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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
5
Numerous Sherman area residents spent weekends visiting relatives and friends in Dallas Greenville Whitesboro Arlington Sulphur Oklahoma and other towns. The column notes illness and hospital stays including Joe Ross and Mrs G C Stateville. A weather note records temperatures around 58 59 degrees and remarks on an unusually cool damp season.
Bonham store Lem Tittsworths lists used gas ranges priced at 29.50 39.50 49.50 and 69.50 dollars each. Local shoppers are urged to compare prices and inspect units in stock.
Mrs B B Hall of Denton visited relatives in town while Mrs Jack Farley and daughter Patricia joined their husband after a Dawson business trip. Several Austin Grand Prairie Seguin residents stayed with the Darwins and other kin. Debra Kaye Price was born Sept 5 to Betty Lee Jones and David Price of College Station. William Henry King returns from Yellowstone to begin at Texas A and M with Mrs George Hight hosting a Tuesday Night Bridge Club meeting.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Ryan announce the marriage of their daughter Billie Jean Ryan to Tommy E Johnson son of Mr and Mrs J D Johnson both of Route 4 The ceremony was held at 8 o clock Saturday evening in the home of Rev Harold Gordon at Tom Bean Only immediate families attended The couple will reside at 215 East Jones street Sherman.
Rotary Club program chair Thomas Sears failed to present his feature last Friday. S T Montgomery, Whitewright high school football coach, discussed the team prospects for the year noting a strong backfield but weakened line due to last year’s graduations. Visitors H R Wallace and S P Tucker of Sherman and Jack Pritchard of Bells attended.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Walt entertained 41 guests Thursday night for their son Troyce Lees 15th birthday He has used a wheelchair eight weeks since a July 5 horse accident when a horse fell on him Crutches started on his birthday The party featured games gifts and birthday cake and punch with many relatives and friends in attendance
Obituary line lists Marvin Norris Beavers Dick Cantrell Donald Lansford Clyde Hyepock and Eunice Cable among those mentioned in the memorial notices.
Sunday school begins at 10 a m and all worshipers will attend an 11 o clock service conducted by Mr Mc Clure of Bonham who sponsors the young people's work.
Therman Healy, minister. Bible classes at 10 a m. Morning worship at 11 a m. Evening service at 7 30 p m. Wednesday Bible classes at 7 30 p m.
Rev R L Hamm pastor schedules for church activities include Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 a m evangelistic service at 745 p m Wednesday prayer service at 8 p m and a young peoples evangelistic service on Saturday at 8 p m.
Minister Ashley D. Jameson announces a church schedule with morning worship at 11 a.m. and a morning Sunday School at 10 a.m. Youth activities include Fellowship at 7:30 p.m., preaching at 8:00 p.m., and Youth Hour at 9:00 p.m.
Rev James L Cooper pastor W T Simmons Sunday school superintendent Mrs Edgar Ayers Training Union director Mrs B W Newman W M S president J B Layman Brotherhood president Sunday school 10 am morning worship 1110 o clock Training Union 645 pm Evening worship 730 pm Wednesday prayer service and choir practice 745 pm Quote from Round and Round Wichita Kansas reflects local tone.
In a spiritual reflection the speaker argues Christ offers true salvation unlike Communism, stressing individual relation to God and eternal life through Jesus Christ. The message invites readers to join the Church of Christ.
Neal Gunter 22, former Whitewright resident and World War II veteran, was killed in an automobile crash near Mitchell Oregon last Friday. Funeral services were held in Pineville Oregon Tuesday. Survivors include four sisters Mrs J H Harvey of Whitewright and Mrs Hazel Johnson of Spencerville Okla and four brothers Emery Spur Olea Pineville Gunter Coolidge and Edward Lubbock.
Funeral services for Mrs Opal Fain Bogle were held at Oak Hill Cemetery at 2 pm Friday. Born October 18 1889 in Whitewright she was the daughter of the late W C Fain and a former Grayson College student. She is survived by two sons Walter Harris Bogle of Houston and Jack Bogle of Fort Worth a brother Walter Fain of Westminster and four sisters Mrs J L Kirkpatrick Mrs Laud Larson Mrs Wade Hancock and Mrs Jim D Wilson of Fort Worth. Out of town relatives included Mr and Mrs Jack Bogle and others from Fort Worth McKinney Westminster and Houston. Earnheart Funeral Service oversaw arrangements.
LOMA LINDA Calif California spends 280 million dollars annually to care for about 72 000 chronic alcoholics according to State Director of Public Health W L Halverson He bases the figure on police court jail costs and losses of income to victims and families California ranks second in national alcohol consumption with 4 800 000 drinkers in a 7 250 000 adult population
Data from the Automobile Manufacturers Association yearbook shows 9 million Americans employed by highway transportation industries, about one in seven workers. American output reaches 6.25 million vehicles last year. U.S. auto ownership exceeds 70 percent with four-door sedans most common.
A humorous exchange highlights a farmer known for rapid speech. The narrator notes the man’s father was a tobacco auctioneer and his mother was a woman, underscoring the upbringing behind the quick tongue.
Washington Irving, famed author of Rip Van Winkle, served as United States minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846, shaping early diplomatic ties between the two nations.
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