Grammar School Exhibit Showcases Student Art and History
Last week the Grammar School held an exhibit for parents and patrons. About eighty visitors viewed wall displays of student work across grades five to seven, with Madene Vineyard and Glenda Mae Rutledge winning blue ribbons for best posters. Teachers judged the entries, and items loaned by families included clocks, teapots, rifles, and other Civil War era artifacts reflecting local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Madene Vineyard
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Mary Dale King
Lucian Vestal
Modene
Glenda Mae
Imogene Head
Emma Joyce Hinton
Martha Jo Darwin
Dorothy Booher
Betty Atkinson
Brother Gillett
Bob Sears
Naomi Waldo
Drunette Farley
Attract Attention of Visitors Friday Exhibit Features Old Treasures
A school exhibit last Friday showcased antiques gathered by Claud Phillips in the room east of the principal's office. Items included a 230 year old Bible handed to Joe Robbins, a 150 year old spinning wheel loaned by Johnnie Johnson, a 150 year old loom, warping bar and spool rack of Miss Alice Blanks, and a set of steel horns and a muzzle loading shotgun by Maurice Holcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Phillips
Joe Robbins
Johnnie Johnson
Alice Blanks
Maurice Holcomb
Blind student Faulkner entertains at Texas program
Mr Faulkner accompanied by a Texas State Institute for the Blind assistant presented a ten cent admission program. He sang though blind taught by example showing arithmetic, Braille reading, and alphabet on a steel tablet. Audience examined instruments and heard questions about games, bicycles, swimming, and checkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkner
Texas State Institute For the Blind
Glaire Doss
Second grade art exhibit features clay windmills and Holland booklets
The second grade displayed clay windmills, flowers, baskets and Holland booklets on exhibit. James Montgomery from Wichita Falls joined the class Monday. A long sick list includes Janis Jane Horton. Tuesday they made Easter bunny items from clay. Emma Joyce Hinton praises their “artist superior” talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
James Montgomery
James
Wichita Falls
Janis Jane Horton
Emma Joyce Hinton
Third Grade Sees Absentees And Easter Exhibit
Five pupils were absent this week in the third grade: Jo anna Harrison James Stewart L A Watkins and Bobby D Montgomery. Hugh Tim Atterberry and Dorothy Fay Simms returned after a week away to greet classmates at Monday’s start. The class made Easter baskets with bunny decorations and displayed a Dutch churn two wind mills and large circus animals as features of a third grade exhibit alongside a children produced picture show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanna Harrison
James Stewart
L. A. Watkins
Bobby D. Montgomery
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Dorothy Fay Simms
Carl Pierson
Martha Jo Darwin
Easter Bunny Visit to First Grade Class
Modene Vineyard notes Reba Mae Cox’s first graders received an Easter rabbit. The class supplied grass and food as Mr. Phillips built a cage. The children care for the bunny while observers worry about the rabbit’s digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Mae Cox
Mr. Phillips
Modene Vineyard
Absent and Present Students List for Week
Illness kept Pattie Everheart Virginia Jones Lester Simpson Billie Phillips Betty Jane Harper Cleophas Stewart Margie Johnson Montie Fae Coffman Elizabeth Mullins Edward Montgomery from class. On day one the top spellers were Margaret Benton Edith Harper Wallace Reeves Robert Owens Cecil Magers. Fourth graders displayed tapestries and a Mexican street scene by Joe Magers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattie Everheart
Virginia Jones
Lester Simpson
Billie Phillips
Betty Jane Harper
Cleophas Stewart
Margie Johnson
Montie Fae Coffman
Elizabeth Mullins
Edward Montgomery
Margaret Benton
Edith Harper
Wallace Reeves
Robert Owens
Cecil Magers
Joe Magers
Fifth graders study geography and prepare chapel program
Miss Hamilton’s illness dims school mood as fifth graders map the West Indies and Central America, study arithmetic vocabulary and geometry, and anticipate a Thursday chapel program. Five English posters win top places, and Bee readers chart daily weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
West Indies
Central America
Bob Sears
Naomi Waldo
Lucian Vestal
Student Work From Seventh Grade Heartspeededition
Emma Joyce Hinton recalls seventh grade assignments including English notebooks on words, health notebooks on diseases, English posters, civics scrapbook, arithmetic graphs, reading booklets, and geography notebooks, noting a collective burden eased by the school year’s end.
