Numerous visitors and locals noted in Bells area
This week featured a steady stream of visitors and relatives from Dallas Fort Worth Houston Gainesville and Corpus Christi. Notable visits included Mrs C A Parton from Gainesville staying with Mrs F L Starr and Mrs D E Hagberg visiting relatives in Kansas City and Lyons Neb. Cadet Nurse Joan Brown and several Hansard family members were among weekend guests while others moved or returned home after brief stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Hagberg
Sarah Simmons
Kansas City
Kan
Lyons, Neb
Horton Family Returns From California Visit
Mr and Mrs W H Horton along with Miss Maggie Horton returned Friday from a trip to Los Angeles to visit relatives including Mr and Mrs Eldon Horton and Mr and Mrs Elgie Fields. The piece notes other local guests from Albuquerque Bloomdale Dallas and Leonard and mentions a new local softball effort and a humorous boating mishap on Lake Texoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Horton
Maggie Horton
Eldon Horton
Elgie Fields
Los Angeles
Calif
Horton
California
Texas
Lucille Scherer
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Aubrey Flowers
Sarah Lou
Bloomdale
Clovis Gibson
Wm. Gibson
Leonard
Marceline Bennett
Dallas
Ag O. A. Bennett
Sunny
Birthday Dinner Brings Ayers Brothers Together After 27 Years
J W Ayers of Blue Ridge celebrated his May 18 birthday with a family dinner at his home Sunday. Attending were his brothers J F Ayers of Sulphur Oklahoma G M Ayers and wife Tom Ayers of Clinton Arkansas and the four brothers had not all gathered in 27 years. Children present included A C Durst Whitewright W B Barrett Orangeville J A Ayers and son Tren ton Edgar Ayers Miss Mac Ayers Johnnie Ayers Dallas and C A Braswell Dermott Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Ayers
Blue Ridge
J. F. Ayers
Sulphur
Okla
G. M. Ayers
Tom Ayers
Clinton
Arkansas
A. C. Durst
Whitewright
W. B. Barrett
Orange
Sun Honor Roll Adds New Subscribers This Week
The Sun announces new subscribers and renewals in the weekly honor roll. Names listed include Haskell Scott H L Sanders Pfc Sidney McCarty Azilee Smith Guy Stedham Jewel Dossey Mrs L C Taylor Mrs H D Morgan Mrs George Jarvis J C Woodson H P Donigan Mrs F L Clendining Earl Bissex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Haskell Scott
H. L. Sanders
Pfc
Sidney McCarty
Azilee Smith
Guy Stedham
Jewel Dossey
L. C. Taylor
H. D. Morgan
George Jarvis
J. C. Woodson
H. P. Donigan
F. L. Clendining
Earl Bissex
Funeral rites held for Mrs Mollie Bramlet Burden 62
Funeral services were conducted at First Baptist Church for Mrs Mollie Bramlet Burden 62 with Rev E P Wootten and Rev J D Fleming officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Glen Earnheart directing. Surviving are three sons five daughters, forty grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Bramlet Burden
First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
J. D. Fleming
Jim Brown
Jim Robinson
Paul Bowen
J. W. Blakey
Will Mitchell
Robert Morris
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Morgantown
John W. Burden
Texas
Mr. Burden
Whitewright
Orangeville
Burden
Orangevile Baptist Church
Funeral services held for Jake R. McLelland at Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services were conducted at 2 pm Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery for Jake Ross McLelland who died Friday in a Dallas hospital. Rev. E B Jackson of Trenton led the service with pallbearers Alonzo Harper Pascal Harper George Bennett Clarence Cooper Frank Smith and Virgil Smith. Born June 17 1885 in Murphy NC he moved to Texas in 1902 living near Whitewright then Dallas for 28 years. He never married but supported four sisters Miss Lillie McLelland Miss Mary McLelland Mrs C J Miller and Mrs Lon Smith and one niece Marguerite Smith and one nephew Robert Miller.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Jake Ross McLeLland
Dallas
E. B. Jackson
Trenton
Alonzo Harper
Pascal Harper
George Bennett
Clarence Cooper
Frank Smith
Virgil Smith
Murphy
N. C
Texas
Whitewright
Lillie McLelland
Mary McLelland
C. J. Miller
Lon Smith
Marguerite Smith
Robert Miller
Church Schedules and Ministers Busy Sunday
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH led by Earl Bissex with E P Wootten as pastor offers Sunday school at 10 a m preaching first and third Sundays at 11 a m Worship and Evening services listed with Young People at 7 30 p m and 8 15 p m Presbyterian Church under Rev W A Casseday hosts 11 o clock morning service inviting visitors and friends, a cordial welcome extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bissex
