Whitewright News Briefs Highlight Weddings and Local Events
The column records multiple local notices from Sherman and Whitewright era happenings. Marriages include Miss Lois Spindle to Mr. Lee Gordon in Sherman, and Neil Henderson to Lucille Myrick in Durant Oklahoma. Local deaths, moved families, a fire loss, and civic celebrations are noted along with church program participation and a gin plant management change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Spindle
J. F. Spindle
Whitewright
Lee Gordon
Frisco
Sherman
David Booker
Orangeville
John McMurry
J. M. McMurry
S. A. Hayes
H. L. Webster
Gilmore Webster
F. A. Benton
Jack Webster
H. L. Durham
Lucy Webster
Stanley Hayes Jr
Ermine Webster
M. C. Kearney
John Webster
W. T. Browning
Dallas
R. P. Gordon
Church of Christ
Ozro Sloan
G. P. Sloan
Bethel
Mark Montgomery
Whitewright Gin & Ice Co
J. L. Green
South Bend Street
C. W. Hampton
J. H. Graves
Neil Henderson
Sulphur Springs
Lucille Myrick
Durant
Okla
Charles Byers
Tom Bean
Mabel Rector
J. C. Waldrop
Sherman Hospital
Coy Neathery
C. S. Neathery
Clifton Jones
Isaac Teague
Pilot Grove
Fire destroys Lonnie Darwin barn and belongings
Lonnie Darwin southwest of town lost about 1000 when his barn and contents burned Wednesday at about 2 am. The piano pupils of Mrs. Guy Hamilton met Wednesday and elected Dorotha Darwin president, Sarah Belle Gillett vice president, Sara Kathryn Atterberry secretary treasurer, and Frances Pope reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Darwin
Guy Hamilton
Dorotha Darwin
Sarah Belle Gillett
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Frances Pope
Local Notices and Births From Town Highlights
Obituaries and family announcements list Mrs. W. H. Everheart burial at Everheart Cemetery near Canaan after dying in Lamesa. Newborn daughters for May and Montgomery families in Houston and Whitewright, with marriage notices for Miller Johnson and Pierson Bradley in Cleburne and at the Baptist parsonage. Children’s Church gathering set at Central Christian Church with Hugh Tim Atterberry as preacher and Betty Nell Yeager Azilee Smith singing. October deacons named Ann LaRoe and Norma Jean Blanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank William Miller
Midland
Clyde Johnson
C. P. Johnson
Whitewright
Cleburne
Mack Pierson
Jo Willa Bradley
Baptist Parsonage
Vivian Echols
Central Christian Church
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Betty Nell Yeager
Azilee Smith
Ann LaRoe
Norma Jean Blanton
Citation No 61668 in Texas Grayson County suit
Public notice of citation in case No 61668 where Ewell F. Mahaney Alma F. Mahaney and George L. Seaman sue for title and possession of 27 acres in Grayson County on Iron Ore Creek described by surveys and deeds. heirs of multiple defendants named. appearance required by November 29, 1954. court in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Elanzo Larkin
Alanzo Larkin
A. Larkin
Sarah Bohannon
W. S. Swain
J. H. Hopper
W. H. Mills
B. W
J. W. Walton
Emeline Walton
Alma Walton
Fay Walton
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Ewell F. Mahaney
Ewel F. Mahaney
Ewel L. Mahaney
Alma F. Mahaney
Alma N. Mahaney
George L. Seaman
Thelma Seaman
Grayson
Iron Ore
Spencer Rice
Elonzo Larkin
Munson & Brothers
Chas. E. Eastman
Rita E. Eastman
Varas
Spencer Rice Survey
E. R. Carman
D. B. McLeod
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Bag of Wine Hidden in Paper Bag Trick
A man asks about a bag of wine and finds a glass of red wine inside a coated Cadarisol paper bag. Cadarisol, a Belgian invention, resists water and acids and has protected goods like a paper canoe in transit. The piece notes the folly of discovering too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bailey Montgomery
W. H. Montgomery
Lucile Giles
George Gattis
Altha Mae Vestal
W. T. Simmons
Hattie Johnson
Adah Truett
Fred Jackson
Jesse Jones
Lige Bowen
Fred Cook
Charlie Bill Mayo
A. J. Cates
Feed
Pascal Farley
Harvest Funds
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
W. H. Everheart
Lamesa
Everheart Cemetery
Canaan
Homer
Sam Montgomery
Houston
Sam
S. H. Montgomery
Virgil Ford
Esso
Humble
Esso Extra
LE Oil & R
Efining CO
Pilestrs
Snap Shots, Inc
Walker Pharmacy
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