Local Social Roundup Across Whitewright and Nearby Areas
Rufus Turner of Commerce visits friends here Sunday. Numerous local visits include Kilgore and Dar win families, Nocona, Sherman, Billings Montana and other towns. ETSTC students and relatives spend weekends locally. A Mother's Day service is announced at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church. Whitewright Lodge to confer Master’s degree. Jackie Pannell elected Artema club social chair for 1956-57. Charlotte Spencer injures leg at school. Elmo Wallace hosts bridge club with soccer results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads Presbyterian Church
Jim Gordon
Bill Spencer
Jackie Pannell
East Texas State College
Commerce
Artema Social Club
Edgar Ayers
Whitewright
Whitewright List of Local Visitors and Church Plans
A roundup of visits, family events, and local notices from Whitewright and nearby towns. Residents share travel to Dallas Rusk Garland Denton and Fort Worth while church activities honor mothers. Community figures include Betty England Joe Miller and Laura Rich with plans for graduation and job moves at Lone Star Gas Plano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Riggins
Whitewright
Lone Star Gas Co
Plano
Mrs Roby Childress Hosts Bridge Club Night
Mrs Roby Childress entertained her bridge club Thursday evening with Mrs Jack Lackey high score and Mrs Glen Earnheart second high. Substitutes included Mrs Earnheart Mrs Emory Christian Mrs Glenn Doss and Mrs Russell Summers. Mr and Mrs H H Rayburn of Dallas welcomed daughter Sandra Jean born May 5 weighing four pounds thirteen and a half ounces and in incubator until Friday. Mrs Rayburn is former Dell Sanderson daughter of Elmer Sanderson Whitewright and Mrs Sanderson is in Dallas with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Wallace
Ross May
Jack Farley
George Hight
May Badgett
Roby Childress
Jack Lackey
Glen Earnheart
Earnheart
Emory Christian
Glenn Doss
Russell Summers
H. H. Rayburn
Klondike Drive
Dallas
Sandra Jean
Rayburn
Dell Sanderson
Elmer Sanderson
Whitewright
Sanderson
Rotary Club talk on city finances and sewer plan
Rotary Club program chair Russell Summers spoke on city finances and expanding the sewer system. He said current disposal suffices for now but new lines would need a new disposal plant. The annual fish fry for Rotarians and Rotaryans is set for Thursday May 17 at Tom Sears pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Summers
Rotary Club
Tom Sears
Engagement Announced for Wichita Falls Man and Lubbock Teacher
The engagement of Jack Sloan Badgett of Wichita Falls to Miss Carolyn Taylor of Lubbock was announced Saturday. Both are graduates of Texas Technological College. Badgett, son of D. R. Badgett of Floydada, is a geologist for Pure Oil Co. at Wichita Falls. Taylor is the daughter of O. L. Taylor of Lubbock and a teacher in Lubbock schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sloan Badgett
Wichita Falls
Carolyn Taylor
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Badgett
D. R. Badgett
Floydada
Pernie Badgett
Whitewright
Pure Oil Co
Miss Taylor
O. L. Taylor
Wesleyan Service Guild Install Officers At May Meeting
The Wesleyan Service Guild held a fellowship supper and officer installation Monday May 7 at 6 30 p m at the Methodist Church. Officers installed include President Sarah Kilgree and Vice President Paul Ryan with other posts filled. Seventeen members attended the event with committee chairmen named and a new coordinator elected to replace a resigning member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
Methodist Church
Clyde Craig
Clara Wallace
Martha Biggerstaff
Wilkerson
W. K. Alexander
Paul Ryan
Alice Ayres
Service Guild
Sarah Kilgree
Nana Francis
Lillian Neathery
Lee Wilson
Charlie Ayres
Ina Moody
D. M. Roddy
Russell Summers
Roby Childress
Picnic Planned at Tren ton Roadside Park
A group schedules a final program with a picnic at Tren ton Roadside Park on May 21. They will meet at the Methodist Church at 6 45 p m and expect prompt arrival. Transportation to the park will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Community Party Held By Little Rock Club Members
