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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1943
Page
5
Whitewright social and business items include visits among Burchfield and Kaiser families, Armistice Day closures, Leg broken leg at Sherman hospital, 62nd wedding anniversary for the Gordons, and local club programs. School choir highlights and Baptist meeting attendance foreground community life with several out-of-town visits and employment moves.
Whitewright items report visits by Miss Lucy Craig and Mrs. F M Nossaman, a new home purchase by J E Coggins, death of Bishop Lamb, and military furlough news. Also noted are 24 hour telegram service ending, candy crop and cotton bale totals, birthdates of W B Penn and James Nossaman, and Christmas mail deadlines for overseas service.
Funeral services for Mrs Maude Estelle Davenport wife of C J Davenport were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Whitewright. Rev W A Casseday and Rev W W Adcock presided with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Davenport survived by husband six children and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. John H. Madonne of Bern Switzerland will review the book The Robe in Presbyterian Church parlors at 3 p m Wednesday Nov 17 with a Thanksgiving tea. Public invited. Admission is 25 cents.
Mrs George Jarvis hosted Bethel Home Demonstration Club for an all day meeting with a covered dish luncheon. The Bethel homemaker and improvement demonstrator showcased her own living room improvements including a renovated couch and chair as part of the program to make a living room more livable.
Miss Eunice King provided a canned chicken preparation demo at the morning session. Afternoon reports outlined the year's work. Mrs. O G Bow named home improvement demonstrator and Mrs. Thomas G McCafferty garden demonstrator for 1944. Thirteen members and a visitor, Miss Thelma Autrey, attended.
Ben S Montgomery observed his 86th birthday Sunday at his Whitewright home. Relatives and friends visited to extend congratulations to the native-born Texan who moved to Whitewright from Harrison County as a boy. Mrs Montgomery read a poem she wrote titled To Ben Montgomery praising his life and faith.
Morning worship and Sunday school at 10 and 11. Evening Training Union at 6 45 and worship at 7 45. Wednesday prayer service scheduled for 7 45.
There will be no preaching services at the Methodist Church Sunday due to the pastor being out of town.
The First Presbyterian Church invites all to Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m and 7 p m. The pastor, session and people welcome friends and the unchurched to every service, promising a warm welcome and potential spiritual help. Casein, a milk constituent, is used in confectionery foods cosmetics printing cotton sizing waterproofing and distempers.
The Sun honor roll grows weekly with new and renewal subscriptions. Names added this week include Joe T May W L Crawford Palace Theatre Mrs E Pat Emmett J R Oliver Lillie Holland W J Martin Co L Jarvis E O Thomas J C Carr Ss T Montgomery J W Jones T J Lilley Jack Ryan Mrs Jerome Peschke Virgil Mullins Mrs Arthur J Reed Mrs C A Vestal Mrs Maggie Montgomery Mrs Sarah Kilgree Mrs John Freeman Arthur Bedgett Sgt Clyde Riddle R B Matthews Mrs J F Spindle C R Neal O R Lumpkins Mrs N C Brown Co C Burchfield Mrs D M Roddy Lewis O Stapleton Glen E Stapleton J A Neal. The article notes farming machinery use in America dating from about 1850.
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