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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1941
Page
5
Local residents and visitors share news of trips and illness. Evelyn Hill underwent surgery in Sherman. J B Hamilton, D A Ray, and Roby Childress are among those visiting relatives. Armistice Day events, church activities, and birthdays are reported along with several travel and family updates.
Whitewright hosts family gatherings and birthday observances as Mrs Mayfair Macaulay and daughter join Mr and Mrs J L Boone for a weekend. Military induction plans list one Black and one White recruit. Roe Davis Holloway to answer Friday call. Future Farmers of America and local farmers discuss the 1942 AAA program and 10 percent production rise. Dr and Mrs Fender celebrate golden wedding after forty years in Whitewright. Obituary and funeral notices for Dr J L Bow include many out of town relatives from across Texas and Oklahoma.
Mrs J D Kent a recent bride was honored at a surprise miscellaneous shower Thursday afternoon in the home of Miss Sarah Simmons with Mrs George Simmons and Mrs May Taylor assisting. Mrs Dock Kent won the prize in a bean guessing contest and presented it to the honoree. Refreshments were served.
Miss Mary Lou Ross daughter of Mrs W T Ross formerly of Whitewright wed Sgt Lee R Green son of Mr and Mrs E S Green of Brady in a ceremony held Sunday. The marriage joins families from Whitewright and Brady with Green serving in San Angelo.
Day set for November 9 as Mrs L R Watkins hosts a wedding ceremony for a bride and groom joined by immediate family and close friends. After a brief trip the couple will reside in San Angelo where the groom serves with the Air Corps at Goodfellow Field and will soon transfer to the air training field near Sherman.
The Whitewright Parent-Teacher Association met at the Grammar School auditorium with Mrs. E F Everheart presiding. Dr B Wrenn Webb led prayer and Mrs Martha Jo Emerson led the singing. Programs included talks by Mrs C J Meador and Mrs Lou is May on adapting to change and radio learning. Superintendent E C Butler urged vigilance as education faces legislative pressures.
Sunday school and communion begin at 10 a m. Worship follows at 11 o clock with Robert Badgett of Sherman delivering the sermon. The service aims to welcome parishioners and visitors to a day of fellowship and worship.
Dr. B. Wrenn Webb will lead morning worship at 10 a.m. with Fred Cook Jr. as junior superintendent and a Sunday school at 10 a.m. The 10 50 a.m. sermon title is Sanctimonious Excuses. No evening services. We join with other churches to welcome the Methodist pastor. A warm welcome awaits all worshippers.
Allen Harper, minister schedules a Bible study at 10 a.m. and a preaching service at 11 a.m. with the topic Hardening of Pharaohs Heart from Exodus. 7 p.m. preaching on The Church Its Worship, Revelation 22:8-9, preceded by a 6 p.m. Young People's meeting.
Brother Aiten the Church of Christ in Denison will fill in next Wednesday evening at 7 o clock, delivering the service in the speaker’s stead.
E P Wootten presides at 10 a m Sunday school with W T Simmons as superintendent and 11 a m morning worship. Mrs Guy Hamilton directs song service. Pastor delivers sermon and 6 p m Training Union. Evening service combined with Methodists at 7 p m for new pastor welcome. Prayer service and choir practice Wednesday at 7 p m. Cordial invitation to attend with biblical verse.
Funeral services were held in Trenton for Walter Hebert Brown a 37 year old Sherman resident formerly of Whitewright. His body was found Thursday along the Katy railroad near Itasca after he fell from a moving boxcar while riding with his son Charles aged seven. The boy aided in searching for his father through the night and was later found by railroad men at Hillsboro. Brown born April 10 1904 near Livingston Tennessee moved to Texas in 1920 and married Durrne Brown in 1930. He is survived by his wife his mother five children and three brothers.
Woodrow Brown of Tom Bean and Lyda May and Hazel Bro of Whitewright alongside Mrs. Ethel Stephens of Wapanucka Okla and half brother G C Brown of Whitewright formed the family group as Earnheart arranged the funeral after recovering the body late Thursday.
Federal Judge John C. Knox sentenced William Bioff to 10 years and a $20,000 fine and George E. Browne to eight years and $20,000 for violations of the anti racketeering law. They were convicted of extorting about $350,000 from the motion picture industry using labor leadership to threaten strikes.
In a smoky room a commentator quips that the politician, despite various illnesses like typhoid, pneumonia, or yellow fever, would collapse only if faced with lockjaw, implying an unyielding resolve. The line uses hyperbolic humor to praise toughness.
A concise note states that domestic cement, regardless of packaging into sacks bags or bulk form, is always shipped in barrels for burial or disposal.
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