Local notices and visits fill community pages
Mrs. J W McMurry of Dallas visits Mrs T E Sears. W R Tabor a patient at Community Hospital Sherman. Joyful Six of Dallas to sing at Negro Methodist Church Sunday. Thanksgiving plans span Olney Greenville Dallas and Sherman. Whitewright couple marks 61st anniversary. Numerous visits and social events noted across Sherman, Dallas, Greenville, Denison, Paris and surrounding towns with relatives and church activities.
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Dallas
Negro Methodist Church
Local Social noting visitors and moves in Whitewright area
Farmersville visitors Mr. and Mrs. L A Withrow and son joined Mr. and Mrs. D D Brooks Sunday. Smiths from Portsmuth move to Whitewright after Army service. Local families host Thanksgiving visits from Dallas Winnsboro Plano and Sherman. Bridge club and Fidelis Class meet with plans for Christmas party on December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Withrow and
Farmersville
D. D. Brooks
Henry McFatridge
Jim Simmons
E. E. McFatridge
Army
Portsmouth
N. H
Whitewright
Frank Alexander
Dallas
Gene Lyons
Winnsboro
Jimmie Jacobs
Plano
Hugh Hunter
Lyonses
Earl Lyons
Rotary Club welcomes Dr Darold Morgan speaker in Sherman
Rotary Club guest speaker last Friday was Dr Darold Morgan pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sherman. He was introduced by program chairman B W Newman. Visitors included Dr T M Van Pelt of Sherman and Bobby Phillips junior Rotarian for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darold Morgan
First Baptist Church of
Sherman
Rotary Club
B. W. Newman
T. M. van Pelt
Bobby Phillips
Methodist Women Meet for Study and Session
WSCS collected twelve members at Mrs. R. R. Summers home for a brief business session and the final chapter of study. Secretary Mrs. Sears Anderson led the program with help from Mrs. Roscoe Gillett and several other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
R. R. Summers
Sears Anderson
Missionary Education
Roscoe Gillett
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Glenn Doss
R. P. Childress
L. O. Lackey
I. L. Neathery
Bethel W M S Observes Lottie Moon Theme at All Day Meet
Seventeen ladies and five children attended the Bethel WMS all day meeting led by Mrs. Manuel Alexander. The program highlighted Lottie Moon and the Christmas offering with prayer themes and a book review of Into a New World. Four men joined for noon meals. district WMS conference set for Whitewright on Dec 1 with Viola McKinney in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel W. M. S
Manuel Alexander
Lottie Moon
Frankie Williams
Community Mission
J. H. Gosnell
Ruby Cawthon
Nelda Jarvis
Ollie Layman
Viola McKinney
Bill Smith
Bob Cawthon
Weldon Bartley
Terrell Cowart
WMS
Whitewright
Mozart Music Club Meets At Mrs Griffin Dollarhide Home
The Mozart Music Club met Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Griffin Dollarhide Jr. home for a brief business session and a performance. Kathy Wilson played Clothes line Waltz, Nancy Dollarhide played Drifting Moon, Gail Wilson Down In the Valley, Becky Blanton Black Water In the Moon light, Murray Bryant China Clipper, and Pattye Badgett The Sailor Song. Members voted Pattye Badgett the loving cup for outstanding performance. Refreshments were served. The club will meet again in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart Music Club
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Kathy Wilson
Nancy Dollarhide
Gail Wilson
Becky Blanton
Murray Bryant
Pattye Badgett
Friday Literary Club Hosts Hindu and Moslem Religion Talk
The Friday Literary Club met November 21 at Mrs. J. C. Bryant’s home. Members discussed Religions of the World with papers on Hinduism by Mrs. Homer Sears and Islam by Mrs. Grady Gillett. A Christmas box for Wichita Falls mental hospital was approved for December 5 collection.
