Social notes recount weekend visits and community life
Local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, Hodges, Ross, Smith, and others, visited relatives across Texarkana, Hale Center, Ector, Dallas, and Denison. Several families travel for schooling, medical needs, and wartime postings. Mare Island centennial booth highlighted with honors to Lt. Benson and Lt. Com. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Forrest
Texarkana
S. A. Hodges
Hale Center
Myrtle Menasco
Earl Benson
Mare Island
Calif
Anna Joyce Benson
Benson
Com
Ulmer Wilson
Mare Island Naval Hospital
Com. Wilson
Local social notes and births from Durant and nearby towns
Mrs. Guy Dillon and her husband wrap up a visit with her mother Mrs. W A Kirkpatrick in Durant. Several families including the Wilsons, the Christians, and the Ootens spent weekends or weekdays visiting Dallas Fort Worth and Greenville. A daughter Carol was born to John and Mrs. Reeves in Dallas with kinship to Whitewright. Cpl Charles Lewis, 22, returned from Korea with service ribbons and medals. he enlisted in November 1952. Set Jerry Pierce and family are listed in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
John Dale Reeves
St. Paul’s Hospital
Dallas
John L. Reeves
Whitewright
John Dale
Greenville
NTSTC
Commerce
Cpl
Charles Lewis
Charles H. Lewis
Route One
Korea
523Rd Engineer Pipeline Company
Corporal Lewis
National Defense Service
Army
Soldier Pierce joins 9th Infantry Division in Germany
Whitewright resident Pierce recently joined the 9th Infantry Division stationed in southern Germany as part of the U S Seventh Army. He has served since January 1951 and holds the Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Combat Infantryman Badge Good Conduct Medal and the UN and Korean Service Ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Germany
U. S
Seventh Army
Pierce
Bethel W M S Elects New President at Meeting
The Bethel Baptist Church Woman's Missionary Society met Monday at 2 p m with Mrs M F Alexander elected as the new president. Louise Franklin led the Royal Service program on Make Straight a Highway for Our God. Twelve members and one new member attended and no meeting on Oct 11 due to the WMU at Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Bethel Baptist Church
M. F. Alexander
Louise Franklin
God
T. L. Cowart
M. W. Williams
Jessie Williams
Laura Jo Alexander
Christine Sanderson
Leota Hardgrove
J. B. Layman
J. H. Gosnell
WMS
WMU
First Baptist Church
Sherman
Rotarians View Highlights Of Southwest Conference Football
Roscoe Gillett presented a color sound movie of last season's conference games produced by Humble Oil. Partisans groaned as their teams appeared on the losing end. Wilson Tarpley operated the projector with Grady Kidwell assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Roscoe Gillett
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Wilson Tarpley
Grady Kidwell
Humble Service Station Guest Featured in Community Event
A Humble service station figure attended a local gathering, joining residents in a brief, informal appearance. The event highlighted neighborhood ties and public engagement with small business locaux.
Church Schedules and Pastors in Local Listings
Local church notices list pastors, Sunday School times, and service hours for First Presbyterian Assembly of God First Baptist and other churches in Newton area with weekly meeting times and special services noted. Also lists Cross Roads Presbyterian monthly service dates and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads
Bethel Baptist Church Evening Worship Notice
Bethel Baptist Church invites attendance for evening worship at 8:00 p m led by Pastor Rev Byron D Hardgrove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Baptist Church
Byron D. Hardgrove
Tom Bean Methodist Presbyterian Church Services
Ministers Rev H P Williamson Denison Methodist and Rev Lee H Smith Whitewright Presbyterian. Sunday School after the morning service. Mrs Clifford Phoebus is the Pilot Grove Church of Christ Grady Langford Minister. Evening worship 815. Thursday Evening Service 815.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
North Texas
Lee H. Smith
Floyd Bassett
Central Christian Church
Royce E. Wood
Mae Hall
Tom Bean
H. P. Williamson
Denison
Methodist
Whitewright
Presbyterian
Clifford Phoebus
Pilot Grove Church
Politician Undergoes No Training for Responsibility
A Shriner criticizes the lack of required apprenticeship or exams for politicians while noting veterinarians face strict prep. The piece reflects on postwar production of over 50,000 truck trailers annually in the United States and jokes about plastic surgery’s limits on nose activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Woman in Maine turns knitting patterns into cash
Mrs. Eleanor Mead began at eighty and for a dozen years has sold original knitting patterns to national magazines and publishers, earning cash from patterns and later switching to collecting buttons as a new hobby. A humorous note ends with a Collier's quip about a doctor’s line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standish
Maine
Eleanor Mead
Mrs. Mead
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J. E. Ross
Ector
Cordia Brookins
D. W. Smith
Jerry
John Vestal
Renee Beazley
Tommie Sue
Carol Hughes
Gene Hughes
Clyde Sadler
Marvin Smith
Wonnie Page
Burksville, Ky
Parcal Farley
Charlie Truett of
Adah Gillespie
Olive Myrick
Floyd Everheart
Mrs
Dick Montgomery
Don Wilson
Kelly Afb
San Antonio
Charlene Morris
Hugh Hunter
Lallace May
Sarah Kilgree
Herman Bedford
East Texas State College
Clyde Steele
Edna Wicker
Y. B. Smith
Jack Burton
Floyd
Preston Hefner
Whitesboro
J. E. Smith
W. E. Flowers
Jimmy Bothe
Marietta, Okla
Lydia Henry Sunday
Bothe
Esther Ragsdale
Arthur St. John
Laura
Pilot Grove
Charles Evans
Texesa
Fort Worth
E. L. Wood of
van Alstyne
Dick Walker
Frank Alexander
Baby of
Seagoville
Richard Wadall
Alwyn Golden of
Leonard
A. R. McMurry
J. E. Dickenson
Melissa
Howard Cook and Son
Dallas and
Joe Morris Jr
Tyler
Mr. Morris
Garland Dean Smith
Ernest Smith
Clyde Vestal
C. A. Wilson
Elbert Berry
Janan
Pine Bluff, Ark
Marshall Hasty
Fred Garner
Washington, D. C
Donald Albaugh
James Reeves
Alton Odell Neal
Kenneth Hyecock
John P. Stephens
Ron Faison
Fred Dinkler
Jack Farley
Lipton’s
Rosedale
CREST
AYWON
SWIFT
Borden
Hi-Way
Guy Dillon
Durant, Okla
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Wallace Wilson
Emory Christian
Tom Ayres
Richard Wadaal
Wadaal
Neal R. Ooten
Paul Ryan
James Bryant
Jack Lackey
Tom Sears
Lena Mae Gowdy
Russell Summers
Allen T. Short
C. P. Johnson
Holmes Connelly
Trenton
Jerry M. Pierce
Shirley
Ronald E. Pierce
Route 1
Scott Tissue
Milk, Peter Carnation
Tall
Heinz Baby Food
BATH
White Swan
Alma New Potatoes
Grayson Oleo
Sunvale Bacon
Farley & Hill Grocery & Market
Assembly OF God
Elvis L. Hill
Ladies Missionary Council
Newton Cole
Training Union
First Methodist Church
Harold S. Taylor
Walter Davenport
Collier’s
Resisto
Cole & Davis Co
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