Local gossip and visitors noted across Sherman area
Mrs. Fred Garner visited Mrs. E f f ie Mae Newsome in Garland. Several residents are hospitalized with illnesses, including Mrs. B L Sanderson at Wilson N Jones Hospital, and Mrs J F Spindle with a fractured hip in Sherman. Many relatives and visitors traveled from Dallas Whitewright and other towns, and school property bids were announced for the old Whitewright grade school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Garner
Effie Mae Newsome
Garland
J. F. Spindle
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sherman
Whitewright
Local Social Notes From Fort Worth Area
Mr and Mrs Don Collins and daughter visit Fort Worth relatives Sunday. Mrs Cass McCuistion at bedside of pneumonia patient Mrs B L Sanderson. Jesse James of Lubbock visits family here. Visitors at Clyde Sadler home include Marvin Smith and daughter Dallas and Sgt James B Phillips Great Falls Montana. Book review at First Presbyterian Denis notes several attendees. Womacks travel to Wyoming Pa for funeral of Dr A Stegner. PTA to sell baked goods at Meador store Nov 21 with advance orders through Mrs Clarence McMillin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass McCuistion
Fort Worth
B. L. Sanderson
Clyde Sadler
Marvin Smith
Dallas
Sgt
James B. Phillips
Great Falls
Montana
W. B. Womack
Wyoming
Parent-Teacher Association
Meador
Clarence McMillin
Music Club Meets With Mrs H H Sears
The Whitewright Music Club gathered Wednesday at Mrs. H H Sears home with Mrs. Madge Braly directing a program of nature inspired pieces. Members and one guest, Mrs Eva Petty of Bells, shared a fall decorated meeting. next gathering set for Nov 21 with Mrs R E Hickman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Music Club
H. H. Sears
Madge Braly
R. E. Hickman
Idabelle Firestone
Floyd Bassett
Ferde Grofe
Braly
Eva Petty
Sears
Bethel W M S Holds Meeting and Bridal Shower Plans
Bethel W M S met Monday at 2 p.m. with nine members present. Mrs. Clifton Sanderson presided. A program on the community mission was given by Mrs. Gross Alexander with help from Mrs. Sanderson and Mrs. Manuel Alexander. Mrs. Jarvis and Mrs. Williams sang a duet. Plans were made for a bridal shower for Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor held Monday evening, Nov. 5 at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel W. M. S
Clifton Sanderson
Community Mission
Gross Alexander
Manuell Alexander
George Jarvis
Mack Williams
Buddy Stephens
James Taylor
Rotary speaker recalls China mission trips and communism
Rotary Club heard Rev Rex Ray, 30 year China missionary, recount experiences and conditions in China. He blamed the Truman administration for not stopping communism in China promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Ray
China
Rotary Club
Ross May
Ray
Whitewright
Preacher Urges Atomic Option to End Korean War Nests
A preacher told Rotarians that postwar China and Korea require bold action. He endorsed General MacArthur's plan to bomb communist nests in Manchuria to halt enemy flow into Korea. He warned an armistice would leave Korea unchanged. Visitors included J. M. Hollinshed and Dr. John A. Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manchuria
Korea
J. M. Hollinshed
Sherman
John A. Ray
Friday Club Honors Clara Driscoll in Federation Program
In observance of Federation Day the Friday Literary Club featured a portrait of Clara Driscoll a Texas leader banker and Federated Club worker described by president Griffin Dollarhide Jr. at Mrs Roy Blanton’s South Bend Street home. Other program items covered the Federated HQ mortgage payoff and a tour of the Austin club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Driscoll
Alamo
Driscoll
Club Women of Texas
Federated
Austin
Federation
C. P. Johnson
B. W. Newman
Church service details and revival notices listed
A collection of church schedules and notices lists pastors and service times. Includes Assemblies of God events with Rev R L Hamm and Linley E Vowell, North Texas Larger Parish membership, and Whitewright pastor director Rev Lee H Smith with Sunday School and morning worship times. A student staff member is noted as Walter Crofton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God Church
