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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1962
Page
6
The High School Reflector notes freshmen girls plan six weeks of etiquette study to guide lifelong conduct. Homemaking II explores cake baking with various methods while sophomores finish a cheese study and tasting. Pep squad tryouts approach with preliminaries for cheerleaders and majorettes, finals midweek amid rising tension.
Wednesday offers barbecue on bun with tri taters lettuce tomato salad French dressing fruit jello and milk. Thursday serves meat loaf green lima beans spinach onion pickles corn bread butter apricot cobbler and milk. Friday features lunch meat cheese green beans corn rolls butter apple sauce and milk.
Annual pep squad tryouts begin as several girls audition for the team this season aiming to earn spots on the squad and boost school spirit.
The F F A boys attended the Annual Texoma Livestock Exposition with swine sheep cattle judging and a quarter horse show. Whitewright representation included Mike Booker Brenda Barker Leon Scott and others earning blue and red ribbons in beef fat steer swine and sheep divisions.
A 17 year old junior Glenda Hicks of Route 3 Whitewright Texas is this week’s student of the week. She stands 5 feet 1 inch tall weighs 91 pounds has brown eyes and long brown hair. She enjoys fish and listening to the radio and is well liked by faculty and students at W H S. Her father is Glen Hicks and her mother is Mrs Hicks.
Students at W H S anticipate a four day Easter break from April 21 to 24 with Easter Sunday on the 22nd. No classes April 23 and 24. school resumes April 25. All five holiday days were canceled to make up for weather-related dismissals.
Students and teachers feel lucky for two days off though the days must be made up later. The last day shifts from May 28 to May 30, with five weeks left and spring fever looming as classes resume.
The monthly PTA meeting led by President Mr. Wallace Mynatt opened with brief business. Mrs Blanton directed a spring fashion show by high school girls who prepared outfits for the Vogue contest sponsored by the Friday Literary Club. A panel discussion on Education Responsibility followed, featuring Mrs James Bryant, Mrs Harper, Pattye Badgett, and Delinda Blackerby. The next meeting is set for the second Tuesday in May and all parents and teachers are urged to attend.
A compact guide to better dialogue outlines active listening, speaking on shared interests, avoiding dull details and repetition, speaking precisely, asking questions, disagreeing politely, avoiding interruptions, giving specific praise, and using tact and tolerance.
The article traces radar and computer advances driven by World War II and notes their rapid processing speeds. It highlights applications from sausage mixing to air defense and income tax scanning, then signals a medical use as doctors address high infant mortality in late pregnancy and early life.
A program using electronic data processing evaluates pregnancy and birth information from hospitals. Last year 150000 births were studied. 1962 hopes to handle half a million. Goal is to analyze all births and cut infant mortality 15 to 26 percent in five to ten years by making prior birth data immediately available to physicians. Electronics grows as a major industry and will boost national capacity and quality of life.
A minister recalls a shy farmer and a country girl wedding where the groom offered four bright silver quarters to the minister saying, “Just help yourself until you’re satisfied,” illustrating the heart’s generous impulse when in love.
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