Weekend visits and travels around Whitewright area
Local residents and relatives visited family in Dallas Gainesville Sherman Houston Greenville and Denton over the weekend. Several guests traveled from Oak land Corpus Christi and San Diego while Canal Zone service member Ray Vestal plans a two month stay in New York City. Mrs J J Taylor obituary noted. shop ads include a Detroit Jewel gas range and a Frigidaire for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Dorothy Wallace
Denton
Whitewright
R. T. Vestal
Canal Zone
Mrs
Rollie Vestal
New York City
Weekend guests and local visits in Grayson area
A list of weekend visitors to Grayson County includes Mrs J W Turner Mrs Oscar Nickels Mrs J H Pierce and a daughter from Matoy Oklahoma visiting Mrs J C Whipple. Also guests in Dallas Tulsa Bonham and Marshall areas visited local families and the Grayson County Rural Letter Carriers Association scheduled a meeting tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Turner
Oscar Nickels
J. H. Pierce
Matoy, Okla
J. C. Whipple
Grayson County Rural Letter Carriers Association
American Legion
Bailey Phillips
Bells
Neathery trains as Air Force technician at Warren
Pfc. Maurice R. Neathery son of R H Neathery Route 1 is training as an Air Force technician at the USAF Technical School at Ft. Francis E Warren Wyoming announced by Col John C B Elliott. Guests from Dallas Commerce Denison and Bogota visit Mrs J B Hall and family over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice R. Neathery
R. H. Neathery
Air Force
Usaf Technical School
Ft. Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
John C. B. Elliott
Whitewright Notes and Community Events Roundup
Local residents host family gatherings including Ford and Burkhalter kin. Denison Civic Music Assn eyes Whitewright ticket sale drive for four concerts at $6 each. Patricia Manning honored for scholastic achievement at SMU. Book Club to discuss Till Fish Do Us Part at Craig's Cafe. Laugh It Off profits from VFW Auxiliary event. Toyland king queen winners receive gifts. Mary Kay Jameson christened at First Methodist Church. John Kaiser family reunion marks seventeen years with multiple households attending in Whitewright and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lackey
Denison Civic Music Association
Whitewright
Beatrice Cook
Anglers’ Club
van Williams
Durant
Oklo
Southeastern State College
Craig’s Cafe
VFW
King and Queen of Toyland
Earl Marlatt
Dallas
Ashley Jameson
First Methodist Church
Mary Kay Jameson
C. B. Bryant Jr
Lucyle Sanders
Harper visit. attorney licensure for Robert Doss noted
Mr and Mrs Allen Harper and daughter Carol visit Lonnie Darwin in Nashville Arkansas while Mr Harper attends a revival in Muskogee Oklahoma. Robert Doss of Whitewright, UT Austin law student, passed the March bar exam and is licensed to practice law in Texas. He is a Whitewright High School and Texas A M College graduate and World War II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Harper
Carol
Nashville, Ark
Lonnie Darwin
Harper
Mr. Harper
Muskogee
Okla
Robert Doss
Whitewright
University of Texas School of Law
Texas Supreme Court
Texas
Whitewright High School
Texas A. M. College
Robert
School of Law
Deaths of Miss Gertrude Giles in Whitewright
Miss Gertrude Giles died at 5 35 p m Sunday at the family home in Whitewright. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p m at First Baptist Church with Rev W T Carter of Capeville and Rev Weldon R Drake. Burial in Restland Memorial Park. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs William S Giles three brothers Arthur Verin and Glenn Giles and a sister Mrs Ed McGee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Giles
First Baptist Church
Whitewright
W. T. Carter
Capeville
Weldon R. Drake
Restland Memorial Park
Dallas
Glen Earnheart
Miss Giles
Billy
Junior
V. J
Fred
Jack Giles
Collin County
Westminster
The
Baptist Church
William S. Giles
Arthur Giles
Richardson
Verin
Glenn Giles
Ed McGee
McKinney
Aunt Pink Smith dies at 87 in Greenville obit
Funeral services for Mrs. G A Smith 87 died Friday at her daughter's home in Greenville were held Sunday at Wesley Methodist Church. Burial was at East Mount Cemetery. She was born October 1 1861 in Albany Kentucky and moved to Texas in 1882. Survivors include eight daughters Cora Parker Eugene Oregon J E Smith Whitewright Eva Barker Caddo Mills Nora Busby Mineola Stella Saeele Greenville Georgia Burton Floyd Edna Wicker Brawley California McGlaughlin three sons Y B Smith Greenville Grady Smith Hughes Springs Morris Smith Amarillo and 41 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Smith
Greenville
Burt McGlaughlin
Wesley Methodist Church
East Mount Cemetery
Pink
Funeral Attendees From Whitewright Honor Local Figure
