This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1976
Page
3
Whitewright seniors convene to discuss a community center and nutrition program for those over 60 with hopes of obtaining a building. They aim for self sufficiency beyond the federally funded SNAP plan and plan another meeting at Fireman’s Hall Friday at 7 p.m. All interested may attend.
Mrs Harold Holcomb sponsored a three day North East Mall Art sale in Fort Worth where she exhibited 25 oil paintings. The Franklin family from Whitewright including daughter Debbie attended, accompanied by Mrs Jewel Garner of Fort Worth and Mrs Holcomb's aunt.
Jill Renee Price was born March 10, 1976 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Price of Overton. She weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harden of Savoy with great-grandparents listed from Savoy, Denison, Clarksville. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. David Price of Savoy with great-grandparents from Bells and Whitewright.
Miss Percy Darwin of Abilene visits her mother Mrs L H Darwin this week. Mr and Mrs Houston Darwin spend weekend with daughter Miss Karen Darwin in Liberty. Richard Mynatt of Abilene visits friends in Whitewright Sunday. Miss Donna Baker of Abilene Christian College stays with her parents Mr and Mrs W H Baker. Mrs G C Stateville returns from hospital tests in Sherman. Miss Lillian Neathery Mrs Kugga Dass and Miss Winnie Hamilton attend Miss Gae Hollingsworth funeral in Denison Monday. James Stuteville and son Greg of Richardson visit Grover Stuteville and family. Mrs Jack Morton of Dallas visits Stuteville home recently.
Teresa Stephens daughter of Mr. and Mrs Johnny Paul Stephens was injured while on a weekend trip at Center. She fell onto broken bottles near a trash barrel sustaining six cut tendons and a damaged nerve in her left arm. Treated in a Bossier City hospital she underwent four hours of surgery. She has returned to school and is recovering. Also noted is David Lee Simpson’s first birthday celebrated March 19 with a family dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Norwood spent a week visiting Mrs. Norwood's sister Mrs. K R Bailey and family in Killeen. They toured the Texas Capitol and LBJ Library in Austin and dined in Old Mexico. Joe fished in Uvalde catching a 114 pound catfish on his rod and reel.
The Fidelis Sunday school class of the First Baptist church met Thursday night for their monthly social. Mrs. Mary Stephens led serving, Mrs. C. J. Meador gave the invocation, and Mrs. Ruth Smith, president, led the business meeting. Vera Gentry presented a program with Proverbs verses and a list of quotations for members to complete. Stephens read A Days End by John Hall. Attendees included C. J. Meador, Paul Stephens, Ruth Smith, Newell Skaggs, Joe Miller, Clyde Robinson, Opal Hughes, Hoyt Wallace, Velma Sadler, Lillie Dillon, Mary Lou Ayres, Maud Holland, Homer Gentry, and Mary Darwin.
Matt Sullivan II son of Dr and Mrs Steve Sullivan marked his seventh birthday with a party at Fairview Park Sherman March 17 Guests included Davin Campbell Abram Farrington Eric Hagenswald Denny Mathis Ronald Hames Ronald Bowman Ricky Sale Todd Crouch Bryant Beazley Kelly Sullivan and Mrs John Sullivan The group enjoyed hamburgers French fries and cold drinks A cake with seven candles followed gifts Abram Farrington was Matt's special overnight guest after the party.
Hebron Baptist Church will hold a revival March 21 to 28 with Evangelist Dan Vestal presenting the sermons. Pastor Houston Garner leads the church.
Layman’s heavyweight Angus steer won Grand Champion at the Honey Grove Junior Livestock Show on March 13. He also placed ninth with a heavyweight Charolais. Other exhibitors included Brent Rowland with a seventh place Brangus heifer, Carl McFatridge with fourth and twelfth place Brangus heifers, and Mark Woodruff with a fifth place Santa Gertrudis heifer. Accompanying them were the Laymans, Rowland, McFatridge, Woodruff families, and Bob Darwin, Whitewright FFA chapter adviser.
Carl McFatridge and Brent Rowland of Whitewright FFA place in top ten Brangus Division Class 53 at the Houston Livestock Show on March 26. McFatridge ranks third with his June 1975 Brangus heifer and Rowland fifth with a February 1975 heifer. The event judge is Dr. Daniel Groome of Texas A&M Beef Breeding. The Whitewright FHA sponsors a project show April 3 at Whitewright High School Gym starting 9:30 a.m. with five divisions and blue red and white ribbons and grand champion rosettes. Everyone is invited.
The Whitewright FFA FHA project show will be held Saturday April 3 with Lions Club and FFA FHA chapters as sponsors. Committee heads include Billy Dyer Roy Martin Bob Darwin and Jack Rogers to plan. invites sent to about 30 chapters. over 200 entries expected per division. swine judging starts at 10 am. weight guessing and judging contests open to the public with two trophies for top judge and weight guesser. The show features a long committee list and a detailed show order across gilt and bull and heifer divisions with numerous volunteers and announcers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.