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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes from Bonham to Denison and Paris Presbytery. Intermittent rain disrupts cotton and corn harvests as Lake Texoma level rises to 625 feet. community events include Sunday school planning and birthday celebrations.
The Rotary Club held a luncheon led by Dr. Bryant Jr. with 100 percent attendance. New pianist Miss Mary Lou Reeves succeeds Miss Janis Horton retreating to Austin College. Guests Lt James Bryant Sgt Earl Blanton Cpl N B Nicholson Cpl James A Watson Lt Petty and visitor T M Hasty plus C P Penrose of Dallas spoke.
The W M U of the Baptist church met Monday at 3 pm for a Royal Service and business session. Mrs J B King led the afternoon program on Investing in Tomorrows Leadership with Blannie Reeves and others. Maggie Noe E P Wootten and King offered prayers. Officers elected for the ensuing year include President Olive Myrick Vice President B W Newman Recording Secretary Roy Blanton and Corresponding Secretary.
Mrs. Co L Witt is named young people’s leader with Mrs. Seiman as circle chairmen. East is led by Miss Effie Maynard and west by Mrs. J. A. Bixler. North leadership falls to Mrs. W. E. Pennell.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs Grover Statevilles home with fifteen members present. Miss Viva Phillips presided and gave the council report in Mrs S E Wallace’s absence. A current events panel followed and the club library was reviewed by Mrs Lee Norris.
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Robbie Mullikan daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Mullikan Whitewright and Doyce Worsham of Trenton. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev E B Jackson at his Trenton home. Mrs Worsham graduates Trenton High School works at Quaker Oats Sherman. Groom graduates Whitewright High School and farms near Trenton.
Central Christian Church schedules Sunday school at 10 with Rev. E A Doty and Duke R Barron as pastors. Morning worship at 11, evening service at 8. Worldwide Communion Sunday on October 7 invites all to partake in the Lord's Supper. Sermon topic is Suffering in the Light of Calvary. Election of teachers and class organization to occur at 10.
Fairfax report says John William Fowler of Richmond died after a yellow jacket sting at the Marin County Country Club during a dog show. County coroner Ray Keaton stated Fowler fell ill within minutes, went blind and convulsed. a physician and two others tried to revive him, but he died about fifteen minutes later.
The Sun promotes a fall subscription drive with October November and December as peak months as renewals rise. Whitewright readers grow and the paper welcomes new names to its honor roll including Coggins Deonigan Schulte Belew Ker Maione Roscoe Smith Compton Bryant Hamilton Ward Phillips Winburn Everheart Taylor Henry Jansson Kimber E Jones Belew Farrow Alexander Wilson Spearman Sanderson Burchfield Vestal Jenkins Yowell Caraway Spindle.
Selective Service asserts veterans are entitled to re employment in positions with standards unchanged from their pre service role. If the job content has grown beyond the veteran’s skill he may return to a comparable role with equal seniority and pay. Disability allowed if duty cannot be performed or endangers safety or efficiency.
Clint Smith of Leonard, 38, was charged with murder after his brother Curtis Smith, 50, and Curtis wife Jean Hazel Smith, 35, were found slain with multiple stab wounds near Clint Smith’s home. Curtis had arrived from California for a vacation visit. Police say a butcher knife caused the stabbings and Mrs Smith was also injured by being run over.
A fragmented note describes an attorney famed for enormous charges. It cites a typical message beginning with a greeting and a quick reminder that the day matters, illustrating lingering tension over retained services.
In Salt Lake City Dr L P Gebhardt University of Utah bacteriology professor outlines a five point plan to prevent polio He cites 241 Utah cases where victims ate fresh fruits or vegetables before contracting the disease and notes peak cases during fruit harvest when flies are common He urges eliminating breeding places and flies washing fresh produce and teaching children to eat only safe foods.
Gebhardt, former assistant professor of bacteriology at a California university, argues that 70 to 80 percent of adults may be immune to polio due to subclinical childhood illnesses such as sore throats or colds.
Grayson County reports its first season without a bale of cotton ginned by Sept. 1 as adverse weather and a boil weevil outbreak cut the harvest. County census man OC Peterson notes mid September bales are few. total may fall to about 15 000, with several gins not opening.
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