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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
4
Local residents visited relatives across Denison Bowie and other towns with several staying overnight in Cumby and Bells. Notables include Miss Mary Tom Gilley and Mary Gilley’s family connections and a Denton college sports title for the TWCS Women basketball team.
Joe Thomas May of North Texas Agricultural College visited with his parents Mr and Mrs R H May. Mrs Gomer May leaves for Natchez Miss and New Orleans with Mrs Jim Murph of Trenton. R R Waldo of Sherman plans a Sunday funeral home opening in Whitewright and invites folk to attend or visit next week. Dr Tom S Montgomery of Huntsville to spend weekend with the Montgomerys, then to Huntsville. The Methodist Church banquet at Travis Street Church starts at 7 tonight with Rev H G Ryan as speaker. ticket sales near the 100 mark.
The Needlecraft Club gathered Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Albert Chumbley as hostess. Nine charter members attended and refreshments were served. The next meeting will be with Mrs Tom Cunningham.
Tom Cunningham served as program chairman at the Rotary Club lunch on Friday. Clarence Jones of Trenton, assistant clerk of the Texas House of Representatives, spoke on a unicameral one house legislature, its benefits, lobbying, and effects on legislative bodies.
The Whitewright Music Club met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Charlie Ayres home with Mrs. J. W. Miller as hostess. A program of Irish music was performed by Mrs. Lindsey Coffey, Mrs. Floyd Bassett, Mrs. Clarence McMillan, Mrs. F. D. Layman, Mrs. Newton Manning, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Ayres and Miss Tommie Chenoweth presiding. Guest Mrs. Joe Johnson, junior Camp Fire Girls guardian, introduced Betty Jane Harper who spoke on Camp Fire work.
Mrs Iola Phillips a home food supply demonstrator outlines a budget for adequate daily meals at low cost through canning for non productive months. She proposes 110 pints leafy vegetables 210 pints other vegetables and corn 100 pints fruits 50 pints tomatoes 25 tomato soup 300 pounds potatoes 140 pounds ford hooks pumpkins 120 pounds green tomatoes 80 pounds cured meat and 48 pounds lard and bacon.
Fifty pints of jellies jams and preserves will help furnish sweets for family meals and 50 pints of pickles and relishes will add variety and zest. Mrs Phillips has made a garden plan providing sufficient raw space for vegetables and canning. A long time food plan shows pounds of food to purchase during the year.
A Friday gathering at the J D Williams homestead near town marked a large McDonald family reunion. All ten McDonald siblings aged over fifty attended along with many relatives from Whitewright Rule Abilene Merkel Lamesa and Brady. A noon lunch followed by brief addresses and prayers united dozens of relatives and friends in a festive communal event.
Orangeville neighbors report Clint Jones spent Sunday with Bernie Hall and family. R. K. Smith of Sherman visited his sister Mrs J D Richey. Alden Browning of Fort Worth stayed with his parents. Mrs. Robert Wolverton and children of Ector visited here this week. Mrs. Sam Donihoe is ill at home. Mrs. Bruce Robinson spent Saturday night with Earl Lyon family. Mrs. Clinton Jones and two children spent part of last week with her parents near Bells. Evelyn Bowen and Inez Pirtle spent weekend with relatives in Bonham. A large crowd gathered at the church Sunday morning and organized a Sunday school and singing.
Community notices show many residents visiting relatives and spending weekends with kin across Porters Tren ton Ector Nobil ity Pilot Grove and Whitewright. Local gatherings include Mr and Mrs Buck Head and children and exchanges with Sam Donihoo Emmett Garner and John Savage families. A quip about diplomats closes the column.
A compact verse about perseverance through hardship. It counsels rest when needed but urges persistence, noting life’s twists and the closeness of success just when failure seems certain. The poem emphasizes resilience, belief that effort may turn defeat into victory, and not quitting during the toughest moments.
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