Community Notes From Dallas To Sherman Social Roundup
Dr John Ray visits Dallas while Miss Gertrude Schooling of Van Alstyne visits Miss Mae Hall. Numerous residents and families travel between Bonham Emory Fort Worth and Kansas City for weekends visits birthdays and church events. The WSCS meets for Day of Prayer and Kentuckytown Baptist Church welcomes Rev Charles Taylor. Haircut prices rise to one dollar Saturdays. Local moves travel and hospital and military news accompany family gatherings.
Sherman Star Chronicle of Local Visits and Incidents
Dallas resident Mrs. John Inter visits with sisters in Sherman as families from Irving Winnsboro and Salina Kansas join locals for weekend gatherings. A travel bureau opens in Sherman, and a birthday party for Leslie Ann Collins is noted along with a blood poisoning treatment for Ralph Brown. A workshop collision near Bond and Walnut endangers W H Stedham but only leaves him sore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Brown
Community Hospital
Sherman
J. E. Henson
W. H. Stedham
Bond and
Walnut Streets
John Norris
Howard Hedgpeth
Family visits during son's successful heart surgery
Mrs. O. A. Bennett and Mrs. Laura Gibson of Leonard plus Mr. and Mrs. Lolis Gibson of Fort Smith and Mrs. Lucille Scherer of Albuquerque spent last week in Shreveport at the bedside of their son and brother who underwent delicately performed heart surgery in P. and S. Hospital last Thursday morning. The delicate operation was successful according to Mrs. Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Bennett
Laura Gibson
Leonard
Lolis Gibson
Fort Smith, Ark
Lucille Scherer
Albuquerque
N. M
Shreveport
P. & S. Hospital
Bennett
Rotary Club Luncheon Features Talented Local Performers
At the Rotary Club Friday luncheon program chair Dick Walker introduced Miss Alice Ayres for a piano solo with Ayres on piano and Miss Carol Bush singing two numbers. Walker praised Bush for performing despite a bad cold after gargling and spraying to continue the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Dick Walker
Alice Ayres
Carol Bush
Miss Ayres
Walker
Miss Bush
Shoemake Weds Miss Martha Burchfield at McKinney
Miss Martha Burchfield daughter of Mr and Mrs Carson Burchfield of Whitewright and Charles Shoemake of Perrin Air Force Base were married at 11 am Saturday in McKinney with the Collin County Attorney officiating. They were joined by Mrs Minnie Buff of McKinney and Kenneth Lee of Perrin Air Force Base. Mrs Shoemake is a 1954 Whitewright High School graduate. The couple will reside in Denison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Burchfield
Carson Burchfield
Whitewright
Charles Shoemake
Perrin Air Force Base
McKinney
Collin County
Minnie Buff
Kenneth Lee
Shoemake
Whitewright High School
Denison
Rebecca Class Hosts Tacky Party At Church
The Rebecca Class of First Baptist Church hosted a tacky party with officers installed for the year led by Elizabeth Jones. Dozens of members attended including Mary Nell White Anita McLauchlin Dorothy Wilson Teenie Harrelson and Lums Bonds. A call went out inviting women aged 25 to 35 to join the group. The report notes Red Cross contributions averaged 163 per minute for civilians service members and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca
First Baptist Church
Mary Nell White
Anita McLauchlin
Dean Compton
Elizabeth Jones
Teenie Harrelson
Dorothy Wilson
Dorothy McCurdy
Peggye Woodson
Lums Bonds
Sue McCollum
Evelyn Cook
Maureen Tillett
Jenny Edwards
Rosalie Geers
Red Cross
Bethel Woman’s Missionary Society Meets in February
