Local Social Notes Span Whitewright to Dallas
A long list of residents and visitors across Whitewright Dallas and surrounding towns. Highlights include Janice Neal and Corrine Hardcastle visiting Dallas, Dr and Mrs F M Williams at a Houston dental convention, and Griffin Dollarhide Jr serving on the Grayson County Grand Jury. Also notes on locals attending funerals, teaching positions, and a local Legion open house with upcoming dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
F. M. Williams
Houston
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Grayson County
Whitewright
New
American Legion
Bells
the Post
Sherman and Dallas Families Visit Relatives
Mrs Earleen Switala and daughter Norma Joyce of Dallas along with Mrs Virginia Ashlock and son Joe Lynn of Sherman visit their parents Mr and Mrs Earl Benson. Also Mr and Mrs C T Atkinson of Alexandria announce their daughter Bettys marriage to Howard C Kelly on April 12. Betty is granddaughter of S T Montgomery Sr Whitewright and Masie Montgomery formerly of Whitewright. Jesse James Harvey dies when his Spencerville Oklahoma home is destroyed by a tornado. twelve children were in the family, ten injured. home was new and occupied a week. Harvey was uncle to Theodore and Icye Harvey of White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Terry
Teresa Lynn
Refugio
Carl Pierson
Norfolk
W. M. Pierson
Pierson
Whitewright
Mr. Pierson
U. S. Navy
Jesse James Harvey
Spencerville
Okla
Mr. Harvey
Theodore
Icye Harvey
Home Demonstration Club meets at Mrs Otto Russell’s home
Mrs Otto Russell hosted the Home Demonstration Club Thursday afternoon with 16 members and two guests Mrs Pete Parvis and Mrs Joe Cook of Leveland. Mrs Tom Brown led the business meeting. Demonstrations included peach tarts by Mrs Carl May and nut bread by Mrs Joe Miller. Refreshments followed. Next meeting set for May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Russell
Home Demonstration Club
Tom Brown
Carl May
Joe Miller
Pete Parvis
Joe Cook
Levelland
Cook Edweds Joe H Cook Anna Mae Edwards in Levelland
The marriage was announced for April 23 in Levelland with Rev. Gordon Grooms of the First Methodist Church officiating. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook Sr. of Whitewright and works in Levelland. They visited Whitewright last week and returned to Levelland Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe H. Cook
Anna Mae Edwards
Levelland
Gordon Grooms
First Methodist Church
Fred Fred Cook Sr
Whitewright
City Church Listings Highlight Sunday Services
Local churches announce service times for Central Christian First Presbyterian Assembly of God Church of Christ and several others. Notable note: Rev Earl J Patton of Sherman district will deliver the Sunday evening message on May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God Church
E. A. Doty
First Methodist Church
Ashley D. Jameson
Earl J. Patton
Sherman
The
Methodist Church
First Baptist Church Announces June Conference Events
The church concludes its fourth quarterly conference year with a Dallas meeting the first week in June. A Mothers Day service features the message The Glory of Motherhood by Pastor Weldon R. Drake with special choir music. Training Union and prayer services follow, and Vacation Bible School is set for June 13 17 with workers being secured.
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Dallas
Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
W. R. Drake
Roy Blanton
Brotherhood
Carl May
First Baptist Church
Young Heyne Wins 4000 Dollar Legion Orator Prize
Paul T. Heyne 17 of Jennings Missouri, senior at St. Pauls School Concordia, plans to study for the Lutheran ministry at Concordia Seminary after winning the 4000 dollar grand prize in the 1949 American Legion oratorical contest on the Constitution. He defeated over 300000 high school entrants nationwide with original essays on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paul T. Heyne
Jennings
St. Paul's School
Concordia
The
American Legion
Concordia Seminary
Young Heyne
Bill
Heyne wins national American Legion speech prize
Heyne, a high school senior, captured the first place in the annual American Legion contest with “The Sovereignty of the People Then and Now.” Roger A. Moore of Framingham, Ewell Walther of Thibodaux, and William Chris Marsch of Boise won $2500, $1000, and $500 scholarships for their speeches. Over 600 students attended the national finals in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Heyne
Roger A. Moore
Framingham
Mass
Harvard University
Ewell Walther
Thibodeaux
William Chris Marsch
Boise
Idaho
Philadelphia
Southern Baptist Church Membership Tops 60 Million in 1948
Nashville reports the Southern Baptist Convention records 60,246,124 members in 1948, up 3.1 percent, with 265,845 congregations nationwide and members at 54.9 percent of the population, per the 1949 Handbook.
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Nashville
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
Southern Baptist Handbook
Churches Plan Nationwide Christian Crusade Campaign
New York reports the Protestant churches of America plan the largest evangelistic drive, the Nationwide Christian Crusade. Sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches in America and 15 nonmember denominations, it spans 15 months through 1950 with participation expected from over 150 000 local churches and a combined membership of about 35 million. George Elliott comments appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Protestant Churches of America
Federal Council of Church of Christ In America
Kentuckytown 4-H Girls Win County Contest
Miss Margaret Moore announces Kentuckytown school Girls 4-H Club won first place in Grayson County for the summer encampment. Twelve girls achieved the four goals. Billie Jean Taylor president and Johnnie Taylor secretary treasurer. sponsor Miss Ver a Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Moore
Kentuckytown
Grayson County
In Memory of Mother On Mother's Day
An obituary poem expresses a daughter’s memory of her mother who died Easter Sunday. The daughter reflects on heaven, reunion with the father, and the mother’s faithful life and final words about love and goodness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Golden Gate
Heaven
Angel
J. E. Henson
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Janice Neal
Corrine Hardcastle
Charlie Ayres
Fred Hunter of
Beaumont
B. W. Newman
A. R. Orenduff
Kansas City
Topeka, Kansas
Frank White
Alice
T. J. Lilley
J. E. Smith
Marie Bennett
Leonard
Mrs. Wm. Gibson
Irvin Freeman
Jasper, Wyo
Don Neal
Commerce
G. O. Neal
William White
Charlie White
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Fred Garner
San Diego
Calif
Donald F. Albaugh
R. I. Scott
Joanne
Sulphur Springs
Jennie Clifton
Clifton
Scott
Joyce
O. A. Bennett
Route Three
R. D. Bridges
Frances Bennett
Floyd Everheart Jr
E. F. Everheart
Cabell
Denison
West Main Street
Lee Crouch
Amarillo
Mr. Crouch
Elizabeth Waggoner
Bailey School
Willie Catherine Murphy
Grammar School
Bobbie Teel
Durant
Joe Beach
Colbert
Jerry Sikes
Thomas Cobb
Denton
Riley Tabor
E. G. Gilley
Ector
E. M. Badgette
Knights Templar of
Texas
Mr. Badgett
Knights Templar
Bonham
Gilley
Mrs. Badgett
L. F. Jacks
Roy Chaney
A. N. Wheeler
R. N. Cooper
Ray
Lucille Ward
Phillip
Mary Jean
R. D. Wheeler
Windom
E. E. Bartley
Ladonia
J. M. Verner and Sons
Lem Tittsworth
East Hill
Swift
Rath’s Black Hawk
Hale
Peal
Griffin
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
Cook-Edwards
Central Christian Church
James R. Wright Jr
Enterprise Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
James I. Logan Jr
Church OF Christ
Clare Dennis
Chicago Press Photographers
Hollywood
Boy
Legion
Ld Gue
Bassett Station
Sinclair Products
George Elliott
Brassieres
Jacquard
Panama
Cole & Davis Co
Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
Stanford, O
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