Local notes from Whitewright and nearby towns
Locals report visits to Dallas and Sherman and trips to the State Fair in Dallas. Residents including C J Meador R L Johnson Gomer May and many others spend weekends at camps towns and fairs while stores promote Hillbilly flour and discounted furniture. Births illnesses and weddings noted with several Dallas and Sherman connections.
Whitewright News Notes Family Visits and Fires
R P Gordon and daughter Elizabeth of Austin visited family in Whitewright over the weekend. Mrs Olive Myrick and Miss Frances Gillespie, with Mrs Carl Gillespie of Denison, spent Friday in Dallas. Dr E B Surface of Abilene will visit the Montgomerys before a trip to Oklahoma City with Mrs Montgomery. Dr Reynolds May, age 87, recovering after surgery at Wilson N Jones Hospital, Sherman, is improving. Homes on the Dora Scales farm southwest of Whitewright and the J B May place near Whitewright burned, with insured losses and no insurance on someProperty. The large Mrs Joe Wallace home east of Desert burned, insured for 1000, most goods saved. Mrs L O Lackey returned from Houston after her son James married Bernice Goettsche. Lackey attended with son Jack. A truck carried rodeo fans to Huntsville for the Texas Prison System rodeo. several Whitewright residentsAttended and praised the event.
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Joe Wallace
Desert
Whitewright
L. O. Lackey
Houston
James
Bernice Goettsche
Trinity Episcopal Church
Jack Lackey
Dallas
Southwest Drug 1 Corporation
Huntsville
Texas Prison System
W. H. Welch
Earl Welch
E. T. Sanderson
Bill Hickson
Jack Curry
Bob Mullins
S. T. Stubblefield
Leon Johnson
Carlton Johnson
H. E. Sanderson
Oliver Sells Jersey Cow For Lamar County Fair Prize
J R Oliver received a 125 dollar check from Mrs R D Patrick of Dassetta Texas for the grand champion Jersey cow he sold her at Lamar County fair. He plans to ship the cow in a crate by express. Miss Tommie Chenoweth will lead pupils to Denis for a 9 am Friday program on KRRV with Zoe Vestal Janet English Betty Jo Pierce Betty Jean Price Billie Hatfield Martha Louise Foucheaux Vestal Anna Ruth Johnson Katie Kincaid. Mr and Mrs W C Brown of the Ely community marked their 42nd wedding anniversary with dinner in town Oct 17 1896 Blue Ridge Rev Matt Harter officiating they moved to Ely 35 years ago and have six daughters each with three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Oliver
R. D. Patrick
Dassetta
Texas
Lamar County Fair
Tommie Chenoweth
Denis
KRRV
Zoe Vestal
Janet English
Betty Jo Pierce
Betty Jean Price
Billie Hatfield
Martha Louise
Foucheaux Vestal
Anna Ruth Johnson
Katie Kincaid
W. C. Brown
Ely
Blue Ridge
Matt Harter
Brown
Verda Smith
Mr. Brown
the Sun
Central Presbyterian Church Hosts Guest Pastor Dr E B Surface
The Central Presbyterian Church of Abilene invites worshippers for 10 a m Sunday school and 11 a m service with guest speaker Dr E B Surface, longtime pastor of Central Presbyterian. Music feature includes solo The Lord Is My Shepherd by Mr B S Montgomery. Evening service canceled for First Baptist Church meetings. Presbyterian Men's Club to convene in Sherman on Oct 20 at 6:30 p m with about a dozen men and the pastor attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Surface
Central Presbyterian Church of
Abilene
B. S. Montgomery
Lord
Shepherd
First Baptist Church
Presbyterian Men’s Club
Grayson
Fannin Counties
Central Presbyterian Church
Sherman
Methodist Church Sunday Services and Sunday School
Regular services at the Methodist Church Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pastor Joe M. Connally directs the church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Joe M. Connally
Benes to Teach as Visiting Professor at Chicago U
Dr Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia has accepted an invitation to be a visiting professor at the University of Chicago He is expected to leave Prague soon and come directly to Chicago to lecture on democratic institutions according to university president Robert M Hutchins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
University of Chicago
Prague
Robert M. Hutchins
Benes
Mrs G W Luck obituary funeral at First Methodist
Funeral services were held Friday at the First Methodist Church for Mrs. G W Luck of Granfield Oklahoma who died Thursday morning. Rev Joe M Connally officiated. Mrs Luck organized a Missionary Society in Granfield and served as its president for years. Survived by son Ray Luck Wortham and daughters Mrs C H Sturdivant Colorado Springs and Mrs E B Stonecipher Wichita Falls plus six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
G. W. Luck
Granfield
Okla
Joe M. Connally
Caution Owner Seeks Driver Risk-Free Bargain
A job exchange quotes a cautious owner demanding a risk-free, reliable driver. The applicant asserts lifelong rules and offers a salary in advance as the price of guaranteed safety, framing it as a bargain.
Pycraft Heat in Summer Question and Answer
Pycraft asks if the heat troubles him in summer and Skeeve confirms suffering more than in any other season. The exchange highlights the intense discomfort of hot months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pycraft
Skeeve
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W. T. Nicholson
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M. W. McGuffey
Loretta
W. B. Head
Justine Sears
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Mrs. J. L. Boone
Mrs. Mayfair Macaulay
C. P. McGinnis
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J. L. Vestal
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W. T. Pritchett
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Homer Burris
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Graham
W. H. Holland
Whitesboro
J. F. Holland
Clarence Dixon
Buck Musser
Elmer Magers
Mrs. L. Dunford
Marcella Tatum
F. M. Echols
Steve Yeary
Howe
C. A. Wilson
Ross Wilson
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Wylie Skelton
Kellous Watson
Robert Grant
Denton
W. A. Kirkpatrick
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Waco
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Dorothy Jo Akridge
John Flowers
Frank Phillips
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Eula Hamilton
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T. J. Lilley
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M. T. Craig
D. B. Tate
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Joe Tate
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W. T. Hamilton
Hayden Hamilton
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L. F. Hedgepeth
Howard Hedgepeth
Sam Patton
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Ben Patton
L. W. Patton
C. L. Patton
R. E. Hickman
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N. L. Saye
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Robert Taylor
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W. C. Johnson
Carl Gillespie
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