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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
5
Dallas visitors and relatives fill weekend activities across communities. Notables include Mae Hall visiting Dallas relatives and numerous families from Paris Sherman Denison and Bogata touring homes, hospitals, lakes, and Sunday gatherings. The Red River Valley League Whitewright team scheduled to play Denison at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Community members from Odessa Honey Grove Sherman Dallas Durant Achille Whitewright and other Texas towns spent time with relatives this weekend. Visitors included Mark Ayres with his mother Mrs Jim Ayres, and many other families traveling to see relatives or hosting gatherings. Benny Taylor heads into the army as a guest list at a Sherman dinner.
Local social notes list weekend visits by Mrs. Marvin Bryant and Mrs. Jack Mitchell in Madill Texas and Dallas. Church activities include Rev. Newton Cole heading to the Southern Baptist Convention in Miami and Rev. Howard Bramlette filling the pulpit at First Baptist.
Weekend visitors from Austin Odessa Midland Fort Worth and Commerce visited in Bells and Whitewright area homes. A burglar broke into the Lewis Cooper residence five miles west of Bells while the Coopers were away, taking a small amount of money before the Coopers moved from Whitewright last year.
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. C. J. Meador’s home last Friday for a brief business session. Miss Lena Mae Gowdy spoke on Book Larnin with the Pioneers with exhibits of McGuffey's Reader and other antique texts. Mrs. Annabel Neathery presented a paper on The New Curricula of Texas Schools and displayed current textbooks. Mrs. C. P. Johnson, retiring president, installed the officers for the coming year. Dessert served to 18 members and one visitor, Mrs. Lily Gardner.
Miss Evelyn Kerby daughter of Mrs N B Kerby Sherman and Mr Junior Key son of Mr Mrs George Key Whitewright married May 8 at First Baptist Church New Boston. Carl Newman best man. They visited Arkansas and East Texas before settling at Colbert Oklahoma where both work in Denison.
A recipe for a cooked fruit salad dressing instructs beating one egg, adding two tablespoons cornstarch and sugar, then stirring in pineapple and orange juices. Cook over hot water until thickened. Produces about a pint and stores in a refrigerator jar. A sociologist comments on prosperity and people's attitudes.
North Texas churches share pastors and weekly services. First Presbyterian lists Rev Lee H Smith and Floyd Bassett. Assembly of God features Rev Elvis L Hill. First Baptist Newton Cole. First Methodist Harold S Taylor. Cross Roads Presbyterian Rev Howard L Holland Leonard. Weekly times include Sunday School and worship, with midweek events noted.
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