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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1951
Page
6
The Whitewright High School Reflector lists staff and student clubs including Barrie Blanton society members and pep squad. A narrative follows about a former student’s military service, marriage, and teaching career, detailing his Air Force stint, college, Whitewright teaching years, and district basketball success.
Last Friday afternoon Jean Wilson and Gwen Kent joined Rev. Ashley D Jameson visiting the Methodist School of Nursing in Dallas. The prospective pre nursing students toured the new nurses home after counseling with the director and learned what to expect over the next three years. A pre nursing test lasting four and a half hours at Baylor Hospital Library will yield results in August. Two more groups will take tests in June and July, and fifty girls will be selected to begin pre clinical training in September.
William Russell interviews Coach Glenn Allen Howard tracing his birth on September 6, 1926 in Dodd City, his siblings, schooling at Dodd City and Savoy, and his athletic honors including all district basketball and a sportsmanship trophy. The piece hints at more details not revealed.
The junior class hosted a 10 30 assembly on Friday April 6 featuring an all record request show. Jack Smith announced with Jeanette Jones at the controls as students requested songs for peers teachers and couples including Jimmy Thornhill Nancy May Conway Craig and Beverly Nossaman among others.
Glenn Howard sponsors a square dance for the eighth grade at 7:00 Tuesday night April 3 1951 in the ag room. Attending were Mr and Mrs Glenn Howard Mrs W K Alexander Melba Dean Alexander Jack Ayres Glenda Mae Robarts Larry...
The WHS vocational agriculture second year class heard a Newcastle disease lecture in the ag room on Tuesday April 3 during class. J. R. Harrison of Sherman led the talk and demonstrated immunization of 200 baby chicks. He left literature and five syringes with Mr Barker for distribution to the students.
The WHS speech class staged three one act plays Thursday night at 8 pm in the high school auditorium under Mrs. D M Roddy. Casts included Gwen Kent Molly Rutledge Barry Blanton Carol Kilgree and Herman Musser in Miss Lonely Heart and The Last Laugh featured Molly Rutledge Gwen Kent Carol Kilgree and Jimmy Nossaman among others. The First Dress Suit was staged at Arlington High School on April 7 with Samuel French arrangements and a sevenperson production team.
The East Sherman sub-district held a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m at the First Methodist church.
Citation No 57979 directs Walter Y Head to appear before the Grayson County District Court in Sherman Texas by May 7 1951 to answer a petition filed February 20 1950. Plaintiff Koeppen Baldwin Inc seeks 1310 72 dollars plus interest and costs for labor and merchandise. Clerk Earnest signs the citation with deputy Nancy Drake.
Leonard presented a play titled The Challenge of the Cross. Gwen Kent presided over the meeting and 92-point banner was awarded to Leonard. Announcements included a grounds break and a dollars rolling event at Bells and an intermediates meeting in Trenton on April 18. May’s meeting will be at Whitewright with Trenton hosting.
The 14 youths from Perrin Air Force Base Chapel attended the 9 o clock service with Florena Williams Beverly Bassett Jeanette Jones Peggy Parnell Nancy May Gwen Kent Dorotha Magers Molly Jo Rutledge Myra Nell Scott Margaret Williams Helen Sinor Wanda Nell Mitchell Jean Wilson and Jimmy Nossaman. The group sang with Bassett on piano and Nossaman on organ then toured the base. Rev Jameson also attended and traveled by plane from Whites Wright to Perrin, with transportation provided by the base. The trip was enjoyed and another is eagerly anticipated.
After months of discussion a new intermediate group for the East Sherman sub-district will convene for the first time on Wednesday April 18. The gathering will take place at the First Methodist church.
The Trenton church invites youth ages 12 to 15 to a gathering where a life of the camper film will be shown. Rev. Ira C. Riker will speak to the youths and camping applications will be available for intermediates. A successful meeting could spawn a junior organization.
WHS students and two teachers dressed in tuxedos to depart for Arlington where the cast of The First Dress Suit placed third. Florena Williams won second best actress. judges praised cue pickup, ad libbing, and dynamic stage action.
Members of the British Housewife's League threatened a bonfire outside the House of Parliament and burning ration books and identity cards to protest rationing as outworn and unjust. They accuse the system of penalizing the poor, the old, and the sick and of fostering deceit amid postwar controls.
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