Editor-in-Chief Isussenede Lula Lee Vestal Faculty Adviser Reporters
A group of named editors and reporters listed includes Lula Lee Vestal as editor in chief and adviser. The roster names Gladys B. Ray Inez Coffey Nova Bryant Mary Lena Reeves Anna Joyce Benson Meda Jane Viser Martha Bryant Lawrence Owen Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols Anita Vestal Albert Lea Jackson Leon Chumbley Lytle Biggerstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isussenede Lula Lee Vestal
Derenetiies
Gladys B. Ray Inez Coffey
Nova Bryant
Mary Lena Reeves Anna Joyce Benson
Meda Jane Viser
Martha Bryant Lawrence Owen Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols
Anita Vestal
Albert Lea Jackson Leon Chumbley Lytle Biggerstaff
Be a Columbus of Your Mind
An editorial urges high school students to explore inner worlds during the remaining weeks. It compares mind exploration to cleaning and storing found items, citing Thoreau and Walden and urging students to dig into thoughts for new channels of learning.
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Thoreau
Zanzibar
Clean up time in the spring time
A reflective exhortation urges readers to clear mental clutter, open the windows of the mind, and discard inertia. It encourages embracing free and flying ideas to discover "gold dust" left by mental fragments.
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M. Boone
Popular Senior Deserts W H S
Wilma Janway, a popular senior at W H S, announced her March 6 marriage to Carlos Marlowe of the Canaan community at Rockwall. The Masqueraders' Club star played the lead in The Spanish Onion last November and completed her Whitewright school education.
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Ww. H. S
Wilma Janway
Rockwall
Carlos Marlowe
Canaan
Wilma
Masqueraders
Whitewright
Benefit Show Proves Highly Successful For Junior Class
The junior class sponsored benefit show raised fifty dollars with ten dollars for the class to receive. Vaudeville by W. H. S. students delighted attendees and promises a fine banquet for seniors this year.
Freshmen Pajama Show Draws Noted Judges
Freshmen displayed pajama outfits Monday morning judged by Winnie Farmer Mary Lena Reeves Fern Russell and Pattie Jean Hulett. Top entries included Kath leen Mitchell Mary Lee Chaney Lorena Ashinhurst and Capitola Conner with honorable mentions for Sarah Joe Ayres Georgia Mae Hicks and Lissie Mae Anderson.
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Winnie Farmer
Mary Lena Reeves
Fern Russell
Pattie Jean Hulett
Kathleen Mitchell
Mary Lee Chaney
Lorena Ashinhurst
Capitola Conner
Sarah Joe Ayres
Georgia Mae Hicks
Lissie Mae Anderson
Mourning Bands Rooted in English Household Custom
The mourning band grew from an old English practice requiring servants to wear full mourning dress after a household member died. Families unable to fund full attire instead made servants wear a black band on hats or sleeves.
Aggies Name Dairy Judging Team Winners
The agriculture class announces the dairy judging team winners Virgil Birchfield Vonda Lee England and Jack Meador. Terracing and field crop judging also award teams with final results due today. Winners receive a trip to A and M College during the week of April 15.
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Virgil Birchfield
Vonda Lee England
Jack Meador
M. College
Wm. H
Who's Who In The Senior Class
Frank Hollingsworth a senior known for wit and cheerfulness and a Dramatic Club member. Elizabeth Ireland a Rose Hill resident and senior with quiet demeanor and connections to Whitewright and Van Alstyne, also in the Dramatic Club.
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Frank Hollingsworth
Frank
Dramatic Club
Elizabeth Ireland
Elizabeth
Rose Hill
Whitewright
Lass
van Alstyne
HI-Y Club Holds Regular Meeting
The HI-Y Club met last Monday with most members present and parliamentary practice discussed. Leon Chumbley chaired as two members were absent and several late members were punished with three kicks from the sergeant at arms. A planned picnic for Wednesday was approved and girls invited.
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Hi-Y
Leon Chumbley
F. A
A. N. McCoy
Fish Dramatize Shakespeare Play
The Friday assembly sponsored by Miss Dorothy Tapscott featured freshmen actors in a Shakespearian scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Fred Starr played a lady, Hamilton Vestal acted a fierce lion, and James Clayton stood as a wall, drawing much audience laughter and imagination.
