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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1962
Page
5
We report J P Darwin a surgery patient at Sherman Community Hospital. The column lists numerous weekend and weekday visitors to Sherman area residents from Dallas Waco Lubbock Albuquerque Garland Garland Denison Fort Worth and other Texas locales. It notes a Dallas hospital discharge and local redecorations at a service station.
Family and friends gathered from Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Ardmore, and other Texas towns to honor Oscar Bowen on his 81st birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Bowen, Larry Bowen, James Wade Bowen, Pat Bowen, Joan Withrow, and A L Griffin among others. A Littlefield picture of the Smith home wreckage at Spade was shared.
A trailer hauling a portable welder broke loose and crashed into a house where Mr. Smith was alone watching TV. The impact shattered a wall and damaged the TV and furniture, with one trailer wheel remaining inside the room. Mrs. Smith attributed a deflecting tree to halting the trailer’s advance.
Mrs C J Meador spoke at the Rotary Club meeting last Friday showing color pictures and giving information about scenes she photographed in Europe last summer. She traveled with the Murray Cox farm group. Charlie Ayres served as program chairman.
Bethel Baptist Women's Missionary Society has elected new officers including Mrs. Jack England as president and Mrs. H O Miller as vice president. Other posts include program chairman Mrs. J P Williams, stewardship Mrs. Sammy Maxwell, community missions Mrs. M W Williams, secretary treasurer Mrs. Cliff Sanderson, missionary Mrs. W M Williams, pianist Mrs. Smoky Cate, song leader Mrs. Jewel Jarvis, and prayer chairman Mrs. Bob Cawthon.
The Beta Sigma Phi Xi Chapter met at Mrs. J. A. Harper Jr. home Monday night with Mrs. Jack Meador presiding. A committee report was presented and a talk titled Her Crowning Glory was given by program chair Mrs. Meador. Refreshments followed for eight members and one guest, Miss Earline Rice.
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. W. L. Hatfield's home. Fourteen members gave holiday ideas as roll call. Officers elected: J C McMillin president, Tom Brown vice president, Rose Lee White secretary treasurer, Fred Garner council delegate, Grover Hardcastle alternate delegate. A bake sale set for November 22. Next meeting with Mrs. Hardcastle on October 25.
A reflective meditation on the season as one who endures toil gains rest and appreciation. It contrasts resilience, health, and faith with sorrow, urging sympathy for the afflicted and noting how hardship sharpens perception of beauty and harmony.
The excerpt contrasts pain with triumph after life’s battles and cites autumn’s grand glories from nature’s mutations. It notes Earth’s atmosphere as 21 percent oxygen and 79 percent nitrogen, and records Prince Albert’s death from typhoid fever in 1861.
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