Local Notes Span Visits Births and Church Revival
Miss Zoe Vestal visits Houston while Dallas relatives host others. Several births are announced including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meador and a Sherman birth to Mrs. Horace Ashlock. A 10 day Church of Christ revival in the area ends with eight additions as Stanley J. Lovett leads the revival and Herman Bedford directs song. The Women’s Society of Christian Service postpones its Labor Day meeting to September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Church of Christ
Stanley J. Lovett
New Boston
Herman Bedford
Whitewright
Whitewright Social News Sees Visits and Births Across Texas
Mrs. Lucian LaRoe returns to Austin from Whitewright with sister in tow. Dallas visitors include Woodrow Smith family and Freeman couple en route to Fort Worth. A Dallas couple announces a birth of a son August 31 and Rita Gail Ownby joins Whitewright family. Sherman and Dallas ties appear with Norris and Green families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian LaRoe
Austin
Whitewright
John P. Haden
Durant
Okla
David Woodrow Smith
Dallas
Mr. Smith
J. B. Hall
Big discount on General Electric Deep Freeze at Bonham
Local ad notes Lem Tittsworth of Bonham offers a slightly used GE Deep Freeze with promise of easier meat planning. Also mentions Miss Jonnie Robbins returning to Sherman after visiting Orangeville area relatives and employment at M and P Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
General Electric
Local residents relocate and military notes from Texas towns
Mr and Mrs Billy Roberts and son move from Bonham to McKinney due to a job transfer with Lone Star Gas. Funeral held for Pvt Lonzo Hudgins of Denison. he died in France on 10 November 1944 and is buried in Sherman Memorial Plot. Clay Horton and daughter Janis Jayne returned from Detroit via Canada and Niagara Falls with a new car. Maurice Roy Neathery, 1945 Whitewright HS graduate, leaves Aug 25 for duty with Army Air Corps in San Antonio after working for United States Rubber Co of Dallas. he is the son of Mr and Mrs R H Neathery, Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Roberts
Bonham
McKinney
Roberts
Lone Star Gas Company
A. A. Hudgins
Pvt
Lonzo Hudgins
Denison
Hudgins
E. Hudgins
France
Celeste
Army
Sherman Cemetery
Clay Horton
Janis Jayne
Detroit
Mich
Canada
Niagara Falls
Horton
Maurice Roy Neathery
Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Maurice Roy
Whitewright High School
United States Rubber Company of
Dallas
R. H. Neathery
Church Services and Bible Classes Across Local Congregations
Sunday schedules list Enterprise Baptist Church led by Pastor Joe Denton with Sunday School at 10 and sermons at 11 and 7 45. The Church of Christ presents Bible classes at 10 and a communion service at 11. Central Christian Church under J R Wright Jr features an 11 oclock morning worship with Jack Garrett delivering Christian Love from 1st Corinthians 13, assisted by Bro and Mrs Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Baptist Church
Joe Denton
Church OF Christ
Central Christian Church
J. R. Wright Jr
Bro
Jack Garrett
TCU
Wright
Mrs. Garrett
First Methodist Church Communion and Evening Services
The Communion service occurs at the morning worship hour with the theme Faith. Evening worship resumes at 8 p.m. pastor's sermon is Love Does Triumph as part of a series on Central Certainties of the Christian Faith. Church school meets at 10 a.m. Youth Fellowship gathers at 7 p.m. for fun and worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Church School
Youth Fellowship Sub-District Meeting at Bells
The Youth Fellowship invites the public to a sub-district meeting at Bells on Tuesday evening. Transportation will be provided for attendees, with departure from the church at 7 o'clock. All are welcome to attend the services at the First Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ple
First Methodist Church
Notable Texas and Civil War Echoes in Print History
Henry W. Grady of the Atlanta Constitution is praised as a great orator and editor whose postwar speeches helped fuse North and South. The piece notes the Constitution’s mass circulation, Texas law on official papers, and mentions Brig. Gen States Rights Gist, killed at Vicksburg, and the Unknown Soldier of World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Grady
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
Texas
Georgia
Gist
Vicksburg
Unknown Soldiers Resting Places Highlight Grave Markings
A historical note states three fourths of last resting places belong to men with unknown identities, tallying over 12,000 unknown soldiers. The figure underscores the scale of unidentified war dead and the enduring search for records and recognition.
Russians Granted Right to Build and Own Homes
A Soviet presidium decree grants every Russian citizen the right to build and own a home. A parallel decree offers land plots in eternal use. Private contractors are absent. citizens may build themselves with state materials or form cooperatives. prefabricated houses may debut within a year. homes may be one or two stories up to five rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Presidium of
The
Supreme Soviet
Council of Ministers
Rapid City Sees Extreme Temp Swings in 1943
The record highs and lows occurred around Rapid City South Dakota on January 22 1943. From 10 29 a m to 5 26 p m the temperature surged and dropped in rapid bursts with 32 degree rise in four minutes 36 in five minutes 35 in 11 minutes and falls of 22 in three minutes 47 in five minutes and 41 in four minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
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Zoe Vestal
Houston
C. W. Wilson
C. A. Wilson
Mrs. C. A. Wilson
R. L. Sears
Lawton, Okla
Robert Doss
University of Texas Law School
J. H. Hudgins
Durant, Okla
Mrs
Jack Everheart
Corsicana
J. E. Everheart
Jack Meador
J. Frank Wilson
Lee Wilson
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
J. Frank
Mrs. Thurston Montgomery
Ector
Roxton
George Baugher
Clyde Montgomery
Jerome Peschke
Eddie and
Jerry
R. C. Vestal
Bruce Pember
Slaton
Linda Kay Bennett
Frances Bennett
Dwayne Bridges
Irol E. Blanks
Eldorado, Ark
J. B. Kent
Horace Ashlock
Sherman
Ashlock
Hester Martin
D. Leon Harp
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Monnia Biggerstaff
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Brady Stephens
Bakersville, Calif
Paul Stephens
Pete Nicely
Claude Thompson
John Jones
Pee Wee Jones
J. G. Simmons
Lubbock
Mr. Simmons
Texas Technological College At
Craig
Craig’s Cafe
Vita Vista
Rusk
Kimbell
Hills-Dale
West A Sn
Hormel
Woodrow Hudgins
Cartwright, Okla
D. F. Hodges
Calera
Jack Hall
Gerbis Smith
Sarah Byrum
Paul Byrum Jr
John E. Smith
Austin Stedham
Austin Jr
Salina, Kansas
W. H. Stedham
L. A. Freeman
Owen Hall
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Tom Norris
J. A. Pumphrey
Norris
W. B. McLeroy
Sulphur Springs
Loretta Young
John Coleman
Desert
Rita Gail
Guy Ownby
Allen Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ownby
J. P. Ownby
Fred M. Green Jr
Jonnie Robbins
Jack Robbins
Orangeville
Miss Robbins
M & P Bank
C. T. Atkinson
Betty
Patricia
Roland
Lyons
N. Y
Thurston Montgomery
C. C
Atkinson
Hamilton, Tex
Guy Davis
Blanton Auto and Home Supply
O. W. White
Palace Theatre
AWAD
Valente As
Goddard
Cecil B. DeMille
Technicolor
Howard DA Silva
Boris Karloff
Cecil Kellaway
Ward Bond
Franchot Tone
Brod Crawford
Mischaauer
Andy Devine
Ronald Reagan
Shirley Temple
William Eythe
Barbara Britton
MR. Reckless
Ray Milland
Charles Laughton
Maureen O’sullivan
Boyce
Gingham, Chambray
Cole & Davis Co
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