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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1972
Page
2
A reader riffs on common superstitions from black cats crossing paths to ladders and doors, noting how such beliefs clash with practical sense. The piece ends by citing Bob Walker of Howe Enterprise with a meditation on Words and humility.
Recent visitors include Melvin Hicks and Hale Center relatives at Tom Bean. Maudie Corado of Dorchester visited Rev and Mrs Birdie Jones. Billy McDaniel family moved into the Slawson house. Joe Mitchell returned from Hale Center trip. Mullinixs from Ardmore visited. A Ben Shaw farm barn was struck by lightning and destroyed. Scurlock family from Balivar Missouri visited Prices at Tom Bean. A Sedalia Baptist homecoming attendance noted.
The Bethel Woman's Missionary Society met Monday night for the Mary Hill Davis Week of Prayer. Mrs. Charles Pierce directed the program Christ is For Now, with Mrs. Johnnie England Mrs. Christine Sanderson Mrs. Patsy Miller Mrs. Ruby Cawthon Mrs. Phyllis Williams and Mrs. Patsy McFatridge presenting. Johnnie England presided briefly, introducing new WMU Director Patsy Miller for the church year.
Mr and Mrs Joe Spears of Lewisville and others including J A Parker of Houston and Bessie Caston and Lucile Price visited Guy Dillon at Whitewright Nursing Home this past week. Norman Watkins and family from Richardson called on L A Watkins Sr. on Sunday. Chuckie Watkins of College Station and L A Watkins Jr spent the weekend with family. Marian Spence of Denton visited Ethel Green on Monday. James Jenkins and family from Waxahachie visited Pete Jenkins, Jessie Mead of Bells joined Oli Meek and family of Plano in Whitewright Sunday. Gomer May of Sherman also visited Friends here Sunday.
Mrs. R G Bennett Jr of Muleshoe Texas sends a note with a photograph and local memories. She recalls living near Whitewright before moving in the early 1950s and mentions her Cooper and Bennett family roots in Porter Orangeville Bethel communities. She remains a Sun subscriber and asks for continued news of old acquaintances.
Ethel Green and Mr and Mrs A W Newman visit their son Randy Newman in Charleston South Carolina this week. Mr and Mrs Donald F Albaugh return to Springfield Virginia after visiting Mrs Fred Garner and Mr Don Collins. Miss Maureen Albaugh, Harding College student at Searcy Arkansas, visited over the weekend.
Rev and Mrs Lionel Lindley of Kentuckytown announce the engagement of their daughter Sheila Beth to Ronald Wayne Hickerson of Whitewright. Ronald is the son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Hickerson of Rt 2 Whitewright. The wedding is set for October 7, 1972 at 7 pm at Kentuckytown Baptist Church performed by the bride's father. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the wedding and reception.
Visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Williams Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Williams of Ft. Worth, Mr. and Mrs. J. L Smith of Richardson, Mrs. Irene Leftice of Plano, Jack Off of Celina, Mrs. Martha Ayres and daughters Debbie and Sherrie of Duncanville, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Watson and daughter Karen of Bells. Visiting their sister, Mrs. Joe Johnson this week were Mrs. R. A. Essary of Dallas and Mrs. Beulah Alfred of Bells. Guests of Mrs. W. R. Tabor over the week end were Mr. and Mrs. Odell O'Neal and their grandson Dennis Thrice of Commerce.
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