Locals share visits across Texas towns and relatives
A long list of local visitors and social calls appears as residents and relatives travel between San Antonio, Dallas, Sulphur Springs, Vivian and other places. People including Robert Johnson, John Reeves, the Womacks, the Gordons, Holmes Connelly, the Mangrums, and many others are recorded visiting kin, attending funerals, or staying with relatives over the week. The column notes several shop specials at Simmons Beauty Shoppe and mentions WPA work and community events in Myra, Trenton, Denison, and Sherman.
Local Social and School News Roundup in Sherman
Mr and Mrs Carl Allred of Sherman visited friends here for the Grammar School program. Mrs T E Barbee and family spent the weekend in Marshall with son John Philip Barbee. Mrs Robert Sears and relatives visited Mrs Sears mother near Bonham. Missionary Society quilted for the Presbyterian Orphans Home in Dallas. Anther Hudgins Jr visited revival at Denison’s First Methodist. Armstrong Barbee Barbee and Barbee kin celebrated Mother’s Day with Sherman families. Several local residents visited, including Dorothy Dillon in Denton. Leon Devenport recovering from surgery in Sherman. Several families hosted Sunday guests and Mrs Marvin Bryant remains critically ill following surgery. Grandson Joe Billy Dillon of Plainview High School to graduate. Joe Billy active in Hi-Y and band. Dorothy Lee Dillon to Denton teachers college graduation. Mangrum Motor Lines sold to Northeast Texas Motor Lines. Mangrum founders from Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grant
Denton
Dorothy Dillon
Plainview
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Plainview High School
Joe Billy Dillon
Guy Dillon
Joe Billy
Dorothy Lee Dillon
State Teachers College
Musical Recital by Tommie Chenoweth Rhythm Band and Pupils
Miss Tommie Chenoweth presents her rhythm band and piano pupils in recital Monday evening May 18 at 7 45 in the Grammar School auditorium. Performers include Betty Lee Jones Betty Jo Pierce Betty Jean Brice Katie Kincaid Mary Frances Stephens Russell Ray Summers Pattie Everheart Wallace Reeves LeRoy Martin Martha Jo Darwin Robert German James German Christine Moore Ethel Harper Mary Lee Chaney and Miss Lucille Giles. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Chenoweth
Grammar School
Betty Lee Jones
Betty Jo Pierce
Betty Jean Brice
Katie Kincaid
Mary Frances Stephens
Russell Ray Summers
Pattie Everheart
Wallace Reeves
LeRoy Martin
Martha Jo Darwin
Robert German
James German
Christine Moore
Ethel Harper
Mary Lee Chaney
Lucille Giles
Family Reunion Held Here Sunday
Mr and Mrs Jim Simmons hosted a Sunday dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs W H Kepler from Van Alstyne Mr and Mrs L W Crawford and Miss Maud Brown from Anna Martha Loraine Davis of McKinney Mr and Mrs J H Crawford of Denison Mrs Harvey Harverson of Collinsville Mr and Mrs G H Riley of Whitesboro and Mr and Mrs R F L Smith and daughter of Sherman The gathering brought together the Simmons siblings for the first time in many years with nieces and cousins also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Simmons
van Alstyne
Maud Brown
Anna
Martha Loraine Davis
McKinney
J. H. Crawford
Denison
Harvey Harverson
Collinsville
G. H. Riley
Whitesboro
R. F. L. Smith
Sherman
Simmons
Baby paid for crying wins role in Utah play
A University of Utah dramatics group sought a baby to cry off stage for the play Post Road. They offered 50c an hour for crying. A six weeks old infant won the role on pure lung power, with offers flooding in from mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
University of Utah Dramatics
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club Centennial Program
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Miss Myrtle Badgett's home Thursday afternoon for a Centennial program. Speakers Mrs. Oran Sears on pioneer Texans, Mrs. Lestar Haile on pioneer families, Mrs. Holland of Bonham on a pioneer story, and Mrs. George German of Bonham on a comedy tale. A birthday shower honored Mrs. Ed Martin and Mrs. Louis May. Refreshments served to eighteen members and guests Mrs. J. C. Gillespie, Mrs. Olive Myrick, Mrs. J. T. Gillespie of Wolfe City, and Mrs. George German and Mrs. Holland of Bonham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Myrtle Badgett
Oran Sears
Lestar Haile
Holland
Bonham
George German
Ed Martin
Louis May
J. C. Gillespie
Olive Myrick
J. T. Gillespie
Wolfe City
