Local People Visit and Travel Notes Across Texas
Dozens of named residents and visitors travel between Dallas Sherman Denton Fort Worth and nearby towns this week. Individuals including Joe Meador Luther Sears Barlow Roberts Gene Montgomery and many more stop in Whitewright Denton Sherman Wolfe City and Durant sharing greetings visits and short trips. A brand new General Electric Range is advertised by Lem Tittsworth in Bonham while other residents plan moves and express plans to visit relatives or rejoin daily routines.
Whitewright Community News Highlights and Moves
Local residents host and relocate, with Ardmore and Royse City guests. Homes and businesses change hands, a fire at South Bend Street spared major damage, and several residents move to Denison Alba and Howe. Educational news notes North Texas State Teachers College degree recipients and library expansions. A cow fact closes the column.
Book Review Sparks Shower Of Canned Goods In Whitewright
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Lester Haile’s home on Tuesday afternoon for a special meeting. Mrs. H. T. Atterberry was featured in a book review, with visitors from the Kentucky town H D Club. After the review, Mrs. Haile presented Mrs. Atterberry a surprise shower of canned goods from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Home
Lester Haile
H. T. Atterberry
Kentuckytown
Chumbley Stowe Nuptials Held in Dallas
Rev Leon Chumbley son of Rev and Mrs C C Chumbley Howe and Miss Madian Pearl Stowe daughter of Mrs J W Stowe Silsbee were married Tuesday afternoon in Dallas. The couple, Baylor University seniors, plan ministry careers with Chumbley ordained in Waco last year. He is a Whitewright High School graduate and she a Silsbee High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Chumbley
C. C. Chumbley
Howe
Madian Pearl Stowe
J. W. Stowe
Silsbee
Dallas
Chumbley
Baylor University
Waco
Whitewright High School
Silsbee High School
Rotary lunch program honors Miss Nancy Davis and Dr. Tucker
Glen Earnheart chaired the Rotary Club lunch program on Friday. Little Miss Nancy Davis performed two vocal numbers with Mrs. O L Jones at the piano. Dr E B Tucker, president of Austin College Sherman, spoke on Rotary, delivering an unusually engaging address. Guests included Mrs Cecil Davis and Mrs Emmet Gilley of Ector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Earnheart
Rotary Club
Nancy Davis
Cecil Davis
Ector
O. L. Jones
E. B. Tucker
Austin College
Sherman
Rotary
Tucker
Emmet Gilley
Birthday celebration for Jane Meador among family friends
Mrs. C. J. Meador hosted a Monday afternoon party from 4 to 6 for her daughter Jane's sixth birthday. After games, guests gathered for a birthday song and cake with orange punch, joined by Frances Layman, Frank Layman, Billy Fay Dillon, Lonnie Ray England, Betty Nell Yeager, Betty Bryant, Nora Jean Hughes, Carol Ann Hughes, Willie Mae Alverson, Joe Glenn Parnell, Peggye Sue Parnell, William Henry King, Jack McSpedden, Jimmie McSpedden, Dean Alexander, Curtis Alexander, Paul Glen Watson, Billy Matt Watson, Joe Morris Wallace, Joan Anthony, Ida Pearl Thrasher, Mary Beth Pennell, Don Ray Mullinix, Travis Binion and Conway Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Meador
Jane
Frances
Frank Layman
Billy Fay Dillon
Lonnie Ray England
Betty Nell Yeager
Betty Bryant
Nora Jean
Carol Ann Hughes
Willie Mae Alverson
Joe Glenn
Peggye
Sue Parnell
William Henry King
Jack
Jimmie McSpedden
Dean
Curtis Alexander
Paul Glen
Billy Matt Watson
Joe Morris Wallace
Joan Anthony
Ida Pearl Thrasher
Mary Beth Pennell
Don Ray Mullinix
Travis Binion
Conway Craig
Engagement announced at San Antonio luncheon
At a Saturday luncheon in the Tapestry room of the St Anthony hotel San Antonio Miss Elizabeth Forayson announced the engagement of Evamae Harp daughter of Mr and Mrs D Leon Harp to Owen E Lancaster Jr son of Mr and Mrs Owen F Lancaster The couple will wed October 22 22 guests attended with a bridal party displayed in a white orchid corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Forayson
