Memories banquet highlights senior year at high school
The High School Reflector recounts a blue booklet Memories detailing faculty and class rolls, the banquet menu, and program notes. Sophomores served the banquet led by Mary Dale King and LaVerne Kilgroe, with songs and a class will, making the event a memorable high school milestone.
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P. A. Short
C. B. Burchfield
LaVerne Kilgroe
Davis Parrish
Virginia Hill
LaVerne Kil
Betty Lou Tomlinson
Ann LaRoe
Betty Jane Harper
Bonnie Mae Scott
Mildred Kent
V. H
Rex B Cruse New V A Teacher at W H S
Rex B Cruse joins Woodville High School as the new vocational agriculture teacher from Devers Texas with a background in Fannett Jefferson County and three years in Devers He is a Woodville native son and holds a B S degree with a Smith Hughes certificate from Sam Houston State Teachers College The faculty and students welcome him as he seeks to meet all students and citizens of the community.
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Rex B. Cruse
Devers
Texas
Liberty County
Cruse
V. A
Fannett
Jefferson County
Beaumont
Houston
Woodville
Tyler County
Colmesweil
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Smith-Hughes
Seniors Seek Invitations and Calling Card Orders
The senior class held a meeting Friday April 18 to decide quantities of invitations and calling cards. Invitations cost seven cents each while calling cards scale: 50 for 90 cents 100 for $1 150 for $1.15 and 200 for $1.30. Each senior must pay a $1 deposit before ordering.
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V. H
English II Studies Grammar in Class Work
English II students spent the past week or two working in their workbooks on sentence structure diagramming punctuation paragraphing and capitalization under teacher D A.
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D. A
Juniors Entertain Seniors At Banquet
The junior class and sponsors honored the senior class at a W. H. S. banquet held at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday evening April 19. Organ music greeted guests and the garden party theme featured flowers, garden gate decor, and blue crepe with lilacs tulips and iris.
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L. B. Morris
Thomas Sears
Presbyterian Church
Russ
Junior Senior Banquet Sparks Romantic Whispers
A lively sequence of gossip and pairings surrounds the junior senior banquet. The text teases flings, crushes, and evolving affections among students including A T J G B G M W D T O N J R B and others as they mingle, flirt, and recall past concerns with jealousy and smiles.
Hi Y Plans Hay Ride At Club Meeting
Hi Y Club held an April 16 meeting to plan a hay ride. The transportation committee was appointed with Philip Earnheart Emerson Sears and Jarvis Maddux to arrange cars. This was the last meeting of the year.
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Philip Earnheart
Emerson Sears
Jarvis Maddux
J. M
FFA Gives Uncle Tom Cunningham a Chromium Gift
The F F A chapter honors Uncle Tom Cunningham with an electric coffee percolator a tea and coffee server and a cream pitcher and sugar bowl chromium plated. Presenting the gift are Otto Russell Lynal Moore Albert Thornton Sonny Gosnell and Philip Earnheart. Last day at school was Friday April 18.
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Tom” Cunningham
Lynal J. Moore
Otto Russell
Uncle Tom
Albert Thornton
Sonny Gosnell
Philip Earnheart
Tom
V. H
Youth Conference Outlines Program At Northeast Texas Meet
A group of Mary Ellen Brown Mary Dale King Jack Sears C B Bryant III Philip Earnheart Emerson Sears and Davis Parrish met with Mr Morris to outline the Northeast Texas Youth Conference program. The all day meeting in Bonham covers three panels Youth Stand Toward War Youth in a Democracy and Social and Recreational Problems in High School with reference material from the University of Texas Extension Loan Library. Last year W H S hosted but this year the conference goes to Bonham.
