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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1977
Page
1
Local items include a liver nutrition tip from Texas A&M, lost dog Shadow found by the Wolfe sisters, and a note about Stan Waterman missing the Sun paper. Highlights cover sports gossip, garage sales, storefront vacancies, and Easter weather as trees bloom. Baby Tonya Gail Thomas born March 22 1977 in Sherman. grandparents listed.
Whitewright faces a crowded race to elect three trustees from 11 candidates as voters prepare to cast ballots at the grade school cafetorium. The superintendent issue sparks debate after former Supt Dick Capps plans to return from Hawaii, with a 350-name petition backing him and a board president denying any formal action or endorsements.
Announcement this week that Mrs. Anne Logan has been promoted from service center supervisor to district service manager at Continental Telephone Co. She replaces Frank Thompson, now a staff assistant in the Dallas office. Formerly of Atlanta, she lives in Whitewright with daughters Misti and Kristi after ten years with Bell Telephone in Georgia.
Norman Hall and Mike Witte present a music and testimonial program at Enterprise Baptist Church from April 1 to 3. Programs start nightly at 7 30 p.m. Both graduates of Howard Payne University, they invite everyone to hear their testimony.
Four candidates vie for three Whitewright city council seats with no mayoral race. Mike Herber a Bonham pharmacist and O A Bennett a retired farmer challenge incumbents Joe Wolfe contractor and Dr Steve Sullivan. Election day is April 2 at the grade school cafetorium from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The top three vote getters win.
Services were held March 27, 1977 at Barnheart Chapel for Mrs. Sims Wortham 76 who died March 25 in a Sherman hospital. Burial at Pilot Grove cemetery. Born January 6, 1901 in Grayson County she married Sims Wortham September 22, 1922 near Bells. He died last October. She was a Pilot Grove Baptist member. Survivors: son James Wortham of Pilot Grove two brothers Bob Andrew Howe and Jack Andrews Pilot Grove two sisters Mrs Durrell Honeycutt Dallas and Mrs J B Tree Sherman four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Deborah Ann Jones, a seventh grader at Whitewright Middle School, won a blue ribbon at the recent project show for her delicious blueberry muffins. She participates in 4-H activities.
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