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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
6
The social science class heard Mr. Yowell, former W. H. S. Reflector editor and local news editor for a Sherman paper, speak on journalism as a vocation. He described departments, News timing, telephoned news, and advised typing speed and accuracy for aspiring reporters.
The senior class met Tuesday March 28 and elected eight favorites and a senior sweetheart. Sara Atterberry and Floyd Everheart led as most popular, Marcell Gosnell and Billie Pritchett as most beautiful and handsome, Naomi Penny and Charles Harrison as best all around, Wilma Alexander and J B Thornhill as most athletic. Betty Atkinson named senior sweetheart.
Whitewright Chapter FFA sent two judging teams to Arlington Saturday. Dairy team score 1500 of 1800, placing seventh among about 65 teams. Soil conservation team placed ninth with no score listed. Top 18 earned a trip to A and M College on April 17. travelers returned to Whitewright about 8:30 p.m.
Mr Jernigan announced schedule changes and an upcoming minstrel on Wednesday April 12 at 7 30 with the event opening the program. Food boxes will be sold and King and Queen votes counted followed by coronation. A ticket contest will award 1100 votes to candidates and class prizes of 500 300 200 and 100 votes.
The senior class held a skating party in the grammar school basement with about 30 attendees. Popcorn sales yielded a rough profit of $3 to raise funds for the senior prince and princess in the high school minstrel King and Queen contest.
The Reflector regrets that Morris Fogle Gillett known as Brother was omitted from last week’s Honor Roll list.
Mr Jernigan s Glee Club will present a minstrel show on Wednesday April 12 at Whitewright High School. A box supper follows with pretty girls decorating boxes and the box winner dining with her. One hundred boxes to be auctioned. everyone bringing a box free entry. Proceeds to buy sweaters ordered.
Sherman resident Guy Yowell spoke to a local social science class about community issues and civic engagement. The talk highlighted practical perspectives on governance and public participation.
The sophomores along with freshmen juniors and seniors discussed raising money for their prince and princess at a class meeting held on Wednesday March 29. S K.
Whitewright High School Tigers begin baseball practice under coach S. T. Montgomery as weather limited sessions last week. Emphasis on hard work and desire to play, with pitching seen as the key challenge for a strong season.
A gym gathering by F F A boys Double H girls and Hi Y boys on April 1 featured kid games and popcorn snacks. The highlight was Mr Cunningham attempting a hand spring that wrecked the floor creating a sink hole, prompting jokes from the student body to wish him continued success in his ungainly stunts.
Loretta and Doyle Alexander visited in Dallas over the weekend. Nina Marie Pierce and Juana Ruth Andrew were in Sherman on Saturday. Libbie Blakey spent Friday in Greenville, and Naomi Penny was in Blue Ridge Sunday. Velma Norris visited Van Alstyne and Earleen Benson stayed there over the weekend. Marcel Gosnell spent the week end in Nocona. Others: Genelle Hicks and Genette Hicks in Sherman Saturday, Geneva Hicks in Sherman, Martha Darwin in Sherman.
W H S adds Joe Yates to its honor roll. The 17 year old Bonham pupil has moved north of Ely and expects to finish schooling there. He is classified as a junior in his current studies.
Last Thursday night in the W. H. S. gym regular and irregular players from the past year challenged a group of players who are to represent Whitewright officially in basketball in 1940. Both teams aimed to get basketball out of their systems.
After three hours of play the Exes beat the Tigers of '40 by 93 to 81 as three referees J W Chaney Joe Hicks and Billie Glen Earnheart called the game. Exes lineup included Billy Pritchett Rudolph Phillips Charles Howard Floyd Everheart Charles Harrison. Tigers featured Lloyd Cato Al Thornton David Taylor Leslie Andrews Howard Wallace.
Gossip notes reveal multiple couples across Saturdays and Sundays with mentions of M Z A, J W, J E, J B S, M A H, M B, L A, M D K, T r e n t o n play, M D K disappointed, J B R, H W, Jonnie B, R P, Tom Bean, Ruby, G H, E B, Dodd City, Penny, F E, D F, skating party. names and events suggest a social column roundup.
The Home Ec A class held a Friday noon picnic in the Home Ec lab. After lunch the girls played several volleyball games in the gym. It was decided the class would picnic every two weeks on their regular club day.
A yearbook style portrait describes a history loving W H S faculty member. The teacher is about five feet nine inches tall with brown hair and grey eyes. He exudes pep and vigor, shares a friendly smile, and inspires students toward their destination through engaging lessons and confident exam guidance.
The piece notes student ages at W. H. S. with birthdays in April. Ruby Pierson turns 17 on April 2, Leslie Andrew on April 25, Mary Frances Clabhorn 14 on April 27, Thomas Arney 15 on April 10, and Roberta Ford 18 on April 18.