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Mary Ellen Brown
Mary Dale King
Jack Sears
C. B. Bryant III
Philip Earnheart
Emerson Sears
Davis Parrish
Mr. Morris
Northeast Texas
Bonham
University of Texas
Seventeen Couples Seen At Junior Senior Banquet
At the April 19 event several couples were noted including Marie Badgett with Otto Russell Jimmie Golden with Al Thornton Ernestine Tomlinson with Wilton McFarland Juanita England with C B Bryant III Dorotha Darwin with Sonny Gossnell Mary Dale King with Philip Earnheart Dorotha Jeanne Crowell with Robert Emerson Sears Oleta Norris with W J Blimner Alma Jo Sanderson with Joe Hicks Lotta Faye Brown with J W Chaney. Many others attended and the mood was festive. D. D.
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Marie Badgett
Otto Russell
Jimmie Golden
al Thornton
Ernestine Tomlinson
Wilton McFarland
Juanita England
C. B. Bryant III
Dorotha Darwin
Sonny Gosnell
Mary Dale King
Philip Earnheart
Dorotha Jeanne Crowell
Robert Emerson Sears
Oleta Norris
W. J. Bilmner
Alma Jo Sanderson
Joe Hicks
Lotta Faye Brown
J. W. Chaney
D. D
Speech Class Selects Topics for Extempore Speeches
On Friday Mrs. Roddy’s speech class draws five topics by lot. A student chooses one then has 30 minutes to prepare and must speak between three and four minutes. Two new plays begin with casts listed for Pearls and Sit Down to Supper.
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Roddy
Honor Roll List Shorter This Six Weeks
The six weeks honor roll shows fewer students than usual as school nears the end. Freshmen include Betty Marie Allen and Jack Camp. sophomores Patty Everheart Betty Jane Harper Robert Owens and Charles Skaggs. juniors Juana Ruth Andrew Virginia Hill Robert Emerson Sears C B Bryant and Davis Parrish. seniors Dorotha Jean Crowell Dorotha Darwin Brother Gillett Mary Dale King Velma Holland.
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Betty Marie Allen
Jack Camp
Patty Everheart
Betty Jane Harper
Robert Owens
Charles Skaggs
Juana Ruth Andrew
Virginia Hill
Robert Emerson Sears
C. B. Bryant
Davis Parrish
Dorotha Jean Crowell
Dorotha Darwin
Brother Gillett
Mary Dale King
Velma Holland
M. Ww
World Needs Humor More Than Wealth
A pithy reflection notes that humor matters more than money in improving life. It emphasizes levity as a social asset and a remedy for sharp times. It suggests laughter has broad value across communities and daily routines.
Reverend Wootten Addresses Students on Don't Die on Third
On April 15 the student chapel featured Brother E P Wootten as speaker after Mr Russ led songs. He used a ball player story to urge students to avoid compromising ends and to model life choices after not dying on third.
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Russ
E. P. Wootten
B. G
Junior business students visit Dallas sights and industry
Forty six junior business trainees plus Mrs Lackey and Mr Sears visited Dallas on April 17. They toured the Dallas Cotton Mill and observed cotton to canvass cloth, ate at Sears Roebuck cafeteria, toured the Federal Reserve Bank including the vaults and clearing house, and rode a streamlined train through Union Terminal to Love Field Airport. They rode Braniff De Luxe B liner and observed British bombers and large passenger liners. Mrs Lackey and Mr Sears praised the students. Ed gar Ayres drove the bus.
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Lackey
Sears
Dallas
Sears Roebuck
Federal Reserve Bank
Union Terminal
Love Field Airport
Great Britain
Lack
English IV Studies Poetry Observes Memorized Poems
The English IV class has studied many poems by famous authors and now writes them rather than reciting. Notable memorized lines include Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson and Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray.
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Ulysses
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Thomas Gray
D. A
Breakfast service by home economics class
The first year home ec class makes breakfast menus and learns to serve breakfast and table manners. Half of the junior business class who went to Dallas Thursday will be served on Friday by those who did not go. Menu includes orange juice cream of wheat creamed eggs on toast bacon and hot chocolate. Monday the program reverses with guests becoming servers.
