Local and area notices and visits fill busy week
A roundup of local visits and travel includes H H Sears in Washington for Grayson-Collin Rural Electric. Charles Caldwell visiting Tom Bean. Californians Ed and Effie Fells visiting Sherman kin. many guests at local homes. Wil l iam King headed to Pittsburgh. baccalaureate at Whitesboro High. Icy Jane Harvey sustains burns from hot grease. revival services begin at Whitesboro church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icy Jane
John Harvey
R. L. Gilpin
First Methodist Church
Whitesboro Methodist Church
Gilpin
Whitesboro High School
Fireman Apprentice David E. Claborn Aboard USS Wilson
David E. Claborn a fireman apprentice in the US Navy and son of Edith B. Claborn is serving on the destroyer USS Robert L. Wilson. The ship visited New Orleans for a four day training break as part of a large entering force, a historic port entry echoing Farragut era times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Claborn
Appentice
USN
Edith B. Claborn
Robert L. Wilson
New Orleans
Farragut
Claude Thompson Celebrates 50th Birthday in Whitewright
Claude Thompson marked his 50th birthday on Wednesday May 26. A lifelong Whitewright resident with a stint in Sherman, he has worked as a paint contractor since age 16. He has two sons, Jackie Lee Thompson of Dallas and T. G. Thompson employed at a theatre in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Whitewright
Sherman
Jackie Lee Thompson
Dallas
T. G. Thompson
Austin
Bells High seniors hosted by Beazley Bennett faculty
Mrs Renee Beazley and Mrs El bert Bennett hosted the Bells High School senior class at Mrs Bennett's home Monday night. Other faculty members present were Miss Norma Beck Lloyd Press and N B Nicholson. There are twenty in the class. Refreshments were served. Mr and Mrs R B Shumate of Fountain Inn S C Lt Col Hayne Shumate of Georgia and J T Stegall of Howe were visitors last week in the Sears home. They will visit Greenville S C and the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee Beazley
Elbert Bennett
Bells School
The
Bells High School
Bennett
Norma Beck
Lloyd Press
N. B. Nicholson
R. B. Shumate
Fountain Inn
S. C
Hayne Shumate
Georgia
J. T. Stegall
Howe
Homer Sears
Sears
Gayla Wren
R.B. Shumate
Greenville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Rotary Club Hears Wayne Bedford On Sherman Centennial Plan
Rotary program chair W E LaRoe introduced Wayne Bedford executive secretary of the Sherman Centennial who outlined goals for the 100th anniversary. The outline includes open houses by 71 manufacturers and 73 wholesale firms in mid September and a carnival at Old Settlers Park from September 19 to 26. Committees on agriculture education entertainment and general services were named along with a Boy Scout program including health merit and tenderfoot badges. Visitors from Sherman and Fountain Inn attended the luncheon and the fish fry date was announced by the committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. LaRoe
Rotary Club
Wayne Bedford
Sherman
Court House
Old Settlers Park
Bedford
Industrial Committee
Agriculture Committee
Education Committee
Entertainment Committee
General Services Committees
Boy Scouts
Chancy Corse
Lyndale Pierson
Larry Doty
R. L. Gilpin
Corse
John Perry
Frank Thompson
Tip Newell
Jack Hammond
C. W. Schearer
R. B. Shumate
Fountain Inn
C. Griffin
Tentative date set for Friday June 4
A tentative date was established for Friday June 4 as the planned milestone in the schedule. Details and exact timing were not confirmed, leaving room for adjustments by the organizing body.
