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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1952
Page
5
W E LaRoe spent the weekend in Dallas with numerous friends and relatives. Many locals, including Mrs D B Tate Mrs W A Martin and Mr and Mrs Leon White visited Dallas and nearby cities. Several others were guests in Sherman Ardent visits list, with a district Home Demonstration event in Gainesville and a Savoy reunion invitation for Rev W W Alverson.
Numerous weekend visits and Sunday gatherings involve residents from Sherman Whitewright Dallas Garland Denison and Bonham. Social events include Mother's Day meetings baptisms and church activities along with notes on weather crops and local business updates.
Weekend guests included J W Davis and J C Leftice from Dallas Celina Fort Worth and Galveston visitors stayed with Mr and Mrs M D Oliver and Mrs Guy Hamilton and Miss Carrie Hamilton. Texarkana residents H H Taylor Aubrey Harper C R Porter A J C Dunnan Dan Goldsmith and Joe B Foster of Houston joined the visits.
The Women’s Missionary Society met Monday at the First Baptist Church for a Royal Service and business session with 17 members present. Participants included Mrs. W. M. Gates Mrs. J. P. Darwin Mrs. Roy Blanton and Miss Carrie Hamilton. A kitchen shower is planned for June 6.
Rev and Mrs James L Cooper left last Thursday for Miami to serve as messengers for the First Baptist Church at the Southern Baptist Convention. They expect to be away about two weeks, traveling with Rev and Mrs Jimmy Allen of Van Alstyne.
Herman Musser of Whitewright, a freshman middle distance runner for East Texas State Teachers College Commerce, finished third in the 440 as his team swept the Lone Star Conference title at Beaumont. He also qualified in the low hurdles but did not reach the finals.
Joanne Carr, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Weldon Carr of Whitewright, is listed among the San Angelo high school graduating class. A group including Mrs R A Lindsley of El Dorado Arkansas and several Newmans visited B W Newman and others over the weekend, with Mr and Mrs Burl Sanders and families also gathering with local residents.
Mrs. N D Cooper of Electra and Mrs. J E Vandegriff of Denison spent Sunday with their sister Mrs A R McMurry. Mrs. McMurry's daughter Mrs J H Perkins of Farmersville also visited. They toured the Pike cemetery where their parents and grandparents are buried and called at 4 C Fry at Pike.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Russian industrial workers need two hours twelve minutes for a pound of beef, 442 hours for a pound of butter, and one hour fifty minutes for a pound of sugar. The data cover Western Europe, Russia, and the United States, noting Americans fare best and Russians worst. Nevada meaning snow covered.
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