E. P. Wootten
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Casseday
Making Things Work Together For Good Service
Sunday morning will feature the dedication of U S and Christian flags purchased recently in a brief ceremony during the morning service. Sunday evening the Whitewright High School baccalaureate will be held at the church with services concluding the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Whitewright High School
Whitewright Scout Troop 1 Reregisters For Another Year
The Whitewright Boy Scout Troop 1, organized in 1926 and sponsored by the Whitewright Rotary Club, reregisters with the county executive for another year. It has twenty members with Scout master F G Hoover, Assistant Scoutmaster O W Barker, and a troop committee led by B W Newman. Meetings occur each Friday night at the troop cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Methodist Church Service Schedule and Sermon
Duke R. Barron, pastor, leads church services with church school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. Youth Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. Evening worship at 8:15 and choir practice on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The sermon subject for the 11 is not specified in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke R. Barron
Chickens In Garden Leave Notes After Corn Heist
Springfield reports Attorney General H. Clay Gott investigated a garden incident where chickens scratched seeds and corn. The birds allegedly dangled notes from their bills reading I have been a bad bird Please keep me home before I get killed, attached to kernels with string.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
H. Clay Gott
Attorney General's Office
Gott
Churchill Resigns Forcing Britain to a General Election
Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned as wartime coalition leader prompting Britain’s first general election in ten years. King George VI asked him to stay until after the polls, with dissolution set for June 15 and a likely July 5 election. The outcome hinges on servicemen’s votes tallied after polling closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
George VI
Churchill
Quotable Prose Nuggets From a Poetic Patchwork
A compact set of aphoristic lines about belief desire and behavior. The author plays with images like sand burrs and rainbow beliefs, noting how well oiled axles endure while mischief can dress up as fascination. A reflective collage on truth and perception.
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Houston Stedham
Sweetwater
Mrs
W. H. Stedham
C. A. Parton
Gainesville
F. L. Starr
Dick Montgomery
Wilson - Jones Hospital
Sherman
R. R. McDaniel of
Quanah
F. M. Echols
F. L. Starr H
Fort Worth
Denton
M. E. Winburn
Geo. Kingly
Marie Norvell
City Cafe
Lewis Cooper
Claud Willis
Bay City
H. C. Willis
James Lackey
John
Houston
Ott Lackey
J. M. Simmons
Mardell Pumphrey of
Coorsicana
John Pumphrey
Elmer Cox
Thelma Hart
Clifton Page
Carson Burchfield
Service Cafe
Main Street
Geo. Kingro
Chas. Keliehor
Dulce
T. E. Barbee
Tom Barbee
Agua Dulce
Tom Noe
Corpus Christi
Jennie Crittenden
Maggie Noe
J. P. Autrey
E. G. McClure
Bonham
H. W. Hedgpeth
Elma Jenkins
Windsor
Canada
W. L. Jenkins
Route Four
Joe Canafax
Howard Lee
New York City
Ray Schlosser
Norfolk, Va
R. B. Gordon
Schlosser
Barbara Jean Gordon
Clyde Hansard
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Joan Brown
Parkland Hospital
O. M. Brown
A. C. Ernst
Winters
Wm. Bennett
Mary Bennett
Ella Bennett
Noble Bennett
Route One
W. L. Crawford
Route Three
Hardwick- Etter Company
Lem_ Tittsworth
Gover B. Smith
Marvin Smith
J. B. Smith
Dorothy Sue Douglas
J. B. Hall
Mae Hall
Grace Roberts
Sgt
Billie Roberts
Germany
Austria
George Hansard
George Hansard Jr
Henry Curry
Elbert Hansard
Raymond Smith
Ray Hansard
Amos Templeton
Bells
H. L. Denny
Trenton Public Schools
Bells High School
Winnie
Sallye Hamilton
Kathryn Roddy
Denison
Rainbow Club
Bettye Jo Hamilton
Margaret Ann Burnham
Cate
GEO. Kingry
George Kingly
A. G. Mullinix
Canaan
Bessie Norwood
Tommy Owens
H. G. Garrett
New Orleans
P. W. Mullinix
Mary
Sam Mullinix
Earl Hopkins
J. P. Bogan
Mary Jean
Durant
Oklo
Gomer May
Gomer
R. E. Lingenfelter
Kirk May
Lake Texoma
Lingenfelter
Dr. Lingenfelter
Mollie B. Burden
Central Christian Church
Farley Grocery
Pierce Building
Fred
Fred Clark
By Margie B. Boswell
Ely
Grammer
Bush
Ely, Texas
Bill
Stepins
Brassieres
SOX
Cole & Davis Co
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