Royal Service marks Women’s Missionary Society meeting
The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met Monday at 3 for a Royal Service program with Mrs. Jennie Critten den in charge. Mrs. S. T. Montgomery Sr. gave the devotional and Mrs. Weldon Drake led prayer. Eighteen attended. President Mrs. Alton McDowell presided at the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Jennie Crittenden
S. T. Montgomery Sr
Weldon Drake
Lewis Cooper
Effie Maynard
Alton McDowell
Funeral for Mrs Callie J Pace in Whitewright
Funeral services for Mrs. Callie J. Pace of Whitewright will be held at 3:30 p m Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev James I Logan will preside with grandsons Loren Pace Felix Robinson Clovis Pace Harold Pace serving as active pallbearers. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs Pace, born October 15 1868 near Trenton to Tommie and Hettie Andrews, died early Wednesday after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie Josephine Pace
First Presbyterian Church
Callie J. Pace
Whitewright
James I. Logan
Loren Pace
Bonham
Felix Robinson
Dallas
Kenneth Robinson
Randolph
Clovis Pace
Leonard
Harold Pace
Austin
Obituary: Mrs. Pace of Whitewright dies aged 89
Mrs Pace a longtime Whitewright resident and Presbyterian Church member for eighty years died at age 89. Married to Leonard A Pace on December 24 1877 her husband died March 16 1899. Survived by four children George Pace Roscoe Pace John Pace and Mrs J T Robinson eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard A. Pace
Presbyterian Church
Whitewright
Section
Pace
George Pace
J. T. Robinson
Roscoe Pace
Denison
John Pace
Huge Plane Costs Stressed Need for Federal Aid
Witnesses told a House armed services subcommittee that a new type transport plane could cost from 20 to 50 million dollars, with no company able to bear the bill alone. Lockheed president Robert E. Cross said the budget would cover only prototypes and flight tests, urging federal support and a bill to authorize government development of civil transport aircraft adaptable for auxiliary military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Itry
Robert E. Cross
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
House
Armed Services
Gross
Vestal Patient at St Vincent Hospital Sherman
W. R. Vestal is a patient at St Vincent Hospital in Sherman, receiving treatment and care. The brief notice records his location and ongoing medical status within the local health facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Teague
Fort Worth
Roy Taylor
St. Vincent Hospital
Sherman
W. R. Vestal
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. H. Sears
Washington, D. C
Grayson-Collin Rural Electric Association
Charles Caldwell
Mrs. J. R. Woodson
Charles Turner
Abilene
Archie Cain
Mrs
Ed Fells
San Diego
Calif
Effie Phillips
Shirly Fells
Ely
D. M. Harrison
Speedy
Joan
Davenport
Iowa
William King
Pittsburgh
Earl Jansson
Kenneth Taylor
J. E. Smith
Lillian Page
E. C. Harvey
J. W. Hefner
Pampa
Richard Johnson
Grand Prairie
Kugga Hansard
Jack Hansard
Ardell Penny
Hubert Fletcher
Prairie Point
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham, Texas
General Electric
Jim Blanks
McAlester
Okla
J. G. Blanks
A. J. Blanks
Wayne Martin
Otto Russell
Trenton
B. R. Bailey
C. T. Atkinson
Lyons, N. Y
Frank Smith
Route Three
J. M. Cole
Arkadelphia
Ark
W. H. Tweedle
Lee Wilson
ETSTC
Commerce
J. Frank Wilson
Charles M. Howard Jr
C. M. Howard
Pilot Grove
Southwestern State College
Durant
Oklo
Marion Smith
Laura Holcomb
Tom Noe
Corpus Christi
Bonnie Gentry
Wichita Falls
Jack Brown
Mary Lou Pannell
Ray Hansard
Dirrel Hansard
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
James Day
Charles Keliehor
Karen
Joe
Aqua Dulce
Keliehor
Tom Barbee
New York
Lester England
Preston W. England
Madonna Hospital
Lester
Grads
Happy Landing
Allen T. Short
Curio Barber Shop
Happy
Whitewright Variety Store
J. L. Ball
Mary Lou Pan
Iso
B.f.goodrich
Silvertowns
B.F. Goodrich
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
F.goodrich
WMS
Palace Theatre
Richard Arlen
Jennifer Holt
Buffalo Bill
Jimmie Davis
Margaret Lindsey
Louisiana
Southland
Jimmie
Will Rogers
Claudette Colbert
Henry Fonda
Walter D. Edmond
America
George O'Brien
Heather Angel
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Whitewright High School
Irene Bagwell
Billy Blacker
David Brooks
Margaret Greer
Dorothy Head Lou Rae Holcomb
Junie Hood
Orville Howell James O. Huseman
Y. B. Kaiser
Dan Kent
Betty Mears
Terry Miller
Douglas Neal
Byron Neathery
Jackie Nossaman
Eugene Thornhill
Zoe Vestal
Johnny Mac Vestal
Martha Williams
Barbara Williams
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
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