Local Social Notes Include Visits and Appointments
A series of social updates from Dallas and nearby towns lists visits by Dr. Alan Harvey-Brooks and Rev. H G May, engagements of Miss Dorotha Darwin at North Texas State College, Geraldine Garner joining the F B I office in Washington, D C, and retirements and travel news. The items mention families such as the Browns Muirheads Hoards and May families, plus community moves like Tanda Camp Fire Girls hiking and W R Vineyard pilots in the RCAF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P Darwin
Dorotha Darwin
North Texas State College
Denton
Geraldine Garner
Washington, D.C
Miss Garner
Miss Helen Claborn Returns Home After Auto Accident
Miss Helen Claborn, injured in an automobile crash two weeks ago with a head injury, was released from Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman and returned home on Wednesday after several days unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Claborn
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Miss Claborn
Edith Mae Sears Engaged to James Truett Holloway
Mrs. R. E. Hickman hosted a celebration for Miss Edith Mae Sears and her fiancé James Truett Holloway of Dallas. The event featured games with prizes won by Mrs. Fred Cook and Miss Viva Phillips, and an engagement announcement in a musical romance contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Hickman
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Edith Mae Sears
James Truett Holloway
Dallas
Fred Cook
Viva Phillips
Sears
Margaret Lilley
Ira May
Denison
Bob Grant
Bonham
Miss Sears
Homer Sears
Whitewright High School
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Holloway
W. T. Holloway
Rotary Club Buys Defense Bond in Whitewright Meeting
At a Whitewright Rotary Club board meeting the treasurer was directed to purchase a $500 defense bond, already completed. Dr. F D Layman led the luncheon program with L E Ricketts describing the school health program and its benefits to students including eye and dental screenings and follow up treatment. New member Marshall Hasty of the Palace theatre was welcomed. guests included Rev Joe Everheart and Hank McLean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Rotary Club
F. D. Layman
L. E. Ricketts
Palace Theatre
Joe Everheart
Kerens
Whitewright
Hank McLean
Sherman
Sherman Rotary Club
Funeral services for Stanley Garland held in Pilot Grove
Funeral services for Stanley F Garland a native of Pilot Grove were held at 3 p m Wednesday at the Pilot Grove Baptist Church with Rev F A Ray Rev Howard McSpedden and Rev Dan Vestal officiating. Burial followed in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Garland born August 14 1879 in Pilot Grove died at a Sherman hospital. He married Ella Ashinhurst December 30 1900 and is survived by his wife a son C H Garland of Houston a daughter Mrs Curtis Ashley of Commerce a sister Mrs M R Gramling of Dallas four brothers John Duard Brice and Lewis Garland and four grandchildren. He operated the Pilot Grove gun with A L Conner and spent his life in Grayson County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley F. Garland
Pilot Grove
Sherman
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
F. A. Ray
Trenton
Howard McSpedden
Dan Vestal
Orangeville
Glen Earnheart
Mr. Garland
Houston
Curtis Ashley
Commerce
M. R. Gramling
Dallas
John Garland
van Alstyne
Duard Garland
Brice
Lewis Garland
Slaton
Funeral services held for Joe D Williams in Greenville
Joe D Williams 54 died at home in Greenville Sunday morning. Funeral at Grace Presbyterian Church Greenville at 10 am. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery. Williams long time Lyon Gray Lumber manager Greenville and civic leader. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs Ward Sport Greenville and Rosemary Williams Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe D. Williams
Greenville
Grace Presbyterian Church
Forest Park Cemetery
Williams
W. E. LaRoe
Lucian LaRoe
Whitewright
B. S. Montgomery
Lyon Gray Lumber Company
Texas
Trenton
South Texas
Bonham
Rockwall
Honey Grove
Salina Man Inherits Five Thousand From Hotel Owner
Austin Stedham of Salina Kansas receives five thousand dollars from the will of C W Lamar who died weeks ago. Stedham, formerly Lamar Hotel manager, has become president and GM of the Lamar Hotel Company which runs five hotels. He was raised in Whitewright, son of W H and Mrs Stedham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Benedict
Gaines Bow
Caldwell
Idaho
Sam Marshall Benedict
Boise
George Deaughn
Wichita
Kansas
Benedict
Whitewright
The
Sun
Austin Stedham
Salina
C. W. Lamar
Stedham
Lamar
Lamar Hotel Company
W. H. Stedham
Clean Up the Kitchen Traveler at Hotel
A humorous scene unfolds as a traveler asks for food and the proprietor replies with a wide menu. The exchange escalates to a request for “a bit of everything” followed by a kitchen shout. A Sun Want Ad is suggested for results.
