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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1977
Page
6
Mary Lou Ayres presents a crowded column of visits and homecomings across Bells and nearby towns. Residents and guests from Dallas Sherman Grand Prairie Tyler and Abilene include Fleming Bodine Stuteville Williams and Henson families with gatherings at homes churches and on weekend trips.
The nation’s independent telephone companies plan to testify in late March before a Senate subcommittee on competition and FCC policy. USITA officials say FCC changes threaten low cost basic service, with projected rate increases up to 60 percent by 1985 for residential, rural, and small business users.
Mr and Mrs O E Price Sr of Bells announce the engagement of their daughter Bonnie Gail to Gary Lynn Wortham son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wortham of Whitewright The couple plan a garden wedding June 11 1977 at the bride home Rev James Garrard will perform the ceremony Miss Price to graduate as Bells High School spring honor student Mr Wortham a Whitewright High School graduate attended Grayson County Junior College and North Texas State University and is employed by Washington Iron Works of Sherman
The Fidelis class met in the Fellowship Hall Thursday night for a monthly pot luck. Sixteen members attended. Mrs. Alta Thornhill led the business meeting after the meal. Treasurer report read by Mrs. Lillie Dillon. Minutes read by Mrs. Mary Stephens. Prayer by Mrs. Elizabeth Jones ends the session. Vera Gentry and Opal Hughes presented a program from Every Day Life In Bible Times.
The Town and Country club held a March 17 birthday luncheon honoring January February and March celebrants Sandra Beall Bobbie Kay McCartney Esther Walker Vera Wetzel and Elizabeth Field. Priscille Riker gave a birthday reading and thought of the day.
Mrs Beatrice Hunter chaired the March 17 200 club meeting. The group voted to co sponsor a Defensive Driving workshop and to participate in a cancer drive with Mrs Hunter as cancer drive chair. W D Williams announced free portraits for those 60 and over with photos at Williams Variety Store Friday. Refreshments and games followed for 23 members.
Government offers a De-Month enlistment plan where youths joining the Army can save for college or vocational training and have two dollars matched by the government for every dollar saved, up to a total fund of 56,100 dollars. Noted by a commentator who cites Vauven.
The WMU of First Baptist held a Bible study Monday with Mrs. Lewis opening the program. Dorotha Gosnell led in prayer. Opal Hughes nominated Debbie Bush as Mission Friend, and she was accepted. The group planned fried chicken, potato salad, and banana pudding for Grayson College on March 31. Participants included Mrs. Hughes, Florence Lewis, Sue Hedges, Mary Darwin, and Sherry Pennell.
Mrs. Vera Chesser notes Monday night Sing-Songs at the 200 Club draw large crowds with lively fellowship. Attendees include Sherman residents Minnie Coleman and siblings Doris and Edna Trice, J. J. Clark, Roy and Mrs. Phipps of Denison, Edith Johnson, Owen Johnson of Pilot Grove, Whitewright’s Arnold Henson and Norma Robbins, Lucille Ingram, Mrs. Chesser, Tom Lavender of Bonham, and others.
A recipe for luscious whole wheat sweet rolls using a cool rise. Mix and form, refrigerate up to 24 hours, then bake. Includes flour, yeast, brown sugar, butter, hot water, eggs, and a two-step dough process with a resting period before filling.
Mrs Tartone extols walking as a healthful inexpensive mode of travel arguing it awakens the senses and calms the mind. She recalls grade school two mile walks past horses orchards and birds and urges renewed use of foot travel amid fuel shortages and pollution concerns.
Cyrus Vance urges frank talk on injustice at home and abroad while Jimmy Carter stresses government must not live in luxury in Washington. Arthur Burns says the nation must push 1977 progress with more jobs and expanded industrial capacity.
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