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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1955
Page
5
Denison residents and area families hosted and visited over the week end with kin in Sherman, Bonham, Durant, and Dallas. Times include hospital stays, a housewarming, and a dairy farm sale. George McCurdy to Fort Riley then Germany. ROTC adjutant Barry Blanton at UT Austin. several relocations and transfers noted.
Mr and Mrs Ira Fleming visited Mr and Mrs Luther Cambron in Denison Sunday. Mrs Buck Head and Mrs Ira Fleming visited Mrs Ray Boatwright in Bonham Tuesday. Mrs O A Layman of Sherman visits son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Guy Stepp. Mr and Mrs Ben Bell and sons of Dallas spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W L Grammer. Mrs Ira Mae Perkins returned home to Duncan Oklahoma after visiting her mother Mrs L R Dossey. Mr and Mrs Ross Alexander of Dallas spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Joe Rich and Mr and Mrs Gross Alexander. PTA regular meeting at 730 p m Tuesday at the school gymnasium. public invited. Clyde W Little of Bonham accepts employment with Barnhart Funeral Home here and will move wife and two sons to Whitewright by year’s end. Little, a licensed embalmer, formerly worked for Wise Funeral Home in Bonham and the Bonham VA hospital. B M Dean of Tom Bean, longtime Sun subscriber, reports he and Mrs Dean returned from a trip through Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Tennessee North Carolina and Arkansas. He notes friends wrongly assume he visited Washington.
A large portion of gadgets are distributed exclusively through the five and ten store networks, limiting availability to those outlets and narrowing consumer access.
Annette Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Smith will marry James E Vineyard son of Mr and Mrs W R Vineyard of Bells at the First Baptist Church of Whitewright on Sunday October 16 at 12 05 p m following morning services Friends are invited to attend.
Paul Stephens introduced Rev. Newton V. Cole as guest speaker at the Rotary Club Friday meeting. Cole outlined the growth of Communism from 40 000 adherents in 1917 to about 900 million today and warned of its dangers. Dick Walker celebrated a new daughter by passing out cigars at home.
The Wesleyan Service Guild gathered at the Methodist Church on Monday evening chaired by president Mrs. Sarah Kilgree. Devotional led by Mrs. C B Bryant III on Keeping Christ-conscious. Mrs. Gladys Hefner began the study course on Within Two Worlds reviewing chapter one. Hostesses Mrs. L M Goddard and Mrs. Charlie Ayres served refreshments to 11 members. Next meeting set for Oct 17 at the church with reviews planned by Mrs. Paul Ryon and Mrs. D M Roddy.
Mrs Gross Alexander was elected president of the Woman's Missionary Union at Beth el Baptist Church. Officers include J B Layman vice president Louis Franklin chairman M W Williams Bible study Byron Hardgrove mission study Clifton Sanderson community missions Ralph McKinney stewardship T L Cowart song leader Bob Cawthon prayer chairman Mack Williams historian and Horace Miller reporter. The group met Monday at 2 for a Royal Service program with 13 members five children and two visitors present.
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson announces Civil Service examinations for Texas boys seeking appointments to Army Navy and Air Force service schools. Exams run November 14 to 17 across Texas towns. applicants must be U.S. citizens Texas residents 17 to 21 single and pass medical and aptitude tests.
A simple fruit sauce combines drained crushed pineapple sliced strawberries or cubed bananas with condensed milk and lemon juice. Stir till thickened then fold in fruit and thin with water to desired consistency yields about 2 cups. Serve over gingerbread plain cake or puddings.
Poem fragment in which Bonnie Elizabeth Parker expresses a deep, comforting bond with her country. She describes mountains, rivers, valleys, fields, forests, and skies as shaping her identity and future while honoring heritage and place.
Texas the only state owning a battleship has pledged 30000 in bonds to improve its permanent berth at San Jacinto State Park near Houston. Auditor Cavness reports a 3084 deficit last fiscal year after an 8452 profit in 1954 as the Battleship Texas Commission floated the bond issue to build bulkheads against erosion around its slip.
The Mansfield Pennsylvania Advertiser laments modern children preferring cheap comics to classics and eating plain bread instead of cake, contrasting pastimes with present leisure choices.
The average freight train consisted of 65 cars on U S railroads in 1954, setting a new record for the number of cars per train. This indicates heavier loads and evolving rail freight operations.
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