The junior class held a meeting on Wednesday to plan the banquet. President Drunette Farley appointed several committees, and the session adjourned with no discussion of the King and Queen race.
The V A I class toured Mr. Millers and Mr. Hamptons farms to cull poultry and select an ideal beef cattle breed for the community. J R B notes the week’s activity and collaboration with A and M College teachers.
The freshman class held a called meeting on Wednesday March 29 to discuss ways and means of raising funds for the freshman prince and princess.
The Hi-Y Club met on Monday night March 27 in the regular meeting place. President Floyd Everheart opened the session and discussed obtaining Hi-Y sweaters. A brief program led by Brother Gillett preceded adjournment to eat ice cream. before the meeting several boys had frozen five and one half gallons.
The Salmagundi Club was called to order by Floyd Everheart with Dorothy Smith presenting an April Fool program. The president appointed Billie Pritchett as next program chairman, and the meeting adjourned on a motion.
The Double H-ers held their regular weekly meeting in the gym on Tuesday March 28. The program opened with a sacred song and a short prayer. The business session discussed the Hi Y and F F A party held in the gym Saturday night. An impromptu song was sung by Modene Vineyard Marie Badgett Billie Burke Vineyard and Betty Atkinson. Afterward the girls played volleyball and keep away.
The Good Citizenship Club met during the regular class period on Friday March 31. Anna Estelle Lewis led the program after the flag pledge. Members played for tune and question box and adjourned to meet again on Friday April 14.
The Home Economics II A Club met on Monday during class. President Lydia Arney led a general business discussion. Members acted out a life story from grade school to grandparents and then played That Reminds Me. Meeting adjourned to April 10.
Home Ec I girls finished their house coats and smocks and are to sew more garments in the coming weeks. Dresses were cotton prints and attractive. Home Ec II and III plan to finish dresses on Monday. II students make tailored launderable dresses while III students craft party dresses and evening gowns. Several dresses already completed.
The piece notes spring indicators at W H S including rains buds blossoms and the end of the school day. It mentions housecleaning across households with busy cooks and ham sandwiches. It adds W H S will have a baseball team this spring after several organizing attempts.
A school baseball program at W. H. S. faces delays due to illness, heavy rain, and lack of a workout field and uniforms. Coach Montgomery has tried to assemble the team but success has been limited. Opponents for league play are not yet set, though enthusiasm remains high.
Students gathered Tuesday morning to announce candidates for the class king and queen race. Each class will vote with a penny per ballot and the winning class earns half the race income. The event aims to boost class effort, with 1 o'clock class meetings announced by Mr. Key.
The senior class met Thursday to pick a senior play. Billie Pritchett led a committee that presented three comedies. Unclear synopses led the class to order two plays for reading before deciding.
W H S students chose their King and Queen candidates with each class selecting a prince and princess. Winners will reign when crowned on Tuesday April 11. Freshman Helen Ruth Holcomb and Otto Russell sophomore Oleta Norris and Albert Thornton junior Merlyn Brown and Brazwell Alexander senior Sara Kathryn Atterbury and Billie Glen Earnheart.
Assembly session introduced four class monarch hopefuls for the minstrel event set to crown King and Queen on April 11. Freshman Otto Russell and Helen Ruth Holcomb led the list, followed by Sophomore Oleta Norris and Albert Thornton, and Junior Bradwell Alexander among others.
Merlyn Brown, Sara Atterberry and Billie Glen Bern were among the senior class candidates in a student assembly. Each candidate had two minutes to sketch qualifications, past life and future desires, followed by the senior class favorites introduced by sponsor Mr. Cunningham.
The sophomores have been adding much to their home room. They hung two Mexican pictures, installed cartions and window boxes with flowers, and brought potted plants. They have been sawing and painting for several days to make valances for the windows.
Girls at W. H. S. attended a home economics class style show in the auditorium. They modeled their housecoats and smocks as Miss Williams directed slower marching to showcase each garment. She announced a tacky party in the gym hosted by the Future Farmers, Hi-Y Club, and Home Ec Club with kid games and refreshments.
The home ec class will start a unit on consumer problems next week. It will cover various home products and how to buy more efficiently, guiding students in practical consumer choices.
The Dallas News has published a 512 page Texas Almanac covering economics politics governance and culture. It includes charts photo reproductions highways and a county map folded inside. It lists Texas firsts parks sheriff Brown County winners of the Dixie series 1936 Buchanan Lake soils by county and other specifics.
Pearl divers take care to prevent hand or foot injuries as they work near a giant clam, avoiding the vise like pressure that could trap extremities during harvesting.
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