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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
5
Local dealers Manning & Meador and Johnson Jewelry promote Frigidaire refrigerators and Maytag washing machines. Community notices list visitors from Sherman Sherman County Dallas and Gainesville plus hospital and party events in Whitewright. The piece also reports a large 4 ft 3 in owl and a census cotton yield note.
The Whitewright Rotary Club featured a lineup of brief talks led by Marshall Hasty. S. T. Montgomery Jack Lackey Earl Blanton James Bryant and Griffin Dollarhide spoke on football Navy Army Air Service and the Victory Bond drive. Bryant and Blanton highlighted bond efforts. President B. W. Newman named a committee to plan a businessmen’s meeting to organize a civic association for town improvement.
Indian and Chinese communications gain a first as Signal Corps troops establish a 1,750 mile pole line from Calcutta to Kunming linking the two nations by telephone and telegraph after installation in the India Burma area.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith entertained their son Garland Dean for his tenth birthday on Tuesday afternoon with games and refreshments. Guests included Glenda Lou Humphries Ann Brown Fay Jean Bow Nadine Martin Shirley Glyn Blanton Juanita Thrasher Martha Nan Powell Clydeon Selman Betty Harris Mary Pennell Barbara Ann Aldridge Barbara Joy Meade H C Carpenter Thomas Cobb Jimmie Hoover David Ray Reeves Jerry Lee Norris Jimmy Nossaman Bonnie Roy Lee Head Edward Billy McDowell Bobby Clark the honoree and Mrs. Edgar Pennell and Mrs. Jessie Meade.
Grayson County reports a meeting led by Miss Viva Phillips with eleven members and guest Miss Swift from A. and M. College. Officers for the year were elected including President Mrs. Lee Norris and Vice President Mrs. Lee Wilson.
The Sun adds many names to its weekly honor roll including longtime subscribers and their families. The list features over thirty names such as W. R. Vestal Sgt. Paul Vestal T. J. Lilley Charlie White Mrs. J. S. Melver and others, highlighting years of continued support.
Funeral services for Barlow Roberts 77 of 203 West Mulberry were conducted at Central Christian Church with Rev. Robert L. Badgett and Dr. Henry Austin officiating. Burial followed in West Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Anna Rathburn and adopted son Randolph M. Roberts, along with siblings and nieces.
Funeral services for Mrs Emily Whitt who died at 6 am Wednesday at St Vincent Hospital in Sherman were held at 10 am Thursday at the First Baptist Church led by Rev E P Wootten. Interment followed at City Cemetery under directions of Glen Earnheart. Mrs Whitt had resided in White
A woman, who had been living with Mrs. Marie Norvell for several years, suffered a stroke on Wednesday of last week and died. She had no relatives in the area. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. A. Pantex, near Amarillo. She was 67 years old.
Central Christian Church invites attendance for Sunday school at 10 a m. This brief notice informs parishioners of the weekly class gathering and start time.
Capt Ginter chaplain at Perrin Field will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. All are invited to attend.
The text lists worship times for three churches with pastors Rev. E A Doty Rev E P Wootten and Duke R Barron plus choir practice and training union. It notes a new calendar year start and the Lord's Supper observed at 11 oclock with a sermon Defeat With Honor and a 6 30 evening service.
Howe resident J. C. McBee, 84, rode in an airplane for the first time this week with his grandson Tom McBee piloting. He said he has no fear of flying and will be a good passenger, noting his apple cart in Tennessee as a humorous contrast.
The War Department announced that voluntary enlistments in the new peace time regular Army reached 44,799 on Oct. 19. Of this total 48.92 percent are former regular Army soldiers, 43.15 percent are serving or have served via selective service, and 7.93 percent have no previous service.
A six pound boy born with ectopic cordis remained alive twenty four hours after birth. The heart is exposed and kept warm with saline solution while the infant receives continuous oxygen. Doctors call the birth extremely rare and hopeful for repositioning when feasible.
Luis Carrizales aged 86 says he stays fit by skipping ropes chopping wood and chinning 40 times daily and he is the father of a baby daughter born to his 21-year-old wife. The eight pound twenty two ounce girl arrived Wednesday. Nearby note mentions about Egypt hosting 300 bird species.
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