Local notes and social updates from Whitewright area
Locals hail from Dallas Houston Frisco Sherman and other places with visits hospital trips and family events. People include Earl Blanton James Bryant Ann LaRoe Billy Hatfield in the Women's Army Corps and many railroad era community ties. Teeman Sanders returns to run West Whitewright store after over three years in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeman Sanders
J. O. Wallace
West Whitewright
Same
Teeman
H. L. Sanders
Local notices and personal items from Whitewright area
Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Clarence Ashlock and son of Sherman and Mr and Mrs Richard Switala and daughter of Dallas. Freddie Ray Garner promoted to corporal after service at Fort Bragg since last June. Home Demonstration Club members in Bethel made a quilt for Mr and Mrs J E Smith after their fire loss. Charles Dawson of Bells bought about 10 acres from Irving Fulton to build a dwelling and butane station on Highway 160. Bryan Weber to visit Cincinnati for ten days then Washington with Elmer Rohman family. Selective Service lists two Sham en registrants in April with five from Whitewright area among 21 registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ashlock
Sherman
Richard Switala
Dallas
E. E. Benson
Freddie Ray Garner
Fred Garner
Cpl. Garner
Fort Bragg
N. C
Home Demonstration Club
Bethel
Whitewright
J. E. Smith
Charles Dawson
Bells
Irving Fulton
Fulton
Bryan Weber
Cincinnati
Ohio
Elmer Rohman
Mr. Rohman
Charles Elmer
Washington
Bennett BridgesWedding in Rockwall May Fourth
Marcelene Bennett and Dwayne Bridges were married May 4 in Rockwall. The couple, from Rockwall and Grand Prairie, attended by Ed Schumake and W E Rector and friends, plan to reside in Grand Prairie. Marcelene is a Whitewright High School graduate employed in Dallas. Dwayne served two years with the 74th Tank Battalion in England and now works in Grand Prairie. A reception followed at the Rector home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Bennett
Route Two
Marcelene Bennett
Dwayne Bridges
Warren Bridges
Grand Prairie
Rockwall
Ed Schumake
W. E. Rector
Dallas
Whitewright High School
74Th Tank Battalion
England
Junior 4-H Club Plans May Hobo Party At Grade School
The Junior 4-H Club met Wednesday at the Grammar School chaired by president Sue Phillips. Members will bring lunch for a May 11 hob o party at 8 15 a m. Mrs Blackerby served refreshments. Judges Mrs Francis and Miss Sallye Hamilton awarded prizes to Gale Taylor Anne Harper first and Peggy Parnell second and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Sue Phillips
Blackerby
Francis
Sallye Hamilton
Gale Taylor
Anne Harper
Peggy Parnell
4-H Club Meeting Held at Whitewright Grammar School
The Girls 4-H Club met in the lunch room of Whitewright Grammar School on Wednesday with Jean calling the meeting to order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Grammar School
Jean
4-H Achievement Day and County Club Activities Planned
Wilson, president. The minutes were read and approved and the roll was called, after which Miss Daniel took names of girls for the record and clothing contests. The council meeting is set at Sherman May 24, a joint boys and girls picnic and a matched basketball game. May 26 is 4-H Sunday with all girls attending the Baptist Church. Achievement Day saw most girls bring items since September, judged by Mrs. Nana Francis and Miss Sallye Hamilton. prizes to Betty Blackerby, Gladine Harper, and Gwendolyn Thomas. Boys 4-H met discussing grasses and planning a summer encampment at Trinidad July 1-3. Joe Parnell, Conway Craig, and Kelly Pierson chosen to go. A Grayson County clubs joint meeting will be in Sherman May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Trinidad
Joe Parnell
Conway Craig
Kelly Pierson
Grayson County
Sherman
Funeral services for Oscar M. Ross in Sherman
Oscar M. Ross aged 55 died at his Sherman home Saturday. Funeral held at 3 p m Sunday at John C. Daniel Chapel in Sherman with Dr. J A Ellis officiating. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife of Sherman a son and a daughter W L Ross of Denison and Mrs Frank Jordan of Sherman, his mother Mrs W T Ross of Sulphur Springs four sisters and a brother.