Discipline of Necessity and Betrayal in Two Services
Church announces next Sunday dual services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with sermons The Discipline of Necessity and The Man Who Betrayed Himself. Pastor urges members and friends to attend church school at 10 a.m. and a 7 p.m. young people meeting, stressing firm attendance and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Dennis
Rotary program highlights Texas Central Centennial Exposition
At a Friday Rotary luncheon C. B. Bryant Jr. led as program chairman with Mrs. Roby Childress presenting a paper on the Texas Central Centennial Exposition opening in Dallas June 6. She detailed buildings exhibits and $25,000,000 in project spending, predicting a much larger show than imagined. Also elected to the board of directors were John Reeves and H. W. Key, joining existing members C. J. Meador, Gomer May, Murray Bryant, W. E. LaRoe, and Cloy Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
C. B. Bryant Jr
Roby Childress
Dallas
Murray Bryant
W. E. LaRoe
Cloy Horton
Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. sermon subject Page John Mark. Evening service at 8 p.m. sermon subject Knowing and Doing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
B. Wrenn Webb
John Mark
Pope and Davis Couple Wed in Boswell Oklahoma
Mr George Gordon Pope son of Mr and Mrs C W Pope and Miss Kathryn Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Davis of Bokchito Oklahoma were married Saturday evening at 8 oclock in Boswell Rev Patterson pastor of the Methodist Church at Boswell performed the ceremony Pope a member of a pioneer Grayson County family and raised near Whitewright and Mrs Pope from a prominent Bokchito family will reside near Whitewright He is in the cattle business and had been buying cattle at Bokchito for seven weeks when he met his bride
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gordon Pope
C. W. Pope
Kathryn Davis
Walter Davis
Bokchito
Okla
Boswell
Patterson
Pope
Grayson County
Whitewright
Mrs T M Johnson Hosts Bridge Club at Home
Mrs T M Johnson entertained the Monday Afternoon Bridge Club at her residence. After a series of bridge games, refreshments were served to guests including Mrs C E Ayres, Mrs J W Miller, Mrs Robert Howard, Mrs Maurice Wright, Mrs Louis May, Mrs Allen T Short and Miss Elizabeth Waggoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Johnson
C. E. Ayres
J. W. Miller
Robert Howard
Maurice Wright
Louis May
Allen T. Short
Elizabeth Waggoner
Woman's Missionary Society meets in study class
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church held a Monday afternoon study class at the home of Mrs. Murray Bryant with Mrs. Bryant leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Murray Bryant
Bryant
Minor toe wound proves fatal for Denison boy
Albert E. Blalock Jr., 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Blalock Sr., Willow Springs, died at a local hospital Tuesday morning from tetanus infection after a seemingly minor toe cut. The injury, suffered over a week earlier, was initially dismissed but led to serious infection requiring hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Albert E. Blalock Jr
A. E. Blalock Sr
Willow Springs
Ed Howe predicts defeat for New Deal in 1936 race
Memphis reporter notes Ed Howe the sage of Potato Hill on his way home to Atchison after voicing bold opinions. He says the New Deal is broken by the Supreme Court and will be finished by discarding the current leadership. He claims Landon’s Republican nomination is settled and urges reform of the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Ed Howe
Atchison, Kan
Potato Hill
Supreme Court
Landon
Kansas
Matters of Dis Agreement sermon at Bible church
Minister J. R. Waldrum and superintendent J. M. Simmons lead a service schedule with preaching at 10 a.m. communion at 11 a.m. Bible study at 11 10 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. on Wednesday. The sermon title hints at discussing why various religious systems differ. The lesson Sunday promises an open discussion on differing worship, salvation plans, and governance to explain divergent beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Waldrum
J. M. Simmons
Bible School
Sunday Service Invite Cited for Lesson Study
The message invites readers to attend a church service this Sunday to join in studying a specified lesson and participate in group worship. It emphasizes communal learning and spiritual fellowship in a concise notice.
