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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
5
Local families report births including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Grady Fryen and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Claud Smith. Several relatives travel, visit hospitals, and attend major operations. Residents note illness, hospitalizations, and overseas travel as community life continues.
Mrs R P Gordon and daughter from Austin visit relatives here while Mr Montgomery and baby head to Kerrville for winter after his army discharge. Mrs T E Montgomery of Clovis NM visits. Betty Lou Blackwell sustains hip cut. stitches placed. Mrs W O White Jr returns from visit to San Diego and heads to San Francisco for assignment. Dr John A Ray travels from Washington to Guatemala via state business. connected to the American Legation. Roy Blanton brings Auckland New Zealand paper to The Sun.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church gathered Monday afternoon at the church for the monthly business session and the Royal Service program. The meeting focused on the month’s topic, Glorifying the King Through Our Chief.
Mrs. C. J. Meador led the program with Miss Blannie Reeves giving the devotional. Others on the program included Mrs. J. P. Darwin Mrs. Mary Perkinson and Mrs. Roy Blanton. Mrs. Olive Myrick presided at the business session. Officers for the ensuing term were elected Twenty members attended.
A family reunion was held at the home of Mrs Lola Hood Sunday honoring her mother Mrs Fannie Campbell of Trenton. Attendees included Mrs Raymond Lorance and daughter Aubry Frances of Denison, Mrs Annie Clark of Saint Ysabel California, Ernest Clines family of Bailey, John Hendricks and Mary Riggs family of Trenton, Pvt Percy Tracy and Pvt Oscar Spikes of Camp Fannin Tyler, Marie Norvell family of Whiteswright, and Edna Mae Hood.
Rotary Club Byron Caraway chaired the event with a program opening by a fifteen girl chorus from Whitewright High School under Mrs. Sarah Kilgree. Lt. Chas Donaghey spoke on Navy medical care after 22 months in the Southwest Pacific. Attendance reached 100 percent with several visitors added.
The W S C S business meeting at the Methodist Church included devotion by Mrs. Summers and prayer led by Mrs. Waggoner. Reports from each department were given and one new member was welcomed, Mrs. Barker. An October social will be in the church social room, with a zone meeting set for Oct 20 at Leonard. arrange transport with Mrs. Willis. Mrs. Stedham and daughter visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Stedham in Greenville Monday and Tuesday.
Electric irons begin rolling off the assembly line at Westinghouse Mansfield plant, the first consumer good made there since May 1942, following a wartime production board release of 2,000,000 units. J H Ashbaugh, VP and plant manager, announced production has started after four months of assembly prep. Onion fishes of the Western Atlantic have a habit of stealing bait.
Churches announce morning services with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Evening service scheduled for 7 30 o'clock.
J Pat Salyer leads Bible study at 10 a.m. followed by preaching at 11 a.m. and a communion service at 11:45 a.m. Evening worship is at 8:15 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Rev. W. A. Casseday presides with Sunday school at 10 a. m and morning worship at 11 a. m. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
The church hosts Rev. J. M. Wilson as pastor. Services are Tuesday and Thursday at 8 45 p m. Sunday School begins at 9 45 a m and a Sunday evening healing service occurs at 8 45 p m.
Earl Bissex presides with Ed LaRoe teaching adults and Mrs Shaw teaching children at Central Christian Church. Sunday 10 o clock Sunday school and communion. Worship at 11 with sermon The Upper Room. Preaching only first and third Sundays. visitors welcome.
America's 30 million school children, contributing 50 cents weekly in war savings stamps, have funded 33 100 Jeeps from Willys-Overland as part of a Treasury campaign. Each combat ready vehicle cost about 1 165 and many bore plaques naming the purchasing school.
A seven month old Chow lands in a western city for rescuing Mrs. Jean Tonanse, seventy six, who wandered from Vancouver, Canada. After a five day search, two soldiers found the woman on a distant beach, aided by the dog carrying water.
A dog barked and leaped logs near a brush and creek where an unconscious woman lay. The animal guided soldiers to a beaten track to the creek and hospital workers found sand and gravel in her mouth, part of an offering called Chang. The dog would not leave the spot until Edna Delamont, granddaughter of Mrs Tonanse, carried him home.
Thomas B. Wells of Bonham Texas was convicted by a court martial of attempted rape and beating a Mt Clemens Michigan woman on Sept 26. He received a dishonorable discharge and a two year prison term.
In Holmes Pennsylvania Billy White a ten year old fifth grader wrote General Douglas MacArthur praising a two step attack plan. The general replied thanks Billy and wished him luck in return.
Miss Bendina Schwert, 39, a telephone operator in Wadena Minnesota, was accidentally strangled in her folding bed. Dr. C H. Pierce, her physician, reported the death Wednesday after friends found her body when she failed to keep an early morning appointment.
ATC announces that 12,000 wounded service men have been transported by airplane across the North Atlantic since D-Day. Col. Gordon G. Bulla, senior flight surgeon of the North Atlantic Division, ATC, said the total includes litter and ambulatory cases.
A judge questioned a naturalization applicant about supporting the constitution. The man responded that he already supports a wife and six children, implying he will fulfill this obligation.
Generous Admiral Halsey recalls arriving late to a football game. He stepped on a sailor’s foot while scrambling to his seat. The sailor did not look up and exclaimed, Get off my foot, you big lug. Then he recognized the Admiral and apologized, Here is my other foot go ahead step on it.
A spinster laments her losses to cats saying she hates their sight. She recalls a canary, a parrot, and an adorable former fiancé all taken by felines, expressing strong aversion to cats and forbidding mention of them.
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