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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1945
Page
5
A long list records numerous visits by residents to family, friends, and hospitals in Dallas, Greenville, Denison, Sherman, and other towns. It notes club meetings, church events, civic announcements, store openings in Denison, family anniversaries, and a 91st birthday for Rev J L Truett.
The Whitewright club gathered Thursday at Miss Lola Scott’s with 14 attendees including four teen members and two guests. Miss Myrtle Badgett presided as vice president. roll call showed butter making improvements. Members were urged to submit full year reports to president Miss Viva Phillips by the next meeting.
The county club women announced a new vitamin called Vitamin Punch. Mrs. R. A. Vestal led recreation with a musical quiz and a comical game. The group adjourned to meet Mrs. Lee Wilson on Oct. 25 to discuss the art of good butchering.
At a Friday Rotary Club meeting the program chair Roy Blanton improvised after the scheduled speaker canceled. Capt George K Stephens former club president spoke on Army doctor experiences and his three year service before returning to civilian practice at Fresno California. Visitors Dee Badgett from Van Buren Arkansas and Angie Fiorini from New York City attended.
Miss Frances Hughes of Idalou married George W Hopper in a ring ceremony Sept 27 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Newton in Idalou. Rev Joe Matsen officiated. The bride, a Lorenzo native and Idalou High School student, was given by her brother Oscar Hughes. The groom, son of Ada Hopper and the late Otto Hopper of Lorenzo, serves at a naval air station in Seattle.
The 4-H Club of the Grammar School met in the music room on Wednesday. Miss Daniels led activities on yearly achievements and improving clothing, including making a laundry bag. The group sang two songs, said the club prayer, and adjourned.
The obituary notes that Mr S L Wallace lived in Whitewright and later in El Reno where he ran a machine shop. He resided in El Reno for years and is survived by a brother J S Wallace of Sherman and a sister Miss Ita Wallace of Woodlake.
Funeral services were held at Crossroads Presbyterian Church for Vonnie Nell Ingram aged 19. She died after alighting from a car and colliding with a gravel truck driven by James Jones of Leonard. Burial followed at Cross Roads cemetery. She was born May 9 1936 in Desert and survived by her parents a twin brother and sister.
Central Christian Church Sunday school at 10. Assembly of God Pastor Rev E A Doty preaches at 11 with 8 pm evening service. First Baptist Church Pastor Rev E P Wootten worship 11, training at 6 10, evening at 7, prayer and choir midweek. Methodist Church Pastor Duke R Barron school 10 worship 11 choir 8. Evening theme Justifying Our Place in Life Casting Out Other Gods. Alaska tin noted.
The Sun lists new and renewal subscribers this week including J. Ernest Smith B. R. Caraway H. B. Barnett FE O Young Joe Johnson Ann LaRoe Raymond Walt Hazel McLean J Lee Smith M O Carpenter Jack Lackey Hubert Brown A G Mullinix H B Turner Calvin Raley W C Brown Sr Lloyd Moore J P Jared J F Roberts W L Jenkins Lester Haile Co P McGinnis Cole's Hatchery Mrs Riley Tabor Fred Cook Sr Kent Truman quote on atomic bomb from Fort Worth Star Telegram and general note on silverware manufacture in the United States dating from 1842.
Mr and Mrs W O Houston were called to Dallas Friday to be at the bedside of their brother in law C M Caywood who died Friday night Funeral services were held in Dallas Monday with burial at Wylie Caywood was 60 years of age.
The president asserts a two billion dollar expenditure on the largest scientific gamble in history and declares victory. He frames the effort as a pivotal achievement and emphasizes its significance for national progress.
Funeral services were held for Philip B Wallace 67 at Pilot Grove Baptist Church El Reno Oklahoma after he died Saturday of a heart attack at home The service was led by Rev J A Ellis with Rev E P Wootten assisting Interment followed at Pilot Grove Cemetery Wallace was born July 20 1878 in Collin County to Mr
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