R. L. Hamm
North Texas
Lee H. Smith
Whitewright
Floyd Bassett
Walter Crofton
Women Missionary Society Praise Service and Harvest Festival
The Women's Missionary Society holds its annual praise service Monday November 12 at Mrs Emmet Penn's home with visiting speaker Mrs Jesse Swig of Greenville. The annual thank offering will be received. Lunch at noon. Choir rehearsal and parish events follow with Union Thanksgiving service November 21 at the Methodist Church led by Rev James Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society
Emmet Penn
Jesse Swig
Greenville
Juduson
the Leonard Church
Church Service Schedule and Leaders List
James L. Cooper is Pastor with W. T. Simmons as Sunday School Superintendent Mrs. Edgar Ayres is T. U. Director and Mrs. O. L. Jones is W. M. S. President Charles Skaggs is Brotherhood President Sunday School 10 00 a m Morning Worship 11 00 a m Training Union 6 30 p m Evening Worship 7 30 p m Wednesday Prayer Service at 7 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linley E. Vowell
James L. Cooper
W. T. Simmons
Edgar Ayres
T. U
O. L. Jones
Charles Skaggs
Brotherhood
Training Union
York man dies of heart attack amid suicide attempt
Officials report Guy E. Watson, 79, of near Fawn Grove Pennsylvania, died of a heart attack likely triggered by excitement over a planned suicide. Coroner Lester J. Sell says Watson was found in his home seated, a gun against his body in one hand and a knife in the other, with no signs of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Guy E. Watson
Fawn Grove
Lester J. Sell
Watson
Grandfather Rights to Spoil Grandchildren
A poem by Edgar A. Guest argues that grandparents deserve a say in the upbringing of grandchildren. It defends grandfathers rights to indulge kids, even when parents object, asserting parental duties should yield to elderly influence in this land of the free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free
Roadhouse Crew Echoes Troubled Marriage Joke
A roadhouse crew member confides he believes his wife tires of him. When asked why, he explains that every day this week she has wrapped his lunch in a road map, prompting amused disbelief from a friend.
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Wilson N. Jones Hospital
J. T. Follis
Gainesville
Carl May
Fred James
Trenton
H. A. James
Cora Lee
Denison
Mrs
Jewel Head
Janice Neal
Dorothy Birdwell
Tody Judd
John Livingston
Pete Landolt
Silsbee
M. E. Winburn
Sherman Hospital
George Burleson
Lester Haile
J.J Mabry
Portsmouth
W. J. Mabry
Calvin Mabry
Celina
Tenn
Douglas Neal
Norfolk, Va
Don Neal
Patsy Smith
Sallie Ray McAllen
Riley Tabor
Roy H. Neathery
Pilot Grove
Joe Robinson
Ray Heed
Cheryl
Byron Birt
Byron Neathery
Patsy
Sallye Hamilton
Nana Francis
Billie Roberts
of McKinney
Grace Roberts
Johnnie Pierce
Springtown
John Henry
J. D. Hughes
Cpl
J. D. Hughes Jr
Ed Pennell
Myrtle James
Sun Valley
Calif
Elijah McHone
Jim Hardcastle
Grover Hardcastle
Altus
Okla
Ralph Wallace
R. Lee Hill
Paula of Sherman
South
Texas
Springdale, Ark
Preston Hefner
Whitesboro
Clifford Galyon
Bells
John Smith
Gene Darwyn Bush
Vaden Bush
Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Emory Christian
Gladys Ray
Lallace May
Glen Earnheart
W. W. Alverson
D. E. McCoy Jr
Cooper
Alverson
First Presbyterian Church
Lake Creek
James E. Owens
R. W. Owens
Route 1
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Crayson
OLEO
Kraft’s Velveeta
Griffin's
R.S.P. Cherries
Griffin’s Waffle
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Don Collins
Paul Collins
Jesse James
Lubbock
Clay Horton
Robert Sears
Floyd Everheart
Denis
Bethel W. M. S. Meets
Central Christian
Don Riesinger
Church OF Christ
Bulova
Elgin
Ronson Lighters
Rogers
First Baptist Church
Edgar A. Guest
Whitewright City
White
Wright Elementary
F. G. Hoover
Whitewright School District
PLAID
Gingham
Cole & Davis Co
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