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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
5
Numerous Whitewright residents host relatives and friends from Dallas, Commerce, Abilene, Fort Sill, and more showing weekend visits and family ties. Army and naval assignments, marriages, births, and school events are noted alongside church and club gatherings.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet Monday at 2 30 with Mrs Oran Sears. The devotional will be by Mrs T E Barb ee and Mrs Robert Sears will lead the program. Grayson County boards begin classifying registrants soon.
Miss Olivia McCown of Waxahachie wed Walter Greenwade of Dallas April 29 at Fort Worth home of Rev. Marcus M. Chunn. The bride, Texas State College for Women graduate and Waxahachie teacher, is a niece of Mrs. Olivia M. Whedbee. The groom, Texas A and M College graduate, works with a Dallas insurance firm. they will live in Dallas.
Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks welcomed members as the Friday Literary Club honored new and retiring officers. The retiring president and Mrs. J. B. Hamilton installed officers. Tea followed, with Mrs. Alan Harvey-Brooks and Mrs. A. L. Jackson serving. Prizes were awarded in the attendance and preparedness contest and a May basket drawing determined gift recipients.
Rex B Cruse vocational agriculture teacher in Whitewright schools spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday. He outlined the role of an agriculture teacher among out of school boys and farmers.
Mr Cruse, new vocational agriculture teacher, told locals he would help any farm boy or farmer and invite calls. He succeeds Tom Cunningham and has met many residents. Dr Ross May presided, S O Murdock joined from Denton, plus A B Chambers and Rev T J Doss attended. Rotary Club members attended the district conference in Sherman, delaying the regular Friday meeting.
Funeral services for Grover Bailey Smith Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Grover Bailey Smith were held at 10 am Monday at the home of his grandmother Mrs Will Smith conducted by Rev M C Sooter of Ector Methodist Church Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery The infant was born Friday and died Sunday morning Surviving are his parents a half sister Johnnie Nell Massey and the grandparents The verse dedication expresses comfort to the parents about the child’s heavenly life.
Sunday school at 10 a m with Dr Alan Harvey-Brooks pastor preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m evening service Wednesday prayer service in the evening.
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads 10 a m Sunday school with R P Montgomery superintendent. At 10 50 a m observance of Mother's Day features sermon music by two choirs and a solo by Mrs Oran Sears. Decorating committee includes Mrs R P Montgomery Mrs Wilson Kaiser and Miss Margaret Lilley. Committee to provide flowers for individuals. 7 30 p m prayer for deliverance follows.
The Methodist Church youth hosted the East Sherman Union at the local church Tuesday evening with The Bells Union presenting. Mrs. Sarah Kilgree led a series of games and contests and refreshments were served to many visitors.
In Porter area the rain cut cotton planting while corn is largely done. Sunday school disrupted for two weeks. Funeral attendance noted for Mrs Booher's nephew in Trenton. a twin baby survived with another child healthy. Local visits include Mrs Bennett of Whitewright and Melva Colleen Allen visiting grandparents. Several illness cases among students. school year ends May 16 with a program by teacher Mrs Elbert Bennett who is re elected.
Bay Minette Alabama two young naval ensigns face manslaughter charges after a plane accident near Foley last March 25. Ensigns Joseph C Thompson 23 Headsburg California and Paul Brown 22 Chicago were indicted by a Baldwin County grand jury for the decapitation of Mrs. Robert Phillips as they swooped low over a field.
A humorous exchange recalls an Alaska chill tale where a lamp flame freezes and a flammable feud led to a shack fire. The banter unfolds across decades as one man seeks the other for a past act.
A fragment notes a playful misquote about a spouse, contrasting warm praise with awkward phrasing. The line hints at domestic humor and language confusion rather than a clear event or outcome, leaving readers to infer context and relationship dynamics.
Fishermen around Vidalia use soap as bait, cutting bars into thumb sized pieces to lure catfish. They report the fish prefer the soap's color and scent, taking the bait eagerly and yielding large catches, while worms go unused.
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