Church Services and Schedules Across Denominations
A compact listing of local church activities includes Church of Christ Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Communion at 11 a.m. Presby terian services led by Dr. W A Erwin with Sunday School at 11 a.m. Methodist churches show R L Gilpin and Rev E A Doty as pastors with morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Erwin
Clifford Taylor
Methodist Church
R. L. Gilpin
E. A. Doty
E. P. Wootten
Yokohama to Brooklyn reunites 111-year-old Japanese American boy
Maso Koike, a Brooklyn born boy who survived the Yokohama bombings, is reunited with his mother Izumi Koike in San Francisco. Pfe Frank Donato of the Bronx tracked him down in Yokohama last December while on duty with the Third Military Headquarters service. The boy, who speaks only a few English words, was left with grandparents in 1938 due to illness. Donato declined comment on a report he paid the boy’s passage.
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San Francisco
Brooklyn
Yokohama
Pfe
Frank Donato
Bronx
Maso Koike
Izumi Koike
Donato
Maso
Third Military Headquarters
America
Court decision urges speed in crossing tracks
Jefferson City Mo Ninety seconds cost Nadine Murphy of Kansas City Kan a cool 20000 Mrs Murphy and her husband were guest passengers in an automobile struck by a Santa Fe passenger train at Edgerton Kan July 1 1942 and evidence showed the train was traveling 70 miles an hour She was awarded 10000 for personal injuries and 10000 for the death of her husband William Pat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Nadine Murphy
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri Supreme Court Reverses Jefferson County Car Case
The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday reversed a Jefferson County court ruling, finding there was a one and a half minute window to back the car off the tracks and that the railroad was not liable. Judge George Robb Ellison dissented.
Daffynitions by Paul H Gilbert a lobbyist joke
Daffynitions by Paul H Gilbert humor column defines a lobbyist as someone who sleeps in the lobby due to housing shortage. Rubbers are items proving you walked in rain with dry feet.
Witty old time dictionary quips on odd items
A playful collection of humorous definitions and reflections on everyday things and social moments. From flawed used cars and tight tuxedos to California weather and Arabian dance norms, the piece blends light satire with nostalgia. It ends with a line about youth and old wedding tears.
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Earl Blanton
James Bryant
Houston
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
L. W. Gordon of
Frisco
J. F. Spindle
Ann LaRoe
Sherman Hospital
Billy Hatfield
Women's Army Corps
Noel Ashinhurst
Janis of Sherman
Buell Spindle of
San Antonio
Mrs. J. Spindle
Erwin Sikes
Louise Sikes
Riley Tabor
John Sadler
Barbara
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Arkansas
L. Stewart
G. B. McCasland
Royse City
D. B. Boles
Albany, Ky
R. O. Miller
St. Louis, Mo
Mrs
Mollie Marley
A. M. Bryant
Griffin Dollarhide
Bryant
Mansfield
S. T. Montgomery
East Texas State College
Commerce
Frank Smith
Amory, Miss
Maw
R. I. Scott
Joanne
Robert Scott
Suplhur Springs
H. L. Carver
W. C. Antoine
Farmersville
Roger Holcomb
Mesquite
J. W. Blakey
Thomas Gillet and Son
Grady Gillett
Bobbie Teel
Alice Teel
Durant
Okla
Joe Beach
Jimmie Turee
Colbert, Okla
Floyd Everheart
Baylor Hospital
J. Frank Wilson
Joe Tate Jones
Wilton McFarland
East Texas State College At Commerce
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
W. C. Brown Sr
Clyde Gibson
Louise of Slaton
Onie Ridener
Preston Hefner
Ervin Freeman
Douglas
Wyoming
Freeman
Smith
R. E. Lingenfelter
West Grand Avenue
Steve
Jack Farley
Patricia Ann
Leo J. Taylor
McKinney
Taylor
J. W. Decker
Route One
Prop
Selective Service Board
Section
Lonnie Frederick Murphy
James Lloyd McSpedden
Max Ray Wilson
Joe Truett Vestal
Maurice Roy Neathery
Bridges
Bennett
Lemons
California
Sunkist
Dozen
Hi-Way Grocery
James H. Gosnell
Clyde Hansard
Church OF Christ
Central Christian Church
Assembly OF God Church
First Baptist Church
Daffynitions
Paul H. Gilbert
Arabia
Maggie Horton
Ben Ball
Whitewright Mercantile Store
M. P. Bell
W. O. Houston
RAYON
Stepins
Cole & Davis Co
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