Town and Country Club Holds Meeting
The Town and Country Club met last Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Pilot Grove Community Center with Mrs. Geneva Murphy presiding as president. Mrs. Ar thur Brinkley won the door prize. The dining hall was decorated for a Halloween party Saturday. The next meeting is Nov 6 at 10 a.m. Installation services will be led by Mrs. Craig Cody and Mrs. John Murphy. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Club
Pilot Grove
Geneva Murphy
Sims Wortham
Ruth Thomas
Arthur Brinkley
Craig Cody
John Murphy
Grayson County Group Wins State Historic Scrapbook Award
The Grayson County Survey Committee won an honorable mention in the Carl L. Estes Scrapbook competition at the Texas State Historical Survey Committee annual meeting in Waco on Oct 24 25. Chairman J C Taliferro of Sherman led the group to the top honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County Survey Committee
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Waco
J. C. Taliferro
Sherman
Carl L. Estes
Historical Survey Committee
Haston Twins and Military Family Ties Highlight Texas Links
L Cpl David L Haston, son of Doyle and Haston, treated for Malaria at U S Naval Support Hospital Da Nang Vietnam. He is grandson of O A Bennett Whitewright and Addie Haston Terrell. Both connected to the Texas Historical Foundation and met at the Alice Center Inn in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L., Haston
Doyle Haston
U. S. Naval Support Hospital
da Nang
Vietnam
O. A. Bennett
Whitewright
Addie Haston
Terrel
The
Texas Historical Foundation
Alice Center Inn
Waco
Local residents share weekend visits and minor injury
Mrs. Carlton Johnson injured her left hand Saturday night while helping with a grain drill at the farm. Mrs. M. E. Winburn returned from West Plains Missouri where she visited her son Chester Watson and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hudgins returned home after visiting son Donald Paul Hudgins at Big Gabin Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. James Stuteville and children of Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morton and son of Dallas spent Sunday with Grover Stuteville's family. Mrs. Sarah Jo Smith of Bogota visited daughter Mrs. Duane Bryson and family over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Johnson
M. E. Winburn
West Plains, Mo
Chester Watson
A. A. Hudgins
Donald Paul Hudgins
Big Gabin
Okla
James Stuteville
Richardson
Jack Morton
Dallas
Grover Stuteville
Sarah Jo Smith
Bogota
Duane Bryson
Fameily
Virgil Burchfield
Whitewright
James and
Mike
Irving
Clovis
Arlington
Wayne
Plano
Ringleys
Colo
D. W. Smith
Garland
John Vestal
Gilbert Arie
Seagoville
Vestal
Lora Vestal
Whitewright Nursing Home
Mary Lou Ayers
San Bernardino
Calif
Jacokie Pannell
Jesse Banks
Ambrose
John Curtis
No. 8
J. H. Gosnell
Gilbert Keck
Nocona
John Hansley
S.D. Hansley
Henryetta
Lillie Noble
Grady McCorstin
Velma Sadler
Ernest Smith
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Viva Phillips
W.L. Hatfield
Sara Kilgore
Grover C. Brown
Maxine Brown
Linda Smith
Jesse Green
Boebbie Davis
Denison
Bobby Janway
Bobby Wayne
Billy Don
Debra Kay
Mers
B. L. Janway
Raymond Dixon
Paris
Liellie Dixon
A. R. McMurry
D. D. Brooks
A. L. Withrow
Sam Burry
Trenton
Harold Brown
Keneneth
Gary
Darlene
Palestine
L. C. Holleeman
Ray Hansard
Harold Doss
Sarah Jester
Rienggold
H. D. Jester
Byrd Burchefield
J. W. Burchfield
Bobby Burchfield
Lewis Sheridan
George Christopher Home
Sonny Smith
Wheitewright
G. H. McLaerry
Farmersville
Ed Ray Pike
Cindy
Corpus Christi
Carl May
Edna Sudder
Mesquite
Eddie McCartney
W. B Antoine
Gilbert Henslee
Faremersville
Oran Sears
Grady Mce Corstin
Smith
Whitewridt
Lyons Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary in Bells
Mr and Mrs W O Lyons Sr mark sixty years since their 1909 marriage with a reception at 211 West Main Bells on Sunday November 2 from 2 to 5 pm hosted by their five daughters two sons and families. Their bios note Kentucky birth and Dallas years plus church and fraternal ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Lyons
West Main
Bells
Lyons
Glasgow
J. A. Lyons
Mr. Lyons
Johnson Freight Lines
Sherman
Sunset Motor Freight Lines
Dallas
Mrs. Lyons
Card of Thanks from Mrs Lora Vestal
Mrs Lora Vestal thanks neighbors and friends for their thoughtfulness during her hospital stay and while in the rest home. Her note expresses appreciation for visits and support from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Vestal
Local residents join hunting trip notes and visits
A long column lists residents from Whitewright and surrounding towns visiting relatives and friends in Sherman Denison Paris Dallas and Garland. It notes a hunting trip near Ringley Colorado by Virgil Burchfield and family and many weekend visits and hospital stays among local households.
Grayson County Barracks No 8 elects officers in Sherman
Curtis named commander. Last Thursday night in the Assembly Room of the Court House in Sherman officers for Grayson County Barracks No 8 veterans of World War 1 were elected. John Curtis of Whitewright was elected Senior Vice Commander and Mrs. John Curtis as guard. E E Perkins was reelected commander with Mrs Winnie Mae Guantt named president of the auxiliary. Plans were made for the annual Veterans Day Dinner on Nov 1. Following the business session a salad plate was served to 35 members by the committee of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Sherman
Grayson County
John Curtis
Whitewright
E.E. Perkins
Winnie Mae Guantt
Merry Blue Birds Plan Cooks Out
At the weekly Merry Blue Birds meeting Karen Andersen lit the candle and Debbie Franklin led the roll call. Eleven members and two leaders attended as Pamela Holt reported month end finances. A Friday cook-out at Debbie Franklin’s home was planned after school. leaders helped with Halloween black cat crafts and each girl received an owl treat bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Blue Birds
Karen Andereson
Debbie Franklin
Pamela Holt
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club plans events
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met in Mrs. Hatfield’s yard with Edith Grider presiding. Members discussed attending the Federated Club program at Holiday Inn Oct 30 and a rummage sale set for Oct 24-25 in Mrs. Hatfield’s building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
W. L. Hatfield
Edith Grider
Velma Saddler
Carl
May
Sallye Hamilton
G. C. Hardcastle
Whitewright Home
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Rty
G.C.S.C
David Haston
Community Cable Co. of
North Texas, Inc
Bob Whigham
Bob
T.V
Solid State
Stere
W.O. Lyons
Ghter
Trent Allison Phillips
Whitewright Schools
First Baptist Church
Eastern Star
Guy Rice
A. L. Southard
Maud
Mason H. Brooks
Leonard Keith
R.H. Burton
Oscar Lyons, Jr
Jack Lyons
First National Bank
Whitewright, TE Nas
J. T. Follis
Denelson
Frank Powell
Durant
Cecil Hendrix
Charles Carpenter
Bonham
Tom Ritchey
Eugene McCullough
the Whitewright Sun
Curtis
Edna
Sahin Edna Greenweed
Keke Re
Winnie Hamilton
Janette Wade
Fred Garner
Virginia Blair
James Donaghey
Y Wir
Electric Light & Power Conpanty
Lokey Edwards
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