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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1952
Page
5
Residents and visitors travel between Denton Dallas Sherman Denison and other towns. Names include Summers Ayres Gillett Newberry McGinnis Hannah Stedham May Reeves Hembree Penn and others. Events include funerals visits and a Baptist church covered dish dinner with multiple households noted.
Local social notes list visits and gatherings from Leveland to Denison and Shawnee. Entries mention weddings in Shawnee, funerals in Denison, and travels of service members in Japan and Korea, with notes on snow totals at Wolf Creek Pass in Durango and a historical West Point fact about Ulysses S. Grant.
The Jucusoe Club met on March 12 at the Presbyterian Church with refreshments by Mrs. Clifton Emerson and son Cliff. Members Sandra Braly and Cliff earned bronze pens and will strive for silver. They then made sewing boxes for Concord Virginia residents while the boys strung buttons. plans to finish next week with a prize for the best effort.
Rotary Club program chairman M. W. Davis announced Rev. Dar old Morgan pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bonham as guest speaker for last Friday’s meeting. Morgan led a revival at the First Baptist Church here last week. Griffin Dollarhide Jr. serves as program chairman for this week’s meeting.
The Bethel Women's Missionary Society met Monday at 2 00 pm with seven members present. Mrs Clifton Sanderson gave the opening prayer and Mrs J H Gosnell led the mission study on chapter six from Women of Destiny in the Old Testament. The gathering closed with a prayer by Mrs Manuell Alexander.
The Friday Literary Club met March 14 at Mrs. Glen Earnheart's home to study world citizenship with up to date reports on eighteen countries. A panel discussed economic conditions in Canada Argentina and the United States led by Gladys Ray with speakers Mrs J C McMillin Mrs Alton McDowell and Mrs Roy Blanton. The club agreed to cooperate with the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Whitewright and assigned a civic committee. Refreshments featured cake coffee and Irish favors for St Patrick's Day.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. F M Echols home with president Mrs. R A Vestal presiding. Miss Zelma Moore spoke on children’s clothing patterns and glove materials were discussed. A glove making demonstration is set for 2 00 p m March 27 at Mrs W L Hatfields home and guests are invited.
Half of American men die before 65 while 40 percent of women do not reach 65. About 360000 men and 200000 women die yearly before 65, including over 100000 infant deaths. Early life hazards persist, but care for prematurely born children may reduce infant mortality. Heart disease and cancer drive most premature deaths but gains in life conservation continue.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad had its request to discontinue two daily trains between Woodward Oklahoma and the Texas-Oklahoma line at the Red River denied by the state corporation commission. The panel held trains are a public convenience and a line loss does not justify removal. Nebraska is noted as the Cornhusker state in a Bennington battle recap from August 16, 1777.
The National Council of Churches began printing 1,000,000 copies of a revised standard Bible in New York. The project aims for clearer language than the King James Version, following a 15 year effort by 32 scholars led by Dr. Luther A. Weigle of Yale Divinity School.
Vienna police arrested a man for selling bottles labeled whisky that contained cold tea, claiming proceeds supported an anti alcohol league. The piece notes Texas as the Lone Star State and lists the original thirteen colonies.
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