Local residents flock to events and visits across North Texas
A long list of local social activity fills a weekend note from Whitewright area. Visits span Itasca, Dallas, Denison, Sherman, Paris, and Leonard as families and friends travel for birthdays, hospital stays, and church events.Births include a daughter for Dr. F. D. Layman and a daughter Anna Lou for Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Phillips Jr. Several residents announce moves and meetings, with Barbee-Bassett Insurance relocating and a Bethel Dramatic Club starting season.
Woman’s Club Meeting Draws Whitewright Members
Whitewright Presbyterians attended a one day meeting for business and inspiration. Attendees from the church included Mrs. Robert Sears Mrs. Homer Sears Mrs. Fred Cook Mrs. Emmet Penn and Mrs. B Wrenn Webb. Honey Grove ladies served luncheon. Mrs W A Martin Mrs Elmo Wallace and Mr and Mrs Horace Ashlock visited Mrs J H Chapman who observed her 86th birthday. An upcoming marriage was announced for James Newton Lackey and Miss Bernice Goettsche of Houston to be held October 17 at Trinity Episcopal Church Houston. Bernice is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Goettsche of Houston. Lackey is son of Mr and Mrs L O Lackey of Whitewright and with Southwest Drug Corporation in Houston.
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Whitewright Presbyterian Church
Robert Sears
Homer Sears
Fred Cook
Emmet Penn
B. Wrenn Webb
Honey Grove
W. A. Martin
Elmo Wallace
Horace Ashlock
J. H. Chapman
Cooper
Chapman
James Newton Lackey
Bernice Goettsche
Houston
Trinity Episcopal Church
John F. Goettsche
Mr. Lackey
L. O. Lackey
Whitewright
Southwest Drug Corporation
Churches Schedule and Bible Study Reminders
Dr B Wrenn Webb pastor leads Sunday services at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. World Wide Communion of the Presbyterian Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. Church of Christ Bible Study at 10 a.m. Preaching services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bible study Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. Joe Burton, minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wrenn Webb
The
Presbyterian Fellowship
Church OF Christ
Joe Burton
Rally Day Opens Sunday School Year at 10 O'clock
Sunday October 2 marks Rally Day and the start of a new Sunday school year. A Rally Day program is arranged for 10 oclock and all Sunday school members are urged to attend. Preaching services are at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Joe M. Connally, pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M. Connally
Mortuary J H Caldwell Dies at 81 in Sherman
Mortuary J H Caldwell 81 longtime Penn lumber yard manager at Tom Bean died Wednesday afternoon at Wilson N Jones hospital Sherman after a two week illness. Funeral services set for Tom Bean this afternoon. Caldwell moved to Texas from Virginia as a youth and lived in Tom Bean about 60 years. He had worked for the Penn lumber yard owned by Emmet Penn of Whitewright since 1913. Survived by wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Caldwell
Penn
Tom Bean
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Mr. Caldwell
Texas
Virginia
Emmet Penn
Whitewright
Home Demonstration Club plans dress parade at fair
The Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Carl May's home with Mrs. Ed Kent as co-hostess. They planned entries for a dress parade at the Red River Valley Fair Tuesday night featuring dresses from oldest styles to modern. They discussed the community booth and arranging product bring-ins to Mrs. Brownie McSpedden's Wednesday afternoon. Best entries to be chosen at 1 30 with final plans. Refreshments for 16 members. An old day meeting at Mrs. Waldo's on Oct 13 was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl May
Ed Kent
Brownie McSpedden
Waldo
Needlecraft Club Visit At Mrs Leon Johnson’s Home
Mrs Leon Johnson hosted a Needlecraft Club gathering at her residence inviting members for an afternoon of sewing crochet and chatting. Participants shared pattern tips and project progress while enjoying light refreshments.
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Leon Johnson
Club Meeting Details Noted for Next Week
On Wednesday afternoon seven members and one visitor, Mrs Carlton Johnson, attended. Mrs Johnson provided refreshments. Mrs Alton McDowell will host the club next Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Johnson
Johnson
Alton McDowell
Dunning Music Club Elects Officers At Tuesday Meeting
The Dunning Music Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Guy Hamilton home and elected officers including President Pattie Everheart and Vice President Margaret Hanna. Secretary Mary Stephens Treasurer Wallace Reeves Reporter Janis Jayne Horton Parliamentarian Dorotha Darwin. Committees named Martha Jo Darwin Velma Holland C B Bryant III and Betty Nell Yeager Pattie Everheart served refreshments after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunning Music Club
Guy Hamilton
Pattie Everheart
Margaret Hanna
Mary Stephens
Wallace Reeves
Janis Jayne Horton
Dorotha Darwin
Betty Atkinson
Martha Jo Darwin
Velma Holland
C. B. Bryant III
Betty Nell Yeager
Cotton decline cuts Texas farm income
A University of Texas Bureau of Business Research report says declining cotton prices reduced Texas farmers August cash income. The August income figures reflect the impact of lower cotton prices on farm earnings during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Citation by Publication in Grayson County Texas 1938
Public notice in Grayson County Texas calling R A Smith T E Robinson John Stark Cargile and others to appear before the 59th District Court in Sherman on the first Monday in December 1938. The suit, file 46337, seeks foreclosure of tax related lien on Lots 30 31 32 33 in Block 6 Original Town Whitewright.
