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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
6
Barbara Williams and Charles Caldwell organize an event with numbers from Sherman and local students. It will begin at 8 o'clock and the seniors anticipate a very enjoyable evening.
The Whitewright school completed a concrete floor with a mixer borrowed from Mr Harold Key and Pilot Point School. The local school board and others saved about $1000, despite weather delaying work, and gratitude is extended to Pilot Point School and Mr Key for the offer.
The F F A boys with sponsors Mr. Barker and Mr. Berryhill traveled from Whitewright by school bus to Lake Texoma last Friday night. They cooked a meal, boated, fished, and cleaned up before returning at 11 am Saturday, with many named participants enjoying the trip.
Juniors host a banquet for seniors on May 23 at Hotel Denison. An excellent program is planned with entertainment and refreshments for attendees.
Harold Spears of San Francisco Public Schools cites a 19 percent drop in San Francisco high school enrollment from 1939 to 1947 amid a wider national dip. He notes only San Diego among twenty cities kept 1939 top four grades enrollment, with several cities down by 39 to 13 percent. He urges students to maximize school opportunities funded by taxpayers.
Several W. H. S. students including Conway Craig Lou Rae Holcomb Cora Lee Head Gene Darwin Bush Herman Musser and Max Taylor went to Bonham to inquire about obtaining driver's licenses The official reportedly had too many to issue licenses at that time and the visit was described as routine.
Luther Jack Moss, recently released from the Navy, visited W H S last Thursday. The students welcomed him back and expressed good wishes for his chosen vocation.
The baccalaureate services will be May 23 at the Methodist Church with Rev. Clifford Taylor delivering the message. Commencement is set for May 28 in the high school auditorium with Rev. R. L. Gilpin as guest speaker. Seniors have ordered invitations and hope to receive them soon.
Six weeks exams are done at Whitewright High with finals looming. Seniors rejoice while others ponder college plans and job goals as gossip and budding romances swirl among students.
Anna Bess lands Don Reynolds as D W McKinney is left out in the cold. Jackie Nossaman plans to move to Dallas for a job as soon as possible.
In Houston, E. S. Harrison an automobile mechanic and Precinct 25 chair in the third ward becomes the first Black member of the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee since Reconstruction era. The historic selection marks a notable change in local party leadership.
In Paris at noon during a spring day 40 years ago the motor truck broke down at Place de l Opera. The driver lay beneath the vehicle for 30 minutes despite traffic as a policeman directed it. After apologizing for the trouble he went off to claim several thousand dollars from bets on his feat.
Obituary notes the death in 1936 of a renowned English practical joker famed for inventive humor and public pranks that entertained readers and audiences across the country during the early 20th century.
Dan Dillon of Wake Village received a total fine of 129.60 in justice court after pleading guilty to two counts of needlessly killing animals. The case marked a rare local prosecution for poisoning roughly thirty dogs in Wake Village over the past year.
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