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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
5
Whitewright residents report Thanksgiving visits with relatives in Dallas Sherman Gainesville and Ada Okla. The community notes beauty shop openings, club pledges, baptist and Methodist services, moving residents and nearby towns. Weather issues delayed cotton harvest and frost affected crops while pecan prices stayed strong in the area.
A happy reunion at Mr and Mrs C R Laymans home as their son Cpl Robert L Layman returns from India after 32 months in the U S Air Force. He recalls heat and experiences while abroad and is greeted by a large extended family including J B Layman and daughter Beaumont E L Climer Dallas C G Layman Sherman Edith Layman Dallas and other relatives and friends.
A brother confined to his bed cannot leave his room, yet a Thanksgiving dinner is being organized for his brothers and sisters on Thursday to celebrate together.
Miss Virginia Lee Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs George S Smith of Taylor wed William Jackson Dobson of Austin in the First Methodist Church of Taylor at 11 am last Thursday. Rev E P Wootten officiated with maid of honor Miss George Ann Smith and best man Dr Jack Wood Sears. The couple will reside in Austin. A formal dinner was hosted in Taylor the evening before the ceremony.
The W S C S of the Methodist Church held a Week of Prayer program at the church with Mrs H C Willis leading and Mrs W N Stone Miss Sue Stephens Mrs O V Barker Mrs A M Bryant Olivia Whedbee and Mrs Duke R Barron assisting. The service ended with a consecration and part of the offering aids U S mission centers while the remainder funds foreign fields.
Funeral services were held at 3 30 p m Sunday at the First Baptist Church for Andrew Jackson Eden who died at his Whitewright home at 3 a m Sunday Interment followed in City Cemetery He was 75 years old and had lived in Whitewright for a year and a half Survived by his wife four sons and a daughter.
Fred W. Smith, former Whitewright public schools superintendent from 1924 to 1934, died in Washington D C after an appendectomy. Funeral services were held there with interment at Arlington Cemetery. A Nashville native, he helped organize the Whitewright Rotary Club and served as its first secretary. He had earlier worked for the Agriculture Department and civil service divisions. He was active in church and civic affairs and had lived in Washington for about nine years.
The article profiles a Texas public school trainer who earned a BA from Baylor in 1915 and an MA from SMU in 1928, did work at the University of Chicago, and served as a field artillery officer in WWI. Earlier he taught mathematics and directed athletics in Texas high schools and is survived by his wife Mea Clyde Gee a son Jack Smith and a daughter Betty. He lived at 108 Exeter Road Bethesda Maryland near Washington.
Funeral services for O J Withrow were held at 2 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church in Sherman. He died at a Sherman hospital early Wednesday. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his wife six children five grandchildren and five step children. He was born June 16 1882 in Nobility Fannin County. He married Pearl Childress in 1941 and was a lifelong farmer with ties to Whitewright and Trenton.
Denison Dam reservoir has risen to 600.70 feet, surpassing 600 feet for the first centennial gauge mark as about 64,650 acres of land in Texas and Oklahoma lie under water. Heavy rains in the watershed push more flow from the Red and Washita Rivers, with further rise expected.
Churches E P Wootten pastor. Morning services Sunday school 10 a m worship service 11 a m Evening service 7 30 o clock.
The church invites all to services led by Rev. J. M. Wilson. Tuesday and Thursday services at 8 45 p m. Sunday School begins at 9 45 a m with a Sunday evening healing service at 8 45 p m.
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be observed next Sunday at eleven o’clock in the morning with a sermon on Eternal Foundations. The evening service will be dismissed so all may attend the final evangelistic services at the Presbyterian Church.
Earl Bissex, minister announces Sunday school at 10 a m and worship service at 11 a m inviting all to attend.
Minister J Pat Salyer invites all to Bible study at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m followed by communion at 11 45 a m. Evening worship is at 7 50 p m.
Reverend William A. Casseday leads evangelistic series with 11 a m worship hour and nightly 7 30 o clock services through Sunday December 3. Morning services not held. no services Saturday or Sunday night. Close with Sunday morning service. public urged to attend inviting friends.
A six year old boy Tim McCoy of Whitewright writes Santa asking for a boat a truck two six shooters a stick horse a teddy bear fruit and nuts and a suit for his mother. He also asks Santa to remember his mother father Jerry and Ronnie and thanks him.
After eight years of service as Grayson County home agent Miss Eunice King resigns and is replaced by Miss Zelma Moore who has served as assistant agent since December 1, 1943. Miss Moore is a graduate of the local program.
Miss King, formerly a home economics teacher at Man High School, resigns effective Thursday. She will operate at 702 North Elm, running the Pecan Home Food shop supplying baked and canned goods to service men overseas. She recently bought the Miss Maybelle Hope home bakery.
President Roosevelt backed engineering plans for Missouri River basin development received Senate approval by voice vote as part of a $1 billion flood control bill. A Missouri Valley authority to carry out the plan remains a disputed issue.
In Brownwood yesterday two railroad crossing crashes killed three men and seriously injured a fourth. B. A. Laudermilk, 55, of Trickham died after his car collided with a passenger train at the crossing. Four hours later E. D. Sheffield, 74, and Will Jackson, 67, both of Bangs, died in another automobile train collision. H. J. Mathews, a car passenger, was injured critically.
A student's line to a teacher misdescribes a submarine as a ship surrounded by water on all four sides. The playful remark appears in a Command Post item.
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