Local social notes and visits from Whitewright area
Locals mention R C Montgomery ill at home. Murray and James Bryant visited in Dallas. O L Jones served jury duty in Sherman. D B Barnes stayed here with family. Roby and Clovis Childress visited Rev and Mrs C C Childress at Cooper. Andrew and Mrs Pierce of Temple visiting mother. Jesse Bow and Robert Pierce serving jury in Sherman. Don Farmer and family spent weekend here. Mary Gee Woods of Dallas visited Leora Short. J F E Mangrum returned from Glen Rose. Earl and Mrs Hughes of Trenton visited aunt Mrs J D Russell. Juanita Kirby stayed with sister Mrs O C Anderson at Bells. Mrs W F Holland and Dr Maurice Holland of Dallas visited in Whitewright. Harry M Roberts toured Dallas. Mrs Jeff Southerland and Mrs Bell of Sherman visited. Marguerite Montgomery spent Sunday in Sherman with Ruth Cox. Fred Cook moved back to Oscar Pierce cottage on College. G W Scott assessing taxes spent night with son-in-law and daughter R R Waldo. Dr J F Spindle and Myrtle May Badgett visited Cecil Spindle in Denison. C Doss Smith and family visited relatives in Ladonia. plan move April 1. F M Echols will visit Wichita Falls two weeks with daughter J E Montgomery.
Rickety Rackety Club Meets for Bridge and Refreshments
The Rickety Rackety Club held a Friday session at Miss Patsy Jean Youngs home with six members. After bridge and games, refreshments of iced lemonade and cakes were served. Next meeting planned at Miss Norma Frances Donigans home. Friday Literary Club met at Mrs G F Bryants home with a Texas focused program and songs. A guest from Sherman attended and a six person acting group performed For the Love of a Bonnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Jean Young
Norma Frances Donigan
G. F. Bryant
Texas
Goliad
Robert Ruggles
Dorothy Tapscott
H. P. Donigan
Texas Parks
Roscoe Gillett
Harold Key
Literary Club Tea Hosts Blooming Friday Event
Mrs Roby Childress and Mrs H C Willis hosted a Friday Literary Club tea with Mrs H P Donigan as host greeter. Attendees included junior club president Frances Bryant and many officers, with out of town guests Mrs M A Boone Dallas and Mrs Nova Little Sherman. The room featured spring flower decor, crystal bowls, lace cloths, and St Patrick motifs. The program opened with an Irish Medley chorus performed by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Bryant
Emory Christian
Margaret Boone
Cc. P. Johnson
Gomer May
Lena Mae Gowdy
H. W. Key
Frances Bryant
Bryant
C. J. Meador
Literary Club
Roby Childress
H. C. Willis
Rhom T. Pennington
M. A. Boone
Dallas
Nova Little
Floyd Everheart
Sherman
Lucian LaRce
Guy Hamilton
Emmet Penn
C. B. Bryant Jr
Ross R. May
Roscoe Gillett
F. D. Layman
Dorothy Tapscott
St. Patrick
A. L. Jackson
Olivia Whedbee
Elizabeth Ireland
Nora Bryant
Lula Lee Vestal
Vivian Echols
Newton Manning
Accompa
Social Visits Span Texas Oklahoma and California
Local residents and relatives traveled many miles visiting family and friends. The roster includes Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Watson with children in Lone Oak, Earl Hampton family in Dallas, T. E. Barbee in McKinney, R. L. Sears visiting Madill Oklahoma, M. E. Mantiply from Los Angeles with brother Guy Hamilton, Charles Enderby in Gainesville, Martha Joe Sears in Decatur, and Dallas guests with E. A. Douglas and D. B. Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Watson
Lone Oak Sunday
M. E. Mantiply
Los Angeles
Calif
Guy Hamilton
Busy Bee Sewing Club Meeting Summary
The Busy Bee Sewing Club met with Mrs B R Nichols on Tuesday afternoon with ten members present. The hostess served refreshments. The next meeting will be with Mrs Alton McDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Sewing Club
B. R. Nichols
Alton McDowell
Home Demonstration Club Party Funds Delegate to A and M Short Course
The Home Demonstration Club held a party at the Community Public Service Company store with members their husbands and escorts. Partners were chosen by a curtain feet display and a partner auction managed by Ed LaRoe who also auctioned a cake won by Mrs Ben Patterson. Proceeds fund a club delegate to the A and M College short course next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H-D
Community Public Service Company
Ed LaRoe
Ben Patterson
A. and M. College
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Seeks New Members by April 1
The Ladies Auxiliary met at the Legion hall for an all day session with luncheon for members husbands and one guest Sidney Watson. Jelly distributed to three needy families and sewing dominated the afternoon. The group invites eligible individuals to join by April 1 and will meet again next Wednesday at 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Sidney Watson
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Lena Freeman in Leonard Home
A birthday dinner for Mrs Lena Freeman was hosted by Mr and Mrs J P Ownby in Leonard on Sunday March 17. Guests from Sherman Trenton Blue Ridge Canaan Van Alstyne Floydada Tom Bean Wolfe City Whitewright and surrounding areas attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Ownby
Leonard
Lena Freeman
FE. R. Alexander
Ray McCord
Sherman
Margaret Garner
Trenton
William Clark
Dan Brock
Blue Ridge
Robert Alexander
Canaan
W. S. McKinney
Wesley Reeves
E. N. Gaul
Ds C. Eliott
van Alstyne
G. W. Jones
Floydada
Algie Eliott
Tom Bean
A. G. Cox
Wolfe City
Lorena Ashinhurst
Gese Reeves
Whitewright
Local residents visit kin and nearby towns in Whitewright region
Mrs A L Biggerstaff visits daughter Monabelle at East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce. Mrs Nora Little of Sherman visits her daughter G F Bryant here. Families from Sadler, Fort Sam Houston, Commerce and Dallas attend Sunday visits and a beauty school in Dallas. Texas Relief Commission approves 1920 relief project of 1920 dollars for Whitewright filter bed construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Biggerstaff
Monabelle Biggerstaff
East Texas State Teachers’ College
Commerce
Nora Little
Sherman
G. F. Bryant
Texas Relief Commission
Whitewright
Local Notes On Visitors Sales And Community Events
Bonham resident promotes Ford and Chevrolet buys and trades while local students from A and M College visit relatives in the area. The column lists visitors including Glenn Doss and families, college students Billie White and Misses Hamilton, plus piano and furniture bargains, church activities, and municipal notices on rainfall and fourth Monday trades day preparations.