The Bethel WMS met Monday at 2 p m with Mrs. O G Alexander presiding. Prayers were given by several members. Mrs Perry Kite of Garland received a gift shower during social hour. Recreation and refreshments followed for 35 members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Woman's Missionary Society
O. G. Alexander
Ralph McKinney
Clifton Sanderson
Cecil Bartley
J. H. Gosnell
Manuel Alexander
Bob Cawthon
Bartley
WMS
Perry Kite
Garland
T. L. Cowart
H. O. Miller
Fountain of Youth Dream Persists in Public View
The Dallas News contests Dr. Moses Barron's view that aging cannot be slowed, arguing against defeatist science. It praises Ponce de Leon and the pursuit of youth, noting poets favor the legend and urging readers to consider vitamins as a daily boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Barron
University of Minnesota
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Dallas News
Answers on VA benefits and insurance options for veterans
Questions cover retroactive GI training allowances under new rates with full first year payments, pension income reporting to stop payments, and partial conversion of WWII GI term insurance to permanent policy with minimums. Also mentions Pennsylvania Dutch and conestoga wagons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VA. Q
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Ray
Dallas
Gertrude Schooling
van Alstyne
Mae Hall
Ray Boatwright
Bonham
J. C. Whipple
Elyn Jarvis
Fort Worth
Mrs
George Jarvis
Tom Waters
Emory
Luther Gordon
J. B. Dodson
Arlington
Albert Partridge
Glen Earnheart
Billy Glen Earnheart
Texas City
Ray Lewis
Richard
Mary Burst
Shirley Roland
Oakland
Calif
John Smith
William Byers
Tom Bean
Maude Belew
Mrs. Kermit Belew
Methodist Wscs
I. L. Neathery
Charles Taylor
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Mr. Taylor
Clyde Sadler
Marvin Smith
Grover Smith
J. H. Williams
Mena
Ark
Bob Sears
East Main Street
Stephens & Bryant, Realtors
Williams
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Joe Mangrum
Danny Gibson
Tishomingo, Okla
Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Hasty
Elbert Bennett
Veterans Hospital
Jack Stephens
Maryland
E. C. Waits
Corsicana
Chester Hatridge
Amarillo
Fred Garner
J. L. Butts
Claremont
Bill Lane
Savoy
Bill Fields
Santa Fe
New Mexico
W. H. Horton
W. F. Fields
D. W. Smith
Jerry
Robert Rosso
Wewoka, Okla
L. R. Dossey
Jewel Dossey
J. F. Anderson
Grantland Anderson
J. B. Williams
Adah Gillespie
Olive Myrick
W. M. Wells
Richmond, Va
George Burnham
Ernest Thaxton Jr
Lubbock
Leon Ball
Lela Wolfe
Anna Waldroff
Ector
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Jo Rutledge
Bubba Coker
Commerce
Obie Rutledge
Bill Hyecock
ETSTC
Ray Hyepock
Route 1
Walter Ball
Mr. Ball
R. H. Neathery
Irving
Joe F. Robinson
C. D. Clayton
Howe
Robert Hall
T. L. Stephens
Granville Ball
Paul Caylor
Gladiola
Morton
Prestone
Dri Zit
Bacon
Terry’s
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Ilb
Heinz Baby Food
Oleo, Grayson
Pickford
Hi-Way Grocery & Market
Linda
Audie Murphy
Hell
Universal-International
Mrs. John Inter
C. W. Hill
R. E. Pierce
Hugh Hunter
Billy Gene Lyons
Winnsboro
Buster Graves
W. W. Dossey
Austin Stedham
Salina, Kansas
Mrs. Stedham
James Jarvis
L. L. Wendell
Little Rock Home
Miss May Badgett
Elmo Wallace
C. P. Johnson
C. K. Smith
Roby Childress
Pernie Badgett
Jasmine McGee
James E. Christian Jr
Don Collins
Leslie Ann
Vicky and
Kay Burleson
Cynthia Smith
Janna Wilson
Stepheny Bush
Brenda Stewart
Nancy White
Jeff Meador
Philip Woodson
Donna Collins
Burchfield
du Pont House
L. Laroe & CO
Bethel W. M
Pacific
Bennett & Price Barber Shop
Garza
Beat van
Cole & Davis Co
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