Weekend visitors at the Green home list many names
Weekend visitors to the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Green Sr. included Mrs. Annie Key and David and Debbie Bentley from Sherman, Edith Lewis and Debbie and Dianne from Mexia, Cindy Watkins from Meridian, David Griffith and Edwin and Elvin from Durant Oklahoma, plus visits to Sunny Villa in Savoy and to Mr. and Mrs. Don Collins. Ruth Green of Denison and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Brown were also visited, with Herman Philly of Lewisville noted as a visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Green
Annie Key
David
Debbie Bentley
Sherman
Edith Lewis
Debbie
Dianne
Mexia
Cindy Watkins
Meridian
David Griffith
Edwin
Elvin
Durant
Okla
Rayburn Gunter
Kenneth Sunday
B. W. Griffith
Ruby
Sunny Villa
Savoy
Frank Dockery
Son
Trenton
Don Collins
Ruth Green
Denison
Grover Brown
Herman Philly
Lewisville
Birthday party for Rusty Morgan at Farrells Ice Cream Parlor
Birthday Boy Rusty Morgan was feted by Mr and Mrs Butch Morgan and Lytle Morgan at Farrells Ice Cream Parlor Mesquite on Saturday with a zoo party ice cream bowl sirens drums and a Happy Birthday chorus. Attendees included Wade Sessom Michael Robert Ann Biggerstaff Betty Jo Szenz Whitewright and others. Deborah Lewis of Mexia visits grandparents FE Green Sr while Jesse Meade from Bells visits Curt Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch Morgan
Lytle Morgan
Rusty Morgan
Farrell
Mesquite
Gang
Wade Sessom
Michael
Robert
Ann Biggerstaff
Betty Jo Szenz
Reader seeks help locating 1925 Whitewright school records
A letter to the editor requests information on Viola McKinney Harrison who, at 13 in 1925, was placed in a girls’ school at Whitewright and separated from her sister Helen. The writer asks the paper to contact the school for records and to help locate other relatives, noting family deaths and a car wreck in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola McKinney Harrison
Whitewright
Helen
Helen McKinney Hudson
Lillian McKinney
Rusk State Hospital
Viola
Houston
Betty Johnson
18Th Space
Amarillo
Cindy Watkins to Wed David Oldham
Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage between Cindy Watkins of Meridian and David Oldham of Ft. Hood. The ceremony is planned for June 6 at Ft. Hood. The bride is the daughter of Jim Watkins, and Oldham is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Oldham of Bennington Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Watkins
David Oldham
Meridian
Ft. Hood
Jim Watkins
Oldham
Nicholas Oldham
Bennington, Vermont
Whitewright Honors Law Week and burglary case progress
Officer Joe Orr logged many extra hours last week solving a burglary case plaguing the area. Property recovered and more to come under the new Texas Penal Code. Community is urged to stay vigilant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Joe Orr
L. A. du
Birthday Celebration for Eric Gene McMillin
Eric Gene McMillin celebrated his first birthday Sunday at his father Gary McMillin's home with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McMillin of Tom Bean. A white red black cake baked by his grandmother was served to guests including Mr. and Mrs. Russ Harmon and children David Gayle and Kelly of Tom Bean and Steve Hardin of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Gene McMillin
Gary
Eugene McMillin
Russ Harmon
David
Gayle
Kelly
Tom Bean
Steve Hardin
Decatur
Food Preparation Topic At Town and Country Club
Edith Alexander and Pansy Miller led a foods for fitness program and daily guide at the Town and Country Club meeting. Officers led prayers and pledges as members planned a July Bicentennial event and a Grayson County Federation delegation. Plans for a mini park near Fireman's Hall were discussed. Members tour Heard Museum on June 19 with sack lunches. Pat Alexander won the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Alexander
Pansy Miller
Town and Country Club
Priscelle Riker
Pat Alexander
Mayme Lewis
Sandy Tapp
Linda Melton
Grayson County Federation Club
Fireman's Hall
Heard Museum of Natural Science
McKinney
WWI Veterans Elect Officers in Fourth District Meeting
About 60 veterans attended the Fifth District meeting at the Holiday Inn in Denison. Officers elected include Jack Leonard Bonham Commander John Curtis Whitewright Sr Vice Commander Noah Goode Van Alstyne Chas Legate McKinney Quartermaster F H Phillips Denison Chaplain Dusty Rhodes Whitewright Judge Advocate Allen Gray Denison Adjutant and Mrs E J Niedermaier Honey Grove Auxiliary President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusty Rhodes
John Curtis
Whitewright
Holiday Inn
Denison
Allen Gray
Barracks 3
Les Tribble
Texas State Department
Dale Davis
Ft. Worth
Gray
Chas. P. Legate
McKinney
Jack Leonard
Bonham
Noah Goode, Jr
van Alstyne
F. H. Phillips
E. J. Niedermaier
Honey Grove
Barbs Over Gas Shortage and Inflation Figures
The remark mocks claims of a gas shortage on Capitol Hill and suggests concern over inflation as if painting $1 billion balloons. It frames the debate as rhetorical and speculative about air versus gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitol Hill
Believe Me There is A Difference
A child reflects on a breakfast spill and a double standard as a preacher escapes punishment while the narrator, starved and shamed, endures a harsh timeout. The verse questions fairness and childhood discipline in a household setting.
Social Security numbers urged for summer job seekers
Gus Jones, Social Security District Manager in Sherman, urges students and others seeking summer work to apply promptly for a social security number. He notes some employers require it and delaying could cost time and money. Information is available from the Sherman Social Security Office by phone or mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Jones
Social Security
Sherman
Jones
Nursing Home News Highlights Church Service and Visitors
Nursing home residents shared special music for church services led by guest preacher Bill McFatridge. Attendance was 35. New admission George Bennett joined the custodial wing as visitors from Sherman Bailey Dallas Garland and McKinney called on residents. A film Eighteen and a Coffee Talk terrarium program were announced with church groups and Weeney Avenue Church of Christ members touring the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Blanton
Otha Freeman
Nursing Home
Bill McFatridge
Whitewright
George Bennett
Les Tribble
Sherman
R. O. Bell
Bailey
Mattie Bell
J. C. Samples
Mesquite
Grace Samples
T. P.tallent
Gerald Jones
W. R. Tallent
Melba Bradley
Dallas
Don Tallent
Garland
Marie Caraway
McKinney
Dick Hensley
Fresno
California
Nannie Pitcock
Mary Solomon
Homer Turley
Virginia Ashlock
Earl Benson
Leona Cunnngham
Poke
Arlie Brinkley
Dorothy Cole
Ashley Smith
Allen
Sally Smith
Jerry Jones
Weeney Avenue Church of Christ In Sherman
First Baptist Church of
Mary Robinson
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Dickwalker
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Bertha Pryor
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Fred Clark
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Sherry Pennell
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