W. H. S Reflector Staff List and School Play Cast
The W H S Reflector program lists editors advisors reporters and a long cast for a three act school play with roles including wedding funeral and court. Performers like Lucy Burchfield Jimmie Lou McCorstin Bonnie Hicks Parson Long windus and many others are named along with songs performed before and after acts.
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Joe Norris
Bride
Allas Wicked
Billy Gledden
Het Wicked
Ruth Maddux
Grandpap Wicked
Eugene Reeves
Little Posey Bloom
Geneva Gladden
Spring Daisy
Peggy Thornhill
Nellie Hopeful
Bessie Jo Russell
Ima Wishing
Katie Kincaid
Parson Longwindus
Gavin Hill
Safrona Parsley
Janis Jayne Horton
Miss Notey Seales
Jimmie Lou
April First Set Aside as Field Day Plan
The April First Field Day will turn the day into a schoolwide event. W H S students compete in the morning and Trenton High School visits in the afternoon for contests. seniors sell drinks and help run games to boost the festive, colorful tradition.
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Trenton High School
L. S
Seniors Face Next Fall Football Team On Bryant Field
On Friday night April 3 at 8 30 p m Bryant Field hosts a game pitting graduating seniors against next fall’s squad. Promising entertainment as seniors duel with the upcoming team. players Reeves Bryant Payne Mitchell Kent Montgomery Burchfield and Coach Payne are highlighted amid scrimmages with Bells. The seniors prepare for their final appearance while the next season squad is in top condition.
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Bryant Field
Montgomery
Burchfield
Reeves
Bryant
Payne
Mitchell
Kent
Freshman Play Romance Murder and Law Presented
The freshman class staged a play titled Romance Murder and Law by Miss Lucille Sanders during Thursday’s assembly. Cast included Bride Lize Jane Wicked Ima Sue Garner groom Sam Alec Wolf Billy as characters.
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Lucille Sanders
Bride
Lize Jane Wicked
Ima Sue Garner
Sam Alec Wolf
Billy
Activity Period To Be Better
Mr. Butler reports the last thirty minutes activity period proved successful as many students lacked a definite activity. He proposes students without a sport to engage in stay in the building in the study hall to improve usage of the period.
Flash gossip and high school notes blur the night
Ralph Payne was seen with Grace Harris Friday night. Patty Everheart and Davis Parrish manage the situation. Jo Tate Jones and Ann LaRue still feel that way toward each other. Fred Cook Jr and Eve lyn Bowen wed Saturday. Fred leaves school. Mary Helen Maddux seen with Philip Earnheart. Whitewright steadies Lotta Faye Brown and J Frank Wilson, Juanita England and Ed Kent. Ruby Holcomb and Frances Cla
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Reflector
C. B. Bryant
Lucille Starr
Miss Thornton
Mrs. Roddy
Woodrow Anderson
Juana Ruth Andrew
Helen Benson
Tommie Dee Booker
Lotta Faye Brown
Mary Ellen Brown
C. B. Burchfield
Lloyd Cato
Ruth Marie Chesser
Mary Frances Clabhorn
Grace Connelly
Martha Jo Conner
Fred Cook
Philip Earnheart
Juanita England
D. W. Garland
Jimmie Golden
Ira Mae Gough
Grace Harris
J. C. Hastings
Billie Hatfield
Jenny Irl Hicks
Virginia Hill
Ruby Holcomb
Sonny Kaiser
Ed Kent
Billy Kincaid
Edith Layman
Roby Magers
Ruth Mears
Davis Parrish
Robert Sears
J. J. Sloan
James Talley
Lucian Vestal
Billie Burke Vineyard
Flash
Ralph Payne
Grace
Patty Everheart
Jo Tate Jones
Ann LaRue
Fred Cook Jr
Evelyn Bowen
Fred
Mary Helen Maddux
Mary Helen
Whitewright
J. Frank Wilson
Frances Cla
Army boys charm Bonham crowd in Saturday drive
Edith Layman and Virginia Hill were seen riding in a convertible around Bonham on Saturday night. They reportedly have been receiving mail from Fort Sill Oklahoma, as readers note.
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Bonham
Edith Layman
Virginia Hill
Fort Sill
Okla
Snooper
Senior Ball Team Beats Grammar School In Softball
The Grammar School softball team visited the senior team during activity period last Thursday. The senior team triumphed 5 to 3 with Etha Brown catching Dale Robbins pitching and a full lineup of Patty Everheart Ann LaRoe Billie Vineyard Madgene Phillips Mary Winkle Gladys Reeves Geneva Gladden Bertha Burchfield in the field.
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Etha Brown
Dale Robbins
Patty Everheart
Ann LaRoe
Billie Vineyard
Madgene Phillips
Mary Winkle
Gladys Reeves
Geneva Gladden
Bertha Burchfield
Garments to Be Completed for Homemaking Girls
The homemaking girls will finish their garments by Friday this week. They are currently completing buttonholes sleeves necks and hems. The next unit covers selecting accessories and modeling clothes for the style show.
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G. M. of
F F A Plans Annual Father and Son Banquet
The F F A held its regular meeting last Tuesday night and voted to hold the annual Father and Son banquet on Thursday night April 16 Invitations will be sent. Committees were named for program food arrangement invitation and lights with members listed. The string band will include Glen Anderson Robert Owens Cecil Owens J M Miller and Lawrence Burden.