Old Texas Ranger Turns To National Defense Work
Austin report recalls Frank Hamer, famed Texas Ranger captain, now planning a national defense unit of picked men on call. It outlines his 1930s pursuit of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, their deaths, and the cache of weapons seized, highlighting his solo campaigns and opposition to rewards for dead criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Texas Ranger
National Defense
Austin
Frank Hamer
Terror
Southwest Outlaws
Captain Hamer
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Rangers
Southwest
Hamer
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas Highway Patrol
Barrow
Grapevine
Bonnie
Clyde
Homer
Notable phrases on crime and wit from 19th century figures
Excerpts describe coercion in robberies with rewards later withdrawn. Hamer is noted as a sharpshooter and knife-thrower who sometimes used unexpected weapons like spitting to deter attackers. They include Edgar Derby and Daniel O Connell quotes about foresight and verdict importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamer
Earl of Derby
K. G
Daniel O'Connell
Porter News Cotton Harvest and Bonham Singers Visit
Cotton picking progresses in the community with most fields slated to finish by next week if fair weather holds. The Jones Quartet of Bonham will perform at Porter Sunday night, featuring Kenneth Robinson, a former local resident, as a member. Several local families are noted for weekend visits and travels to Bonham, Fort Worth, Greenville, and Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Quartet
Bonham
Porter
Kenneth Robinson
Lewis Cooper
Burkburnett
M. M. Cooper
E. W. White
Leon Booker
Wallace Duckworth
Willa Jean
Doris Hunter
Elbert Bennett
G. D. Bennett
Fort Worth
C. M. Bussey
W. K. Alexander
Elmer Anderson
Greenville
Harve Rich
Joe Rich
Allen Harper
Church of Christ
Whitewright
Hugh Hunter
World-wide Communion Sunday Service at local church
On Sunday October 5 the church observes world wide communion Sunday with morning worship at 10 50 featuring the Lord's Supper. The evening service at 7 15 will present the topic Jesus Estimate of Human Value with pastor Dr B Wrenn Webb and superintendent R P Montgomery coordinating Sunday school at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
R. P. Montgomery
Jesus
Sunday Church Schedule for Roscoe Gillett Era
Alan Harvey-Brooks leads morning services at 10 a.m. with church school supervised by Roscoe Gillett at 10 a.m. A world-wide communion service follows at 11 a.m. including a communion meditation by the pastor. The Methodist Youth Fellowship directed by C. B. Bryant III meets at 7 p.m. and the evening service begins at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Harvey-Brooks
Roscoe Gillett
Methodist Youth Fellowship
C. B. Bryant III
Bethel Baptist Church Holds Sunday Services Near Whitewright
The Bethel Baptist Church south of Whitewright invites the public to morning and evening preaching by Rev. Noel Ashinhurst with special music at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Baptist Church
Whitewright
Noel Ashinhurst
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morris Brown
Billy Muirhead
H. G. May
R. May
J. E. Payne Jr
J. ". Hoard
D. A. Yowell
Lone Oak
Community Public Service Company
Mrs. Yowell
Floyd Everheart
Tyler
Inez
Gladys Ray
Waco
John A. Ray
Baylor University
Gwendolyn
Ed Kent
Guy Dillon
Plainview
T. K. Sanderson
Electra
Allen Fults
Little Son
Vernon
Kermit Sanderson
Amarillo
B. F. Blant
Tanda
Weiners
Herman Bedford
Sadler
Bedford
Bethel
J. W. Davidson
Mrs
W. L. Gordon
Lem Tittsworth’s
Houston Stedham
Sweetwater
John Reeves
Mary McGaughey
Will George
Byron Sears
Gainesville
Tom Sears
T. H. Sears
Ben Montgomery
E. L. Finley
Abilene
George Baugher
R. L. Johnson
Mr. Baugher
Dr. G. K. Stephen
Newton Manning
Elaine
F. M. Echols
W. H. Horton
Horton
J. F. Spindle
Wichita Falls
Jack Spindle
Spindle
Dental Corps
U. S. Army Reserve
Sheppard Field
R. H. May
Joe T. May
Canadian Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Merriwell Vineyard
RCAF
W. R. Vineyard
Birmingham
England
Whitewright, Texas
Dennis O’keefe
Florence Rice
Peter Lorre
Stanley Ridges
Johnny Mack Browne
T. Ty
Irene Hervey Lloyd Nolan
EXTRA
SEA Raiders
MR. Dynamite
Virginia Grey
Tony Martin
Peg Iicyte
Riders of Death Valley
Freddie Master and Orchestra
THUR
FBI
Disney Cartoon
Lem Tittsworth
Mrs. S. T. Montgomery Jr
Moody
Floyd Bassett
Beverly Ann
Enterprise
Town
Whitewright Grammar School
Aileen Owen
Rotary Club
Syrus
J. D. Williams
Fur Sale
Vogue
Coats
Grant Vogue
South Side
Oxfords
Cole & Davis Co
Plain Dealing
Porter News
First Presbyterian Church
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