Local visitors and family updates trail into Sherman and Dallas
Mrs A J Robbins of Lubbock visits sons C M Howard and Jack Robbins while other locals stop in Dallas on Tuesday. C P McGinnis returns home after two weeks post surgery at Sherman Hospital. Miss Lucyle Starr visits her parents Fred Starr and wife. Grady Hansard and family visit Elbert Hansard’s home in weekend. Ouida Nell Harris visiting parents Floyd Harris after service board duties in Dallas. Jonnie Robbins weekends in Trenton with Tom Cunningham. Sonny Gosnell and wife welcome a daughter at Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman. R C Vestal spends a week in Houston with daughters Pat Emmett and Jerome Peschke. Lem Tittsworth’s Rural Furniture Store in Bonham touts 10000 dollars in stock. ad plugs low rent and taxes.
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Ouida Nell Harris
Selective Service Board
Dallas
Floyd Harris
Social notes from Whitewright and area events
Residents visit relatives in Dallas Sherman Bells and Walters move ins and outs births weddings and a heart attack update Mrs D Leon Harp visits Kemp librarian Barbara Chapin returns home Young people meet at Methodist Church and Fidelis class plans meeting Leon Davidson visiting from Seattle with family Otto Russell in Fort Worth on business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Davidson
Seattle
Washington
Whitewright
J. W. Davidson
Clarendon
Simmons Powell
W. L. Gordon
Dallas
T E L Class Meeting At First Baptist Church
The T E L class of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday at 3 p m for a social and business session. Mrs Addie Sweatt led the devotional and Mrs S T Montgomery offered prayer. Officers for the coming year were elected: Montgomery teacher Sweatt membership Perkinson stewardship Belew fellowship Pope secretary treasurer. Games and watermelon followed with 15 members four associates and one visitor. Hostesses were Myrick Morehead and Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Addie Sweatt
S. T. Montgomery
J. A. Bixler
C. P. McGinnis
J. L. Bow
Martin Belew
Mary Perkinson
C. W. Pope
Olive Myrick
Ed Martin
R. S. Morehead
O. L. Jones
Methodist Women Prepare For Fall and Winter Sessions
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the Methodist Church for its September session led by President Mrs. W N Stone. Devotional by Mrs. H C Willis inspired members as they planned studies on S E Asia and the Philippines. A report on the Sherman educational seminar Sept 5 was given. The next meeting will be a September social at 3 p.m. Sept 25 at Mrs. Grover Stuteville's home.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service of
The
Methodist Church
W.N. Stone
H. C. Willis
Sherman
S. E. Asia
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Grover Stuteville
Marriage of S/Sgt Lon Ready Bradley and Marilyn Houx
S/Sgt Lon Ready Bradley and Marilyn Houx were married on September 10 at Knight's Lake Road Chapel Fort Worth Army Air Field. Chaplin Norris B Ray officiated. The bride wore a blue dress with black accessories and a white gardenia corsage. The couple will reside in Fort Worth while the groom completes training at the fort.
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Lon Ready Bradley
L. A. Bradley
Route 2
Marilyn Houx
F. A. Houx
Independence
Kansas
Knight’s Lake Road
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Chaplin Norris B. Ray
Helen Wright
James C. Krischki
Fort Worth
Blackstone Hotel
Frances Warren Engaged to Virgil Parten of Honolulu
The engagement of Miss Frances Warren to Virgil Parten of Honolulu Hawaii was announced by her parents Mr and Mrs M M Warren. The couple plans a Honolulu wedding with date pending Miss Warren’s arrival and departure for the coast.
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Miss Frances Warren
Virgil Parten
Honolulu
Hawaii
Charles Parten
San Francisco
California
Gainesville
Texas
M. M. Warren
Miss Warren
Trenton High School
Couple to wed after five years at Hickam Field
The groom a Gainesville High School graduate and five year civil service employee at the Hawaiian Air Depot Hickam Field will marry and will reside in Honolulu after the ceremony.
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Hawaiian Air Depot
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Parten
Gainesville High School
Civil Service
Connelly Popjoy Wedding Announced
Announcement of the marriage of Pascal H. Connelly Jr. and Kay Popjoy, both in the armed forces, with plans to settle on a farm in Texas after the war. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Lester Brubaker in East Brandywine Township near Downingtown.