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J. Frank Wilson
Billy Grammar
John Biggerstaff
Billie Kincaid
Don Newman
L. V. Conner
Ed Kent
Russell Ray Summers
Charles Skaggs
Patrick Murphy
Odell Neal
Lloyd Cato
C. B. Burchfield
Glen Hicks
Jim Hicks
Cecil Owens
Tom Layman
Alton Smith
John Reynolds
Robert Owens
Billy Grammer
James Talley
Doyce Worsham
Dick Thornton
Lester Simpson
Clifton Ross
Joe Smith
Merle Scoggins
Carlis Neal
Seniors Aim for Trip Funds With Field Day Drink Sales
Seniors sold cold drinks on field day to boost their treasury for a Turner Falls trip. A committee ran the sale and planning continues with hopes of turning the goal into reality.
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Treasury
Turner Falls
G. H
Farmers Meet At High School Discuss 1943 AAA Program
Last Monday night thirty two farmers gathered in the vocational agriculture room at High School to discuss farm practices for Whitewright community under the 1943 AAA program. Arthur Badgett county committeeman led the discussion with R B Cruse noting the federal push for increased food production.
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Vocational Agriculture
High School
Whitewright
Arthur Badgett
R. B. Cruse
Kentuckytown Farmers Hold Meeting
Last Wednesday night the Kentuckytown farmers met in the school house with Miss Eva Williams and R B Cruse. Williams spoke on prepared menus for farm families stressing balanced diets and lower costs.
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Kentuckytown
Eva Williams
R. B. Cruse
Farmers Discuss Budget and Farm Practices
R. B. Cruse led a general talk on current farm practices including cotton, seed handling, cattle vaccination, and dehorning. The group planned varied vegetable plantings for spring to fall and decided to suspend Wednesday meetings until year end, with plans to continue as new problems arise.
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R. B. Cruse
Style Show by Homemaking Girls Set for April 8
Miss Williams announces a style show for the homemaking girls at 2 o'clock in the High School auditorium on April 8. Dresses will be models by the makers and will not be judged as there is no rally this year. All are invited to attend.
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Miss Williams
Shorthand Students Selected for League Meet
After seventy and eighty words a minute tests, three shorthand students are chosen for the Interscholastic League meet in Sherman on April 4. Nominees are Grace Connolly, Jack Sears, and Jimmie Golden. The class will continue downtown dictation sessions with business men until school ends.
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Sherman
Grace Connelly
Jack Sears
Jimmie Golden
J. G
Choral Club Studies Great Composers
The Choral Club members wrote five page themes on famous composers. Miss McKinzie led with record excerpts including The Dawn The Storm The Calm and Finale from the William Tell Overture by Rossini as part of a broader program to teach singing and basic music fundamentals.
Absence Hits Reflector Staff at Local High School
The Reflector notes Miss Thornton is absent this week causing a shorter issue. Students wish her a speedy recovery while noting Coach Payne left for Dallas Monday making the school day dull.
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Miss Thornton
Payne
Dallas
Eighth graders from Ely and Porters visit W H S
Ely and Porters eighth graders visited the high school this Saturday. Visitors included Joe Doris O Neal and Laurie Holcomb from Ely and Joy Morris Billy Wayne Morris and Orville Howell from Porters. The aim is for the students to enjoy W H S and be welcomed next year.
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Ely
Porters
Joe Doris O'Neal
Laurie Holcomb
Joy Morris
Billy Wayne Morris
Orville Howell
O. W
Senior Courtship Sparks Among Bonham Students
Frances Clabhorn seen with Emerson Sears and Betty Thornhill wears a Leonard class ring. Lester Simpson, a town figure, chats with Ruby Holcomb while Jimmie Golden notes Russell Ray. Haleen Benson asks Billy Christian. James Stateville types notes to Betty Lou Tomlinson. Davis enjoys baseball during periods.
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Frances Clabhorn
Bonham Boys
Emerson Sears
Betty Thornhill
Leonard
Lester Simpson
Ruby Holcomb
Jimmie Golden
Russell Ray
Haleen Benson
Billy Christian
James Stateville
Betty Lou Tomlinson
Davis
Seniors Discuss Quiet Plans and Loyalties at Davis High
The passage notes Patty and Ann talking in the library about double weddings while Dale Robbins and Johnie Robbins discuss the outstanding senior Lloyd Cato. Tension hints at upcoming social plans and strong community ties around school events.
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Dale Robbins
Davis
Patty
Ann
Johnie Robbins
Lloyd Cato
Third Year English Class Writes Parodies and Limericks
A third year English class spent class period crafting nonsense poems. Students mocked topics like Hitler Japan Saturday classes and classmates in school through short humorous limericks.
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Hitler
Japan
Early Texas troops wore no uniforms in 1838 campaign
F R Lubbock recalls the Houston battalion that patrolled against Native tribes in fall 1838. Members wore varied gear, from Bonnell's ankle-length coat and slouch hat to buckskin pants, highlighting the rough fashion of frontier soldiers in a harsh winter campaign.
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Texas Defense Guard
Houston
F. R. Lubbock
Texas
Lubbock
University of Texas Library
Bonnell
Soldier recalls misadventures in buckskin pants during expedition
A veteran recounts rough camping under rain and cold while on expedition. He slid into a hot mesquite fire and wore buckskin pants soaked and rolled up to his knees. Afterward his pants vanished in the march home leaving him with improvised loggins from green baize crumb cloth shared with others.
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Lubbock
Pointers For Texas Agriculture
Texas operates 12 egg drying plants with a potential 40 million pounds yearly. Only 150 Federal Land Bank borrowers out of 68,000 lost farms in the first 11 months of 1941. Health measures for poultry include cleaning, disinfection, warming, and vaccination to prevent pox. In 1940 US consumption split includes fats and oils for edible use, soaps, paints, and industrial products.
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Texas
Federal Land Bank
United States
Amichel: Early Name for Texas Attributed to Pineda
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda is credited with giving the region the name Amichel, marking one of the first white visits to what is now Texas. The claim links Pineda to the early European naming of the Texas coast.
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Amichel
Texas
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
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