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Dallas
Economics Class Studies Taxation Discussion Plan
Mr Morris economics class studies taxation and the nation's business Each student receives a chapter to discuss On the due date the student leads the class discussion A J S
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Morris
J. S
Field Trip Ends For Teacher On Final Class Outing
Field trip with Uncle Tom Cunningham and Wilton McFarland took first year boys to Mrs Ada Jones to horn cattle on Wednesday. It was the last such outing with the whole class and the boys say they learned much from these trips.
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Tom” Cunningham
Wilton McFarland
Ada Jones
Tom
V. H
The West Is In School Again Fun Cowboy Unit
English III classes expand a cowboy unit to Texas life. Students gathered information on ranches cattle trains brands outlaws famous ranchmen Texas wild flowers and bird life. Cecil Owens and Lucian Vestal presented talks Wednesday.
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Texas
Cecil Owens
Lucian Vestal
Lackey
Sunday visits noted in Texas and Oklahoma towns
Velma Holland was visited in Dallas Sunday. Dorotha Darwin called on in Oklahoma Sunday afternoon. Eva Williams spent Sunday at Bells. Marie Badgett seen in Sherman Saturday. Mary Frances Clathorn visited Paris Sunday afternoon. Billie Jo Phillips called on in Bonham and Randolph Sunday. Azilee Smith went to Denison Sunday afternoon. Dorothy Sue Douglas seen in Tom Bean Howe Sherman and Denison Sunday with others. Mary Frances Call spent the weekend at McKinney. Dorothy Jean Crowell and Malachia Wright visited Sherman Sunday.
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Gad-Abouts
Velma Holland
Dallas
Dorotha Darwin
Oklahoma
Eva Williams
Bells
Marie Badgett
Sherman
Mary Frances Clathorn
Paris
Billie Jo Phillips
Bonham
Randolph
Azilee Smith
Denison
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Tom Bean
Howe
Mary Frances Call
McKinney
Dorothy Jean Crowell
Malachia Wright
Tests of Negative Ions Performed in Chemistry Class
The chemistry class led by Mr. Russ studied petroleum refining and fuel products on Monday and Tuesday. They noted heating values of coal and wood and defined heating value by water temperature rise. The class visited the lab on Wednesday and Thursday to perform tests for negative ions.
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Mr. Russ
Pupils Explore Coal Tar After Distilled Water Realization
A class began tests and questioned a mystery substance, then read the book problem on coal tar. After discussion the students found the topic very interesting, as noted by J. W. C.
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Russ
Trenton High School Buzzes With Banquets Plans
The junior and senior banquet is planned with excitement. W. H. S welcomes new agriculture teacher Mr. Cruse from South Texas. Freshman sophomore and junior classes will edit the Reflector over the next three weeks. Seniors have ordered invitations and caps and gowns. Hi Y plans a shin dig at State Park in Bonham. English IV classes study poetry.
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Uncle Tom
Trenton
Mr. Cruse
South Texas
State Park
Bonham
Facts and Fantasies Collated From Vague Notions
A miscellany notes vast figures about coal mining employment and penny circulation, compares US and European rail wages, cites harsh censorship in China, condemns book readers, and mentions a wind‑calming French shell idea. It closes with initials D. J. C.
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United States
China
Assembly Program Presented At W. H. S. by Uncle Tom Cunningham
An assembly program at W. H. S. featured Uncle Tom Cunningham as sponsor hosted last Friday April 18. Jonnie B Robbins and Marie Badgett served as mistresses of ceremonies and Jonnie B dedicated the program to Uncle Tom on his last day. The event opened with a student body song followed by a piano duet Martha Louise and Foucheaux Vestal. A mixed double quartet then performed before a speech class skit The Smack with Carol Ray Ireland Jack Sears and Foucheaux Vestal. Bonnie and Margaret Reynolds sang You Are My Sunshine to Albert Thornton and Wilton McFarland. Marie Ward gave a reading and Uncle Tom gave a farewell speech. The program closed with additional student songs.
