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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are noted in Whitewright society page with trips to Dallas Laredo Sherman Fort Worth Leonard and Amarillo. Births birthdays and new moves are listed along with subscription plea for The Whitewright Sun and local business ads.
Whitewright residents host and visit relatives across nearby towns. Births, illness, club activities, a scrap metal drive, and a 72nd birthday are noted with several family and town names including Hudgins Chesser King Short Badgett Maddux Bennett and families from Sherman Denison Howe and Cooper.
Social visits include Mr and Mrs Pascal Binion of Dallas and Mr and Mrs Forrest Doggett of Sherman at R E L Binion home. J D Hughes loses a milk cow after rope entanglement. Navy Day sees six Navy mothers distribute treats on Katy trains. Sara Belle Gillett visits with IBM training in New York and Texas. Barbee family returns to Texas from Evergreen Alabama after fire losses. Navy construction regiment recruiting ahead of Nov 2 with pay 54 to 126 monthly plus family benefits. interviews schedule updated to Nov 17 for those not yet interviewed.
Rev. Geo W Fender of Amarillo will preach at First Presbyterian at 11 a m Sunday. W W Adcock leads sermons at the Methodist Church Monday 11 a m and Sunday 7 30 p m. Sunday school at 10 a m Youth Fellowship at 7 p m. Woman's Society meets 3 p m Monday for fourth study of On This Foundation. Young People’s Game Night Tuesday 7 30 p m. Sherman district Youth Fellowship hosts Tuesday 7 p m. Sun Want Ads economical.
Dr. R. E. Lingenfelter and Lester Haile were elected to the Rotary Club and introduced at Friday’s luncheon. W. E. LaRoe spoke on Rotary aims. John Reeves served as program chairman. A new committee led by Wootten will study buying registered gifts to help boys start hog production, with a report due soon. Sherman visitor J. A. Alexander attended.
The H D Club met last Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Lester Haile's home with 13 members present. Mrs. W L Hatfield spoke on the use of peanuts as a food. The next meeting will be November 12 at 2 30 p.m. at Mrs. Carl May’s home, titled achievement day, with Miss Eunice King delivering a clothes remodeling demonstration open to the public.
Mr and Mrs R G Bennett announce the marriage of their daughter Nell to Garrett Baker son of Mrs Ida Baker of Howe. The ceremony occurred September 9 at Sulphur Springs and the couple will reside in Howe.
Miss Lucase Cooper daughter of C E and Mrs Cooper of Orangeville married Private R G Bennett Jr son of Mr and Mrs R G Bennett of Bethel in a ceremony October 24 at Rev F A Ray’s home in Trenton. Bennett is an Army Air Force mechanic posted at Perrin Field near Sherman and they will reside in Sherman.
The Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church met Thursday night at 7 45 for a regular social and business session. Mrs O L Jones gave the devotional and Mrs C J Meado1 led the prayer. After a brief business period a quiz game was played. Refreshments were served to 11 members and two associate members.
Lige McManus of the Good Hope community in Rusk County says his farm crop this season has prepared him for coffee rationing orders. He expresses calm about the anticipated adjustments.
A farmer plans to plant more coffee for the community after a trial run on under an acre. Seed from Louisiana via a friend in Tatum produced seventy two pounds with more to harvest. He cannot identify the variety but says the taste matches store bought coffee.
Republican C. K. McDowell will give three radio speeches for his Texas governor bid. The broadcasts are set for Friday at 6 19 p m Saturday at 1 15 p m and Monday at 8 p m over Texas quality networks including WFAA Dallas.
Irving C. Stein brick a 17 year old elevator operator in Newark New Jersey was saved when police freed him from a trap between the elevator floor and shaft after devices failed. They used oil and a coordinated push pull in an hour and a half to extract him inch by inch. He survived though he suffered skin loss.
Knoxville survivor Don Avery Elliott, 19, recalls clinging to a timber for five hours aboard the Wasp after the carrier was hit. He and other seamen were rescued by a destroyer, witnessing a fellow sailor bobbing on a mattress and singing the song.
A Massachusetts Legislature anecdote recalls a member asking Calvin Coolidge whether his constituents believed a hen says or lies. Coolidge answered that people lift her up to see, reflecting his calm, humorous style in the session.
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