Local News Highlights From Whitewright Social Circles
Whitewright residents host visitors and relatives from Decatur Durant Anna and beyond. Notable moves include J A Yeager family relocation to Englewood California and W M Davis moving from Nocona to lead Community Public Service Co. New faculty appointments include N B Nicholson and Elbert Bennett at Beils school and Margaret Lilley to Gladewater. A large obituary cluster centers Ed B Dillon funeral attendance. A San Diego birth Donald Jr Albaugh noted. eye injury endangers Bob Sears. Current Book Club hears Joe Smith Dyer talk Give Us Our Dream emphasizing kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith Dyer
Garland
Book Club
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Dyer
Dyer
Ina Nevills buys Van Alstyne beauty shop today
Mrs. Ina Nevills, formerly of the Bennett shop, purchases a Van Alstyne beauty shop and assumes management today. The move follows several months at Bennett. Funeral services for John Doty, 68, formerly of Whitewright, were held at Chillicothe with burial in Gainesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Nevills
van Alstyne
Bennett
John Doty
Whitewright
Chillicothe
Gainesville
P. A. Short
Church Schedules and Ministers Featured
Churches announce service times with Clifford Taylor as minister at 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. sermon on first and third Sundays. James I. Logan Jr. leads 11 a.m. morning worship and 7:30 p.m. youth meeting. Choir practice is Wednesday at 7:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Taylor
Central Christian Church
Rev. Taylor
International Youth Movement
Oslo
Norway
Stockholm
Sweden
Portsmouth
England
Taylor
Switzerland
James I. Logan Jr
First Baptist Church Schedule Weldon Drake Minister
Sunday School at 10 a m Morning worship at 11 a m Training Union and Class at 6 40 p m Evening worship at 7 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 Choir practice after prayer meeting all listed by minister Weldon Drake and superintendent W T Simmons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Weldon R. Drake
W. T. Simmons
First Methodist Church Plans Back to School Drive
Pastor R L Gilpin outlines morning sermon This Same Jesus and evening talk Jesus Only at 7 30 PM A full church school for all ages Back to School Back to Church effort urged Youth Fellowship meets 6 30 PM Officers elected Kelly Pierson president Gene Darwyn Bush vice president Clifton Bass secretary treasurer Sue Phillips worship chair This group invites all Methodist youth to join for faith and service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Gilpin
First Methodist Church
Jesus
Whitewright
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Kelly Pierson
Gene Darwyn Bush
Clifton Bass
Sue Phillips
Whitewright 4 H Club elects officers for 1948
The Whitewright H D Club met at Mrs. W L Hatfield home with eleven members. Officers elected for 1948 were Mrs. Fred Cook Jr president Mrs E B Martin vice president Mrs Guy McCafferty secretary treasurer Mrs Carl May council delegate and Miss Viva Phillips parliamentarian. Mrs Cook Jr will attend THDA convention in Galveston Sept 24 25 and 26. A party in honor of 4 H Club girls was planned and Miss Zelma Moore spoke on water and sewage disposal for rural homes. The club meets Sept 25 at Miss Lola Scotts home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
W. L. Hatfield
Fred Cook Jr
E. B. Martin
Guy McCafferty
Carl May
Viva Phillips
Galveston
Fred Cook Sr
Zelma Moore
Joe Miller
Vic Denham
Sallie Moore
Collier
Billy Hatfield
Miss Moore
Lola Scott
Rotary Club program on school pay raise noted
Rotary Club lunch featured S G Denney superintendent of Trenton schools as speaker. He discussed school problems and highlighted Texas Legislature action increasing teacher salaries to attract and retain good teachers. Rotarians present included W W Simpson S P Tucker and James Hollingshead of Sherman. Guests were Rev James I Logan and Paul Brown county commissioner of Fannin County.
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H. B. McMahan
Rotary Club
S. G. Denney
Trenton
Texas
W. W. Simpson
S. P. Tucker
James Hollingshead
Sherman
James I. Logan
Paul Brown
Fannin County
Sun Honor Roll Adds New Names This Week
The Sun announces new additions to its Honor Roll this week including K. M. Kaiser Paul Taylor B. C. Pearce Finis Stephens Dr. John D. Gleckler Mrs Coralee Payne H. B. McMahan R. C. Vestal Mrs. Minnie Clymer E. D. Lyons Joe T. Vestal and Ray Hansard S/2c.
