Whitewright Girls Track Team Wins First Place Honors
Whitewright high school's girls track team won first place at invitational meets in McKinney and Pottsboro. Competitors included Cheri Floyd Claire Whipple Vicky Hames Bev Blanton Debbie Whipple Belinda Turner Donna Ballard Marion Gentry Paula Orr Nebbie Howell Joanna Hughes Willie Coleman and more. The sprint and 880 yard relays took top honors at both meets with a state leading 51.3 in the sprint relay. Coach Bud Roach leads the team.
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Whitewright
McKinney
Pottsboro
Cheri Floyd
Claire Whipple
Vicky Hames
Bev Blanton
Debbie Whipple
Belinda Turner
Donna Ballard
Marion Gentry
Paula Orr
Nebbie Howell
Joanna Hughes
Willie Coleman
Whitewright High School
Bud Roach
Debbie Howell
Debbie Barnes
First Baptist Whitewright to mark 85th anniversary
The First Baptist church of Whitewright celebrates its 85th year with guest speaker Rev. D L Nicholson of Gainesville on April 11 at 3 p.m. The week includes prayer meetings, all church night, guest pastors from nearby churches, and a 3 p.m anniversary service led by Rev. M L Bailey Jr with music by Harmoney Baptist of Sherman. Dinner served 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Public invited.
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D.L. Nicholson
Gainesville
First Baptist Church of
Whitewright
J.H. Curry
A.R. Griggs
Nicholson
Northwestern District Association
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Williams
The
Western Beauty C.M.E
G.W. Dehonney
Bethel Baptist Church
Bells
White Rock
Antic Spring earns third at district play contest
Six Whitewright students traveled to Paris Junior College for the One-Act Play District Contest on Thursday April 1. Brenda Thornhill Monty Faison Robert Mathis Jim Clark Julie Johnson and Vicky Hames earned medals for All-Star cast with stage crew Betty Kay Geers Jimmy Butler and Cheri Floyd. Directed by Janice Griggs and Patsy Gasperson. Cast members gave up spring vacation and afternoons to perfect the play.
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Whitewright
Paris Junior College
Brenda Thornhill
Monty Faison
Robert Mathis
Jim Clark
Julie Johnson
Vicky Hames
Betty Kay Geers
Jimmy Butler
Cheri Floyd
Janice Griggs
Patsy Gasperson
Whitewright students excel at U L contests and spotlight honors
Eleven students under Mrs Griggs and Mrs Gasperson traveled to Paris Junior College on April 2 for the U L contest. Kenny Buchanan won first in Science while Betty Kay Geers placed third and also tied in Poetry Interpretation with Cynthia May and Melinda Jester. Julie Johnson was second in Prose Reading and Perry Meisenbach placed seventh in Spelling. The feature Senior Spotlight profiles Billy Morse of Whitewright, a four year Fightin' Tiger, captain this year, with plans to attend Grayson College and East Texas State University in business management after graduation.
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U.L
Janice Griggs
Patsy Gasperson
Paris Junior College
Kenny Buchanan
Betty Kay Geers
Julie Johnson
Lisa Earnheart
Karen Jarvis
Cynthia May
Melinda Jester
Pam Norris
Norma Stepp
Janet Smith
Perry Meisenbach
Whitewright
Senior Spotlight: Helen Browning Named Student Leader
Helen Browning daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S D Browning, born in Key West Florida on June 30 1958, has lived in multiple states and countries due to her father’s military service. Active in art Spanish track clubs, she won art show awards in ninth and tenth grades, enjoys horseback riding and steak, and plans to attend college after graduation. Her favorites include The Stepford Wives Starsky and Hutch Rocky Mountain High John Denver and horse as a pet.
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Helen Browning
S.D. Browning
Key West
Florida
Helen
Maryland
Virginia
Rhode Island
Venezuela
Italy
Texas
Robert Redford
Natalie Wood
John Denver
Whitewright Beta Club Initiation and Homemaking Trip
On April 1 the Whitewright Beta Club held their annual initiation in the elementary cafetorium with a candlelighting ceremony for new members Bev Chesser Robbin Meisenbach Claire Whipple Steve Hodge Jan Neathery Bart Bodine Judy Guffee Darlene Reynolds Cheri Floyd Kenny Buchannan Debbie Barnes Dena Wilson Joanna Hughes and Soloria Patterson A reception followed with Bicentennial colored cakes After March 31 Homemaking II and III classes visited Denison for a fashion show and T shirt demonstration at Waples Memorial Methodist church Attendees included Janice Kemp Lisa Earnheart Melinda Jester Terry Lester Dana Kimball and others The Grayson County Voyagers of Grayson County Junior College performed for Whitewright students under director Boyd Whitworth The program featured popular tunes
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Whitewright
Bev Chesser
Robbin Meisenbach
Claire Whipple
Steve Hodge
Jan Neathery
Bart Bodine
Judy Guffee
Darlene Reynolds
Cheri Floyd
Kenny Buchannan
Debbie Barnes
Dena Wilson
Joanna Hughes
Soloria Patterson
Denison
Waples Memorial Methodist Church
Terri Greer
Bell
Bernina
Dallas
Janice Kemp
Lisa Earnheart
Melinda Jester
Terry Lester
Dana Kimball
Leila Nicholas
Grayson County Voyagers
Grayson County Junior College
Boyd Whitworth
Tom Bean Bank To Present Lincoln Last Days TV Program
The First National Bank of Tom Bean co sponsors NBC TV special Lincoln Last Days airing April 14 at 9 PM on Channel 12. Hal Holbrook stars as Lincoln with Sada Thompson as Mary Todd Lincoln. The six part Sandburg biography covers Lee’s surrender, cabinet debates, and Lincoln’s final carriage ride before Ford’s Theatre assassination. The Texas Federated Women’s clubs Grand Prairie convention yearbook awards honored Architecture of our Government theme. Linda Sullivan chairs the yearbook committee with Virginia McFatridge Sue Brinkley and Brenda Wilson. The yearbook will seek state competition. A Family Is A unit notes the TV program amid local civic group activities.
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First National Bank
Tom Bean
American Bankers Association
ABA
Lincoln
Nbc-Tv
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
American Better Broadcasters Association
The
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Columbus, Ohio
Ford Theater
Trinity
Texas Federated Women’s Clubs
Grand Prairie
Linda Sullivan
Virginia McFatridge
Sue Brinkley
Brenda Wilson
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U.S
Tom Bean Bank
Sandburg
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Judge Brown
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