Whitewright High Reflector speaks on speech class show
The Whitewright High School Reflector lists staff editors and reporters led by Editor-in-chief Lytle Biggestaff and Faculty Adviser Velma Mae Nicely. Names of reporters, chorus members, and club participants are given, noting the Hollywood style make up kits and remarks on Mr Bean's modernistic Wahoo.
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Lytle Biggestaff
Velma Mae Nicely
Dorothy Tapscott
Joe Alexander
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Lucase Cooper
Isabelle Craig
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul Pierson
Ocie Scott
Onie Scott
Byron Teague
Anna Lee Yowell
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
Hollywood
Mr. Bean
Local visits span Sherman Fort Worth and Dallas
Pauline Mitchell spent Wednesday in Sherman visiting her sister. Miss Lewis spent the week end at her home in Fort Worth. Miss Martha Bryant and Willi Bry ant, former students of W. H. S., visited in school Friday. Miss Lucille Vineyard of Sherman visited school with Vonday Lee Fri day. Dorothy Nicholson spent Wednes day and Thursday in Dallas and Fort Worth. Pattie Jean Hulett spent Sunday in Dallas. Lucille Maynard spent Sunday in Bonham.
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Pauline Mitchell
Sherman
Miss Lewis
Fort Worth
Martha Bryant
Willi Bryant
Lucille Vineyard of Sherman
Vonday Lee
Dorothy Nicholson
Dallas
Pattie Jean Hulett
Lucille Maynard
Bonham
Whitewright Struggles at County Interscholastic Meet
The county meet’s literary division yielded little success for Whitewright High School with only a second place, as entries were limited to spelling plain writing and essay writing. The ready writers essay entry had not been heard from yet.
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Whitewright
Active FFA Member Call to Join and Help Work
A poem urges FFA club members to be active, attend meetings, and contribute with hands and heart. It questions passive involvement, challenges members who only wear a badge, and calls for taking an active part to support club work.
April the open month heralds spring and growth
April is the welcome month of spring due to its warm sunshine and gentle showers. The name derives from Latin meaning opener, signifying the earth opening for plant production and buds revealing leaves and flowers. Nature begins to paint the landscape, transforming winter’s drab gray into beauty.
Centennial speaker addresses W H S on the Centennial
Mr. Frank Preston Johnson of Dallas spoke to the student body on the value of the Centennial for Texas and America. A Centennial booster, he visits schools urging student attendance at the Centennial this year.
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Frank Preston Johnson
Dallas
Texas
America
Johnson
Margaret Lilley
Hats Off To Spring Costumes Parade
A campus event features students in bright spring costumes as the flag passing scene is mistaken for a parade. Multicolored outfits spark a festive mood among spectators and participants alike.
School boasts talent outshines speaker at assembly
Last Thursday a Dallas man Frank Preston Johnson spoke on the Texas Centennial Exposition before students who applauded loudly as a cymbal-clapping student amplified the noise. After the speaker, musician Jack Meador performed It Ain't Gonna Rain No More and offered to provide similar music for clubs and meetings.
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Dallas
Frank Preston Johnson
Jack Meador
Jack
Three Taps at Twelve Considered for Masqueraders Play
The Dramatic Club play-reading committee is considering Three Taps at Twelve for the next Masqueraders production after choosing a mystery play to follow the musical Help Yourself. The prospective cast would include six boys and three girls, with rehearsals to begin soon if selected.
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Dramatic Club
Isabelle Craig
It s the Order of the Day spicey schedule
It describes ongoing class schedule chaos with periods seven and eight swapping, then reversing, and a warning that further changes may occur before tomorrow. It notes Onie Scott’s quip about variety and change being the spice of life.
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Onie Scott
Realism in make up described by class observers
Jim Andrews, disguised as an East Indian by a make-up class, toured the halls while freshman English studied Midsummer Night's Dream. Miss Tapscott introduced him as a forest hobgoblin from Athens, warning students of the illustrated type creature.
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Jim Andrews
Miss Tapscott
Forest of
Athens
Jim Henry
V. E
Centennial Historical Contest Seeks Texas Treasures
A Centennial historical contest began in early March to locate pre-1900 Texas documents relics and pictures. Four divisions include clubs grade school and high school students with prizes totaling 2850 dollars. Entries close April 21 using official entry blanks from principals and history teachers.
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Texas
Margaret Lilley
Juniors Vote To Let Banquet Details Be Picked
The junior class votes to empower the banquet committee to decide the when and where of the junior senior banquet. Each junior planning to attend should contribute one dollar by Friday April 3. Mrs Kennemer oversees arrangements.
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Kennemer
Speaker guest at Hi-Y series on choosing work
Roger Holcomb mortician opened a Hi-Y Club speaker series on occupations for high school boys. The club plans Tuesday and Thursday talks over several weeks featuring professionals from doctor to insurance agent to help members select their life work.
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Roger Holcomb
Byron Teague
Figurehead contest play wins for Denison in league
The Whitewright play Figurehead took its act to Denison High School for the Interscholastic League contest. Denison’s Judge Lynch won the competition with judges Mr. and Mrs. Fixley and Mr. Jorgenson presiding.
