional schedule for another church and a note on teachers’ salaries and journalism enrollment in U S colleges.
Mrs. J. L. German celebrated her 94th birthday at home with relatives including W. P. Z. German of Tulsa and Dallas visitors. She remains active and previously invented a churn and a music reading aid with paintings of the churn shown at the State Fair. Her husband J. L. German was a North Texas educator, landowner, legislator, and constitutional convention member.
Washington census bureau forecasts a shrinking U S population if trends persist. Using 1940 census sample figures, the bureau states that the population may dwindle rather than grow.
A home gathering at Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ownby east of Orangeville celebrated Lena Freeman’s 72nd birthday with 55 attendees from Wolfe City Sherman Dallas Van Alstyne Leonard and nearby communities. Lunch was served outdoors as relatives shared in the event.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Lester Haile's home with co-hostesses. Mrs. W L Hatfield led the business session and Miss Eunice King spoke on living room chairs and upholstering a chair. Refreshments for 34 members and one visitor were served. The group plans a March 27 meeting at Mrs. Elmo Wallace's home with co-hostesses Horace Ashlock and Van Clabhorn. Pirates ships of the 15th and 16th century were often painted sea blue to blend with waves and deceive victims.
The bureau notes that if current birth and death rates persist, the population will decline about 4 percent per generation. Had 1930 trends continued, growth would have been 11 percent per generation, but major changes in the decade altered the path. Non-white groups would rise roughly 7 percent per generation while whites including Mexicans would fall about 5 percent per generation.
Farmers receive milk payments based on butter fat content with legal minimums typically between 3 and 3.5 percent.
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