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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1954
Page
5
A string of weekend visits and family gatherings is recorded. Names include Dimmie Adkins from Lubbock, C. W. Pope, Ross Wilson and sons from Tulsa, Marvin Smith and Blanche Kennedy from Dallas, and many others visiting relatives in Denison, Sherman, Dallas, and nearby towns. Details cover travel from Oklahoma and Texas, with some notes on work changes and military discharge.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Trotter of Clifton spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Carl Holland. Raymond Walt is reported improved after being stricken last Thursday while picking cotton and unable to move limbs without great pain. Mrs T J Giles hosted weekend guests including Mrs C B Lawson of DeQuincy LA Patsy Jeanne Lawson of Dallas and Mr and Mrs W C Musser and sons Giles and David of Sherman. Labor Day visitors at the A R McMurry home included A E McMurry and children Mrs E L Young and son from Lubbock Mr and Mrs J H Perkins Farmersville Mr and Mrs Alwyn Golden and daughter Jane Leonard Mr and Mrs Jesse Blanks Mr and Mrs Edgar Ayers Mr and Mrs Joe Pannell Lynda Pannell and Alice Ayres and Mr and Mrs Earl Hill and grandson of Sherman. Joe G Pannell formerly of Lawton OK is spending this week with relatives here.
Joe was discharged from the Army last Saturday and will depart Friday to move to Austin where he plans to enroll at the University of Texas.
At the Ro tary Club last Friday no program occurred due to a mixup with assignments leaving two programs on hand. New member B R Vestal, principal of the high school, was introduced while O R Edwards resigned as a member. Marshall Hasty reported on the tennis court project, noting no progress due to lack of funds to pour the 60 by 90 foot concrete slab.
Mr and Mrs Carl Houchin of Slaton visit the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Bowen. Mrs Houchin, a Bowen niece, was unknown to the Bowens until about a month ago when a letter arrived revealing the kinship.
Mrs Houchin and Mrs Bowen, siblings separated when Bowen left Kentucky for Texas, were honored with a picnic lunch at Greenville park. About fifty relatives from Whitewright Trenton Dallas Commerce Grand Prairie and Ladonia attended the reunion and shared stories of their long separation.
A Dallas man, a heavy drinker, asked Judge W L Sterrett for a special driver's license so his 14 year old son could drive him around local pubs. The judge said licenses are only issued for real necessity. The father stated his need as he drinks and wants his boy to chauffeur him.
Foreclosure of a tax lien follows a Grayson County court judgment against H R Weaver and wife Hattie Weaver. The sheriff will sell Lot 10, Block 5 in Stevens Addition Denison Texas on October 5 1954 between 2 and 4 PM at the courthouse door to satisfy the tax, interest, penalties and costs with redemption rights preserved. Published in The Whitewright Sun September 9 16 and 23 1954.
A catalog of churches with pastors and weekly schedules including First Presbyterian First Assembly of God First Baptist First Methodist Central Christian Cross Roads Presbyterian Bethel Baptist Tom Bean Methodist Presbyterian Pilot Grove Church of Christ and more with times for Sunday School Morning worship and evening services plus midweek gatherings and special services where shown.
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