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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
7
The Whitewright event shows Trenton wins in senior girls softball junior boys softball junior tennis singles junior boys volleyball junior girls ping pong and senior girls basketball. Activities ran 10:00 to 3:45 with baseball volleyball tennis. Whitewright thanks Trenton for sportsmanship and hopes for another field day next April first.
Whitewright students earned multiple honors at the Sherman IL meeting. Jimmie Golden, Jack Sears, and Grace Connelly won first in shorthand, Jimmie claimed top individual scoring, Grace placed third, Grace took second in individual scoring, and Jack Sears won first in declamation with Una Fae Blackerby placing third. Selected individuals may attend the Dallas district meeting.
Members of the pep squad for juniors and seniors cheered the teams last Friday night. During field day and basketball games in the gym the pep leaders rallied the squad and urged the teams to perform well at the football game. It was the last performance for the leaders and some senior players.
Mr McKinney led a called assembly last Tuesday to outline the Field Day set for April 1. He urged students to bring lunches and for each class to dine together, hoping to show Trenton visitors a pleasant time.
Whitewright High School defeated Trenton High School by four points to win the all day Field Day on April 1. Whitewright led 12 to 8 overall with boys 12 4 and Trenton girls 6 5. Events included junior and senior ping pong, softball, washers, tennis, volleyball and basketball won by various Whitewright and Trenton teams and players.
Readable list of dated song title and recipient pairs from a social page. Names include Ruth Mears Patty Everheart Helen Maddux Gladys Reeves An LaRue Jimmie Golden Martha Vestal Juanita England Lorene Worsham Grace Harris Billie Burke Vineyard Jack Sears Mary Frances Stephens Bonnie Mae Scott Etha Louise Brown and C B Burchfield with Bonham girl.
Dr B W Webb of the Presbyterian Church spoke in assembly on Thursday at 10 30. The program opened with Onward Christian Soldiers. Mary Frances Clabhorn introduced the speaker and Mary Frances Cla bhorn is noted. Announcements closed the program with a pep talk by Coach Payne and Mr McKinney.
The Future Homemaking Club held its regular meeting with Helen Maddux as president presiding. She was elected as delegate to the Dallas F H A Rally on March 17 18. A program on proper conduct at a show followed the business session with an escort.
The W. H. S. seniors beat the 1942 White Wright squad 45 to 20 at Bryant Field ending 30 days of spring training. Co captain Bob Montgomery Lloyd Mitchell and John Biggerstaff scored touchdowns with Montgomery adding both extra points. Billy Kincaid blocked a punt for a first touchdown and Joe Tate Jones recovered it behind the goal line.
In the 1942 game the seniors built a 25 to 0 halftime lead on touchdowns by Sears Parrish and Burchfield. Bob Montgomery added a 3 yard TD later as the seniors and 1942 team traded scores with Mitchell Biggerstaff and others crossing in the final half.
On April 1 the last half of The Bell was sent in. Printing will take about forty five days and the issue should arrive on May 13.
On a Wednesday morning the junior girls beat the senior team with seniors citing luck and a playful April Fool's day joke. The seniors express interest in a rematch to challenge the juniors who had more experienced players, noting the lighthearted nature of the prior game.
Three senior reporters observe Field Day antics with students in various scenes around the campus. They note April Fool pranks, girls in colorful outfits, a horse incident, and plans for ice cream after a basketball game.
Whitewright High School girls Tommie Dee Booker Billie Vineyard and Billie Hatfield received letters from the Sherman Army recruiting office inviting them to visit about joining after graduation. Ex-student Jonnie B Robbins also received one.
The sophomore English class of W. H. S. is completing their study of narrative poetry this week. They are finishing readings and discussions on poetic forms and storytelling through verse.
O W notes students have studied Enoch Arden Sobrab and Rustum. By Friday they will finish one hundred lines of poetry and most book reports. Next week they begin an intensive grammar program through the end of the term.
The FFA group reports ongoing seed treatment efforts ahead of their April 16 banquet. They have about a hundred bushels of cottonseed to treat using new improved ceresan and invite others to have their seed treated or assisted with similar work.
D. N. W. notes that some boys with grain projects on the farm have been hurt by a green bug. The report highlights practical farm labor risks and pest-related injuries observed among youth work.
The school will present a style show Wednesday at 2 PM. First year girls display print dresses and skirts for school wear, second year girls show general wear dresses, and third year girls model special occasion dresses. Dresses are made by the respective students.
The Choral Club held a weiner roast last Thursday at Wilton McFarland's pasture. Each member could bring guests and a dime per invitee. Nineteen attended with wine rations of weiners and sides including candy apples fritters bread mustard pickles and marshmallows.
Winnipeg reports a fish based tire concept mixing glue from fish with 60 percent rubber to ease wartime rubber scarcity. A manufacturer says one model showed little wear after 30,000 miles, notes earlier 1923 tests succeeded but costly production blocked advances.
Brig. Gen Claire L. Channaults Flying Tigers bring heavy US presence to Kunming yet living American remains costly. Prices include coffee six dollars a pound, toothpaste large tube, cigarettes seven dollars per tin, whisky forty five dollars a bottle, milk two dollars per can, cheese twelve dollars per pound, gasoline three fifty a gallon with permit, socks three dollars a pair, second hand sweaters twenty five dollars, and a new portable typewriter three hundred seventy dollars.
SYRUP OF BLACK-DRAUGHT is a tasty liquid that most children will welcome whenever they need a laxative. It shares the same main ingredient as BLACK-DRAUGHT, its older companion. It often gives a child refreshing relief from the familiar symptoms indicating a laxative is needed. Comes in two sizes: 25c and 850c.
COLLEGE STATION Saving paper is crucial for war needs says Louise Bryant of the A and M College Extension Service. Old newspapers magazines cartons and boxes can be made into paste board and saved by neat piles flattened cartons. Buy use and reuse bags and cloth shopping bags to cut paper use while aiding war efforts.
The wife of the town's closest fisted man returns from a doctor visit. She says the doctor recommends a change of climate. He reassures her that spring will come soon.
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