Local News Highlights From Whitewright Area
Whitewright social notices report visitors from Slaton Lyford and Austin. Newborns at Sherman hospitals include a Bass son and Carlisle daughter. Local hunts yield two bucks. hospital updates show several patients improving after illness or injuries. NTSC ETSC football game seen in Commerce. Fifth Sunday Singing at Bethel Baptist. Bendix washing machine contest winner announced for F G Hoover. Moving updates include Guy Davis family relocating north of town.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
Central Christian Church Services and Ministers
Central Christian Church led by Clifford Taylor and James I Logan lists Sunday schedules with Bible School at 9:45 to 10 a. m and services at 11 a. m led by J. E. Raser of Sherman. Other churches Weldon R. Drake and associates show Sunday School at 10 a. m and morning worship at 11 a. m with evening programs and midweek prayer meetings.
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Clifford Taylor
J. E. Raser
Sherman
James I. Logan
Young People’s Society
Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
Funeral services for A Browder Webster in Sherman
A Browder Webster 1886 derived resident died Sunday after a heart attack at Quaker Oats plant in Sherman. Funeral held Tuesday at Key Memorial Methodist Church with Rev. W R Zimmerman. burial Oak Hill Cemetery Whitewright. Survivors include Lena Caldwell Webster Edward Webster and others. Survivors listed include sisters Maggie Montgomery and Sewell McKinney and granddaughters Martha and Nancy Webster.
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A. Browder Webster
Key Memorial Methodist Church
Sherman
W. R. Zimmerman
Forest Miller
Robert Everheart
Forest Wolfe
Wade Hogan
I. L. Kirkpatrick
Roy Agnew
Oak Hill Cemetery
Whitewright
Mr. Webster
Quaker Oats Company
van Alstyne
John E. Webster
Lena Caldwell
Canaan
Edward Webster
Gamboa
Canal Zone
Maggie Montgomery
Graham
Sewell McKinney
Martha and
Nancy Webster
Funeral rites held for R J Stamps 83 in Dallas
Funeral services were held for R J Stamps 83 at O Neal Funeral Home in Dallas Friday at 10 am with burial at City Cemetery in Whitewright at 12 30 pm He died at home in Dallas Wednesday Born in Kentucky April 3 1864 he married Martha Allen November 7 1890 in Kentucky They came to Texas 42 years ago.
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R. J. Stamps
O’neal
Dallas
Whitewright
Mr. Stamps
Kentucky
Martha Allen
Texas
Stamps Family Remains Informant of Sherman Area
Obituary notes a late resident who settled at Whitewright and lived at Bells before retirement from farming. Survived by four daughters including Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Lamb and two sons, with eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. burial details not provided.
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Whitewright
Bells
C. C. Lane
Sherman
Frank Lamb
O'Donnell
Mitchell Chaplinsky
Ringtown
Lillie Stamps
Los Angeles
Calif
Curtis Stamps
Dallas
Hubert L. Stamps
Mrs. Culenia Stillwell Dies at 77 in Whitewright
Mrs. Culenia Stillwell widow of J W Stillwell died at her Whitewright home after a stroke. Services planned at Enterprise Baptist Church with Rev C C Miller. interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Born July 31 1870 in Alabama she married J W Stillwell in Mobile in 1887. Survived by two sons four daughters 36 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Glen Earnheart.
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Culenia Stillwell
J. W. Stillwell
Whitewright
Enterprise Baptist Church
C. C. Miller
Ector
Oak Hill Cemetery
California
Glen Earnheart
Stillwell
Alabama
James Walker
Mobile
Ala
The
Baptist Church
N. R. Stillwell
Woodrow Stillwell
Hot
George H. Hill Dies at 78 in Sherman Hospital
George H. Hill aged 78 of 514 South Maxey died at a Sherman hospital on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the local funeral home.
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Sherman Democrat
George H. Hill
South Maxey
Funeral services planned for Mr Hill at North Park Baptist Church
After an illness of several months, Mr. Hill dies at 6 15 am. Waldo Funeral Home handles arrangements. Services led by Rev Claude Johnston with Rev R L Cates assisting at North Park Baptist Church. Burial in Randolph Cemetery. Born December 26 1868 in Fannin County. Married Nora Clines April 15 1897. Retired Randolph and Bonham farmer and North Park Baptist Church member. Survivors include wife five sons and seven daughters 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.odied
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Waldo Funeral Home
North Park Baptist Church
Claude Johnston
R. L. Cates
Ector
Randolph Cemetery
Mr. Hill
Fannin County
Nora Clines
Jewell Jeffcoats
Ester Willis
Sherman
Howe W H Welch Dies Suddenly at Howe Route 2
Welch born October 15 1880 in Tennessee was a farmer in the Gunter community. He died suddenly at home Saturday at 8 15 p m Funeral services were held Monday at the Waldo Funeral Chapel with Rea gan and Selcraig officiating Interment followed at West Hill Cemetery Pallbearers named Chappell Doyle Burchfield Purdon Bledsoe Mulder He married Minnie Lee Jordon March 20 1909 in Celina.
