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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1959
Page
6
High school Western week runs April 13 to 17 with a parade on Monday including class floats and town clubs. Senior and junior parties follow, FHA and FFA barbecue, open date Thursday, and Friday’s Variety Show with 50¢ adults 35¢ students. King Queen elections use penny voting and prize for best dressed cowboys and cowgirls.
The WHS senior class announces a car wash fundraiser with services priced at $1.50 for a wash and $5.00 for wash plus wax. Students will wash cars Saturdays and after school at either the senior’s home or the customer’s residence, by appointment with a senior.
FHA group at WHS unveils three winning bake off entries with Louisa Lackey first for Fluff Pie using Hershey bars marshmallows and coconut in a chilled crust. Donna Franklin places second for Hawaiian Hulas cookies with oats coconut and brown sugar. Doris Burchfield earns third with Haystack Cookies featuring butter sugar and coconut topped with a rich egg filling.
Whitewright sent seven boys to represent the team in the District 43 B event held Friday at Celeste. Whitewright faced Celeste in the opening round with a best two of three games format, where the first to reach 15 points won the match.
On March 31 the Fire Department played the Juniors in two games. The Women s Auxiliary fell to the Junior Girls 43 to 28 with Dixie Caraway leading the women and Doris Burchfield tops among the juniors with 10. In the boys game the Juniors defeated the Firemen 60 to 30 with Billy Tillett scoring 26 points and James Dixon leading the Firemen with 12.
This readable item profiles Charles Copeland known at WHS as Charlie Brown. Born January 1 1942 at 1230 AM he stands 5 11 and 175 pounds. He plays tackle on the main football line and participates in shot put in track. He lives in a Kentucky town, drives a 1953 blue white Chevrolet, has three sisters and a freshman brother, and plans SMU after high school. His favorite colors are blue and lemon yellow.
Vestal announced an assembly Tuesday morning for the basketball girls to receive sweaters ordered six weeks earlier. The black garments feature a gold three dimensional W and were earned by playing at least 40 of 88 quarters, with Ruth Williams, Doris Burchfield, Sue Range, Linda Sanderson, and Pattye among the earners.
Spring plans list 40 plus girls vying for pep squad roles including buglers flag bearers and majorettes with set demerit rules announced by sponsors Mrs. Lander and Miss Caldwell. Final selections hinge on attendance, discipline and practice effort across cheerlead, majorette and drummer groups.
The homemaking girls will enter a sewing contest on Thursday April 9 with out of town judges. Twelve entrants will be selected for a style show at the Literary Club on April 10. Each participant earns 10 points toward the state area meeting in Dallas on March 25. The top three receive 15 10 and 5 points respectively. Entrants include Carolyn Wetzel Patsy Mitchell Amy Jo Alexander Elizabeth Stephens Sandra Montgomery Lucille Shaw Paula Geers June Bond Ruth Williams Donna Franklin Robbie Cawthon Louisa Lackey and Sarah Stephens.
A WHS student born December 10 1942 is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall with green eyes and brown hair. Active in basketball Future Homemakers of America Growl pep squad drill team and cheerleading she is daughter of Cecil and unnamed mother with two brothers. Pat tye Bartley is the person in question.
Nine juniors won colored stuffed dogs as prizes in the junior-senior magazine drive. Students earned a dog by selling four Look subscriptions or eight McCalls subscriptions during the campaign.
Members of the club received dogs by color with Linda Bennett Don Walker Charles Copeland and Dee Anna Alexander receiving brown dogs Christine Neal Jean Brown Doris Burchfield June Gail Bond and Ruth Williams receiving turquoise dogs and Donaso receiving a white dog.
A humorous list pairs driving speeds with gospel or country song titles. From 45 mph to 105 mph readers see mapped tunes like Nearer My God to Thee and Goodbye, Friends, I'm Fixing To Leave This World attributed to J Koe.
A driver education class prepares students for safer road use with structured lessons. Details on curriculum and instructors are not fully available in the excerpt.
Dual controls installed as girls begin lessons on the 1959 Ford Galaxie learning the basics of standard shift driving under supervision.
A chemistry class toured the campus on a Thursday field trip to sample soil for lime content and alkalinity. Students tested both sand and black soil and found at least a small amount of lime in each sample.
A jumble of brief lines questions about driving lessons and teen antics. Names Barbara Helen Judy Rochelle Louise Chris and Coach Lander appear in disjoint phrases. The piece hints at stories continuing on page seven with personal incidents and the search for love.
Court issues citation requiring O L Landman and Rose Landman to answer by May 18 1959 in a case filed by Citizens National Bank of DenisonSeeking title to Lots 14 through 24 in Block 1 College Park Denison excluding portions sold to Houston and Texas Central Railroad The suit names multiple defunct corporations and heirs with notice published in The Whitewright Sun in April 1959.
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