Local Clubs and Weddings Highlight Small Town Life
Reorganized Phi Beta Kappa officers are listed with Miss Margreta Fender as president and Frank Curlee as sergeant at arms. A daughter named Monia was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Neathery. Thurston Montgomery plans a seven room bungalow on his farm southeast of town. May Wellington visits her father in Durant. Cotton prices rise to 45 cents. A high school dramatic club forms with officers led by Clara Craig. Dr Edwin May to direct. Odus Hicks and Fayce Jones wed. Highland Park defeats Wright 32 to 0. 63rd wedding anniversary celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. William Pennington with relatives. Earl Hill buys Spearman addition lots. Carl Jenkins and Essie Scott wed in Whitewright Sherman home. PTA program features Babe Nell Penn and Rev. G M McNeilly. Me bane cotton exhibit sells for 100 dollars with 20 dollars prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Bet Khi Society
Margreta Fender
Samantha Murphy
Mary Johnson
Frank Curlee
Jack Spindle
Willis Simmons
Ollie Neathery
Thurston Montgomery
May Wellington
Durant
Okla
John Wellington
Odus Hicks
Fayce Jones
Highland Park
Whitewright
William Pennington
William Pennington Jr
Royse City
A. L. Groves
Wham Pennington
Belle Sears
J. F. Fender
Earl Hill
Spearman
W. C. Huffines
Carl Jenkins
Essie Scott
Sherman
Jennie Childress
PTA
Babe Nell Penn
Guy Hamilton
G. M. McNeilly
Pastor Hagard named to Whitewright church post
Rev. F. G. Hagard who led Ladonia church for three years was assigned to the Whitewright Methodist Church at the North Texas Annual Conference in McKinney. D. M. Rich brought an 11 pound sweet potato into town. First Presbyterian Church plans a new church. J. E. Rutledge moved his family to town. M. H. Mullins moved to Whitewright from Abilene. Mr and Mrs J M Simmons moved to a brick home. Bobby Neal Witt arrived to live with Mr and Mrs C I Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Hagard
Ladonia
Whitewright
M. H. Mullins
Abilene
J. M. Simmons
Bobby Neal Witt
C. I. Witt
Local Notices And Social Liaisons In Calera Area
R. L. Clark moved to a farm near Calera Oklahoma from west of town. Miss Frances Riddle hosted a Halloween party Friday evening. Dr. and Mrs. B Wrenn Webb Mrs B S Montgomery and Mr and Mrs Robert Sears attend a Presbyterian meeting in Dallas today. Martha Ruth 15 day old infant of Mr and Mrs Homer May died yesterday. Alyne Hanna hosted her Sunday school class for a Halloween party Wednesday evening. Present were Robert Emerson Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Clark
Calera
Oklo
Frances Riddle
B. Wrenn Webb
B. S. Montgomery
Robert Sears
Dallas
Martha Ruth
Homer May
Alyne Hanna
Robert Emerson Sears
Halloween Party Rehearsed by Local Residents
Billie Rhom Pennington Harold Pace Nancy Jane Myrick and Fred Cook Jr. Sara Kathryn Atterberry hosted a Halloween party Wednesday evening. Fidelis Class officers elected at First Baptist Church include Mrs. Cull Reeves president and six others serving as vice presidents secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Rhom Pennington
Harold Pace
Nancy Jane Myrick
Fred Cook Jr
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Fidelis
First Baptist Church
Cull Reeves
J. A. Yeager
J. L. McSpedden
Lena Mae Gowdy
Sidney Watson
Earl Jenkins
Carl Holland
J. B. King
Farm Buildings Loans Available for Farmers
Wm. G. Barr Jr. announces Farm Homes Administration offers long term loans for building or repairing farm structures including houses and barns. Loans cover water wells and piping, up to 25 years, at 4 percent interest, with the farm as security and a second mortgage if existing debt exists. Applications may be made at 207% E. Houston St. Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. G. Barr Jr
Grayson County
Farmers Home Administration
Farmers Home Admis
Houston St
Sherman
Boy musician boasts a trumpet paid for by neighbors
A boy tells his music teacher he is a professional musician despite being young. A separate item notes Argentina’s discovery in 1516 by Juan Díaz de Solís. A Texas court citation orders James G Wolcott to answer a divorce petition filed by Lucile Wolcott, with a deadline in late November 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
James George Wolcott
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Lucile Wolcott
S. V. Earnest
District Court
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Real Estate Title Procedures Outline and Buyer Rights
A Texas Bar feature explains how to ensure good marketable title in real estate deals. It stresses specifying title quality in the contract, and advises attorney title examination and title insurance as safer protections than abstract or general warranty deeds.
Doctor Called by Testy Aristocrat Joke
A physician visits a testy noble and is pressed for a diagnosis. The aristocrat insists he will fetch a veterinarian friend who allegedly can diagnose without questions, highlighting the comic fault in the pompous patient.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. E. Haws
Route 5
Mebane
Cotton Exchange
J. R. Oliver
Mr. Haws
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
Mer. & Co-Owner
Dodge-Plymouth
W. Main
Denison
Britt Paulson
Argentina
Juan Das de Solis
Lester Haile Seed & Grain
Farmers of
The
State Bar of Texas
Austin
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Old Stove
American Gas Association Laboratory
Lone Star Gas
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