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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
5
Local residents and travelers visit relatives across Texas and Oklahoma as Whitewright hosts weekend guests and nearby towns report car mishaps. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Lilley Denison, Mrs. Sears in Pampa, and J. B. Jones taking over Jones & Company in Leonard while July 27 births and Army service notes thread through community updates.
The H D Club met at Mrs. W. M. Hickson's home Thursday at 2 30 p m with 12 members present. Roll call answered with kinds of closures I like best. The program focused on home canning and featured Mrs. Fred Cook as program chairman and Mrs. S E Wallace, Mrs. O A Huseman, and Mrs. W L Martin among others.
The club voted to sponsor a program by The Crazy Crystal Radio Gang on Friday May 18 at Whitewright Grammar School. Mrs S E Wallace reported on How to Select Workshoes and how to sew an invisible hem. A committee led by Mrs Ronald Vestal will study cooperative pineapple buying. The recreation program featured spring and birthday flower games and a pantomime stunt. Next meeting May 10 at Mrs A G Mullinix home with Miss Moore present to discuss How to Take Care of Children.
Rotary Club luncheon chair F G Hoover announced Miss Henrietta Jackson and Miss Patsy Ruth Holland as singers with Miss Janis Jayne Horton at the piano. Prof Jackson of Denton was named district governor proxy for the June Chicago Rotary convention, which will hold only business sessions due to wartime bans. J H Waggoner was named delegate and Co B Bryant Jr alternate, but with no attendance or expense funds, they accepted. Guests included Mrs F G Hoover and Mrs Otto Holland of Leonard. The club placed second in district attendance last month. Gomer May will be program chairman next Friday.
Merle Robbins daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Robbins marries Pfe Jesse D Marlow. Ceremony held April 24 in Panama City Florida where groom is stationed at Tyndall Army Air Field. Bride Merle Marlow a Whitewright High School graduate long employed as decorator at Kress Sherman. Private Marlow son of Mr and Mrs G C Marlow a Bells High School graduate. They will live in Panama City.
A dinner honored H H Spencer on his 65th birthday Sunday in the Whitewright area. Attendees included Mrs Haskell Holt and her children of Trenton, Delmer Spencer and family from Camp Butner North Carolina, Atlas Hendrix and family of Trenton, J B Spencer and daughter, Mrs George Surrell and son Buford, Helen Spencer and M C Spangler.
The Fidelis Class of First Baptist Sunday school met Friday at Mrs. Witt home on West Main Street assisted by Mrs. Baugher and Mrs. Mc Spedden. The gathering opened with a prayer led by the teacher.
Mrs. C. J. Meador and Mrs. S. E. Wallace led the meeting as presidents. Miss Cecil Doss gave the devotional. After a series of 42, refreshments were served to 15 members, one visitor, and one associate member.
Church notices announce Earl Bissex as minister with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching services on the first and third Sundays at 11 a.m. All are invited to attend at the listed church.
The notice states Rev. W. A. Casseday leads a morning service at 11 o'clock. It notes good congregations and many visitors and friends, with a cordial welcome extended to all.
Rev. Duke R. Barron, Pastor. Church school at 10 a.m. Worship at 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. Evening worship at 8:15 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Next Sunday sermon title The Strength of Christian Fellowship. Holy Communion observed at 11:45 a.m. Evening message theme America Faces the Future.
The Sun reports new names added to its honor roll this week including Mrs. C. O. Burchfield Royce Lay Troy L. Owen Frank Thornhill T. M. Hasty J. G. Burks Mrs. T. J. Giles J. A. Jones Mrs. H. C. Willis Mrs. Johnnie Johnson Fred Clark Miss Marcella Huseman and notes hundreds have joined over the past year.
Washington report states the W. Lee O Daniel News has been granted Class II mail rating, qualifying it for certain postal privileges and circulation advantages. The official action marks a procedural milestone for the newspaper and its distribution efforts.
Senator O Daniel stated the opposition will continue against bureaucratic government. The remark underscores ongoing political stance amid debates over administrative powers and public policy.
President Truman proposed a ten percent cut in war spending with a seven billion three hundred sixty five million reduction in shipbuilding and an eighty million cut across eight war agencies. He also abolished the Office of Civilian Defense citing progress in the war and urged ongoing reviews to avoid interfering with war prosecution.
Notaries with expiring terms on June 1 1945 will be reap pointed by the secretary of state without county clerk resubmission. Current notaries will be notified to qualify on June 1 1945. Applicants for the 1945 47 term must file with the county clerk by May 20 1945 and qualify on or after June 1 1945 with a $2.05 fee and bond filing within 10 days.
J. C. Buchanan, County Clerk of Grayson County Texas, states payment is required so he can administer the oath of office. If not paid the feed will be $1.55.
Roanoke Virginia reports inflation boosts coin values. bedridden World War I veteran R Cecil Hall runs a mail order coin business from his bed and now has a fulltime secretary. He notes rare coins rose about 500 percent in four years with Indian head pennies from 6 to 50 dollars and commemorative half dollars issued in 1918 surging in value.
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