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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
5
A steady stream of visitors from Dallas Sherman Bonham and other towns visited here this week. Residents and relatives traveled to Dallas Fort Worth Sherman Commerce and Abilene for family events care and hospital stays.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Hight and Mr. and Mrs. O. Leggett Sr. of Dallas left Wednesday for California for a two week vacation. They will visit Mr. and Mrs. Glen Leggett in Huntington Park, the Hights’ relatives.
Laura Bess Rich, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Rich of Whitewright, completes seven years with no absences or tardies. She serves as class secretary treasurer 4 H Club member major ette for Junior High Pep Squad on first basketball team and song leader with consistent honor roll grades. Her bright personality earns praise from teachers and serves as promise for a Christian life of future success.
Dallas visitors include Mr and Mrs Houston Garner and children visiting Mr and Mrs Homer Sanderson. Miss Carrie Hamilton will spend months in San Angelo with her niece Mrs Virginia Snow. Rotary International delegates Hoover and Meador travel to Mexico City. Leland May of Coolidge Arizona visits parents Carl May. Lou Ann May undergoes checkup at Scottish Rite Hospital Dallas. Rice family from route 4 hosts family group including Ingram Yowell Chitwood Starnes and Rice members at home.
The notice reports a regular fourth Sunday singing to be held at Enterprise Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday with all invited. It lists attendees including Mr. and Mrs. George Hansard and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hansard with daughter, and Miss Earlene Fletcher of Sherman, plus visitors from Los Angeles and Detroit.
Mr and Mrs Ed Kent Jr witnessed the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing capping exercises Sunday evening in Dallas. Gwendolyn Kent is a class member who has completed the first year of training.
Three Whitewright residents are among 303 candidates for degrees at East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce. James A. Reeves will receive a Bachelor of Business Administration, Percy Darwin a Master of Education, and Jerry Franklin McCarley a Bachelor of Science in industrial education. Also listed is Dan L. Griffith of Bells, graduating with a Bachelor of Science.
The Friday Literary Club held a morning coke and coffee at Mrs. Glen Earnheart's home last Friday to end the year. Winners entertained the losers after the attendance contest and plans for next season were discussed. The club will reconvene in October.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met may 15 at Mrs Ed Martins home with Mrs Ronald Vestal presiding. Members planned each person bring a gift for a friend at Abilene at the next meeting.
A fragment reports Prof. Philip Drinker of Harvard and University officials discussing the iron lung invention. The meeting shifts to the University as the device is introduced amid calls for peace and fairness.
Miss Zelma Moore demonstrated principles in designing window cornices and presented slides on various makes. Refreshments were served to nine members and two visitors, Mrs. Olive Myrick and Miss Moore. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Ralph Wallace on May 22.
Rotary Club of Sherman held a Friday meeting with a film about the discovery manufacture and use of mineral wood insulation arranged by program chair man O W Barker in place of Wilson Kaiser. Five Sherman Rotarians attended Chancy Course Lee Simmons L M Tibball J A Alexander and Tip Neweil.
The Bethel Women's Missionary Society met Monday at 2 00 pm with thirteen present. The program opened with the group singing All Hail The Power and prayer by Mrs A C Broach. Chapter eight from Women of Destiny of the Old Testament was studied directed by Mrs J H Gosnell. The meeting closed with prayer led by Mrs George Jarvis.
The Little Rock Home Demonstration Club met Thursday May 15 at 10 30 am with Mrs George Ball presiding. Miss Moore attended and spoke on Home Planning showing window improvement slides and stressing cornices and drawn curtains. A covered dish luncheon was served to Miss Moore and fifteen members.
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