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State OF
Texas
District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
R. A. Smith
T. E. Robinson
John Stark Cargile
C. A. Smith
Rockey
Annice Smith
J. W. Combs
W. P. Glade
Combs and Glade
City of
Whitewright
J. L. Cantrell
R. B. Caraway
Sherman
R. C. Steed
Texas Cotton Market Sees Large Yearly Decline in August
Texas cotton earnings for eight months total $20,000,000, down sharply from $267,000,000 in the prior year, with August figures showing $40,000,000 versus $77,000,000 in 1937. Analysts warn unfavorable comparisons may persist into November as most cotton is sold in fall months.
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Texas
Negro jury hopeful kicked from courthouse steps
G G Porter a 55 year old Black man who sought inclusion with white jurors was dragged from the jury room by two white men and warned to stay out. He returned to the room where white veniremen waited as attorneys had paused him earlier when a case was being considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
G. G. Porter
Court House
Porter
Denison Church Proposes Merger
Denison oldest First Methodist Church faces abandonment as its congregation votes to merge with Waples Memorial Trinity Church on request of Bishop Mead and District Superintendent Weldon. The 1878 building, second oldest in Denison, will be affected though the Woman's Missionary Society remains intact under Miss Nella Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
First Methodist Church
Waples Memorial of the Trinity
Charles L. Mead
Kansas City
R. L. Weldon
Houston
Weldon
T. W. Dollarhide
Susie Bozarth
Woman’s Missionary Society
Nella Johnson
Commercial Failures in Texas Rise Sharply
Texas August business failures climbed over July and August last year per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. Dun and Bradstreet reports show 16 failures in August, 11 in July, and 14 in August 1937, with total liabilities down 32.7 percent from July and 90 percent from August 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Orangeville Social Notes Report Weekend Visits
Orangeville residents spent weekend visiting relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown with the Wilder family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Donihoo guests of the Griffins and Simpsons, John Savage and family with Floyd Savage, Viola Wilder with Frances Burden, and Lloyd Berry with Dan Harris. The Orangeville school opened with three teachers and several children. Joe Reneau stayed with Fay Holt in Trenton, Caleb McCord visited Holt family. Sun office advertises typewriter supplies.
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Paul Brown
O. V. Wilder
Sam Donihoo
Willie Griffin
Ted Simpson
Claud Donihoo
Pat Miller
John Savage
Floyd Savage
Dog Creek
Viola Wilder
Frances Burden
Lloyd Berry
Dan Harris
Orangeville
Joe Reneau
Fay Holt
Trenton
Caleb McCord
Frank Holt
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Frances Gillespie
J. C. Gillespie
Mrs. Gillespie
Frank Benton
Fort Worth
F. D. Layman
Allen T. Short
Veteran’s Hospital
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Bessie Jo Barbee
Corpus Christi
Mrs
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John P. Barbee
Longview
W. C. Bailey
W. H. Stedham
Rev
E. C. Webb
Oklahoma City
Olivia M. Whedbee
Memphis
Tenn
Dan Kincaid
Mrs. J. D. Heard
J. E. Payne
Truman Henson
Polly Crow
Kilgore
Mr. Henson
J. E. Henson
W. G. Booher
Jack County
Mr. Booher
Paris
Aileen McMahon
Tommie Chenoweth
E. V. Rector
Mabel Rector
T. J. Rector
Albert Chumbley
Bob Howard
Allen
Julian Montgomery
R. L. Bobbitt
Mr. Montgomery
Ben Montgomery
Clyde Vestal
J. T. Vestal
C. A. Wilson
C. L. Beckham
D. W. Powell
Harvey Reynolds
Sue
Albert Reeves
Billy Pritchett
Sherman Hospital
Maurice Holcomb
Alto
John Maurice
Holcomb
Grace Chumbley
Norma Donigan
Alpha Delta Pi
University of Texas
Bethel Dramatic Club
Bethel School House
Barbee-Bassett Insurance Agency
Bryant
Bond Street
Ray
Main Street
Truman Humphrey
San Antonio
A. G. Bradley
Shamrock
Euell Bradley
Grover B. Smith
J. B. Hall
Mae Hall
David W. Smith
U. S. Navy
P. M. Strader
Jackie
Chickasha
Okla
C. W. Wilson
Maxine
Ross Wilson
C. S. Jarvis
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Red River Valley Fair
J. S. Johnson
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Willa Dean Anderson
Leonard
Leon and
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Mark Twain
Tom Kelly
May Robson
Jackie Moran
Roy Rogers
Smiley Burnette
Billy the Kid
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Cecilia Parker
Andy Hardy
Don Ameche
Aileen Wheaton
Shirley Temple
Little Miss Broadway
Alexander
First Presbyterian
HD Club
Needlecraft Club
Miebege Oac
Bright & Early Coffee
Bright & Early C
Irimen Fa Ig
Rexall
Dunning Club
Magnolia
G. C. Stateville
Denison Church
Orangeville News
Typewriter
Sun Office
Hooker Lye
Farley
Cole & Davis Co
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