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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
5
Community updates include births, visits, and upcoming events across Whitewright. Notable items include Brenda Carolyn May born October 11 to George Simmons Jr. and wife, and Lloyd Marie Pollock and her accordion band performing at the Palace Theatre on Friday October 14.
The commissioners court accepted F C Williams resignation as justice of the peace for Precinct 2 in the Savoy area. Williams submitted the letter and has moved out of the precinct limits. The report notes Williams is a Bonham figure who has left the post.
A Sunday birthday dinner honored 92 year old J. P. Autrey at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Williams. Attendees included numerous Bonham Sherman Vernon Nocona and Dallas area relatives and friends from Whitewright and nearby towns. Autrey also set a 92 year old cotton picking record by gathering 67 pounds that afternoon.
The Friday Literary Club held a reassembly luncheon at 1 o clock on Oct 7 at Miss Gladys Ray’s home. Fall flowers decorated the venue as the program featured England with guest speaker Miss Elayne Meador of Den.
Mrs Olivia Whedbee presided as officers were installed: Gladys Ray as president, Dol larhide Jr as first vice president, J C McMillin as second vice president, Alton McDowell recording secretary, Earl Blanton corresponding secretary, J B King treasurer, Jack Meador critic, J W Wilson parliamentarian, Grady Gillett record keeper, Lena Mae Gowdy reporter. Twenty one members and four guests attended including H T Atterberry, James Anderson of Dallas, Elayne Meador of Denison, and Eugene Marsho of Denison formerly Dundee Scotland.
Mrs. A J Robbins, living with her daughter Mrs H H Stokes in Leonard, marked her 92nd birthday with a October 9 dinner. Surrounded by six surviving children and 13 grandchildren, the family last gathered in 1927 after Mr Robbins death. Two great grandchildren attended. one daughter died in 1925 and a stepson is also deceased.
Rotary Club welcomed Rev. David Spradling pastor of Leonard Methodist Church as guest speaker at Friday's luncheon. He was introduced by program chairman Rev. Ashley D. Jameson while Grant Hoover reported 100 percent attendance over the past two meetings. Texas City visitor Henry Quintus attended.
Members of the First Presbyterian Church and their families are invited to a covered dish supper at the church on Tuesday October 18. The event encourages attendees to bring a dish to share and participate in a community gathering.
A pie supper is set for Thursday night October 20 at the Kentuckytown school house. Proceeds will buy a pump for the school well and the public is invited. The last Thursday event was postponed due to rain.
Bonham reports the 1949 polio tally reaches ten with Ray Rice 15 son of Mrs L E Rice an eighth grade student at Duncan and junior high football squad member He is hospitalized in Dallas awaiting treatment or recovery.
Funeral services for Jesse Hampton Lumpkin 71 were held at 2 p m Saturday at the Church of Christ conducted by Therman Healy. Interment followed at Wittitoe Cemetery. Lumpkin died at a son s home after a light stroke and heart attack. He lived in Southwest Whitewright and was born in South Carolina January 28 1878 arriving in Texas in 1897. He married Beulah Lankford in Whitewright in 1904. Survivors include his wife three sons a brother and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services for L A Thornton age 72 were held 10:30 a m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church. He died suddenly at a Denison rooming house Sunday noon and is buried in City Cemetery. Rev E P Wootten of Celina conducted the service. Glen Earnhart arranged the funeral. He had been ill two years and resided in Whitewright before moving to Denison. He is survived by a half brother.
Alonzo Cox age 87, a retired Tioga farmer and land owner, died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Pascal Cox and Miss Ruth Cox attended his funeral Monday at Beck Funeral Chapel in Pilot Point with burial in Leonard Cemetery. Born April 4, 1862 in Pulaski County Tennessee, he came to Texas as a young man and lived in the area.
The notice notes the late resident moved to Tioga 25 years ago and previously known as Tiny Lee who died in 1935. Survivors include sister Mrs. Ruby Stinnett of Pulaski Tennessee foster daughter Mrs. Columbus Howard of Dallas and several nieces and nephews.
A concise safety reminder emphasizes avoiding harm while hunting this fall, urging hunters to prioritize personal safety and the welfare of their fellow hunters to prevent accidental shootings.
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