Whitewright Social Roundup and Local Happenings
Mrs. D A Ray visits Leon ard this week. Denison guests of the McKameys. Laymans and Fulkersons in Dallas and Sherman visitors. Bethel Cemetery services planned. May and family trip to Austin San Antonio and Houston. Various local visits, hospital updates, and school and park improvements. Tennis courts being prepared by Rotary Club and PTA with summer programs planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomer May
Ross May
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Rotary Club
Friday Literary Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Newton Manning
Manning
Calcium for Expectant and Nursing Mothers
During pregnancy and nursing a mother should consume one and a half grams of calcium daily to ensure baby development. The most efficient source is one and a half quarts of milk.
Boy Scouts Meet At Cabin With 22 Attendees
Regular weekly meeting held last Thursday in the Scout cabin. Twenty two registered Scouts were present with nine new members passing tenderfoot tests. Meeting time moved to 7 30 and a new outdoor light was installed.
Whitewright Music Club Concert Honors Founders
The Whitewright Music Club presents Mrs. G. F. Bryant of Denton in a 3:30 p m concert at the Baptist Church. Mrs Sarah Kilgree sings two numbers with Mrs Guy Hamilton on piano as Bryant performs seven pieces in two parts. About one hundred guests attend tea after the concert, with presentations to Mrs Bryant and Mrs F M Echols. Bomar Cramer Music Club of Sherman sponsors join the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
A. L. Jackson
Tommie Chenoweth
Sarah Kilgree
Paul Ryan
O. L. Jones
Frances Williams
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Municipal Auditorium
Sherman
R. T. Pennington
R. E. Hickman
R. P. Childress
Laverne Kilgree
Viva Phillips
Percy Darwin
W. B. Holcomb
H. C. Willis
J. B. Hamilton
Dorotha Darwin
Martha Jo Darwin
G. F. Bryant
Denton
The
Baptist Church
Guy Hamilton
Bomar Cramer Music Club
Sermon and Sunday School Schedule At Two Churches
Dr. B Wrenn Webb leads services with 10 a m Sunday school and 11 a m sermon at one church and an observance of Mother's Day. The Junior Church joins regular worship. two choirs provide music. At 7 30 p m a program titled Possessing Our Possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Ben Bell Named Pastor for Morning and Evening Services
Ben Bell serves as pastor with Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by N L Manning as superintendent. Morning worship begins at 11, followed by Mother’s Day services. Evening worship at 7 45 features a sermon by the pastor on the subject Conquering Faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bell
L. Manning
Mother's Day program at Sunday worship and Bible study
Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent W. T. Simmons. Morning worship at 10:55 a.m. with a Mother's Day theme. B. T. U. at 6:45 p.m. directed by Mack Pierson. Closing B. T. U. assembly features representatives from various B Y P U groups presenting a Mother's Day program. Evening worship at 7:45 p.m. led by L. O. Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Simmons
Mack Pierson
L. O. Evans
Ickes urges Roosevelt to seek a third term
Secretary Ickes backs a third term for President Roosevelt and says if he chose to run he would be the sole candidate in the field. He declines to weigh in on whether a conservative or liberal Democrat would fare better next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Effects of Cheap Radio Broadcasts on Children
Carl Alpert argues in the Jewish Advocate that certain low cost radio programs harm children. He cites kids running in the streets with imagined weapons and mimicking terrifying yells. He says radio dramatizations rival old thrillers in influence on impressionable minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Alpert
Jewish Advocate
Energy Equivalence of Common Foods in 19th Century Thought
A quart of milk furnishes as much energy as nine eggs or three fourths of a pound of beefsteak or six and a half oranges or two pounds of potatoes, illustrating the era’s view on dietary energy.
Milk as the sole natural food is its own function
A statement highlights milk as the only diet article whose primary natural role is to provide nourishment. It discusses nutrition as its exclusive purpose in nature.
Test That Grounds 9 Out of 10 Urged for School Air Program
Randolph Field reports Army and Navy officials favor a stringent physical test for aviation candidates and project a major screening to select 2,200 pilots from over 25,000 applicants. The test emphasizes constitutional fitness, blood pressure control, eye health, and education requirements for cadets aged 21 to 27, with height 64 to 78 inches and weight 115 to 204 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Field
Joe College
Joe
E. J. Kendricks
Kendricks
Army
West Point of the Air
Navy
Barton K. Yount
Air Corps
War Department
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
Husky
Denver
University of Oklahoma
Arizona
Calcium Needs For Growing Children Highlighted
A quart of milk provides one gram of calcium and a daily gram is needed for young children and during periods of rapid growth such as adolescence.
