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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
5
Locals report visits and travels across Texas communities. Clifton and Dallas linked by exchanges, hospital stays, travel, and military discharges. Family ties feature prominently with mothers Day visits, births, and veterans returning home from service.
Weekend visits tie families in Austin and Whitewright while a ward notes a teacher omission and re election. Mrs Hill of Van Alstyne lies ill in Sherman's Wilson N Jones Hospital. Miss Sallye Hamilton is confirmed as re elected grammar school teacher in Whitewright. Church groups met with program including singing, lessons, and hostesses serving a small gathering.
Mrs. John Jack and daughter Margaret Jack of Knoxville Tennessee visited with Mrs. W A Kirkpatrick and Mrs. R E Hickman along with Lorietta Peterman and Shirley Cash, Joe B Dillon of Dallas, Mr and Mrs Robert W Grant of Bonham, Mr and Mrs Guy Dillon of Durant Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs Paul Vestal on a Sunday gathering.
Charley Dawson of Bells, who recently bought land on Highway 160 north of Whitewright for a wholesale butane gas station, said Thursday he hopes to open around June first. He has a gas tank and equipment on order and will build a dwelling on the property, with Mrs. Dawson and Charley planning to stay in Whitewright during construction.
Mrs Wayne Martin was honored with a miscellaneous shower on Thursday evening hosted by Mrs Lester Martin assisted by Mrs C A Tillet. Guests enjoyed a series of games, a picnic bucket presentation, a large gift basket, and a refreshment course of ice cream and homemade cake.
Mr and Mrs C L Holland entertained Sunday with a Mother's Day dinner for Mrs G E Thrift. Attendees included families from Clifton Sherman Pilot Grove Denison and White. Guests listed: Curtis Moats Marquita Trotter Hugh Trotter Joy Hugh Jr D B Taylor Don Janis Bill Brown James Howard W A Smart Leslie Holland Nancy Marie Mary Elizabeth Jacquelyn and others from area towns.
Miss Hertha Lina Haase daughter of Herbert and Mrs Haase and Robert Louis Scott son of Mr and Mrs R I Scott were married on Wednesday May 1 at Zions Lutheran Church in Moulton. The bride, a 1942 Moulton High School graduate, had worked at Brooks Field San Antonio. The groom, a Trenton High School graduate, recently discharged from three years seven months U S Army service. Attendants were Marvin Haase and others. A supper followed at the bride’s parents home.
Mrs Bertha Ashinhurst died Wednesday in Sherman after a brief illness. Funeral Thursday at 3 PM at Pilot Grove Baptist Church with Rev E P Wootten Rev Claud Johnston and Rev H H Gray officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband Joe Ashinhurst four daughters a son two brothers a sister thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Milton E. Greenway of Sherman and formerly of Whitewright died at 6 30 a m after a three month illness. Funeral services were conducted at First Methodist Church with Rev R L Gilpin officiating and interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Helen Craig Greenway and other family members.
Three brothers, John E. Greenway of Abilene, W. Charles Greenway of Corpus Christi, and J. S. Greenway of Killeen, along with a sister, Mrs. J. D. Millender of Troy, are identified in the family notice.
Cecil O. Bivins 46 of 14 West Jones died Monday at Muskogee Oklahoma while visiting relatives. An invalid for 28 years from a spinal injury suffered during football at Burleson College in Greenville. Funeral 2:30 p m Wednesday at Waldo Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Claud Johnston officiating. Burial Memorial Park. Survived by mother Mrs Pearl Bivins Marks and half sister Mrs Pauline Marks Dallas.
Rotary Club held a Thursday fish fry in Russell Summers pasture northeast of Whitewright serving 28 Rotarians and their Rotary Anns. Glen Earnheart and Joe Johnson caught 103 pounds of fish, with camp coffee, potato salad, onions, pickles and other sides. The event marked the club’s May tradition, praised for the food, service, and committee planning led by Earnheart Summers Johnson Blanton and Barker.
A humorous exchange frames a recruiter asking about joining the Army during peaceful times. The dialogue plays on the idea of “duration” of service in a time without war, highlighting contrast between enlistment and ongoing conflict.
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