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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1953
Page
5
Local residents and relatives from Justin Breckenridge Paris Sherman Dallas Denison Commerce and other area towns spent weekends visiting family and friends. Notable mentions include Beulah Billner’s illness in Wilson N Jones Hospital and several trips to Dallas Fort Worth Celina Kilgore and Fort Worth for family gatherings.
A parade of names fills the page as A B Jones and John Jenkins attend the American Legion district convention in McKinney. Family gatherings span Dallas, Paris, Sherman and Idaho with numerous weekend visits and travel to Houston and Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Collins and daughters and Mrs. Fred Garner visited relatives at Fort Worth last week. Mrs. Robert A. Jones of Celina attended the Presbyterian Church centennial program. Cpl. and Mrs. Joe Pannell of Lawton Spent the weekend with their parents. S/Sgt. Doyle W. McKinney has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal for service from 1950 to 1953 and is stationed at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.
Rev J E Montgomery of Breckenridge has accepted a call to be pastor of Urbandale Christian Church in Dallas. He resigns from First Christian Church Breckenridge and is son in law of F M Echols of Whitewright.
Rotary Club meeting Friday featured B R Vestal principal of the High School as guest speaker. John Reeves, program chairman, introduced him. Vestal spoke on local schools and problems. President Jack Meador announced plans for the annual Rotary Ann banquet before Christmas and asked the committee to set a date and report next meeting.
Miss Peggy Sue Pannell daughter of Mrs. Edgar Ayers and the late Rudolph Pannell wed Thomas Benton Ford III son of Thomas Benton Ford II and Mrs. Margaret Ford in First Baptist Church. Rev Newton Cole officiated with fern and white chrysanthemums adorning the altar. Attendants Carol Lindsey and M Jones of Dallas. Guests from Dallas Sherman Lawton Oklahoma included Mrs Margaret Ford and Mrs Mary Smith and others. The couple will reside in Dallas.
A maxim attributed to John Wesley urges persistent benevolence. It emphasizes doing good through every means, method, and opportunity for all people for as long as possible.
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