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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
5
Harold Thornhill and family relocate to Sherman while L. C. Cooper visits in Dallas. Local residents shop for poultry feeds and lamp goods as Alyne Felker promotes livestock products. Several townsfolk travel for hospital visits, furniture ads, and church notices fill the page with community activity.
A birthday luncheon honored Mrs Alonzo Harper Sunday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs D E McCoy southwest of town. Attending were Mr and Mrs A N McCoy Dallas area employees, Mr and Mrs E E Carter, Mr and Mrs D E McCoy Jr and children, Mr and Mrs Joe Rich and children, and Mr and Mrs Alonzo Harper and sons.
Miss Jimmie Golden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Golden of the Desert, wed Private Tyrie Timothy Tomerlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Tomerlin of Dallas, in a March 11 ceremony conducted by Rev. Henry Vail at the First Methodist parsonage.
The bride wore a pink crepe dress with pink straw hat and black veil, corsage of white carnations. Attendants included Miss Willie Iris Tomerlin. Charles Tomerlin served as best man. Mrs Tomerlin, a 1942 Whitewright graduate, works at Reliable Life Insurance in Dallas. Private Tomerlin, son of the couple, attended Van Alstyne and Dallas schools and serves in a mechanized cavalry division stationed at Camp Ord California.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Wallace entertained last week with a 42 party honoring Sgt Edgar Pete Nicely and his bride the former Mrs Ocle Kennedy. Guests included Mr and Mrs Earl Fields Mr and Mrs Horace Miller Mr and Mrs S E Wallace and children Mr and Mrs Jack Biggerstaff and Mr and Mrs Newell Skaggs.
The Whitewright 4-H Club met in the Grammar School lunch room where Miss Moore demonstrated cooking cabbage. Mrs. C J Meador explained the demonstration as the 38 member group plans to assemble army sewing kits and other articles to earn stripes for uniforms. Next meeting is March 30 at 1 pm in the lunch room.
E P Wootten is the pastor. Morning gatherings include Sunday school at 10 a m and a worship service at 11 a m. Evening sessions feature Training Union at 6 45 p m and another worship service at 7 45 p m. Wednesday hosts a prayer service at 7 45 p m.
Minister J. Pat Salyer hosts a church program with Bible study at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Communion at 11:45 a.m. and an evening service at 7:30 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Johnny E Pickering, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a m. Communion service at 11 a m. Preaching on the first and third Sundays each month.
Duke R. Barron, pastor. Morning worship at 11 o'clock. Evening worship at 7 45. Youth Fellowship at 7 p. m. Choir practice at 7 30 p. m. Wednesday.
Sunday schedule announced for First Presbyterian Church with Rev W A Casseday. A church supper on March 30 invites members to bring a covered dish. Important meeting urged for all members to attend and participate in church affairs.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening worship at 7 30 p.m. The church welcomes visitors, strangers, and the unchurched to every service and invites anyone without a church home to join. A cordial welcome awaits.
J M Parrish died at his farm on route four early Monday morning. Funeral conducted by Rev Burton Coffman at Tom Bean Church of Christ. Interment in Houston. Survived by wife Minnie Duff Parrish two daughters Mrs Joe B Foster and Miss Meta Duff of Houston a nephew Guy Hamilton Whitewright and three nieces Carrie Hamilton Mrs E M Mantiply Dallas and Mrs Fay E Boyd Paris. Parrish born April 15 1866 near Kentuckytown chaired local precinct and was a prominent farmer and civic leader. He married Minnie Duff in 1893 and the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary last September.
Mrs. Raymond Kerby formerly of Whitewright died March 11 in a McKinney hospital after illness while teaching near Fort Sill. Her husband Corporal Raymond Kerby, in the Army at Fort Sill, survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Luther Pritchard of McKinney and several siblings including Mrs. Jim Hunt and Miss Peggy Pritchard. Funeral services were held in McKinney with burial in Commerce.
A son played at the Farley Grocery. An other son, Pfc. Clarence Robbins, is in England.
The Sun lists new honorees this week including Carl Pierson S 2e Mrs. Marvin Smith Corporal William D Taylor Mrs. J D Russell Mrs. J M Lindsey Mrs C L Jarvis L E Ricketts Corporal Cecil D Adams J Max Montgomery Mrs Jack Dempsey L F Baxter Mrs R S Taylor Ss H Montgomery Jr Private first class Orval L Nicely J G Burks Virgil Ballard A M Bryant Ensign James C Bryant Company L Holland Fred Clark E M Taylor.
Martha Kaye Freeman won the school popularity contest and will be crowned queen at the coronation ceremonies at Colored Baptist Church. The event is Monday night March 27 at 8 30. Public invitation extended by Anna Belle Turner principal.
A Sunday lesson argues the Sabbath was made for man to rest from six days of labor and criticizes Puritan Blue Laws as unnecessary and man made. The piece notes modern Sunday laws exist but are loosely enforced and questions their necessity.
George M Robbins died at his home north of Bells. Funeral held Tuesday at 3 p m with Rev. Ollie Dishman and Rev. E P Wootten presiding. Burial at Burns Cemetery near Trenton. Born March 1 1876. Married December 18 1904 at Valley Creek near Leonard. Survived by wife and several children including son Walter Robbins of Whitewright.
A Paris News reflection argues the Sabbath must be more than rest from labor. It requires spiritual essence aligning with biblical practice, under legal compulsion to frame actions by belief and scriptural teaching.
A portrait of Apis the sacred black bull of Memphis revered as the earthly form of Osiris. Priests tended him, a temple honored him, and his yearly birthday was celebrated before he was secretly killed and buried in the Serapeum. The cycle awaited a new Apis born to carry Osiris’ soul.
A wartime poem by Edgar A. Guest exhorts steadfast sacrifice until final victory. It vows no selfish action, urges all to bring fighting sons home safely, and uses stark imagery of air, sea, and shore. The second line notes a separate line about nettle tubers eaten as potatoes in India.
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