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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
5
A compilation of visits, travels, and events around Sherman including relatives in Dallas Pampa and Houston as well as local church and club activities. Highlights mention birthdays births hospital news and a police case involving Jim Cassin with multiple prior burglaries across several towns and a joke about insects in corn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Penn hosted a family dinner Sunday marking his 91st birthday. Attendees included Emmett Penn, W. W. Boatright and David Boatright of Fort Smith Arkansas, Kathleen Russell of Van Buren, and many local friends. Born November 10 1849 in Williamsburg Missouri Penn moved through Bonham Fort Smith and Bells before settling in Whitewright in 1929 as a railroad service man and local elder of Central Christian Church.
Mrs Emma Josephine Brown 64 wife of W T Brown died Monday at home near Bells after two weeks illness. She born January 25 1876 near her home. Funeral 2:30 p m Tuesday Bells Baptist Church Rev Chumbley and Rev Chumbey officiating burial Pink Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband seven sons four daughters a brother nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Churches Leroy Anderson and Leonard Mullens announce weekly services. Sunday school and Bible School begin at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. Evening services at 7 p.m. Bible study is held Wednesday night at 7.
Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks pastor leads Church school at 10 with Roscoe Gillett superintendent. Morning worship at 11. Epworth League at 6 30 led by Miss Laverne Kilgree president. Evening song at 7. The pastor desires to be your friend.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb leads a 10 am Sunday school with Montgomery as superintendent. A 10:50 am Thanksgiving Meditation. Choirs present, business session, 7 pm Brotherhood of Jesus. Friday 6:30 pm School of Missions and Stewardship with a covered dish supper. First period stewardship for adults and youth missions. Second period Foreign Missions study led by Floyd Bassett and Mrs John Reeves. A quote about a girl fainting at chores appears.
Mr and Mrs R B Gordon marked 59 years of marriage at their Whitewright home with a family dinner. Their clan includes seven children seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The couple wed November 9 1881 near Desert Texas and moved to Whitewright in 1896.
The Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Leslie Cox home for a business session. Elected for the coming year were H. B. Everheart as president, Leslie Cox as vice president, Buddy Stephens as secretary-treasurer, J. H. Hickson as council delegate, and P. H. Connelly as reporter.
The Army Air Corps announced the initial delivery of the Douglas A-20 A light bombing plane built by Douglas Aircraft Company. The all metal monoplane carries a crew of three, weighs 19,050 pounds with load, has a 61 foot four inch wingspan, and is powered by two fourteen cylinder engines with three bladed propellers.
A humorous exchange on a roadside tow highlights a driver overcharging for ten miles. One character complains it is robbery, another defends the driver as earning his keep, while the brakes are kept on in a tense exchange.
The British armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay fought a 10,000-ton German pocket battleship for two hours to allow 38-ship convoy to escape. The Jervis Bay was sunk after prolonging the battle. 29 ships are known to have escaped and 24 were safe in port, with nine unreported. German claims of the convoy’s destruction were disputed by the Admiralty.
In Berlin Adolf Hitler and Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov met for two hours in a businesslike session. Nazi sources saw potential for the USSR as a partner in a new world order with Germany, Italy, and Japan, though officials warned no official outcome was expected. The meeting, the first between the two leaders, required an interpreter due to language differences.
In the Fuehrer's Chancellery the long session lasted more than two and a half hours with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop joining Russian Foreign Vice Commissioner V. G. Dekanozoff. The agenda followed high level discussions between German and Soviet officials.
The War Department plans mobile units for Army chaplains. Each division will have a one and a half ton truck with a portable trailer, providing space for a church on wheels, altar, pulpit, Bibles, hymnals, and PA system for outdoor services.
A wedding scene unfolds with the best man recalling he has read extracts from Ivy’s letters. The bride clarifies her name as Margaret, sparking a light exchange about familiarity and friendship.
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