Local notes and greetings from Bonham and area
Mrs. Riley Tabor ill at home. Miss Estelle Baxter of Tom Bean visiting sister Mrs. W. H. Forrest. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jarvis return from Pampa visit with son C. L. Jarvis. Thorpe family from Pottsboro spend day with Mrs. Thrift. J M Simmons ill but improving. Mrs. Floyd Harris attends funeral in Sherman. Pilot Point visitors with Doss family. Seed firm ads and seed varieties offered by Alyne Felker and Lester Haile. Hospital stays noted for Willis in Sherman. Birth announced for Boyd and Mrs. Burchfield. Travel notes include May 15–16 Pathe News at Palace with German camps footage. Commencement plans for Douglas Grammar School colored. May 14 Baptist Church. May 13 and 11 programs. Local furniture store ad closes.
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Douglass Grammar School
Colored Baptist Church
H. E. Spencer Jr
Florence W. Thompson
Rotary speaker recounts two years on fighting fronts
S/Sgt. Mark Montgomery Jr a guest at the Rotary Club luncheon speaks of combat service from Africa to Germany. He was wounded three times and honors include the Presidential Citation, Purple Heart with two oak leaves, Good Conduct, and six campaign stars. He landed at Safi November 8 1942 and fought through Tunisia Sicily and France. He notes life under fire and shared front line experiences.
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Mark Montgomery Jr
Rotary Club
Gomer May
Montgomery
Cherbourg
Africa
Germany
Safi
Sicily
France
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Powell On Route One
A Saturday gathering at Mrs. W. D. Powell's home on route one celebrated her birthday with contests and prize drawings. Winners included Mrs. Boyd Sanderson and Mrs. L. L. Windle, who received prizes along with other gifts for the honoree. Refreshments of cream and cake were served to a list of guests including Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Edwards and family, Mrs. Geer, Mrs. Windle, Mrs. Norris, and several others.
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W. D. Powell
Route One
Boyd Sanderson
L. L. Windle
R. J. Edwards
Dallas
L. Geer
Westminster
Geer
San Diego
Calif
Wm. Hargett
J. H. Gosnell Jr
Luther Gordon
M. W. Williams
Barbara
Jess Norris
Weslie Reeves
Will Crawford
Floyd Harris
Finis Alverson
Millicent Ann Webster Becomes Mrs John Neal Crawford Jr
Miss Millicent Ann Webster of Denison marries Ensign John Neal Crawford Jr. in the Chapel in the Woods on the TSCW campus Denton. The bride’s uncle J E Webster of Sherman gives her away. Marjorie Webster is her only attendant. Rayford Hardy serves as best man.
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H. G. Webster
Denison
Whitewright
Millicent Ann Webster
John Neal Crawford Jr
Huntsville
TSCW
Denton
J. E. Webster
Sherman
Marjorie Webster
Rayford Hardy
Madisonville
Mrs. Crawford
Stephens College
Columbia
Baylor University
Waco
Ensign Crawford
U. S. Naval Air Corps
Texas A. & M. College
College Station
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Whitewright 4-H Girls First in Food Exhibits
The Whitewright 4-H Girls Club led Grayson County clubs in a food exhibit at the local achievement program. Betty Mine Kathy won first place with an apron sewing box purse wash cloths pillow cases skirts play suit 4-H uniform and canned foods. Rougene Roberts took second with a clothing display and Jewel Mae Burden was third. Mrs Ava Blackerby served cookies and punch to about 50 attendees.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Betty Mine
Kathy
Rougene Roberts
Jewel Mae Burden
Ava Blackerby
Central Christian Church service schedule announced
Central Christian Church delivers Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching on the first and third Sundays at 11 a m. Earl Bissex serves as minister and invites all to attend.
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Earl Bissex
Worship Services and Welcome at Local Church
The pastor E. P. Wootten leads worship at 11 a.m with a 7:30 p.m youth meeting and 8:15 p.m. evening service Revered W A Casseday conducts a morning service at 11 o'clock The church reports good congregations with many visitors and friends and extends a cordial welcome to all.
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E. P. Wootten
W. A. Casseday
Memorial Services At Bethel Sunday
Memorial and decoration services will be held at Bethel Baptist Church south of Whitewright at 2 30 p m Sunday. The memorial service will follow by decoration services at Bethel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Whitewright
Bethel Baptist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Subscriptions and Gifts for The Sun Across States
Letters from Pvt Robert Owens Rex B Cruse and Mrs Victoria Denham send cash and checks for renewal subscriptions to The Sun. Messages praise the hometown weekly, request address updates, and note mail calls while service and distance separate readers.
