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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1969
Page
6
Junior High football players and coaches hosted a Mothers night with about fifty attendees in the school cafetorium. The event followed a booster club meeting where twenty members discussed fundraising and recognized each player.
Bells High School grades 7 through 12 elected Western Week candidates led by Tammy Harris and Connie Wagoner with escorts. Western Week, sponsored by the Junior Class, features food stands and fund raising. A hayride and weiner roast are set for Thursday. Friday hosts contests and a rodeo rama sponsored by the FFA.
Mr. W. I. Boatright was feted at home Sunday in observance of his 79th birthday. Daughters Mrs. M. L. Conner, Mrs. Way Foster and Mrs. Lucile Douglas hosted with about 30 guests from Sherman Denison Savoy Howe and Musekogee Oklahoma. The cake was baked by daughter in law Mrs. Arthur Boatright.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Mullican were honored with a housewarming Sunday afternoon. Hostesses Jean Hughes Lena Hensley Brenda Brooks and Melba Mullican led guests through the new home. Forty or more guests attended including Imogene Foster of Sherman and Bill Guynes and wife of Denison.
At Bells High School the senior boys presented Coach Charles Smithey a trophy for football effort. Larry Little led the presentation. Injured players include Larry Little Jeff Lansford and Randy Wale drip. A church bazaar raised 235 dollars for the United First Methodist Church society.
The Calvary Baptist Church in Bells invites quartets and groups to a Third Friday Night Singing on November 2 at 7 30 p m. Rev Arvel Lamance is the pastor and all are welcome to attend or participate.
Mrs. O. B. Dulaney hosted the Bells 42 Club at her home Saturday night. Eight members attended along with one visitor, Mrs. Fred Moore. After the game a salad course was served with individual cream pies. Thanksgiving motif decorated the table with place mats and napkins.
Mr and Mrs Roy Duncan visited relatives in Anton Texas and Miss Brenda Stanley from Belton spent time with her family in Fort Worth. Jo Lynn Whiting daughter of J H Whiting returned home from Texas Wesleyan. Wayne Sessions visited Dennis Meek in McKinney. The Wilsons from Houston and Doyle Crews with daughter visited family in Bells. O B Dun laney returned from Austin with Bill Kaiser family. J H Whiting and family attended a pre Thanksgiving dinner in Colbert Oklahoma with 17 present. Kristi Lynn granddaughter of Mr and Mrs W C Pointer born in Garland. David Pierce from Oklahoma Christian College visited David Washburn. A F Boatright and daughter visited Hubert Oklahoma.
Airman Charlie M. Whitlock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie C. Whitlock of Rt 1 Bells, finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to Fort Belvoir Virginia for photo mapping specialist training. He is a 1968 Savoy High School graduate.
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Gary W. Martin of Bells, Texas, received the Navy Unit Commendation aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary off Vietnam. The award honored Sanctuary for meritorious service from April 1967 to April this year, including 17,000 helicopter landings and 23,500 servicemen treated.
Funeral services held for John Swede McMurry Jr. 61 who died November 10 in a Waxahachie hospital. A Whitewright native, he lived in Waxahachie years, coached at Marshall Gaines ville McKinney and Waxahachie, later ran a private business. Survived by wife and two children in Houston, sister and brother in Little Rock. Burial at Restland Memorial Cemetery Dallas.
Mrs. Osha Fay Weatherby 81 died in a Bonham hospital. Burial was in Carson Cemetery with Wise Funeral Home in charge. Born January 5, 1888 in Bonham she was a Baptist. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Otey and sister Mrs. Pearl Chitwood of Ector.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jack Biggerstaff of Tom Bean were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Earnheart Chapel in Whitewright.
Aviation storekeeper Eddie L Wagoner USN son of Mr and Mrs L J Wagoner Bells South PecAn St Bells serves aboard the USS Hornet the 44000 ton aircraft carrier acting as main recovery ship for Apollo 12 near the splashdown point 385 miles east of American Samoa The Hornet previously recovered Apollo 8 10 and 11 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Four and Underwater Demolition Team 13 crews accompany the astronauts to the recovery ship with a three man team to attach a flotation collar and assist in rescue operations
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