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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1945
Page
2
The junior senior banquet titled The Melody Room will be April 28 at the Grayson Hotel with seniors colors red and white and a night club theme. Sophomore girls assist with favors and sing while events and classroom notes cover algebra, fractions, chorus practice, sewing projects, and campus gossip among students.
The article lists 33 WHS seniors Eugene Reeves Curtis Alexander and Weldon Bartley with ages 17 born in 1927 1928 hobbies such as doing nothing hunting fishing ambitions to improve or graduate report cards favorite foods ice cream fried chicken Betty Grable Lana Turner and a note asking readers to know more about them.
World famed illusionist Zogi and company bring a Friday night show to the White Wright High School auditorium at 8 15 PM. Admission is 30 and 60 cents featuring the vanishing princess disappearing head guillotine Hindu box mystery and other magic acts.
The article encourages bashful junior and senior boys to ask Girls in town to accompany them to the junior-senior banquet, stressing confidence and making the event a success by sharing the date next Saturday night in April. It emphasizes this will be their last two years in high school and urges chivalry and planning.
A brief note asks for defensive measures and action to ensure a school’s success. It references accountability and leadership by asking what steps will be taken to improve outcome. The message emphasizes decisiveness and planning.
Weekend social notes list students visiting Dallas Bonham Sherman and Fort Worth. Billie Ruth Holcomb Polly Ann Brown and others traveled. Edith Biggerstaff and Henrietta Jackson are also noted with a Grayson College appearance on April 17.
A reporter notes an after class weiner roast in the American history class and praises Mr. Smith for painting the interior of the high school. The junior senior banquet is planned for April 28 with juniors selecting favors and program booklets. The piece highlights pleasant spring weather and student activities.
The Friday before Easter called Good Friday is a day of mourning strict fasting and special prayer. Communion is forbidden except for the celebrant and the sick. The notable ritual is the adoration of the cross as the crucifix is placed on the altar and the faithful kiss the figure. The nationwide observance is increasing.
John Biggerstaff rests at home in North Carolina before potential overseas duty with a paratroop division. Sgt. Donald Hudgins of the Army Air Forces uses furlough to visit his parents before reporting to a Florida rest center. Robert Owens, a 43 graduate of W H S, also home from a paratroop unit in North Carolina. Jean Caraway and Margaret Hanna, T S C W students in Denton, visit home. Pvt. James Alexander, Camp Hood Texas, spends the weekend at home. Sgt. Raymond Kirby, former High School faculty member, visits Whitewright. Helen Maddux and Willa Jean Hunter, E T S T C students, enjoy weekend home.
Easter customs describe purifying fires with singing and dancing as young couples seek marriage in the year. The passage notes the method to determine Easter Sunday and offers gossip about local teens, their romantic entanglements, and possible pairs, ending with a tease about continuing on page 7.
The State of Texas issues citation number 52976 requiring Merdis DeLay Simmons to appear and answer the plaintiff's petition, as directed by the court.
The petition of Helen Jean Simmons seeks divorce from Mercis De Loy Simmons on grounds of cruel treatment. File No. 52976 shows the suit filed August 16, 1945. Final hearing deadline set before the Honorable District Court in Sherman, Texas, by 10:00 A M on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, with issuance dated March 8, 1945. Judge’s clerk: Ss. V. Earnest, Clerk, Deputy Nancy Drake.
Citation issues tax delinquency notice for land along Bois D Arc Creek in Whitewright Grayson County. Property block 48 James Bryson N W corner measures 100 by 142 feet with delinquent state tax 38.92 and county tax 40.67. Describes heirs and unknown owners.
The court issues a summons in a tax foreclosure suit by the State against land or lot owners in Grayson County Texas. Defendants must appear at the April term of the District Court in Sherman on the first Monday of April 1945 to show cause why judgment should not be rendered and the land foreclosed for taxes and costs.
J S Kone is presented as an attorney at law offering general practice services. The notice emphasizes professional identification and broad legal offerings without detailing cases or locations.
Easter Sunday marks the Christian festival of Resurrection while Norse myth honors a divinity of spring. The season brought new life to Earth with greenery and blossoms after winter death. Symbols include eggs and rabbits and decorating wells and springs. Fires renewed hope. Bonfires dispersed germs of evil on hillsides.
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