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Whitewright
Denison
Denison High School
Lynch
Glee Club Presents Program at Presbyterian Church
The High School Glee Club offered a program during vesper services last Sunday afternoon under director Mr. Burma. They performed Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Little Brown Church Crusader's Hymn Holy Holy Holy Day Is Dying in the West and discussed Dr Douglas Forgive Us Our Trespasses.
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Presbyterian Church
Burma
Douglas
Little Brown
Bonnie lass and star football hero in campus verse
A poem by Anna Lee Yowell praising a junior girl with charm and grades across the tracks and a freshman football star famed for victories. The piece notes her blue eyes and blonde curls, her singing, and a boastful line about Smith boys. The hero is depicted as confident, never downhearted, living on College Avenue, yet uninterested in girls.
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Smith
College Avenue
Anna Lee Yowell
Make-Up Classes Demonstrate Stage Makeup Techniques
Make-up classes studied stage makeup with Miss Lewis directing a demonstration on Wednesday. Jim Henry Andrews and William Baxter served as testing victims for experiments by amateur artists Jack Yeager and Vivian Echols. The final looks portrayed Eastern Turks as part of the contest play Figurehead, with students helping apply makeup during Friday night performance.
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Miss Lewis
Jim Henry Andrews
William Baxter
Jack Yeager
Vivian Echols
Denis
V. E
It Has Been Said by Preston Hannah
A humorous list describing local residents with quirky traits. The note names Mr. Key as a nursemaid and Lucase Cooper as quiet, Jim Henry with a lionlike voice, Gunpowder Jackson in eating contests, Hack Harrison sparking with girls, J W Sanderson visiting England farm, Paul Pierson as big though clumsy, Earl Phillips tangled legs, Miss Travis wanting to teach agriculture, and Vivian Echols fated to be an old maid.
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Mr. Key
Lucase Cooper
Jim Henry
Numa
Gunpowder Jackson
Hack Harrison
J. W. Sanderson
England Farm
Paul Pierson
Earl Phillips
Miss Travis
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Masqueraders' Club Skip Meeting for Dress Rehearsal
The Masqueraders' Club did not meet last Thursday morning due to the dress rehearsal for the contest play held in Denison on Friday March 26. Some physics boys climbed over the high school roof while putting up an antenna for broadcasting.
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Denison
School notes on classes and staff in Reflector
Mr Gaddis plans a crystal set order. Three or four answered but a second order was needed. Miss Tapscott plans to be absent every Monday morning. History IV studies forms of government with magazine reports. Freshmen history I now has two periods. Sue Stephens temporarily replaces Mr Key during the census absence.
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Gaddis
Miss Tapscott
Sue Stephens
Key
Friday Assembly Announces Student Performances
A forty five minute assembly on Friday March 27 featured Miss Corinne Lewis presenting a program including Battle Hymn of the Republic sung by the entire student body and varied acts such as Joann Everheart acrobatic dance, Vivian Echols piano solo, and Bettye Nell Yeager with Isabelle Craig in song and dance.
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Corinne Lewis
Hoover's Speech Attacks New Deal Program
Former President Herbert Hoover, asserting he is engaged solely in fighting the new deal, denied rumors of supporting Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg for the Republican nomination. He said he has taken no part in backing any candidate and planned a Fort Wayne speech next Saturday on some phase of the new deal.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Paul Sexson
Hoover
Fort Wayne
Ind
Blue Lights Shape Mood In Hollywood Proposals
Hollywood electrician Lou Kolb says blue lighting helps create romance on screen and may spark proposals. He notes red light can irritate people, white light fosters gaiety, and green or blue tones calm or affect mood. Stars’ lighting preferences include Crawford in pastels and Gable in hard white light.
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Hollywood
Calif
Lou Kolb
M-G-M Studios
Kolb
Joan Crawford
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Lionel Barrymore
Myrna Loy
May Robson
Austin Wins Planned U S Security Office Relocation
Orville S. Carpenter, executive director of the Old-Age Pension Commission, learned that the Federal Social Security Board altered the plan for the $500,000 federal building near completion in Austin to house its regional offices. Carpenter had urged Texas as the site without naming a city.
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Austin
Orville S. Carpenter
Old-Age Pension Commission
Federal Social Security Board
Carpenter
Texas
Lady's Painful Trouble Helped By Cardui
Mrs Herbert W Hunt of Hallsville Texas describes relief from cramping and nausea through Cardui. She says her health improved, the tiredness faded, and pains disappeared after taking Cardui, praising it highly. If Cardui doesn’t help you, consult a physician.
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Herbert W. Hunt
Hallsville
Texas
Cardui
Cardus
Lightning Part For Hair Shown At Convention
New York beauty shop observers hailed a lightning part that zigzags up the head as a clever new hair fashion unveiled at an international convention show. The event showcased 30 summer styles including diagonal parts behind the ear, double parallel parts, crescent shapes, purple-tinted hair with real violets, and star dust with silver flakes, though blondes reportedly fared less popular.
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New York
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