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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
7
The Reflector features Jeanette who aims for college and a career as a commercial artist in California. Joe Wallace hopes for college but his major remains unclear. Florena aspires to be a summer camp counselor while Bobby and John Dale seek pool championship glory through hard practice.
A group of six students three boys and three girls along with three teachers and a teacher's wife drove to Arlington to perform in Sundays Child. The cast faced typical stage nerves while Mrs Roddy oversaw makeup and prep. Separately a visiting teacher from Commerce Jesse Daniels arrived for an eight to nine week stay and education news covered a Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association spring conference in Austin with 1250 attendees and lectures by Dr William Van Til contrasting Old Fashioned and Modern teaching styles.
On Tuesday April 1 third graders invited mothers to view their work and hear a program titled A Dutch Treat about Holland. Students performed with Mary absent due to pneumonia and included characters Hans Hilda and a dairy maid along with windmills and wooden shoes.
Florena Floye Williams known as Flo is an 18 year old senior. She is 5'6" with blue eyes and brown hair born October 28. She studies English IV algebra II speech and homemaking III and lists algebra and speech as favorites. Her teachers include Mrs Roddy and Coach Montgomery. She has served as class president and enjoys football basketball and baseball with basketball as her top pick. Her music taste is popular, color blue, and she aspires to be a group director. Her favorite foods include Hamburgers and stars Janet Leigh Howard Duff. She likes poems good times lounging long hair and sleeping while disliking vanity and a self confident sophomore.
In Arlington the contest play won first place. Joy Ann Layman earned top acting honors for the girls while Jimmy Christian placed third for best actor. The Whitewright audience saw both plays, Sundays Child and Hats and Rabbits, presented Friday night April 4. Betsy Wells as Joy Ann Layman impressed with her performance.
The article praises two 1916 themed plays and a modern kitchen drama as it recounts student performances. Cast members Betsy Ruth Wells and her suitor Jimmy Christian stand out alongside Debbie Gayle Taylor and Windy John Dale Reeves. The notice also contains a legal tax suit notice from Grayson County Texas with multiple defendants and heirs.
A sergeant questions a recruit who fears he will be a flop as a soldier and admits he cannot tell one tune from another, noting he did not hear the bugle blow reveille.
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