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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
8
In a school snippet, the Buicks are ahead of the Oldsmobiles in arithmetic after Friday’s tests, with a margin of fifty three hundredths. Pupils also plotted a graph titled World Production of Commercial Cotton in social science and enjoyed two hours of outdoor play after studying.
Be Kind To Animals Week runs April 11 to 17 to remind people to treat pets kindly year round. The note urges daily care for canaries, including fresh water and cage cleaning to prevent suffering from neglect.
The first grade conducted the chapel program last Friday with Miss Blanton inviting High School boys to perform. William Howard Harrison, Joe Lee, and O. A. Hefner provided about thirty minutes of songs and stringed instrument music, earning thanks and an invitation to return.
A second grade classroom features walls and a front display filled with birds including meadow lark robin turtle dove woodpecker phoebe Baltimore oriole and a canary in a cage. The teacher writes about birds and a bulletin board shows birds flowers and happy children.
The Sunshine Club of the third grade met for the first time at 2 30 Friday afternoon April 9 The program included readings by Katie Kincaid Willie Ruth Maddux Henrietta Jackson Ima Sue Garner an one act play Giant Gira by Leon Kuykendall Billy Joe Riddle Margaret Ann Burnham Carl Simmons Lonie Dee Martin and Dorothy Fae Lane Edyth Biggerstaff and Katie Kincaid formed the program committee to plan next week's program with Margaret Ann Burnham Edyth Biggerstaff and Katie Kincaid named as members
Interest grows as pupils spell words about Mexico while reading Si Si Rosita. A Mexican hand carved cane was shown at school. English work produced letters about Mexico. Sixth grade oral reports on telegraph telephone radio scout signals and the alphabet origin were given across the week with four talks daily.
In English students publish attractive posters on grammar and agreement. Paul Simmons and Morris Fogle Gillett headed the project. The class also studied labor problems and citizenship. Handsome posters covered transportation. In arithmetic the Fords lead after a six week race and a Tuesday recess.
The seventh grade boys beat the girls 9 to 2 on Tuesday. Coach G. W. Ford notes the team was disappointed last Friday for not qualifying for the county meet.
A humorous column lists various schoolroom misadventures and student quirks. It mentions seventh grade not memorizing the Constitution, sixth grade skipping posters, Boy Scouts knot skills, and several named students with small classroom behaviors. The tone is playful and observational about local school life.
Marjorie Mears records Mr. Manning's excitement for the upcoming team and the desire for Mary Alice Harrison to join as pitcher. She notes the loving cup winners, with few exceptions, played next year's squad and felt thrilled to have defeated them.
Seventh grade students visited events over the weekend. The readable portion notes participation by seventh graders and mentions scheduled activities. Details are fragmentary, but the item records a youth group outing and attendance.
Alma Jo Sanderson lists visits by GLOW WORM members Barbara Jean Gordon, Mary Dale King, and Mary Alice Harrison in Sherman. Marjorie Mears and Bertha Ford in Trenton. Charlie Sue Childress weekend in Pilot Grove. Brother Gillett in Dallas. Billy Jack Harper weekend in Hove. Jarvis D Maddux in Gainesville. Velma Holland to Orangeville. A subsequent note asks about various personal qualities of named individuals, attributed to Alma Jo Sanderson.
Mr. Manning assigns a simple social science task while Jarvis D. remains speechless. A brother cannot interrupt, and Bertha imagines drawing beyond ducks, prompting a quiet classroom moment with curiosity and restrained chatter.
Dr. D. W. Pearce of Kent State University argues college students devote too much time to outside activities and sports. He says these activities harm scholastic work, offering some benefit but suggesting they should be curtailed in scope.
Farmer Roy Gray set fires to hay to ward off frost without smudge pots. He soaked the bottom quarter of several bales with kerosene and the top three quarters with water to create smudges. He says 10 fires saved fruit on 50 trees.
A classroom exercise on water yields a humorous student composition. The piece defines water as a white wet liquid that supposedly turns black when you wash in it, illustrating a child’s misinterpretation and the playful unpredictability of school work.
Reports from Chungking describe mass starvation in Centralized Eastern Szechwan as authorities report 2102 famine deaths in March alone. The United Church of Canada Mission funds relief through ten stations in the province. A woodcutter’s refused payment leads to a starving child found hidden in a bundle, illustrating desperate conditions.
Oklahoma City report quotes Dr. E. L. Bagby superintendent of the Northern Oklahoma Hospital at Enid comforting remarks about an insane patient. He says the patient may destroy other items but will never touch a flower due to the psychological effect of plants. The hospital notes many potted plants in rooms and greenhouse cultivation.
Marion Nebraska renders the town dry with a clause in the original deed by founder Marion Powell now of Lincoln. The deed prohibits manufacturing selling or disposing of intoxicating liquors on town premises. If the liquor clause is violated the town reverts to Powell.
A hostess greets General with cordial thanks and notes personal opposition to war, while the General responds with quiet acknowledgment. The exchange hints at civilian sentiment contrasting with military duty in a wartime setting.
New York officials consider bringing back the McGuffey Readers for 1937 pupils after a 50 year absence. Dr Harold G Campbell superintendent will appoint a committee next week to study editing and revising the 19th century texts. Parents urged that the classics be modernized and reissued, highlighting the books famous for selling 122,000,000 copies. Campbell praised the works for simplicity and goodness.
Paris reports the Ministry of Interior banned gangster films in theaters as responsible for a crime wave. Minister Max Dormoy said permits will be refused for films with cynical violence, gangster raids, shootings, or pitched battles between the underworld and police. Hollywood and other producers were notified.
LANCASTER Ohio city government has functioned on gas profits for fifty years. A council report for Jan Feb 1937 shows 16572 in profit from 74 municipally owned wells. Since 1887 the city has consolidated private gas firms, funding a municipal building and ongoing operations.
Washington reports the agriculture department estimates this year’s winter wheat production at 656,019,000 bushels based on April 1 conditions. This compares with 519,013,000 last year and 623,220,000 for the 1928-32 average.
Expressing heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for flowers kindness and sympathy in their trying hour from Mrs Ellen Bush and children.
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