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Sun
K. M. Kaiser
Paul Taylor
B. C. Pearce
Finis Stephens
John D. Gleckler
Coralee Payne
H. B. McMahan
R. C. Vestal
Minnie Clymer
E. D. Lyons
Joe T. Vestal
Ray Hansard
Whitesboro Schools Enroll 580 on Opening Day
Whitesboro reports 580 pupils enrolled on the first day of school as classes begin Monday September 8 with more students expected to join during the week. Harvest work in rural areas reduces regular enrollment as students assist in fall harvest. Van Alstyne follows with 436 total enrollment including 143 in high school and 293 in elementary, down from 451 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
Whitewright Boy Scouts to usher at Sherman college game
The Whitewright Troop 1 plans to usher at Austin College football in Sherman this Saturday night. Scouts must wear full uniforms and meet at First Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Then they will watch from a special scout section. The fall roundup is underway as Troop 1 is being reactivated, sponsored by Whitewright Rotary Club with Rev. R. L. Gilpin as scoutmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Austin
Sherman
First Methodist Church
Whitewright Rotary Club
R. L. Gilpin
Sherman Council
Economic Result of the Auto Era
A recent summary of automotive industry employment shows more than 537,000 American concerns in the field and over 8.2 million workers employed. Auto mobile trucks provide jobs for 5,750 drivers while sales and service sectors, including repair garages and gas stations, cover about 300,000 concerns employing 1.3 million people. Actual automobile production pro-
Automotive jobs concentrate in few firms
The segment provides jobs for 800000 workers and its economic importance is clear because these jobs are concentrated in a small number of firms.
Negro Given Death In Killing Sheriff
George Holland a 33 year old Negro from Ralls was convicted of murder with malice in the death of Crosby County Sheriff J J Pierce. A jury deliberated an hour and fifteen minutes in Judge Dan Blair’s Seventy second District Court before the death sentence was assessed. Defense attorney A C Cooke said he would appeal to the Texas Supreme Court alleging racial discrimination due to too few Negroes called for petit jury duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
George Holland
Ralls
Crosby County
J. J. Pierce
Dan Blair
Seventy-second District Court
Atty
A. C. Cooke
Supreme Court
Whisky Still Blast Kills 7 in Arkansas Home
A whisky still explosion in a three room house near Hot Springs, Arkansas, kills seven of one family. John Wallace, 45, his wife, Corrine 13, John 10, Frank 4, Reuben 3, and Daisy 2 months die. Rolce Wallace, 11, survives. Coroner J P Sims reports the boy awoke to a loud blast and says a small still wreckage was found in the room of origin.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John Whalen Wallace
Corrine
John
Frank
Reuben
Daisy
Rolce Wallace
J. P. Sims
Saline County
Arkansas Hill Country
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Mrs
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J. A. Yeager
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Finis Alverson
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Little Rock, Ark
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Austin Fitts
Abilene
J. A. Cagle
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Charles Ayres
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Emory Christian
Orange
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Natchez
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Lucian Vestal
Pittsburgh
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Joe Vestal
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E. M. Kaiser
New York City
John J. Kaiser
Paul Simpson
Dorothy Hamilton
Dallas
Guy Hamilton
Hayden Hamilton
Ona _ Belle Hampton
Lee Hampton
James Bryant
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Mrs. Bryant
W. M. Davis
Nocona
Mr. Davis
Community Public Service Company
Margaret Lilley
Gladewater
Denison
Noel Scott
Sidney Scott
Elvis Scott
Max
W. T. Nicholson
Doris
Rusk
B. R
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J. A. Parker
Tyler
O. Q. Lomax
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Harry Steinberg
Ed B. Dillon
W. T. Kirby
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R. F. Hickman
J. Frank Roberts
Paris
Edgar Wright
Annie Roberts
Donald F. Albaugh
San Diego
Donald Jr
Albaugh
Fred Garner
Bob Sears
Sherman Hospital
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Earl Jansson
Joy Mfg Co
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