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Dorothy Tapscott
Fred Starr
Hamilton Vestal
The Little Minister and The Raven in Reviews
Book notes discuss The Little Minister by James Barrie noting few film changes and the need to read the novel to grasp its full arc. The Raven by Marcus James is hailed as a Texas biography of Sam Houston highlighting his Indian boyhood and the origin of the nickname The Raven.
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James Barrie
Gavin
Kirk
Bobbie
Marcus James
Texas
Sam Houston
Raven
the Raven
N. B
Ww. H. S. Has Faculty Poet
A campus poem describes mist washed japonica and lilac along the lane. A crimson bird leaves color singing in the air as lilac bloom and japonica hint at the campus heart.
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Ww. H. S
M. Boone
Bank Becomes Study Center For Local Students
The bank is popular with high school scholars as a commercial law class visited last Thursday morning at the second period under Mrs Kennemer. The adding machine drafts transferring negotiable instruments and the safe were explained to the class. Economics and commercial arithmetic classes have also taken trips there this year.
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Kennemer
N. B
Spanish II Club Plans Outing And Discussions
The March 28 meeting featured talks on Peru by Georgia Mae Hicks, Bolivia by Sue Barnes, and Argentina by Jimmie Lee Brown. Members sang songs, discussed the Spanish social, and arranged a sunrise breakfast for April 6 at five o clock.
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Georgia Mae Hicks
Peru
Sue Barnes
Bolivia
Argentina
Jimmie Lee Brown
M. B
Faithful Four Thre Eleven Years Class History
Eleven year journey of senior class members details marriages and enrollments. Edith Sears J Y Russell Tia May Lula Vestal among lifelong peers, Wilma Janway married and left the chain of five. New entrants by grade include Lawrence Owen Riley Beazley and others. A. J. B. notes several joined then withdrew due to rivalries and brilliance of peers.
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Edith Mae Sears
J. Y. Russell
Tia May
Lula Lee Vestal
Wilma Janway
Lawrence Owen
Riley Beazley
Mary Lena Reeves
Winnie Farmer
Inez Coffey
Aleta B. Head
Elizabeth Ireland
Martha Bryant
Nora Bryant
Lorena Ashinhurst
Meda Jane Wiser
A. N. McCoy
Frank Hollingsworth
Marl Ryan
Anna Joyce Benson
Beatrice Burk
Benny Arnwine
Aaron Childress
Charlie Ingram
Jewel Spencer
William Braden
Masquerers Hold Backward Party At Ves tal Home
A Masqueraders Club event last Friday night featured guests arriving in reverse dress and walking backward to greet the receiving line. Refreshments included ham and eggs strawberry brick cream and apricots on angel-food cake. A mock boxing match and other games entertained attendees.
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Masqueraders
Lula Lee Vestal
Albert Lea Jackson
J. Y. Russell
CCC Workers Leaving Camps In April 1
Washington officials estimate 90 000 to 100 000 CCC enrollees will finish their terms April 1 as re enrollments begin once funding for the work relief bill is approved. The new recruits will be sent to camps after money becomes available.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
W H S Coeds win cups at county literary meet
Martha Bryant and Anna Joyce Benson led W H S to two first places and a permanent trophy as they won girls extemporaneous and essay events at the county Interscholastic League meet in Sherman. J Y Russell placed second in boys extemp. Benson writes for the Reflector and Bryant will represent Grayson County in the Dallas district meet on April 13.
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Sherman
Martha Bryant
Anna Joyce Benson
Grayson County
Dallas
Martha
Monabelle Biggerstaff
J. Y. Russell
J. Y
America
Reflector
Record-Breaking 22-Pound Newborn in Bronx
A baby boy weighing 22 pounds at birth astonishes New York, being one-sixth heavier than its mother and twice as heavy as the Dionne quints at birth. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steinman of the Bronx last Monday, the healthy infant accompanies a mother with eight other children, all born at normal weights, while the father has been unemployed for two and a half years.
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New York
Charles Steinman
Bronx
Too Lazy PWA Foreman Exchange Prompt
A dialogue shows a foreman correcting a worker who carries one stick of timber while another man carries two. The worker replies the other is too lazy to go twice, highlighting a humorous exchange over effort and efficiency.
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PWA
Masquers Pay Fines Or Do Stunts
The Masquers' Club Tuesday meeting featured Lorena Ashinhurst in person and a Martha Bryant tap dance followed by a club song. William Harrison and Albert Lea Jackson were billed to sing but paid fines due to bashfulness.
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Lorena Ashinhurst
Martha Bryant
William Harrison
Albert Lea Jackson
M. B
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