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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
12
The Baptist Church opened a two week revival led by evangelist Rev. E. D. Solomon with assistants Stanley Armstrong and Mrs. Stanley Armstrong. Morning services are at 9:30 at the church, and outdoor evening services on the church lawn at 7:45. Seating is ample. Solomon and staff arrived after the opening service.
Miss Louise LaRee and Miss Gene vieve Davidson hosted an afternoon at Miss LaRee’s home announcing the engagement of Miss Joe Belle Sears to Mr. Jack Ryan of Centerville Texas. The decor featured zenias and red hearts with hearted place cards. Twenty two guests attended and a luncheon followed with Cupid motif motifs and concealed invitation revealing the wedding date September 21. Out of town guests included Miss Lucile Southern.
Land of Trenton, school chum of Miss Sears, and Catherine Cartwright of Van Alstyne were guests of Miss Estelle Montgomery. The affair was one of the summer’s most elaborate events and drew many friends of Miss Sears, LaRoe and Davidson.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kind administrations during his illness and for sympathetic words after his death. May God’s blessings be with each of you.
A Methodist church Epworth League meeting lists topics and leaders for September 10. Beveridge Brents leads How to Understand the Work of God from Acts 8 26. Speakers include Miss Mamie Cox Miss Mabel Rector Miss Minnie Willis Hubert Cox Miss Louise Sears Miss Dovie Mae Morgan with themes on Bible study prayer and providence.
Dora Hornbuckle sings closing song in a service titled Jesus Commission to Us with a short sentence prayer following.
Atlas Peck plans to reinforce his pig pen with a plank as his pig grows too large. Cricket Hicks displays striped socks and suspenders. Columbus Allsop played his bass fiddle loudly enough to resemble a coming thunderstorm. The Depuy Constable reads of a $50 reward and begins to plan a capture.
A quirky slice of small town life unfolds with Slim Pickens quitting his Rye Straw clerk job only to be seen idle again. Sidney Hocks trains as a detective but misfiles a trail to Musket Ridge’s moonshine still house while a passerby carries a suitcase through the morning. The Dog Hit Church choir grows louder with Sid in it though he cannot sing, and the storekeeper dreams of a chair that collapses on loafers.
The B Y P U program for intermediates at the Baptist Church on Sept. 10 features songs Where He Leads Me I Will Follow and Take the Name of Jesus With You. John Webster Russell McGinnis lead sword drill scripture John 10 6 17 Mildred Holcomb Hat tie Johnson Lu cile Myrick Ethel Atkinson present subjects Our Present day Healing Jesus Preparing His Disciples for His Death. Also noted: farm loans available from the Federal Land Bank at 5% in Fannin County through W. F. Keeton Bonham Texas. Piano repair and tuning offered by J. E. Russell with home service and satisfaction guarantee.
The Young People’s Meeting at the Church of Christ features Miss Winnie Hamilton as leader with prayers by Willis Simmons. Readings by Miss Sallie Hamilton Grady Young Miss Eunice Turner and others cover themes of salvation and baptism in the name of Christ.
Yam Sims visits Tickville Thursday afternoon and notes bashful flies at Tickville Restaurant lingering at the front door rather than entering.
In a contrived social exchange, a woman rebukes a male admirer for equating beauty with intellect. She accepts the flattery but asserts her own practical sense, while the suitor acknowledges her sharper wit as a rare compliment. The dialogue centers on gendered perceptions and self-assertion.
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