Local social notes record visits and events across Sherman area
A dense list of visits and guest appearances spans Bells Dallas McAllen Durant Bonham and Sherman. Notable items include Curtis Tillett’s surgery in Sherman hospital and Decoration Day at Wittieee Cemetery May 7. Community groups meet at Presbyterian and Baptist churches with various officers and high scores in bridge and bingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Tillett
Clarence Tillett Jr
Sherman Hospital
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Meets
The H D Club met at Mrs. Ralph Wallace's home with Mrs. W R Milam presiding. Seventeen members attended and heard a report from the recent Sherman council meeting. The group finished dressmaking lessons and will start cooking lessons May 11 at Mrs. Hatfield's home, with Miss Zelma Moore demonstrating light bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Ralph Wallace
W. R. Milam
W. L. Hatfield
Sherman
Hatfield
Zelma Moore
County
Blanton Olsen Wedding Units in Bakersfield Double Ring
Blanton Jr. and Miss June Evelyn Olsen wed in a 3 p.m. February 12 double ring ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Bakersfield California. They reside in Buttonwillow where both are employed. Mr Blanton is a grandson of Mr and Mrs T B Blanton of Whitworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Evelyn Olsen
L. K. Olsen
Buttonwillow
Calif
R. C. Blanton Jr
R. C. Blanton
First Baptist Church
Bakersfield
Mr. Blanton
T. B. Blanton
Whitewright
Worshipper Lacks Attendance at 800-Year-Old Clayhanger Church
In Clayhanger England Rev Arthur Tulk Cooke led a short service in the 800-year-old church attended by a single worshipper, 72 year old Mrs Hannah Huxtable. The minister noted farmers in the district struggle to reach Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayhanger
England
Arthur Tulk Cooke
Hannah Huxtable
Cooke
Church Faces Long-Running Attendance Decline
A local clergyman cites chronic staff shortages and apathy as causes for meager church attendance. He says he has often been the sole person in services, describing a multi-year decline in participation.
Woman Reviving After Bee Attack in Fort Worth
A 32 year old Fort Worth woman, Mrs J L Forrester, is recovering after a bee swarm stung her into unconsciousness while attempting to remove the swarm from a neighbor’s yard. She collapsed and was rushed to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
J. L. Forrester
Subscriptions Rates Listed for Whitewright Sun
The Whitewright Sun shows pricing by county: in Grayson and Fannin Counties one year costs 1.50 and six months 1.00. Outside those two counties rates are 2.00 per year and 1.25 for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson
Fannin
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G. L. Baugher
Call Reeves of
Dallas
Hobart Thrasher
Sweetwater
George M. Hight
McAllen
Lallace May
Durant, Okla
Arba Orenduff
Bonham
Gladys Ray Cambron of
Denison
Mrs
Luther Cambron
Paul Vestal
Roscoe Vestal
Wittitee
Lewis Cooper
Larry
M. M. Cooper
A. B. Hemphill
Clarence London
Gaber
W. C. Cummings
Fred Garner
John Garner
Trenton
Jimmie Spinks
Chester Hatridge
Amarillo
Elma Maxwell
Tom Bean
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Jim Williams
G. C. Phillips
B. A. Lindsey
Julia Buchanan
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Emmet Penn
The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Homer Sears
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Thomas Sears
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Earl Blanton
James Bryant
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Ira Kirkpatrick
Bob Grant
Baptist Missionary Society
W. A. Martin
Fleming
Allen T. Short
Glenn Doss
Cecil Doss
J. P. Darwin
Malcolm Williams
Geo. M. Hight
Joe Howard Cook
J. P. Everheart of
O. M. Kissinger
Wolfe City
Edgar Ayres
J. L. Ball
Frank Whitworth
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Andrew Burchfield
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sherman
Jack Thrasher and Son
Lucian LaRoe
J. P. Haden
Durant, Oklo
Pilot Grove Cemetery
Ida Parker
H. C. Willis
Pete Landolt
Emily Neil
Silsbee
J. P. Livingston
Craig
Craig’s Cafe
Blanton-Olsen
State of
Texas
Dan Crabtree
Grayson County
J. N. Dickson
Belden
C. L. Robson
E. Houston
T. Glenn Doss
Palace Theatre
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnett
Death Valley
William Holden - Coleen Gray
Glenn Ford
Ida Lupino
West Side
Barbara Stanwyck
James Mason
van Heflin
Ava Gardner
Chevrolet
Fisher
Certisafe
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Whitewright, Texas
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