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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
5
A wide round of visits and homecomings fill Whitewright social pages with Denton Trenton and Sherman connections. Notable entries include Fitz Bryant of Denton, John Connelly of Trenton, Dallas guests, and Betty Tomlinson visiting Dallas relatives. Also listed are hospital trips, college students, weekend homecomings, a Halloween party notice, and the birth of Martha Jo Pierson with local family ties.
Mrs. Lois Allen visited with her son-in-law and daughter the Brammers who welcomed a son born Oct 8. Roby Wilson, discharged Navy, returns home cousin of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilson. S/Sgt. Vandling and Martha Vestal announce a six pound son at Sherman. Pfc. Billy Lyons reaches European theatre for Air Force duties. Elk and deer meat come home with Manton Fain from Colorado hunt at Pagosa Springs.
The Friday Literary Club met at Mrs. Homer Sears’s country home Friday afternoon and voted to cooperate with the County Federation of Clubs to establish a county library for Grayson County. The secretary was instructed to write to the county judge endorsing the plan. The program featured Mrs. Clarence McMillin with a piano piece The Spinning Wheel and Mrs. R. E. Lingenfelter speaking.
Mrs Lingen felter noted Betty McDonald’s The Egg and I blends humor with satire about a Northwest Washington chicken ranch it debunks the notion that ranch life is fun The audience praised the talk and the hostess served ice cream and cake The next meeting is scheduled for Nov 1
Rotary Club members enjoyed songs and a musical number by high school pupils led by Mrs. Sarah Kilgree. Fifteen girls formed the choral class while Bobby Mae Cole opened with an accordion piece. New members Newell Skaggs Wilson Kaiser and H B McMahan were presented. Willie Frank Martin from the Boy Scouts received a merit badge. The club posted its third consecutive 100 percent attendance and ranked fifth in district attendance for September.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Ida Pearl Thrasher daughter of Mr and Mrs Hobart Thrasher to Henry Clarence Bond son of Mrs Effie Taylor. The ceremony occurred in Murphreeysburg Arkansas on September 9. The couple have contracted to purchase a house recently built by Lee Wilson and will be at home soon.
Funeral services for Mrs Lucinda C Parsons wife of the late J C Parsons were held at 2 p m Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr A W Erwin officiating Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery under Barnheart Funeral Home direction Active pallbearers included R C May Luther Gordon Gomer May Frank A Smith Roby Childress and Homer Sears Leaping from her Texan roots she was born April 28 1859 in Tarrant County and married January 12 1882 to Joseph C Parsons Survivors include brother Walter Jopling of Fort Worth and three sisters including Mrs Austin Fitts and Mrs J A
Cagle Greenville and Mrs T W Ayres of Trenton join a long line of relatives at the funeral. Attendees included niece Mrs A J Reed of Dallas and many relatives from Austin, Victoria, Paris, Fort Worth, Sherman, and Abilene.
Slim Tom Jordan, who came to the New Orleans Cotton Exchange in 1941 with $300 borrowed capital and turned it into a million in a year, liquidated his holdings causing the New Orleans and New York cotton exchanges to close. The move sent cotton futures down 6 cents to 33 cents a pound, costing growers an estimated $200 million in three days. Jordan offered no comment. Exchange members said his action forced the closures. A spot firm already held hedges in the market.
The spot firm bought in hedges to cover future sales, matching its short contracts against Jordan's long positions. Jordan ended up 175,000 to 190,000 bales long on a breaking market, according to cotton experts. The dumping led to a sharp futures decline.
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