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Dorothea Auten
Ruth McSpedden
Ernestine Tomlinson
Bertha Burchfield
Foucheaux Vestal
Jones Ray Vestal
John Biggerstaff
Carlton Alexander
Carol Ray Ireland
Jack Sears
Bonnie and
Margaret Reynolds
You
Albert Thornton
Wilton McFarland
Marie Ward
B. G
Homemaking III students plan low income diet meals
The class reviewed vitamins proteins fats carbohydrates and minerals then tracked calories over three days. They found many girls fail to meet energy needs and will design low income meals. Special diets for anemia and constipation will be explored before moving to home furnishings with living room arrangements.
Glee Club Learns Under the Direction
The Glee Club trains under a director to refine singing, rhythm, and group harmony. Members rehearse weekly to prepare in voices and performance style for upcoming school events and concerts.
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Glee Club
CARDUI And CARDUS Advertised for Women’s Wellness
Advertisements claim CARDUS improves appetite and digestion by increasing gastric juice flow helping relieve functional dysmenorrhea caused by malnutrition. The copy states periodic distress eases for many who take CARDUI before and during the menstrual period and notes CARDUI has been used for more than 50 years by women.
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Cardus
Glee Club Plans Senior Songs for Close of School
The Glee Club under Mr Russ works on songs for senior events at year end. Underclassmen will sing at baccalaureate. Rehearsals include The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Love's Old Sweet Song As Torrents in Summer Sweet and Low and The Dawn Is Breaking. The group has more trips before school ends.
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Russ
Glee Club
New Agriculture Teacher Introduced to Students
The assembly welcomed Rex B. Cruse as the new agriculture teacher. Cruse expressed liking for the community and feeling at home. Principal Morris led a brief talk and announcements followed about senior cap and gown fees and invitations.
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Rex B. Cruse
Morris
Cruse
Ely
Just to Cheer You Poem Verse Image Snippet
A compact poetic couplet about the inevitability of hardship amid beauty and affection. It reflects on life’s contrasts as a universal human experience. The lines evoke a cautious, consoling mood without specific events or entities.
Arabic numbering system noted as modern standard
The quote discusses the switch from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals, claiming the change occurred centuries ago and noting the persistence of the Arabic system across cultures as the preferred method for counting.
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Maclean’s
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Mary Alice Harrison
Jack Lackey
Jackie Braden
Billy Ray Conner
Mary Edna Cox
Bertha Ford
Morris Gillett
Lelia Gough
Billy Jack Harper
Laverne Kilgree
Estelle Lewis
Jarvis Maddox
Lynd J. Moore
Ardell Penny
James Birt Phillips
Jonnie B. Robbins
Sarah Simmons
Othel Stapleton
Lewis Vestal
Marjorie Burchfield
Dortha Jeanne Crowell
J. H. Gosnell
Bert Russell
J. B. Smith
Jackie Lee Thompson
Floy Whitworth
Chatterbox
A. T
J. G
Jimmie
M. W
D. T
O. N
Malachia
Oleta
Dub
M. B
W. W
O. R
Marie
R. H
G. R
J.D. M
W. Me
Orangeville
Ernestine
W. R
Wallace
M. M
C. S
Martha Louise
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Rev. Wootten
John Garfield
Ginger Rogers
Clyde Montgomery
Galveston
Mineral Wells
Mary Alice Andrew
W. H.S
Joe E. Brown
Donald Duck
Spencer Tracy
Myrna Loy
Hi- Y
Fort Worth
Pee Wee
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Florence Gas Range
PRO
Florence
Good Housekeeping
The
Good Housekeeping Institute
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Foster
Butane Denison, Texas
N. Houston
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