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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
3
A long list of residents and guests visits across Dorchester Sherman Dallas Fort Worth and nearby towns. Names include Hayden Hamilton Kate Smith Babe Nell Penn Theresa Everheart J. H. Biggerstaff Sallye Hamilton and others visiting relatives friends and attending schools in Denton Brady Pottsboro and Durant. Nearby trips feature Pierce's Cafe promotions and casual weekend hospitality.
G F Bryant spends the week in Oklahoma City on prohibition enforcement work. Mrs Holmes Connelly and her young daughter from Trenton visit her mother Mrs B G Gowdy. Giles Cobb and daughter from Leonard and Mr and Mrs J H Graves host relatives. Miss Margreta Fender teaching in Paris schools visits her parents Rev and Mrs J F Fender.
Rev. and Mrs. G. M. McNeilly and their children of Broken Bow Oklahoma spent the past week end as guests of friends in the area. They were en route home from Houston where they attended the Southern Baptist Convention.
Mrs. R A Gillet entertained Saturday afternoon honoring Mrs Albert L Jackson of New York City visiting relatives here. Refreshments of grape ice and cake were served. W T Nicholson moved his groceries into a new building west of his former site and made improvements for more space. Mrs Lois Watkins of Groesbeck visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W T Ross. they plan to move back to Leonard on June 1. Mr and Mrs J W Wilson spent Sunday in Denton with daughter Evelyn at the College of Industrial Arts, joined by Florence who stayed to visit this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Sanders and Ralph Sanders of Dallas were week end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Coley and children and W. H. Allen, visiting the Coleys, visited relatives in Mt. Pleasant the past weekend.
R L Holcomb received 123 head of cattle from Caldwell on Friday and has placed them on his pasture near Ambrose. He spent several days in and near Caldwell recently purchasing the herd.
Dr. R May of Whitewright spent last weekend with his son Rev H G May and family in Celina. He has long practiced medicine at Whitewright and now partners with his son allowing brief absences. He praised Celina as a fine place and mused about setting up practice there if younger.
A man wandering near an open church door joined a congregation and grew animated during the service. He shouted "Praise God" but an usher counseled him that such outbursts are not allowed in that church, as noted in a Congregationalist advertisement.
A Methodist resident was required to remain in his town over Sunday and attempt church attendance in a local Methodist church. This unusual constraint framed by the town's customs reflects religious observance practices of the era.
Rev and Mrs Lewis Stuckey and their young son from Amarillo stayed with Rev and Mrs W A Stuckey for the weekend. They traveled from Memphis Tennessee where they attended the General Conference of the Methodist Church. Rev Stuckey preached at his father's Methodist Church and at the Presbyterain Church in the evening for the absent Rev Fender.
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