The Little Rock Club observed National Home Demonstration Club Week with a community party. President Mrs. Bob Cawthon led arrangements and J. B. Layman gave the invocation. Fifty five attended a pot-luck supper with families and friends. Recreation included 42 checkers and visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Bob Cawthon
J. B. Layman
Bethel Training Union Party At Bethel Baptist Church
Mr and Mrs Louis Franklin entertained the Bethel Baptist Church training union last Thursday. Attendees included Jackie Bartley Travis Sanderson Jim McKinney Wanda Alexander Laura Jean Williams Donna Wetzel Anna Franklin Larry Franklin and the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Franklin
Young People’s Training Union
Bethel Baptist Church
Jackie Bartley
Travis Sanderson
Jim McKinney
Wanda Sue Alexander
Laura Jean Williams
Donna Wetzel
Donna
Anna
Larry Franklin
Wet Paint Sign Wholly Effective In Pacoima
Fern Lewis, 42, set up a roadblock at Sharp Ave and Osborne St to keep motorists off her unpaved street while painting her house. Police charged her with displaying a firearm in a threatening manner after she used a .22 rifle to deter traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacoima
Calif
Fern Lewis
Sharp Ave
Osborne St
Groceries Test Punch Cards In Chicago Market
Chicago will be among the first major test markets for a new grocery plan using punched IBM cards instead of a written list. Don Grimes of I G A stores says customers punch items on cards and retailers process them in an IBM machine to display priced items in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Don R. Grimes
I. G. A. Food
United States
Canada
IBM
Anklam Reflections on Life and People
A column by Anklam riffs on gender roles and modern life, noting the pull of tradition and Uncle Sam’s influence. It contrasts managerial insight with personal connections and ends with a reflective view of past deeds and future paths.
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Rufus Turner
Mrs. J. M. Kidd
Son
Lewis Kidd
Seagoville
J. A. Thomas
Kilgore
J. P. Darwin
Sonny Gosnell
Judy
Gilbert Keck
Nocona
William Russell
Bill Hyecock
ETSTC
Ralph Kaiser
Ed Kent
Linda and
Jimmie
Sherman
Guy Davis
Jack Pierce
Billings, Mont
Fred Cook
Austin Stedham
Salina, Kansas
W. H. Stedham
Stedham
Lillis Watkins
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
L. D
Red
Wilsford
Gunter
The
Sun
Grayson County
John Kaiser
Mac Kaiser
Martin P. Rosso
Huntington, Ark
John M. Rosso
Calvert Joyce and Sons
Houston
W. M. Pierson
Kelly Pierson
San Antonio
Paul Pierson
Bonita
Lyndal Pierson
Garland
M. A. Pierson
Celeste
Elvis Scott
Jack Thrasher
McKinney
Delmer Spencer Jr
Robert Sears
Veterans Hospital
Dan Tally
Calera, Okla
John Jarvis
Mrs
Johnnie Brown
Grover C. Brown
Gilbert Henslee
Farmersville
Oran Sears
Homer Sanderson
Pleasant Grove
Houston Garner
J. A. Melugin
Esker Fralicks
Greenville
Hayden Hamilton
Wilburn McKinney
Charles Taylor
Whiterock
Colored Methodist Church
Whitewright Lodge No
A. F
A. M
W. L. Robbins
Austin
Fred Cochrane
L. H. Darwin
Ira Vandagriff
Denison
A. R. McMurry
McMurry
Alwyn Golden
Leonard
J. H. Perkins
Charlotte Spencer
Delmer Spencer
Pickford
Grayson
Borden
Carl’s Lard
del Monte
Blue Lake
Rath
Morton House
Baby Food
Betty England
H. C. Willis
Mrs. Grady Stepp
Guy Stepp
Ralph Hughes
Jess Blanks
John Blanks
Denton
Victor Burchfield and
R. P. Gordon
T. E. Montgomery
Clovis, N. M
C. W. Pope
C. H. Carpenter
David Carpenter
H. C. Carpenter
Laura Bess Rich
Fort Worth
Mina Baptist Church
Wolfe City
Cecil Cole
Mina
W. R. Tabor
Odell Neal
Douglas Neal
Alice Teel and
Joe Wilkinson
Colbert
Okla
Walker A. Brents
Internal Revenue Service
Walker
W. O. Brents
First Methodist Church
Joe Miller
Alton McDowell
Dave Phillips
Pilot Point
Audrey Earl Miller
Arizona
R. L. Miller
Riverside
John Franklin Ball
North Texas State College
W. G. Ball
Route One
Roger M. Ramey
Management Club
Mound City
Mound City Way
L. Laroe & CO
Community Party
Bethel Training Union Party
Doc Anklam
Uncle Sam
Ben Franklin
Uethir
Shortie
Cole & Davis Co
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