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the Sun
Robert Owens
Hq. Co
Prcht
Camp Mackall
N. G
Expert Says Cows Could Teach Us How And What to Eat
Dr. Anton J. Carlson argues that humans should eat as cows do to avoid food shortages. He notes cows eat whole grain with the germ and that humans waste nutrients, urging reliance on animal proteins from eggs milk cheese and dairy rather than meat substitutes.
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Chicago
Anton J. Carlson
Carlson
Army Quartermaster Corps
University of Chicago
Soybean Diet Sparks Debate On Nutrition
A discussion features criticisms of soybeans as a food source. One speaker calls soybeans and soybean cutlets a noble experiment, arguing they lack nutrition and flavor compared with whole grains like bread and oatmeal. He notes experiments with rats showing diminished reproduction after animal-protein-free generations.
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Carlson
Cannibalism Among Japs Reported From New Guinea War
Melbourne reporter Fred Aldridge of the Sun says Australian forces found evidence of cannibalism among Japanese troops in New Guinea. He cites mutilated bodies, villages under Japanese control, and accounts of soldiers carving flesh from the dead with documented instructions on the best parts to use.
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Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Fred Aldridge
Melbourne Sun
Finnisterre
Freedom meaning in a time of labor union coercion
In this excerpt the author questions U S freedom when a labor union backed by courts enforces a one dollar political assessment, blocking a worker from his daily labor for refusing to pay. The piece emphasizes conflict between individual conscience and collective demands.
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United States
DeMille Case Ties to Musicians Union Tax Fight
The Stephenville Empire-Tribune notes the musicians union resisted the War Labor Board and the President, blocking phonographic recordings until transcription firms paid a per-record tax into the union treasury. Anti trust suits were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. It urges amending laws to cover union restraint of trade and the right to work free from assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
DeMille
Musicians’ Union
War Labor Board
Stephenville
Empire-Tribune
Laughing at Laundry and Damp Plates
A joke sequence shows a wife asking about an optimist, a husband reframing laundry mishaps as home improvements, a patient noting a damp plate, and an orderly correcting the scene with a soup remark. The humor hinges on misapplied optimism and situational irony.
Professor’s Paper Sparks Question on Quotation Marks
A student asks about why quotation marks appear on the professor’s paper, replying that it’s courtesy from the man on his left. The exchange captures a classroom moment on punctuation usage.
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Riley Tabor
Nutrena Poultry
Alyne Felker
Estelle Baxter
Tom Bean
W. H. Forrest
Pete Jarvis
Pampa
C. L. Jarvis
Tom Thorpe
Pottsboro
G. E. Thrift
J. M. Simmons
Wayne E. Adkins
Elbert Thompson
Pilot Point
E. T. Doss
Millett
Cane
Sudan
Lester Haile
H. C. Willis
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Mrs. Boyd Burchfield
Ross R. May
J. M. Parrish
Houston
Glenn Doss
Cecil Doss
Claire Doss
Kerrville
Lieut
Robert L. Doss
Will Holland
Walter Holland
Whitesboro
Carl Holland
Wm. Muirhead
Sherman Hospital
Marvin Smith
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Eva Jones
David Ray Reeves
John L. Reeves
St. Vincent Hospital
Pathe News
Palace Theatre
Buchenwald
Ohrduf
Hadamar
Marshall Hasty
J. O. Wallace
Amarillo
Charles James
James
Leslie Holland
Nancy Marie
Gainesville
Margie Miller
Mr. Holland
S. T. Montgomery
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Topeka, Kan
R. E. Sandlin
Moody, S
Lottie Brown
Claud Lancaster
Greenville
Lawton Clark
Addie Ruth
Wheeler
Ina Marie Woodruff
E. W. Clark
Fred Clark
Billy Smith
Salina
Kansas
J. E. Smith
Smith
Jack Hall
Preston Hefner
Paul Byrum
Jesse James
Lubbock
Lem_ Tittsworth
Bonham
Fred
Mrs
Europe
V. QC
Crawford-Webster
Central Christian Church
First Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Victoria Denham
The
Sun
Cruses
Ennis
Whitewright Sun
Rex B. Cruse
Texas
Farley’s
Farley Grocery
Wallace
Main Street
Mozhe
Mother
Joice
Whitewright Variety Store
Ben Ball
Maggie Horton
Princess
Stepins
Cole & Davis Co
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