Whitewright Area Personal Notes Reflect Local Ties
Mrs. P. J. Pierce visits son Oscar in El Dorado Arkansas while many friends and relatives gather in nearby towns. The column lists numerous visits across Denison Durant Commerce Dresden and Gainesville with first frost reported in Whitewright and local social events including church meetings and a 81st birthday celebration. The county tax collector and a November Marine Corps quota update conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
P. J. Pierce
Son
Oscar Pierce
el Dorado, Arkansas
March Wedding Announced Here
Miss Lucile Giles and W. C. Musser announced their marriage, performed March 6 1939 in Durant Oklahoma by Rev W N Noland. Mrs Musser is a Sun solicitation solicitor, former local variety store operator. Mr Musser is a farmer who works at a local gin. They will reside here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Giles
T. J. Giles
W. C. Musser
Durant
Okla
W. N. Noland
Durant Baptist Church
Mrs. Musser
Rotary Club program highlights road survey talk
C S Meador chaired the Rotary Club luncheon program and Miss Jane Garner of Atlanta sang and read. C B Bryant Jr noted surveys on federal highway 69 between Whitewright and Greenville and possible relocation and Randolph connection, urging public input for future road development. It may be two to three years before work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Meador
Rotary Club
Jane Garner
Atlanta
Newton Manning
C. B. Bryant Jr
Whitewright
Greenville
Randolph
Bryant
Highway 69
Negroes Sue To Bar Collection Of Back Taxes In Van Alstyne
A group of Negro residents filed suit in Fifty-Ninth District Court seeking an injunction to stop back tax collection. They allege unequal protection, claiming the city has not improved the Negro section despite levying taxes for water works, sewers, streets, bridges, and schools. Tax delinquencies date to 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
van Alstyne
Fifty-Ninth District Court
J. H. Wilkins
Dallas
Church Services and Leaders Named in Local Listings
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH led by Leroy Anderson holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preachings at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST, with Leonard Mullens as minister, conducts Bible study at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Young People’s Training at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible training at 7:15 p.m. Morning service includes Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. evening sermon at 7:15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Leonard Mullens
Ben Bell
Sermon Series and Sunday Services Announced
Dr B Wrenn Webb, pastor, leads a 10 am Sunday school and a 10 50 am eighth in a series on the Ten Commandments Thou Shalt Not Steal The children's choir directed by Mrs Horace Gordon with Mrs T E Barbee and Margaret Hanna at organ and piano 7 pm ninth sermon in series on the greatest words in Bible and in human speech The Weakest Word
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
Horace Gordon
T. E. Barbee
Margaret Hanna
Porter News sees cooler weather and seeks rain
Local notes report families visiting relatives in Whitewright Arledge Ridge Ector Tom Bean and Corinth Williams move scenes. Snakes bite W C Anderson. Halloween party hosted by R E Rowden for schoolchildren. Mrs Mattie McCord and Marguerite McCord mentioned, plus hospital stay for Mrs Marl Wilkinson.
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G. D. Bennett
Elbert Bennett
Whitewright
Jim Hicks
Bedford Anderson
Ector
Marguerite McCord
Tom Bean
Mattie McCord
Ellen Rowden
Dorotha Jean McCord
J. W. Gunter
Tom Tarpley
Arledge Ridge
Bonnie Ray Hicks
M. L. Williams
Melvin Anderson
Jonnie Mac
Harold Dwain Anderson
Betty Marie
Melva Colleen Allen
Sara Hicks
Mary Lee
Charlene Fincher
Charlie Rogers
B. E. Rowden
W. C. Anderson
Claude McCord
Corinth
French Army to Free 100000 Soldiers for Home Return
Paris reports the French government issued an order allowing 100000 men to leave war service. The measure targets older men and those with four or more children, enabling them to return to their homes despite anticipated German offensives on the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Western Front
Prohibition Movement Returns At Texas WCTU Meet
Galveston report notes Texas women’s temperance union endorses re enactment of national prohibition to the president, with resolutions backing abstinence local option and federal film control. Delegates tally 500 new members 27 unions formed. overall tone hopeful amid annual convention predictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
United States
Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union
World's Fair Closes Amid Rainy Autumn Winddown
New York World's Fair ends its season after a rainy day as exhibitors pack up and brace for winter. The $156 million spectacle had opened to a curious public last April 30, and rain typically cut sales and foot traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling
New York
Talked Too Much She Clips Half Her Tongue
Miss Leona Hadock a 28 year old registered nurse in San Francisco cut half her tongue off claiming she talks too much Police reported she woke to find two pairs of scissors in her hands and said she would remove her tongue The injury occurred at a kitchen table before an ambulance arrived The Sun sells typewriter carbon.
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San Francisco
Leona Hadock
Miss Hudock
Barbara Taylor
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