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J. C. Bryant
Russell Summers
Wichita Falls
Summers
Homer Sears
Grady Gillett
J. W. Wilson
The Turkey Through Time From Pilgrim Birds to Market Giants
A compact look at how domestic turkeys evolved from lean Pilgrim birds to today’s full breasted birds. The piece notes fragile dispositions and careful farming, mentions egg hatch in 28 days at 100 degrees, and cites a Department of Agriculture estimate of over 300 million dollars in turkey farming last year.
Reckless Highway Incident Lands Man in Custody
Middletown police report Samuel L. Pierce Jr. 34 was arrested for reckless use of the highway after he slammed into the side of a truck as a pedestrian.
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Middletown
Conn
Samuel L. Pierce Jr
Pierce
Mechanized Thanksgiving Poem by Loyd Rosenfield
A humorous verse about modern farming technology and household automation transforming Thanksgiving. Grandpa’s new machines milk and plant, Grandma’s kitchen runs automatically, and the family travels by Thruways to the farm, leaving time to reflect on gratitude.
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Grandpa
Loyd Rosenfield
Little Lines by Margie B. Boswell
Poem reflects on effort and foresight with images of fields and water. It contrasts desire with action and notes that thoughtless care leaves problems to grow while foresight brings calm fortune.
Bee attack sends two Midland women to hospital
A bee dive bombed a car on a farm road 19 miles northeast of Midland, causing driver Miss Allene Pierce to lose control and overturn. Her sister-in-law Mrs. Virginia Pierce was also injured. Both were taken to a hospital with possible back injuries.
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Midland
Allene Pierce
Inlaw
Virginia Pierce
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Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. McMurry of
T. E. Sears
W. R. Tabor
Community Hospital
Mrs
Clint Hennig
Olney
Carl McFatridge
Pampa
John Dobson
Jack Bane
Vernon
Lillie Dillon
Joe Johnson
A. B. Hemphill
Joe Parnell
Weldon Fleming
Bells
Edgar Ayers
Tom Ford
Stevie Ford
Presbyterian Church
Aid Society
John J. Kaiser
Sulphur Springs
Trenton
Wilson Kaiser
Doss
Emory Christian
Billy Christian
Fort Worth
Bob Clayton
Charles Calwell Sr
Alton McDowell
Verner Melugin
Greenville
Effie Melugin
O. L. Jones
Miss Jeanette Jones
Charlie Glen Rice
Grapevine
Charlie Rice
Ida Peoples
Sherman Will
Anna Caldwell
Elmont
C. P. McGinnis
David Brooks
George Key
Wendell Withrow
John Charles Chesser
van Alstyne
Bennie Chesser
Alwyn Golden
Leonard
A. R. McMurry
B. A. McCarroll
Denison
H. M. Hamilton
Roy Hamilton
Kermit Shults
Winnie and
Sallye Hamilton
Ted Spinks
Amarillo
R. E. Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Lela Ryon
Roy Whitt
Lubbock
Kenneth Whitt
Austin
Loren Paul Ryon
Houston
L. W. Bassett Sr
L. W. Bassett Jr
Paris
Dixie Bassett
NTSC
Denton
Jimmie Bassett
College Station
Floyd Bassett
BIG Tex Bacon
McGee & Henderson
Kimbell
del Monte
Maxwell House, White Swan and
Folger’s Coffee
del Monte Pumpkin
Stokeley
Fresh Green
Hunt
Griffin
Pascal Celery
Mrs. Hollis Ashford
Daughter of
Mineral Wells
Bill Wilson
Lora Hicks
Melvin Anderson
Joe Ross
Mr. and
Mrs. Lynwood Garner
McKinney
O. C. Smith
Shelly
Debra
Formosa
Sgt
Smith
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Lena Mae Gwdy
Holmes Connelly
Connelly
C. K. Smith
Glen Earnheart
the Baptist Church
Finis Stephens
WSCS
Turkey
Meador’s
By Margie B. Boswell
Bumbling Bee
Hite Swan Peach
Birdseye
Ryland Club
ALCOA
Prestone, Gallon
Toms
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Crocery & Market
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