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Marshall Purdon
Delton Bledsoe
A. L. Mulder
Mr. Welch
John N. Welch
Tennessee
Minnie Lee Jordon
Celina
Gunter
Welch obituary notes long service at Whitewright ice station
A longtime Whitewright ice station operator who retired in 1944 has died. He belonged to Van Alstyne Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife five sons J H Welch Andrews C B Welch Denton Woodrow Welch in Germany R L Welch Sherman a daughter Mrs W P Miller Sherman a brother Rev J C Welch Center Point eight grandchildren and one great grand child.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne Church of Christ
J. H. Welch
Andrews
C. B. Welch
Denton
T-Sat
Woodrow Welch
Germany
R. L. Welch
Sherman
W. P. Miller
J. C. Welch
Center Point
Mr and Mrs Ross Alexander Honored at Bethel School Shower
A miscellaneous shower honor for Mr and Mrs Ross Alexander was held at Bethel School House last Friday night with fifty four guests. Hostesses included Mrs George Jarvis Mrs T B Autrey and Mrs Floyd Harris. Games and contests were directed by Mrs Jack Biggerstaff. Punch and cake refreshments were served.
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Ross Alexander
Bethel School House
George Jarvis
T. B. Autrey
Floyd Harris
Jack Biggerstaff
Bethel H D Club Plans Christmas Party
The Bethel H D Club met at the schoolhouse for a brief business session. Plans for the Christmas party were set for December 16 at 2 o'clock, and all members were urged to attend.
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Bethel H-D
Doss Visiting Sabinal Family In Texas
E. T. Doss is visiting his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs R B Owens in Sabinal Texas.
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E. T. Doss
Mrs
R. B. Owens
Sabinal
Cause of Good Nature Jack Joke Sees Fat Fellows Laugh
A humorous exchange notes fat fellows stay good natured because they cannot fight or run. Mac quips that their trait stems from necessity, turning the line into a lighthearted cartoon caption style joke.
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Jack
Mac
New Feminine Footwear to Boost Height By Four Inches
Western shoemen unveiled at a West Coast Travelers Association convention a new look in footwear that could lift women's height by four inches on high heels or about an inch more than current styles. Prospective features include double and triple anklets and a color range from black to white with blue gray red and green. Men’s shoes will stress comfort with moccasin styles reversible calf suede leathers soft platform crepe soles and antique copper as the new color.
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Los Angeles
Calif
West Coast Shoe Travelers Association
Rainmaking by water sprays for clouds proposed
Washington report explains a new method to induce rain by dumping ordinary water into cumulus clouds, even those not supercooled. Dr. Irving Langmuir of General Electric notes the technique could produce rain from clouds of any temperature, surpassing prior seeding methods using dry ice or silver iodide.
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Washington
Newcastle
Irving Langmuir
General Electric Research Laboratory
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Prilla Hinton
C. Bass
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
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Austin
Mrs. Carlisle
R. B. Gordon
Manton Fain
Walter C. Fain
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Robert Chumbley
Kentuckytown
R. A. Gillett
Rudolph Taylor
St. Vincent Hospital
F. M. Williams
Little Son
Waco
Lee Wilson
Jean
Commerce
J. Frank
Roby Wilson
Richard Switala
Nona Joyce
Clarence Ashlock
Joe Lynn
E. E. Benson
Dallas News
Texas Technological College
Dan Gillett
Grover Gillett
Lubbock County
F. G. Hoover
Community Public Service Company
the Sun
Lubbock
Mrs. Scott Kretz
Colorado Springs, Colo
W. N. Stone
Morris Fogle Gillett
Guy Davis
Mark Montgomery Place
Central Christian Church
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First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Rayon
Jackie Tate
Hill’s Dress Shop
Pierce
W. H. Welch
Farley & Hill Grocery and Market
Palace Theatre
Eddie Dean
Flash
Jesse James
Lionel Barrymore
James Craig
Lucile Bremer
Larry Parks
William Demarest
Evelyn Keys
Bill Goodwin
Jolson
Robert E. Lee
al Jolson
van Johnson
Thomas Mitchell Marshall Thompson
Selena Royle
Dean Stockwell
Janet Leigh
Rosy Ridge
Cole & Davis Co
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