Local society notes and health updates from Sherman area
Mrs. R. B. Matthews rests in Wilson N. Jones Hospital Sherman. Paul Caylor returns from St. Vincent’s Hospital Sherman. Betty Ann Darwin visits in Fort Worth. Pauline Nelms visits Bonham. Mrs. Floyd Everheart attends district W S C S meeting in Gainesville. A. B. Jones attends Texas veterans service officers school Dallas Nov 5–8. J. T. Follis visits Gainesville relatives. O M Kissinger injured in trailer jackknife near Whitewright. W S C S meets at Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide Jr home Monday. J L Boone celebrates 86th birthday with Dallas relatives and local dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Everheart
North Texas
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Gainesville
A. B. Jones
Veterans State Service Officers School
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Jones
Veterans Service Office
Denison
First Baptist Women Hold Royal Missionary Service
The Women’s Missionary Society met at the church for a Royal Service and business session. The West Circle presented the program with Mrs. Oscar Layman and Miss Carrie Hamilton taking part. Twenty four members attended. Jimmie Carl Thornhill celebrated his birthday with a dinner at his aunt’s home, hosted by Mrs. Virgil Thornhill and assisted by eight guests. Jimmie blew out the candles as his greatest thrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
The
West Circle
Oscar Layman
Carrie Hamilton
Jimmie Carl Thornhill
Jack Andrew
Jimmie
Virgil Thornhill
Bethel W M S Meets for Royal Service Program
Bethel W M S met Monday at 2 p m. The Royal Service program titled Whither Asia was presented. The program inspired members and the meeting closed with general prayers. Reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel W. M. S
Asia
Durst announces engagement of Bonnie Mae Durst
Mr and Mrs A C Durst of Canyon formerly Whitewright announce the engagement of their daughter Bonnie Mae to Mr William Wharton son of Mr and Mrs W S Wharton of Chickasha Okla The wedding is set for November 22 in the parlor of the First Baptist Church Canyon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Durst
Canyon
Whitewright
Bonnie Mae
William Wharton
W. S. Wharton
Chickasha
Oklo
First Baptist Church
Rotary Club hears Briggs on Social Security coverage changes
Rotary Club program chair Jack Meador welcomes Sherman Bureau of Old-age and Survivors Insurance manager Travis Briggs as guest speaker. He explains recent changes bringing many self-employed under Social Security on a compulsory basis and outlines self employed responsibilities to maintain protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Meador
Rotary Club
Travis Briggs
Sherman
Briggs
Bureau of Old-age and Survivors Insurance
Rotarians
Mr. Briggs
Tax on Your 1951 Income and Social Security Steps
The notice explains that tax for 1951 must be filed by March 15, 1952 and social security tax at 2 percent is due with the return. It directs obtaining an account-number card, reading booklet OASI-22 Do You Work For Yourself, and notes compulsory reporting for earnings of 400 dollars or more in 1951 with a 3600 dollar earnings cap. It also mentions possible old age benefits and provides a personal detail about a wedding trip to Pueblo, Colorado and residence in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Social Security Office
Briggs
McCray and Medearis Tie Knots in Sherman Ceremony
Miss Eunice Lavada Medearis and Charlie McCray wed at Kerr Chapel Baptist Church in Sherman on November 4. Rev. Clyde Beck officiated the double ring ceremony. Attendants included Leola Chadwick and Ann Bowden with J W Chadwick and Spike Bowden as ushers. Music by Barbara Joy Mead accompanied the wedding procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beck
Kerr Chapel Baptist Church
Leola Chadwick
Denison
Ann Bowden
Sherman
J. W. Chadwick
Spike Bowden
Barbara Joy Mead
Whitewright
McCray
PTA Meets at High School Library Tuesday Evening
The Parent-Teacher Association held its regular meeting in the high school library with good attendance. W C Cummings led the program on a free world for our children. Robert Doss spoke on Freedom and the Law. Boy Scouts demonstrated under Glen Howard. A bake sale at Meador store next Wednesday will raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
W. C. Cummings
Robert Doss
Boy Scouts
Glen Howard
Clif Emerson
Madge Braly
PTA
Meador
Clarence McMillin
The Heavy Yoke of Life Lessons and Trials
God did not guarantee easy life on earth. He sent His Son to endure suffering to earn a crown. If earth were perfect there would be no need for prayer nor purpose, for through tasks and trials man grows in faith and courage toward true greatness.
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Earth
Deaths Sam Currin 86 Whitewright native dies in Houston
Sam Currin 86 a former Whitewright resident died in Houston at 1 30 p m Sunday Funeral services were held at 1 30 p m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church conducted by Rev Ross Bourland and Rev James L Cooper Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Currin
Whitewright
Houston
First Baptist Church
Ross Bourland
James L. Cooper
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Simon Reynolds held at Bethel Church
Funeral services for Simon Reynolds 66 were held at Bethel Baptist Church three miles south of town with Rev. Maurice Clayton and J. T. Stone officiating. Burial followed at Bethel Cemetery. Reynolds died Sunday at his Farmington home. Survivors include his wife Alfie Blanks Reynolds a son Harvey Reynolds a brother four sisters and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Reynolds
Bethel Baptist Church
Maurice Clayton
J. T. Stone
Bethel Cemetery
Earnheart
Farmington
Loren Ferguson
Willis Kirby
E. L. Beecer
Eugene White
John Hopper
Algie Douglas
Mr. Reynolds
Kentucky
John Reynolds
Alfie Blanks
Kentuckytown
Christian Church
Harvey Reynolds
Whitewright
Nell Magers
Sherman
N. M. Binion
Sabine
Ola Wortham
Anna
Addie Henderson
Trenton
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R. B. Matthews
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Mrs
J. P. Darwin
Fort Worth
Miss Betty Ann Darwin
Paul Caylor
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Pauline Nelms
Bonham
A. E. Williamson
J. T. Follis
Carl May
Wolfe City
Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
F. M. Echols
James Bryant
J. L. Boone
Mayfair Macaulay
Will McKinney
Sidney Walker
Mamie Carr
W. A. Kirkpatrick
R. E. Hickman
Blackeyes
PUREX
Sunvale Bacon
Kraft’s Horn Cheese
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Whitewright Lumber Co
Bethel W. M. S. Meets
Pueblo
Colo
Medearis
Eunice Lavada Medearis
W. H. Medearis
West
W. C. Brown Sr
Charlie McCray
L. M. McCray
C.D. M. Coffee
Kornland
Kimbell
Alc
Grayson Oleo
Kellogg’s
Lincoln
Cole & Davis Co
Cabell
Hi-Way
Mechanic's Shop
Dixon
Ray Lumpkins, Mechanic
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