Roosevelt Hears Favorite Song The Yellow Rose of Texas
President Roosevelt heard his favored tune The Yellow Rose of Texas played at a National Press Club dinner. Miss Ann Leaf of CBS will perform it on a pipe organ after a years long search. The song, copyrighted in 1856, was linked to Hood's division in the Confederate army. The Library of Congress cannot identify the author listed as J. K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
National Press Club
Texas
Ann Leaf
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hood
Library of Congress
J. K
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Johnson
San Antonio
R. L. Johnson
John Reeves
W. B. Womack
Sulphur Springs
J. A. Tippet
Vivian, la
G. C. Ivins
Tom Holmes
R. W. Henry
Fort Worth
Lonnie Myrick
Frank Armstrong
Plano
H. L. Gordon
Luther Gordon
Will Boone
Mrs
J. L. Boone
M. M. Sears
R. L. Sears
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
B. G. Gowdy
Mrs. M. E.greenway of
Sweetwater
M. T. Craig
Geneva Carr
D. S. Carr
Mrs. Fitzhugh Mangrum
Morris Ray Martin
Valley View
Forrest Mangrum
Waco
Fitzhugh Mangrum
C. T. Atkinson
Bryan Weber
Hillsboro
Tony Weber
Guy Hamilton Jr
Houston
Guy Hamilton
John Silman
Cooper
George Bennett
Ruth Jopling
Norma Jo Mangrum
Leon Coffman
Marshall
T. F. Coffman
Roscoe Pace
Mrs. W. P. Vaughn
Mrs. Earl Johnson
W. B. Crouch
Saltillo
O. L. Henslee
A. B. McColm
Edward Cramer
Billie
H. T. Atterberry
Jim Wallace
Dorchester
C. C. Willis of
Lindale
H. C. Willis
Simmons Beauty Shoppe
Clovis Childress
Enloe
C. C. Childress
H. D. Moore of
Bells
Joe Johnson
Mrs. Emmet Penn
Jack Hanna
James Lackey
Mrs. Ott Lackey
Clifford Brookins
Randolph
Clyde Montgomery
Mark Montgomery
W. L. Gordon
Mrs. R. B. Gordon
Bruce Pember
R. H. May
Rham Carr
Miss Ware
Dr. R. May
Ross R. May
Davis Parrish
Myra
Dr. May
Bettie Chansler
Lee Wilson
Aleta B. Head
Sarah Janway
Joy Morrison
J. R. Fleming
John P. Gillespie
Arp
Russell McGinnis
Fate
Mrs. C. P. McGinnis
A. A. Hudgins
Donald
J. H. Hudgins
Albert Truett
Wm. Johnson and Son
Dodd City
J. L. Truett
Byron Sears
T. H. Sears
Howard Brodhead and Sons
Jim and
Howard
Gainesville
Don Farmer
W. W. Caylor
T. J. Giles
Thomas McMurry
J. A. Rascoe
Royse City
Rhom T. Pennington
Joe Thomas May
Sunset High School
Ross Wilson
Evelyn Wilson
C. A. Wilson
Sue Stephens
Sonny Hancock
The
Frank Benton
M. W. McGuffey
Lizzie Whitted
Lamartee and
Juanell
Blue Ridge
W. B. Head
Fred Conn
E. H. Pendleton
Farmersville
S. H. Montgomery
Jones Adams
Rouse City
O. M. Ross
Lois Watkins
Longview
Jack Diamond
Lubbock
W. T. Ross
Hollywood
Reene
Jane Withers
the Sunshine Kid
Paddy O'Day
Pinky Tomlin
Rita
Buck Jones
Ginger Rogers
George Brent
Major Bowes
Shirley Temple
January
Guy Kibbee
Slim Summerville
June Lang
Buddy Ebsen
Carl Allred of
T. E. Barbee
John Philip Barbee
Robert Sears
A. L. Jackson
C. B. Bryant III
Sears
Lee Love
Near Bonham
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Anther Hudgins Jr
H. C. Maitland
Winfield
First Methodist
Dick Barbee
Honey Grove
Jack Barbee
Mt. Pleasant
W. J. Barbee
Leon Devenport
Jacksonville
St. Vincent’s Sanitarium
J. R. Lilley
Mary D
Emma Lilley
Kenefick
P. L. West
Ediube
T. J. Lilley
Marvin Bryant
Madill
Sherman Hospital
Mangrum Motor Lines
Northeast
Texas Motor Lines
Mangrum Lines
J. E
W. L. Mangrum
J. E. Mangrum
H. D. Club
Bridge Club
Lester Haile
Church OF Christ
Ira Fleming
Cole & Davis Co
New York
Ashburn’s
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