Seventh Grade Graduation Gown Debate and Party Plans
Frances Riddle notes Modene and Glenda Mae host a Wednesday night party for friends and seventh grade girls decide graduation gowns. Frustration over turnout as only eighty parents attended Friday’s exhibit. Mrs. Roddy reminds that there are eight weeks left in the school term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Druliner
Modene
Glenda Mae
Fifth to seventh grade sports end with close wins
Mr Manning picked four teams Monkeys Tigers Elephants and Giraffes from fifth to seventh grades. Friday the fifth and sixth grades played a game the sixth grade won. Monday the sixth and seventh grades played the seventh grade won 4 to 6. Four lunch hour games between girls and boys ended in a two-two tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Manning
Jack Wallace
Classwork Review Shows Spelling Mastery And Reading Goals
Mary Ruth Holmes notes a busy arithmetic and Constitution review in class. Thirteen students scored 100 percent on a spelling test of the hundred demons, with the lowest grade at 96. Entailed are plans for a Friday retest and a push toward top grades by reading more than the minimum required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hodges
Jack Wallace
Mary Ruth Holmes
Clayton in Race for County Clerk in Howe Visit
Earl Clayton of Howe toured Whitewright on Thursday to promote his bid for county clerk and authorized The Sun to publish his name in the political announcements. A fuller statement on his candidacy will follow. Government figures show child deaths ages 5 to 14 fell about 24 percent in under a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. (Earl) Clayton of
Howe
Whitewright
the Sun
Sun releases list of 1936 Democratic candidates
The Sun announces authorized Democratic primary candidates for office in July and August 1936. Names include Congress candidate Sam Rayburn, 15th District Court Judge Jesse F. Holt, Representatives J.4. Waggoner and J. W. Adamson, District Attorney R. C. Slagle Jr., County Judge J. J. Loy, Sheriff J. B. Benton Davis, District Clerk R. B. Caraway and A. L. Pennell, County Clerk E. A. Clayton, Public Weigher Harold Doss, and Constable Red Pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Want Ads and Notices From Local Paper
Want ads list baby bed and mattress for sale with phone contact 172 milch cows for sale by Guy Hamilton rubber stamps real estate help and hatchery bookings by R D Ford available Rawleigh route business opportunity in West Hunt and East Fannin Counties Card of thanks from Mollie McSpedden and children expresses gratitude for kindness after the death of S T McSpedden
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Rawleigh
West Hunt
East Fannin Counties
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Auto Finance Company offers quick car loans Sherman
If you need money or want to refinance payments on your car to make them smaller, this company will loan any reasonable amount or term with no delay. Bring your license, receipt, and car for inspection. Located at 117% S Travis St Sherman, by F. W. Creager, Mer. This ad promises savings on loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mer
S. Travis St
Sherman
Silence and the Lighthouse Keeper Tale
Raymond Hitchcock recalls a quip about the disconcerting sound of silence. The piece recounts a lighthouse keeper who served 39 years and endured a gun signal every six minutes until one midnight when the gun failed. The keeper's startled reaction illustrates the eerie impact of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hitchcock
Notice of Termination of Shareholders Liability
The First National Bank of Whitewright Texas announces that liability on holders of its common stock under the Banking Act and Federal Reserve Act will cease on July 1 1937 by order of the board of directors cashier R A Gillett.
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First National Bank of
Administratrix issues notice in G. S. Ryon estate
The state of Texas Grayson County notice to debtors and creditors of the estate of G. S. Ryon deceased. Rae Ryon named administratrix by J. J. Loy judge on March 17 1936. Creditors must present claims by law at her Bells Texas address by filing deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Grayson
G. S. Ryon
Grayson County
Texas
J. J. Loy
Bells
A. D
Rae Ryon
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Claire Doss
Ass’t
Ruby Johnson
Seth Thomas
Jim Simmons
Samuel F. B. Morse
Roddy
F. E. Vittitoe
Seth Thomas Weight
C. W. Phillips
H. M. Phillips
W. H. Phillips
W. P. Vaughn
M. R. Smith
James Norris
Kentucky
Alice Hamilton
David Crockett
San Jacinto
L. H. Darwin
States
Roscoe Gillett
Texas State Institution For the Blind
Batiste
T. W. Ayres & Sonitewrig
Bee
Lloyd Roddy
E. A. Clayton
Congress
Sam Rayburn
15Th District Court
Jesse F. Holt
J. 4. Waggoner
J. W. Adamson
R. C
Bob) Slagle JR
J.B. (Benton) Davis
R. B
Bob) Caraway
A. L
Dodo) Pennell
E. A. (Earl) Clayton
Harold Doss
Constable
C. A
RED
Pace
Lester Haile
Guy Hamilton
Sun Office
Tom Barbee
Nicholson Grocery
R. D. Ford
John Hollingsworth
S. T. McSpedden
Mollie McSpedden
General Electric
Manning, Clark & Meador Hardware—Furniture—Farmalls
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