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A string of social visits as listed relatives and friends visited in various Texas towns. Names include Short Dallas Brooks Paris Blue Ridge Fort Worth and others with weekend or Sunday engagements among family.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1955
Page
5
Morning Social Roundup And Civilian Travels In Texas
A string of social notes captures locals like W. K. Alexander and Henry Bing deer hunting in South Texas and numerous Dallas visits by Elmer Sanderson and others. It recalls a USO style mix of family movements, church activities, and weekend guests in communities across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Alexander
Henry Bing
South
Texas
Weekend Visits and Club News Highlight Sherman Area
Families from Dallas Odessa and Commerce spent the weekend with local residents including Claud Garner Grover C Brown and Jerry Brown. The B B Club met with Mae Badgett high score, Floyd Bassett won bingo. Dr O K Weaver honored by Fort Worth mayor proclaimed Dr O K Weaver Day. He teaches the Forrest Smith Class at Broadway Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Brown
Sherman
John Brown
Eugene Brown
Commerce
Grover C. Brown
Clarence McMillin
Mae Badgett
Floyd Bassett
Allen T. Short
W. J. Hargett
Fort Worth
Family Reunion Ends Birthday Dinner With Large Gathering
What began as a birthday dinner for Mrs. Bertha Wilson of Soper Oklahoma turned into a family reunion at her daughter Mrs. M C Mullins home. Attendees include T J Wilson and family Howe Haslet Sherman Bonham Fort Worth Whitewright and others. Also visiting were Robert Welch Joe Nicely Jewel Keys Cleo Mullins and Diana Sue Mullins. The piece closes with a quip about people seeking more time and pay for not doing tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Wilson
Soper
Okla
M. C. Mullins
T. J. Wilson
Francis
Paul
Betty
Melba
Mary Catherine
Howe
Floyd Norris
Donald
Jerry
Larry
Jonell
Kenneth
Haslet
W. N. Robertson
Beth
W. H. Welch
Sherman
Carolyn Mullins
Elwayne Wilson
Whitewright
Robert Welch
Joe Nicely
Donna Beth
Bonham
Jewel Keys
Cleo Mullins
Diana Sue
Fort Worth
Presbyterian Missionary Society Holds All Day Worship Service
The Presbyterian WMS held an annual praise service at the church on Monday with an all day meeting. Mrs. Cliff Emerson led the morning session and D. L. Green spoke on Those Little Lanes. Cliff Emerson Jr. and Gayla Sears performed as soloists and Mrs G A Denny installed officers including Homer Sears president and Lydia Henry treasurer. The next gathering will be at the home of Mrs. T E Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Cliff Emerson
Hoyt Taylor
R. E. Hickman
J. W. Stephens
Lydia Henry
Verne Johnson
T. E. Sears
R. L. Sears
John Wilson
Clerk Obeyed Urge and Jailed for Skirt Cutting
Mrs. Grayce Hagood told police she felt a draft while bending over a department store counter and found her skirt cut in six places. John Walsh, 32, a shipping clerk, confessed an overpowering urge to slash skirts, leading to his arrest in Miami. The note ends with a quip about a fool and his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Grayce Hagood
John Walsh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lester Short
Midland
P. A. Short
Mrs. Houston Brooks
Dallas
Mrs
D. D. Brooks
Ollie Anderson
Paris
John Anderson
Mattie James
R. A. Scott
Joe Clark
Harold Doss
Mac Kaiser
Richardson
L. O. Kaiser
John Kaiser
Able Lorance of
Leonard
Paul Haliburton
C. B. Norris and Son of
Amarillo
John Norris
Herman Musser
New Boston
Harley Howell
Joe M. Wallace
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Elmo Wallace
Jim Odom of
W. E. Pennell
Mary Pennell
B. G. Lyons
Winnsboro
Bob Sanderson
Clifton Sanderson
S. L. Cline
Blue Ridge
Ralph Wallace
Lola Scott
Artie Arkers
Ida Sunday
Carl
Griffin
Fifth Avenue
White Swan
Kuner’s
Tee
Hartex
Morton’s
United
Hi-Way Grocery & Market
New Dodge
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery, Mer. & Co
Dodge-Plymouth
W. Main
Denison
Elmer Sanderson
F. W. Alverson
Savoy
Neal Hurt
George M. Hight
Nuell Skaggs
Leslie Ownby
Bill Pierce
Okinawa
Air Force
Sgt
E. L. Shields
Japan
San Francisco
Mrs. Shields
Noel Cox
A. R. McMurry
Leland Fry
Pike
Earl Dockery
Trenton
J. Lee Webb
Frances Webb
W. R. Webb
Alwyn Golden
J. H. Perkins
Farmersville
Mr. McMurry
Rebecca
First Baptist Church
Buckners Orphans Home
William Harrelson
W. L. Wilson
Glenn McCollum
Dorothy McCurdy
Earl Compton
Wayne McLauchlin
Alfred McCurdy
Carl Edwards
J. P. Darwin
Baptist
WMS
Ed Pennell
Old Mexico
W. M. Gates
Roy Blanton
Carrie Hamilton
Pat Crawford
Eastland
Jim Ayres
Walter Adkins
Odessa
Thomas Ayres
J. Lee Smith
Bogota
Roy Ayres
Bells
Bennie Ayres
Johnnie Hall
Ned Ayres
Mark
Judy
C. C. McKenna
Lucio Orozco
Debbie and
Beverly
Claud Garner
Shodala
Sun Valley
Armour
Heinz Baby Food
Maxwell House
Bacon
Armour’s Star
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Walker Pharmacy
Resistos
Cole & Davis Co
L. Laroe & CO
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