St. Anthony
San Antonio
Evamae Harp
D. Leon Harp
Owen E.lancaster Jr
Owen F. Lancaster
Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club Holds First Meeting
The Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club met Friday afternoon for its first gathering after several months. Members discussed plant care, cooking demonstrations, and upcoming community events planned by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckytown Home Demonstration Club
Women Club Hosts Gift Shower and Meeting Plans
The Women’s club hosted Mrs Charlie Chumbley with a gift shower and announced plans to meet again the second Friday in September. Attendees included Mrs David Chumbley Mrs Arthur Badgett Mrs Leslie Cox and many others joining in the social event and program led by Mrs C M Fulton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Fulton
Alma Jo Denton
Reba Mae Cox
Willa Nell Badgett
Dorothy Nell Martin
W. B. Davis
W. L. Hatfield
C. A. Anderson
Relda Chumbley
Charlie Chumbley
David Chumbley
Arthur Badgett
Leslie Cox
Sallie McFarland
P. H. Connelly
B. Tabor
Earl Taylor
Green Carter
J. E. Tramel
A. J. Badgett
Grace Connelly
Lattie Brown
Claude Phillips
Mary
Louise Autrey
Jack Ryan
W. H. Reynolds
Victoria Durham
Jim Hardcastle
Lonnie Darwin
Floyd Harris
Percy Darwin
Ray Martin
Dorothy Nell
Carl Holland
B. M. Dean
Alma Jo
F. E. Vittitoe
Music Studios Open by Miss Tommie Chenoweth
Miss Tommie Chenoweth will open her fall term of music at the start of the school term on Sept 12. Studios are at the grammar school and her residence near the high school. Instruction offered in piano, progressive series Dunning, and Carrick Bradley creative course. Enrollment before school encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Myrick
Grammar School
Newton Manning
Tommie Chenoweth
Carrick- Bradley
How To Pray and The Man Who Stands on the Other Side
Churches in Whitewright resume regular morning services after a month’s vacation. Reverend B Wrenn Webb returns to the pulpit at 11 o’clock with the sermon How To Pray. The Canaan quartet led by John Smith will participate in morning worship. An 8 p.m. program titled The Man Who Stands on the Other Side will follow. All welcome to join Sunday school and church services if no church home is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
John Smith
Whitewright
Methodist Church Sunday Sermon by Dr George C French
The Methodist Church will host Sunday morning services on September 4 led by Dr George C French presiding elder from Sherman. He will preach at 11 o clock with anticipated attendance and community participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. French
Sherman
Sunday Service Note and Sherman District Picnic Plans
The 11 o'clock morning service will proceed without a night service due to the pastor's absence. Sunday school convenes at 10 a.m. On Thursday afternoon Sept 8 a 3 to 7 p.m. picnic for Sherman district church adults will be at Woodlake with officers teachers and other adults invited. A program is being arranged. Joe M. Connally pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Woodlake
Board of Stewards
Joe M. Connally
Employment Drops 3.34 Million Since September 1937
The National Industrial Conference Board reports June total employment down 3,340,000 from the peak in September 1937 during the recovery, while government payrolls at federal state and local levels rise by 79,000. Excludes emergency WPA and CCC forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board
WPA
CCC
Ground nesting birds hit hardest by rains cats and snakes
The article notes ground nesting birds suffer most when heavy rains flood habitats and predators like snakes and house cats increase. It highlights the vulnerability of these birds to wet conditions and domestic predators, urging conservation awareness.
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