Rumored garage station planned on Woosley lots west of Nicholson
Reports suggest Leonard parties may build a garage and filling station on the Woosley plots west of Nicholson grocery. Gravel and rails have appeared on the site while legislators labor to study hundreds of bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Savage
Charles Smith
Smith Hotel
Leonard
Woosley
Nicholson
Saving Is Recipe for Success by Rockefeller
Arthur De Ferraris, painter, claims a 1898 Rockefeller saving recipe: save 10 percent of 30 dollars weekly, 20 percent of 60 dollars, and 80 percent of 120 dollars. The quote accompanied a portrait exhibition at an uptown art show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Arthur de Ferraris
de Ferraris
Rockefeller
Money Madness Quote by Van Amburgh
A reflective note warns that money can enslave when worshiped yet brings value only if used wisely without sacrificing health and happiness, the two priceless goods money cannot buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Amburgh
Church Services at Baptist Church Sunday
All services will be held at the Baptist Church Sunday with Pastor Rev. G. C. Ivins in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
G. C. Ivins
Wrenn Webb Pastorate Announces Sunday Service Plan
In the pastor's absence W L Stowers presides with an address by J W Henry and vocal numbers by Ben Montgomery and Mrs Oran Sears. Morning worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m, no evening service due to district Christian Endeavor convention in Gainesville. young people also unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
W. L. Stowers
J. W. Henry
Ben Montgomery
Oran Sears
Christian Endeavor
Gainesville
Methodist Church Seeks Congregation for Sunday Sermon
Pastor C W Dennis is absent next Sunday. Rev E B Jackson of Trenton will preach at 11 am. The church youth present a program at 7 30 pm. Members and friends are urged to hear Rev Jackson, a nephew of this church, whose message promises spiritual power. Please attend Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb’s Chapel
Farmers Branch
Dallas County
C. W. Dennis
Whitewright
I. B. Webb
Dennis
Mary Hughes Webb
Isaac Blackman Webb
McKinney
E. B. Jackson
Methodist
Trenton
Rev. Jackson
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R. CG. Montgomery
Murray and
James Bryant
O. L. Jones
D. B. Barnes
Roby
Clovis Childress
Mrs
C. C. Childress
Cooper
Mrs. Andrew Pierce of
Temple
P. J. Pierce
Jesse Bow
Robert Pierce
59Th District Court
Don Farmer
Mary Gee Woods
Leora Short
J. FE. Mangrum
Glen Rose
Juanita Kirby
Mrs. O. C. Anderson
Bells
W. F. Holland
Maurice Holland
Harry M. Roberts
Jeff Southerland
Mrs. Bell of
G. C
Stateville
Marguerite Montgomery
Ruth Cox
Fred Cook
Oscar Pierce
College Street
G. W. Scott
R. R. Waldo
J. F. Spindle
Myrtle
May Badgett
Cecil Spindle
Denison
F. M. Echols
Wichita Falls
J. E. Montgomery
Bow-Wright
Earl Hampton
Baby
T. E. Barbee
R. L. Sears
Madill, Okla
Marvin Bryant
Charles Enderby
Reynolds
Martha Joe Sears
Decatur
Blanche Montgomery
T. G. Durham
Mamie Lee Douglas
Edna Wallace
E. A. Douglas
Life Insurance
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
Busy Bee Club
Dorothy Sue
Sue
J. W. Douglas
Sadler
David Light
Fort Sam Houston
S. H. Montgomery
R. B. Holden
Carl
J. M. Simmons
R. L. Johnson
Optometrist
Paul Cook
E.O. Thomas
Baptist
N. C. Sweatt
Fort Gibson
Okla
F. Blanton
Jack Yeager
Whitewright Monday
Houston
J. A. Yeager
Conoco
Ford
Chevrolet
Bonham
Robert Doss
College Station
Glenn Doss
Billie White
W. L. White
Bruce Pember
Mrs. Pember
R. H. May
J. F. Blanton
Lubbock
B. F. Blanton
E. O. May
Wilson, Okla
Reynolds May
Grady Sanders
Foy Reeves
Cull Reeves
R. L. Leuschner
South 8Th Street
Waco
Perfection
Florence
Lem Tittsworth
Winnie
Sallye Hamilton
Guy Yowell
W. E. McGlasson
Dr. McGlasson
Hamilton
L. LaRoe & Company
Roy Blanton
Claude Truett
Spruce Street
Charley Ayres
Kimbell
Maple Street
North Circle Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
W. T. Simmons
J. B. Whitworth and
Sun
East
Tom Arney
J. H. Waggoner
J. L. German
Laud German Phippen
J. J. Walker
Greenville
Jim German
Lyda German
George German
Tommie Chenoweth
Presbyterian Church
Heinz
Lec
Mangrum Grocery
Cole & Davis Co
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