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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
4
Mrs Cappie Beard visits relatives in Denison while Lester LaRoe of Leonard and G V Vestal visit Dallas. Many locals visit friends in Sherman Fort Worth Dallas and Longview. Attendees include Mrs J P Montgomery, Miss Jimmie Brown, Dr Reynolds May, Dr O C Ahlers funeral, and Spouse visits. A new five room dwelling is under construction near Whitewright.
An itinerant picture salesman paid a city court fine after being arrested by Jim Hollingsworth for entering the Bryants home Monday afternoon. He rang the doorbell and entered the back door when not admitted. Mrs. Bryant heard him and he left. she called the city offices but none were available, so Hollingsworth volunteered to arrest him.
Mrs Lucian Andrews directs a one act juvenile operetta titled Tomboy Jo performed by her pupils Friday at 7 30 pm in the grammar school auditorium Admission 10c and 15c Cast includes John Dale Reeves Henryetta Jackson Gene Pat Gray Nora Jean Hughes Don Newman Winnie Sue Queener William Henry King Margaret Ann Burnham Martha Louise Vestal Bettye Nell Yeager Foucheaux Vestal Joan Anthony Bettie Jean Oliver Arvin Vestal Jane Meador Shirley Thornhill Betty Ann Darwin Leroy Martin.
The Kentuckytown and Whitewright Home Demonstration Clubs met in a joint session Friday afternoon with Miss Lottie Brown as hostess. Miss Eunice King demonstrated fruit trees and berry vines, showing how to select the grades of each variety. Refreshments were served to 20 women.
Mrs Audrey May Evans hosted a family birthday dinner at her home for her mother Mrs Jerome May to celebrate her 66th birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Jerome May, Mr and Mrs J L May and daughters Evalea Edna and Zula, Mr and Mrs Jack Morgan and son Jack Bruce, Mrs Audrey May Evans and son Billy Ward, who presented several nice gifts.
Roy Belew of Whitewright married Miss Dora Garland of Pink Hill on Monday night at his home with Rev. J. D. Fleming officiating. The bride is daughter of S. H. Garland of Pink Hill and sister of Mrs. E. M. Badgett. Belew, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Belew, is well known locally. The witnesses were E. M. Badgett, Frances Golden, and Charley Clyde McLean. The couple will live with Belew’s parents.
Mrs. H. T. Atterberry hosted a Wednesday bridge party at her Grand avenue home in honor of Mrs. A. L. Jackson. Three tables were set for play with neighbors of the honoree attending.
A series of games gifts and a birthday call created a surprise party for the honoree who did not know of the celebration. Refreshments were served as friends gathered to mark the birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Weldon Binion hosted the Whitewright Bridge Club on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Allen T. Short won high score honors and Miss Frances Pope was second. Mrs. Bryant Penn was elected to membership. Refreshments were served after the games. The club will meet next with Mrs. Robert Howard.
The Bethel Home Demonstration Club gathered Monday at Mrs. Edgar Bow’s home with twelve members presenting final reports on the year’s work. The next meeting is set for Monday November 7 at Mrs. George Jarvis’ home with Miss Eunice King county agent in charge. Refreshments followed the business session for members and two guests.
Announcement this week notes the marriage at Dallas on June 7 between Miss Onie Scott of Dallas and Floyd Kennedy of Dallas. Scott is the daughter of A L Scott of Whitewright. Kennedy is the son of Mr and Mrs J W Kennedy of Hillsboro. The bride, a 1936 Whitewright high school graduate, has worked in Dallas for about a year. The groom works for an oil company in Oak Cliff. They reside at 606 Haines Street, Dallas.
The engagement was announced at a Sunday tea hosted by Mrs. Thomas Pollard in Tyler. Miss Ta Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brown, and Claud C Willis of Lindale, son of Mrs. H. C. Willis, will marry midmonth. Willis is a soil conservation technician and Texas A&M graduate.
Miss Tommie Chenoweth organized the Mozart Music Club on Saturday October 29 at her home. Members elected Laverne Kilgree president Mary Alice Harrison vice president Martha Louise Vestal secretary treasurer Billie Hatfield parliamentarian Katie Kincaid reporter and Mary Ellen Brown critic and program chair to study music biographies and play musical games.
Anna Ruth Johnson serves as social chairman for Foucheaux Vestal Club. Socolors are royal blue and white. The next meeting will be with Billie Hatfield.
Miss Mary Lou Hartwig and James Russell Ball wed in a Saturday noon ceremony at Dr J A Ellis's home chapel of First Baptist Sherman. They were joined by John William Hartwig Siah Simmons and Sarah Frances Teague. Ball, a Tom Bean high school graduate who studied at Denton Teachers College, will run a candy factory in Joplin Missouri with uncle Howard Ball.
Mrs H T Atterberry led the semi monthly Whitewright Music Club gathering at her home with a program on The Indians and Their Music. Miss Chenoweth presided. Mrs Clarence McMillin directed. Mrs Rham T Pennington read the paper. piano solo by Mrs Charlie Ayres. review of Hiawatha by Mrs C T Atkinson. song by Mrs Floyd Bassett. Chenoweth accompanied. New members welcomed: Mrs Weldon Binion, Mrs Glenn Doss, Mrs Bryant Penn, Miss Frances Williams, Mrs Eugene Oliver, Miss Mona Sullivan, Miss Viva Phillips. Ayres elected delegate to state convention in Dallas. McMillin elected alternate. Next meeting Nov 11 Armistice Day with Miss Chenoweth as hostess.
The Okihi Camp Fire group enjoyed a Halloween event at Mrs. J E English home with guardian Mrs. Joe Johnson and others assisting. Decorations featured orange and black, pumpkins, black cats, and 25 species of tree branches. Girls toured a candlelit witch’s cave built from corn stalks, fabrications, and hay while fears rose at spooky obstacles and bone decorations.
A Camp Fire gathering featured a series of games and a eerie demonstration involving a witch's eye and liver. Attendees included Mary Frances Stephens, Mary Lee Hughes, Gaynell English, Billie Joe Phillips, Dorothy Sue Douglas, Mary Nell Talley, and many others from Denison and surrounding areas.
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