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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
5
Bettye Nell Yeager returns home from Fort Worth while Miss Dorothy Bennett of Kirkwood visits Miss Ruth Melugin. Various visitors and arrivals from Covington, Sherman, Dallas, Fort Worth, and other places fill the week, with births announced and social calls noted.
The Sun reports early booking of Christmas cards with a wide assortment of new designs. Individual orders are available from 12 to 1600 cards, with pricing that matches stock cards in 50 and 100 lot orders, including customer names on each card. Visit to view the big book of samples.
Family from many towns gathered at W. L. Jenkins home southwest of Whitewright for a large reunion and birthday celebration. Sixty two attendees, including fourteen living Jenkins children, joined Mrs. and Mr. Jenkins in a picnic meal and an afternoon of pictures, song, and socializing.
The Presbyterian Church women hold a denomination wide Prayer Retreat from September 10 to 13 with a special meeting next Monday at 3 p.m. All Presbyterian women are urged to attend and missionary societies across the denomination join in the event.
The Presbyterian Men's Club gathers at Bonham church on Thursday evening with wives invited. About twenty men and women from the local church will attend. Social hour starts at 6:30 in the church. supper, costing 35 cents, will be served at 7 in the Christian Church basement.
Mrs Albert Reeves entertained guests Wednesday afternoon to honor bride Mrs Bow Henderson. Attendees included Mrs J A Henderson Mrs L R Dossey Miss Jewel Dossey Mrs Grace Sloan Mrs Wilma Scott Mrs Harvie Reynolds Miss Martha Jo Henderson Miss Virginia Ashlock Miss Maude Henderson Mrs J G Blanks Miss Alice Blanks Mrs Earl Hill Mrs Clifton Sanderson Mrs Clifton Jones Mrs Elmer Sanderson Mrs Horace Miller Miss Marjorie Henderson Miss Velma Lee Henderson Mrs J H Norris Miss Oleta Norris Mrs Frances Stephens Mrs Jack Biggerstaff Mrs Ralph Wallace Mrs Ben Clark Mrs Orbin Blanton Mrs Mallie Williams Mrs Manuel Alexander Mrs J P Williams Mrs Jess Norris and Mrs Euell Scott.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb, pastor, leads Sunday school at 10 a m and a sermon at 10 50 a m titled God Our Objective The Junior Church is led by Mrs Robert Sears with Mrs Horace Gordon and Miss Margaret Hanna assisting A second sermon at 7 30 p m explores The Most Beautiful Word focusing on the greatest words in the Bible and human speech
Pascal Head, 73, longtime Whitewright resident and former mayor, died at his Abilene home Saturday. Funeral services were held in Abilene Sunday with burial there. He was born in Kentucky.
Mrs Mattie James and Mrs Sam Taylor hosted a wedding shower for the recent bride Mrs Otis Burchfield at Mrs James's home Saturday afternoon. Refreshments were served to a large list of guests and Mrs Burchfield received many gifts including some sent by absent friends.
Rev and Mrs Leslie O Evans were honored with a lawn farewell at the Baptist Church after moving to Sherman on Tuesday. The program featured gifts for the couple and refreshments for over a hundred attendees. Rev Evans has taken the pastorate at East Sherman Baptist Church and will preach his first sermon there Sunday.
Town mourns the death of Mr. Head son of Dr and Mrs W P Head a Civil War surgeon He married Sallie King and lived in Whitewright before moving to a ranch near Abilene Survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Billy Stannage of Albuquerque and sister Miss Mary Head dean of women at Hardin-Simmons University Inez and Gladys Ray cousins in Whitewright
A Whitwright woman recalls a theatre misstep when she felt for a seat in the dark and touched a bald man’s head. The man pointed out a row of empty seats behind him as the lights were low. The incident ends with the woman realizing her error and the man’s flustered response.
Bonham reports the Rural Electrification Administration approved an additional 126000 for the Fannin County Electric Cooperative to add 163 miles of lines serving about 474 customers. Taylor Holcomb of Trenton, temporarily in charge, will oversee until a new superintendent is elected.
Tom Gilroy, 68, stuck his finger into a bottle on Tuesday and found a wasp inside. He smashed the glass, was stung once, and received treatment for a small cut.
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