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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1965
Page
2
A parade of visitors and relatives fills the weekend pages. Bonham, Abilene, Dallas, Wichita Falls, Norman, Victoria, Amarillo, Sherman and other towns are named as kin, guests, and returning travelers attend gatherings, weddings, a homecoming, and a hospital entry.
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday at the Pilot Grove schoolhouse for the Marshall family reunion honoring the late John Marshall. Numerous attendees from Texas and Oklahoma shared memories and planned next year’s Labor Day weekend gathering with the time and place to be announced.
Police in Bowling Green Kentucky discovered prisoners in the city hall lockup making noise and drinking. They learned a inmate had pulled whisky bottles from an air vent using a long pole. Officers confiscated the whisky and stored it in the dungeon as evidence.
The First Presbyterian Church ladies honored Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Dooley on their golden wedding anniversary with a Tuesday evening party at the church. Mrs. Holl oway and Mrs. David Johnson arranged the program and a gold cornucopia containing 108 dollar bills on gold paper led the gifts. David Johnson offered the invocation. Cliff Emerson served as master of ceremonies for about 50 attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Everheart of 10610 W Central Street Albuquerque New Mexico observed their 57th anniversary on August 30 with a surprise party hosted by friends. They were married in Whitewright on August 30 1908 by W N Carter as recorded by Mrs. Everheart. Their family includes two daughters three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs Everheart is the former Hattie Jewel Bradford daughter of D C Bradford an early Whitewright merchant.
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Obituary for Dr. Jesse B Hall dentist and Death notices for Mrs Della Yaites and others. Free express delivery approved by Commercial Club saving merchants about 100 dollars monthly. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Alonzo Meadows of Pilot Grove. City marshal T Hamilton resigns. Henry Williams appointed. Ely resident R F Morrow dies in Ely. Rotary program features Denison club appearance. Local couples wed including Miss Bobbie Nell Cox and W H Dunn Jr Miss Nellie Hefner and Hanley A High Mr Rudolph Pierce and Miss Pauline Blackerby among marriages.
Billy Magar Dick Montgomery and N B Nicholson received Boy Scout merit badges for swimming while Guy Hamilton Jr earned six merit badges in various activities. Pratt Bros of Houston opened a general merchandise store here this week. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Martin on September 9.
Public schools opened on Monday enrolling 442 students. Old Age Assistance payments for September average 11.16 dollars. City Officer George Bennett arrested a man and woman this week in a burglary series linked to Sunday’s crimes here. A son was born September 8 to Mr and Mrs Ray Davis Route 3. Billy Rhom Pennington Patti Everheart and Janis Horton.
The Kirkwood Methodist Church in Irving will name its new Fellowship Hall after Rev Grady May for outstanding service. A bronze plaque at each entrance will bear his name. May, a Whitewright native and Grayson College alumnus, lives with his wife Edith Little at 1011 Hudson Street, Irving.
Miss Gwendolyn Sue Vestal married Hugh Davis in a Sept 4 ceremony at Igomar Methodist Church Pittsburgh. She is daughter of Addison A. and Mrs Vestal of Pittsburgh. he is son of Mrs R J Wertheim Findlay Ohio. They reside at 374 B Parkway Dr Columbus Ohio.
Veterans News states no state will lack a VA regional office and, except Alaska and Hawaii with no hospitals, all states have VA facilities. It notes GI insurance policies reopen until May 2, 1966 and that the VA has no role in military commissary purchases for families.
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