The Spice of Life and a Governor in a Prison Visit
A collection of short quips and scenes from everyday life. A governor visits a state penitentiary where a colored inmate requests a pardon. The inmate complains about the prison's reputation spreading across the state, despite reporting decent meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Penitentiary
Actor and comedian trade quips about bread and eggs
The actor boasts that the profession has given him bread and butter, while the comedian adds eggs to the joke. The exchange highlights their lighthearted banter about the rewards of show business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Borrowing groom becomes wedding worry
Quip reveals concern over George marrying while noting his past habit of lending money. The joke centers on the groom’s reputation for easy loans rather than a serious issue, reflecting light comic tone.
Young author meets Eastern critic in Hollywood
A Hollywood club scene finds a young author introduced to a vacationing Eastern movie critic. After his Broadway debut, the writer asks for the critic's opinion and hears it was refreshing and even “a new man” upon awakening. A light campus quip follows about co eds and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Tire insult leads to odd shop scene at Miles
Joseph Neth of Astoria, New York, reports a disheveled man carrying a ruined car tire to a shop with the slogan Our Tires Smile at Miles. The man threw the tire at a clerk and cried that it laughed out loud, as he demanded action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Neth
Astoria
New York
Miles
Jury Panel Challenge Raises Bias Question in Trial
During a trial the judge asked McGinnis if he had formed any opinion on the prisoner's guilt. He replied that he had not and spoke of his conscientious position, highlighting the difficulty of securing jurors free of prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGinnis
Two Shoes Squeak in Same Key Puzzle
A shoe store manager demands service from an assistant who explains the customer seeks two squeaking shoes in matching tone. The exchange frames a lighthearted retail moment about finding compatible squeaks for a pair of shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Husband admires crib joke and secretary misreads notes
A wife witnesses her husband gazing at their sleeping baby and jokes about the crib price. A doctor’s secretary rewrites a medical note as a misheard line, turning “lumbar region” into “shot in the woods.”
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. A. Ray
Leonard
Charles McKamey
Denison
Oran Sears
F. D. Layman
Dallas
J. M. Fulkerson
Glenn Doss
Bethel Cemetery
Bethel
D. B. Smith
Whitesboro
John Z. Smith
Bonham
Lela Ownby
Eugene McElvaney
W. H. King
J. E. Payne
Jayne
Charles Kelieher
Agua Dulce
T. E. Barbee
Lucinda Tabor
Frank Hinton
Northwest
Whitewright
Ray Stovall
D. M. Mooneyham
Sherman Hospital
Porter
Elbert Bennett
J. Lee Watson
Caddo
Okla
D. C. Watson
Mr. Watson
J. W. Davidson
Mrs. Simmons Powell
Clarendon
Simmons Powell
Albert Reeves
Lonnie Carter
G. W. Wilson
D. O. Hiller
Honey Grove
Grady McCarstin
Merritt
Collin County
American Legion Park
O. C. Marsh
Decatur, Ala
Clarence Bradshaw
Longview
F. M. Bradshaw
Charles Phillips
Greenville
W. H. Stedham
Glen Earnheart
Detroit
Mich
Lima
Ohio
LaSalle
Virginia Belcher
Los Angeles
Calif
Dorothy Hamilton
Carrie Hamilton
T. J. Lilley
U. S. Navy
John L. Alverson
Tennessee Valley Authority
F. W. Alverson
Copperhill
Tenn
H. G. May
Wichita Falls
R. May
E. O. May
Ardmore, Okla
Little May Belle Pember
Mrs
R. H. May
O. M. Kissinger
Penn Apartments
Lem Tittsworth’s
Franklin Ford
G. W. Ford
George Matthews
Enid
Crawford Montgomery
Army Hospital
Ft. Sill
Cotton Belt
Orangeville Road
C. W. Phillips
Mary Phillips
Carl Holland
Velma Holland
J. R. Price
Peggy
Richard
Methodist Church
General Electric
Gordon
Luther Gordon
BOY Scouts
Mozart Music Club
Betty Jo Pierce
Felix Mendelssohn
Katie Kincaid
Mendelssohn
Billie Hatfield
Zoe Vestal
Central Christian Church
Leroy Anderson
First Presbyterian
First Baptist Church
Magnolia
G. C. Stateville
Tommy
Anne
George
Yeager
Sinclair
Williard
Ford
Yeager’s Service Station
Cole & Davis Co
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