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Pascal H. Connelly Jr
Kay Popjoy
Downingtown
Penna
Pascal H. Connelly Sr
Kentuckytown
Coast Guard
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Whitewright
Texas
Lester Brubaker
Brandywine Township
Charles T. Popjoy
Rotary club praises magazine at luncheon program
Rev E P Wootten chaired the Rotary meeting and led discussion of Rotary magazine. W E LaRoe C J Meador Duke R Barron F M Echols and J H Waggoner praised the magazine for its material and fair impartial presentation. Many members resolved to read the magazine regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Magazine
Rotary
E. P. Wootten
Rotary International
W. E. LaRoe
C. J. Meador
Duke R. Barron
Wootten
F. M. Echols
J. H. Waggoner
Dr. E O May of Madill Visits Relatives Here
Dr. E O May of Madill Oklahoma visited relatives here on Wednesday. He is shown meeting family members during the visit and staying for several hours before returning home.
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E.O. May
Madill
Okla
Truett Memorial Hospital Planned at Baylor
The Baptist Workers Conference announces a 15 story general hospital at Baylor Hospital as a memorial to Dr George W Truett former president of the Baptist World Alliance and pastor of the First Baptist Church here. The hospital began in 1903 through Dr Truett’s influence and Lawrence Payne notes over 20000 Baptists will be asked to contribute to the Truett Memorial Fund.
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Dallas
The
Baptist Workers Conference
Baylor Hospital
George W. Truett
Baptist World Alliance
First Baptist Church
Truett
Lawrence Payne
Lumber Freeze Loosens Slightly In Fort Worth
Fort Worth WPB manager Walter P. Camp Jr says lumber yards may sell one fourth of their inventories as of Sept 1 1944 to non priority customers and contractors before Dec 31 1944 but only if rated orders are filed first. Contractors remain bound by WPB order L 41 limiting uses.
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Fort Worth
Walter P. Camp Jr
War Production Board
GOP Sweeps Maine in Major Victory Across State
Republicans captured key seats in Maine led by U S Representatives Robert Hale and Margaret Chase Smith re elected with large margins. Frank Fellows won reelection by over three to one while Horace A Hildreth secured the governorship with a 75000 vote margin, the largest since 1928. An estimated statewide turnout accompanied the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
CIO Political Action Committee
U. S
Robert Hale
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine United Labor Committee
Frank Fellow
Senate
Horace A. Hildreth
Paul J. Jullien
Governor Sumner Sewall Re-elected With 59000 Margin
The 1942 election saw Governor Sumner Sewall, a Republican, win re election by a 59000 vote margin, 8000 more than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Lewis Urges Miners to Vote Against F D R
United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis denounces President Roosevelt, claiming he once publicly rebuked miners and urging a defeat of Roosevelt in the November elections. The report notes lingering social commentary about women before mirrors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Cincinnati, O
United Mine Worker
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
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A. J. Robbins of
Lubbock
Sons
C. M. Howard and
Jack Robbins
A. M. Bryant
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Ross R. May
Lucyle Starr
Parkland Hospital
Fred Starr
Grady Hansard
Taylorville
Elbert Hansard
Jonnie Robbins
Trenton
Tom Cunningham
James H
Sonny) Gosnell
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
R. C. Vestal
Houston
Pat Emmett
Jerome Peschke
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Willard
Lee Norris
Otto Russell
D. Leon Harp
San Antonio
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Vera Hickman
Walter Adkins
Walters
Oklo
Barbara Chapin
Kemp Public Library
Wichita Falls
Lester Haile
Ira Kirkpatrick
Ben Montgomery
Sherman Hospital
Rollen Lay
Stillwater, Minn
Royce Lay
Augusta
Lay
S/le
Pat Emmott
William Patrick
Emmott
Emma Claire Vestal
Seaman Emmott
Pacific
Fidelis
Baptist Sunday School
Joe Johnson
Youth Fellowship
Manning & Meador
Methodist Society
Rotary Club
Truett Memorial
Farley Grocery
GOP
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Sinclair Station
Lower Main Street
Gomer May
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