Attending the funeral services from Whitewright were Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hefner, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Smith and daughter Miss Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Earnheart and Mrs. Grady Gillett, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCollum and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Galy on of Bellis, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Smith of Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dillon of Durant Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
J. E. Smith
Preston Hefner
R. M. Smith
Mae
Glen Earnheart
Grady Gillett
Oscar McCollum
Clifford Galyon
Bellis
Billy Smith
Sherman
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Rotary speaker from State Dept on Communists in Warsaw
John J. Madonne of the U S State Department spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on his Warsaw assignment and analyzed Communist methods. J H Waggoner chaired, two new members Rev Weldon Drake and Rev Ashley Jameson were welcomed, and a fish fry planning committee was announced for late May. Visitors included Sam Shutt, Rham Pennington, and Joe Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Madonne
U. S. Department of State
Rotary Club
Madonne
Warsaw
Poland
J. H. Waggoner
J. W. McMurry
Margaret McMurry
Weldon R. Drake
Ashley Jameson
Tom Sears
Marshall Hasty
Gomer May
Glen Earnheart
Joe Johnson
Sam Shutt
Rham Pennington
Sherman
Joe Denton
Bonham
Friday Literary Club May Day Breakfast Program
The Friday Literary Club hosted a May Day breakfast at Craig's Cafe dining room on May sixth to honor the winners and losers of the 1948-1949 club year. Invocation by Mrs. Olivia Whedbee, toastmaster Miss Gladys Ray, solo by Mrs. O L Jones with accompanist Mrs. Guy Hamilton, performing Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig’s Cafe
Olivia Whedbee
Gladys Ray
O. L. Jones
Guy Hamilton
Want Ads Drawn From Window Hat Plea
A customer asks a millinery clerk to remove a red feathered berry hat from the window. The clerk agrees, noting happiness to remove anything from the window. The woman exits, revealing the hat haunts her daily. The Want Ads are widely read.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. Gosnell
Nocona
Gilbert Keck
Fitz Bryant
W. E. LaRoe
Charles Simpson
O. L. Sears
H. L. Carver
Farmersville
Earl Blanten
Claud McMillian
Mrs. Ray Lewis
Oakland, Calif
Russell McGinnis
Rockwall
C. P. McGinnis
J. A. Melugin
E. J. Fralicks
Gainesville
H. F. McLarry
Carl May
J.T. Follis
Leon Spindle
Houston
J. F. Spindle
Frank Spindle
E. G. Gilley
Ector
L. W. Gordon
Frisco
Betty Ann Darwin
Percy Darwin
Newt Tidwell
el Paso
Dora Mabery
Joe and
Zoe Vestal
Baylor University At
Waco
Ralph Worden
Corpus Christi
E. T. Doss
Mrs. Yarbour
Cameron Boone Tygrett
J. L. Boone
John A. Ray
Mary Connelly
J. Frank Wilson and
Clarksville
Lee Wilson
James Lackey
Ott Lackey
Will Boone
Mrs. Mayfair Macaulay
Miss Mayfair
J. L. Ostrander
San Diego
Calif
H. O. Leuschner
Sarasota, Fla
H. G. Stepp
Ben Savage
George Hicks
Jackie Nossaman
University of Oklahoma At
Norman, Okla
Jack Nossaman
S. H. Lenox
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
A. L. Scott
Lola
Route One
Haskell
Rufus Scott
Tom Bean
Robert Cole
Rachel Watts
J. J. Taylor
Dallas News
Oak Lawn Methodist Church
Joe Taylor
Lem Tittsworth
Detroit
South Texas
Griffin’s
Polar Bear
Griffin’s Raider
DELCO
Kraft American Cheese
Kimbell's Pineapple Preserves
Pascal Celery
Duncan
Bright & Early Coffee
Hormel Minnesota Bacon
Ross Wilson
Elbert Thompson
Pilot Point
Eugene McIver
Joe Clark
Marshall
B. R. Nicholson
Quinten Nicholson
Rusk
W. T. Nicholson
Galveston
Texas Funeral Directors Association
Billy Glen
Texas City
E. W. White
Ely
B. T. White
Gomer White
Claude Burkett
Grand Prairie
Dorothy Hamilton
Texarkana
Hamilton
George Simpson
Lester Simpson
Lester Simpson Jr
Baby
R. E. Simpson
Grover B. Smith Sr
Grover B. Smith Jr
Pearl Carrel
J. B. Smith
Commerce
David Smith
Marvin Smith
Denison
J. B. Hall
Willie Smith
Ben E. Dyer
Joe Smith
Garland
Charley Sydow
J. Lee Smith
Martha Jo
Bogota
Willie B. Smith
Lester Ford
Doris Mays
Anna
W. T. Burkhalter
Nora Burkhalter
Nadine Brooks
Lewis Jackson
Tommy Orme
H. J. Ford
Patricia Manning
Ray Manning
Leonard
Southern Methodist University
Manning
John Kaiser
Charley Kaiser
Pilot Grove
Fred Starr
Ralph Kaiser
Martin Rosso
John Martin
Huntington
Ark
Johnnie Kaiser
L. O
Walden Kaiser
Alice
C. B. Estes
K. M. Kaiser
Y. B. Reed
Trenton
Kaiser
Palace Theatre
Pompei
George O'Brien
Marjorie Reynolds
Chill Wills
Tex Granger
Lana Turner
Gene Kelly
June Allyson van Heflin
Angela Lansbury
Alexander Dumas
Penny Singleton
Marjorie Kent
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Gay Nelson
Daisy
Blondie
Chic Young
Dagwood
Crabbin
Cabin
Hep Cat
Joan OF Abc
Robert Mitchum
Jane Greer
Mitchum
Current Book Club
Mrs. van Williams
Durant, Oklo
Craig’s
Panamas
Elastex
Cole & Davis Co
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