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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
4
A Bells area roundup lists visits by Curtis and Ora Doty family and others to Bells relatives including Walters, Renfro, and Ramsey. The piece covers church events, campfire activities, school affairs, reunions, birthdays, and a District Ministers Retreat, with dozens of local names and places across Sherman Dallas Plano Denison and McKinney.
David Blackerby son of Mr and Mrs S D Blackerby of Whitewright has been elected president of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers Chapter at the University of Texas at Arlington for 1969 70 He is a senior industrial engineering major at UTA.
Services for W D Dow Powell 75 were held at 3 pm Sunday in Howe First Baptist Church. He died Friday evening in a Sherman hospital. Rev. David Kyrkendall and Rev A W Blaine officiated. Burial in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Powell born January 7 1894 in Grayson County to Joe and Nettie Powell. Survived by wife Edith Trice Powell, two sons Vinson Powell Sherman and O J Powell Denison, three daughters Mrs D Henderson Sherman Mrs We Reynolds California and Mrs Reno Edwards Dallas, stepchildren Col Billy Joe Trice Ft Worth and Jack Trice Hobbs NM, four brothers Jack Powell Van Alstyne Weldon Gainesville Beech er Ennis, three sisters Mrs A Adams Howe Mrs Wes Reeves Howe and Mrs Robert Holland Plainview, 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Miss Regina Bland Sudderth became the bride of Ernie Shrum Friday night May 16, 1969 at 7 p m in Ector First Baptist Church with Rev Johnnie Carr officiating. The couple’s parents are Mr and Mrs W A Sudderth and Mrs Irene Shrum of Bonham. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home and a supper hosted by attendants Mr and Mrs Tommy Keeton at the Log Cabin.
Sgt Clyde R. Green 29 son of Mr and Mrs Jessie P Green and grandson of Mr and Mrs Grover C Brown of Whitewright was killed in action in Vietnam last week after an advanced training camp was overrun by Viet Cong on May 12. His family noted the service pending at Bratcher Funeral Home in Denison.
Sara White, a Sherman High School senior, was complimented at a Holiday Inn breakfast hosted by Mrs Le Co Ae Bogard and her daughter Pauline. Eight guests attended as Sara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank White of 544 N Wharton, was honored by gift presentation. She plans to attend Grayson County College.
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