Whitewright High Reflector editor staff list
The Whitewright High School Reflector lists Editor-in-chief Lytle Biggestaff Assistant Editor Velma Mae Nicely Faculty Adviser Dorothy Tapscott Reporters Joe Alexander William Baxter Jimmie Lee Brown Mary Lea Cheaney Lucase Cooper Isabelle Craig Sybil Davenport Katie Ford Vivian Echols Preston Hannah An ther Hudgins Pattie Jean Hulett Dorothy LaRoe Margaret Lilley Pauline Mitchell Velma Mae Nicely Dorothy Nicholson Paul Pierson Ocie Scott Onie Scott Byron Teague Anna Lee Yowell Grace Chumbley Leon Chumbley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lytle Biggestaff
Velma Mae Nicely
Dorothy Tapscott
Joe Alexander
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Lucase Cooper
Isabelle Craig
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul
English as a Tool of Communication and Culture
Editorial argues language remains a primary tool for human connection and culture. It urges precise, powerful English, warns against looseness, and stresses pausing to choose definite words to avoid vague phrases. Pattie Hulett cautions against inheriting bad English.
Trick Words and a Riddle of Rendered
A playful note on trick words highlights rendered as the only time the term appears. The text offers a humorous couplet about misreading phrases involving rendering lard and a scene where the organ and choir, a sexton, and a church fire are mentioned in a string of odd sentences.
Whitewright Plans Centennial Day For Texas Heritage
Editorial urges Whitewright citizens to join Dallas in the Texas centennial celebration on a chosen June day. The piece highlights statewide tributes to 100 years of Texas history and calls readers to show Whitewright’s participation and patriotism.
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Dallas
Texas
Whitewright
L. C
Senior class orders invitations midweek
The secretary Velma Mae Nicely sent the order for senior class invitations on Friday. Each invitation costs seven cents and cards are seventy five cents for fifty or one dollar for one hundred. Most of the class bought twenty five to fifty invitations and fifty cards. They will arrive in about two weeks.
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Velma Mae Nicely
Anther Hudgins Jr
Rural speakers promote new farm program across schools
Mr. Johnnie Bean, a vocational agriculture teacher at Whitewright High, has given speeches at Bethel, Pilot Grove, Kentuckytown, and Cannon over the past two weeks. He aims to inform farmers, tenants, and landlords about the program, with more talks planned.
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Johnnie Bean
Whitewright High School
Bean
Bethel
Pilot Grove
Kentuckytown
Cannon
Joe Alexander
Masqueraders Club Plans Banquet For End Of School
The Masqueraders Club met in regular session on Thursday to discuss a near end of school banquet. The date remains tentative as committees were formed to handle arrangements. The arrangement committee includes Paul Pierson and Vivarl Echols. The program committee includes Dorothy LaRoe Joann Everheart and Margaret Lilley. The club adjourned to meet next Thursday with Sybil Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Pierson
Vivarl Echols
Dorothy LaRoe
Joann Everheart
Margaret Lilley
Sybil Davenport
Play Presented Finders Keepsers at Whitewright High
A noon Friday performance of Finders Keepers a one act comedy by George Kelley took place in the Whitewright High School auditorium directed by public speech class members. Admission was five cents. Cast included Alridh Joe Alexander Christine Williams Mrs Hampton and Jimmye Lee Brown set on a present day farm home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kelley
Whitewright High School
Alridh
Joe Alexander
Christine Williams
Hampton
Jimmye Lee Brown
W H S Students Give Program at Grammar School
A group from the High School Glee Club, directed by Mr. Burma, entertained Gram mar School students with a musical chapel program. Singers included Sarah Belle Gillett, Vivian Echols, Joann Everhart, Sarah Frances Teague, Christine Williams, Anita Vestal, Jack Lewis Yeager, Joe Preston Lee, Jim Henry Andrews, and Byron Teague. The selections were Texas Our Texas Shooting High Old Faithful I'm Going to Write My Self a Letter Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes and two Spanish numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Burma
Sarah Belle Gillett
Vivian Echols
Joann Everheart
Sarah Frances Teague
Christine Williams
Anita Vestal
Jack Lewis Yeager
Joe Preston Lee
Jim Henry Andrews
Byron Teague
Texas
Make-Up Tests For Public Speaking Students
Public speaking students completed a six weeks make-up test on Monday. They were required to apply their own makeup as part of the assignment. Miss Lewis noted that although right handed students struggled with left eye makeup, the overall results were very good.
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Lewis
Dorothy LaRoe
Bats in Belfry Lead Owl Ruckus at School Belfry
Jack Meador disturbed owls in the belfry drawing loud hisses through the building. Mr. Key confronted him and removed the ladder, leaving Jack stranded above Miss Tapscott’s class as the owls hissed downstairs. Sybil Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Meador
Mr. Key
Jack
Miss Tapscott
Sybil Davenport
History IV Contract Lesson Ends In Eight Problems
The history IV class completed a new contract activity after Mr. Burma presented eight present day problems. Each student selected a problem and shared its history, illustrating applied critical thinking in a classroom exercise.
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Burma
End of Term Updates From A. H. Jr.
English III will study grammar in the last six weeks of school which began Monday. Journalists must submit a news story daily during those weeks. Senior play changed to Three Taps at Twelve. seniors in cast busy with practice. Report cards caused sad faces yesterday. Only four weeks remain for mighty seniors yet six weeks of work loom. Foundation for the new gym auditorium finished with wall tile laid this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Jr
Student Returns on Crutches After Broken Leg
Duane Caylor returns to school on crutches after two weeks absent with a broken leg from football practice. He says he can hardly wait to rejoin the squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Caylor
Anther Hudgins Jr
Door Panes Receive Cleaning at W. H. S.
All door panes at W. H. S. were thoroughly cleaned last week by Mr. Short using a damp rag and cleaner. The result lets students see themselves clearly and also view the person on the other side.
Anna Lee Yowell Saves Day With Handkerchief Find
Miss Tapscott lectures when a freshman interrupts to seek a missing handkerchief containing thirty cents. Anna Lee Yowell quietly retrieves the item, showing compassion and saving the day for the student in Preston Hannah’s account.
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Miss Tapscott
Anna Lee
Preston Hannah
Phantom Bells play staged by Trenton teachers at Whitewright High
Whitewright High School hosted The Phantom Bells Wednesday night at 7 30 with Trenton faculty presenting. The High School Dramatic Club earned forty percent of proceeds and plans a banquet soon. Velma Mae Nicely reports.
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Whitewright High School
Trenton
Velma Mae Nicely
English Champions Highlight Grammar Winners by Class
W H S conducted uniform grammar tests across all grades to identify weaknesses. Anita Vestal led the juniors with 13 errors in 130 blanks, Aileen Pennington topped sophomores with 16 errors, Lytle Biggerstaff led seniors with 17, and Floyd Everheart led freshmen with 18 errors. teachers will use the eighth period for individualized drilling.
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Anita Vestal
Aileen Pennington
Lytle Biggerstaff
Floyd Everheart
Dorothy LaRoe
Senior play update and mystery dinner game
The senior play changes from Nut Farm to Three Taps at Twelve dated May 15. Set in Jamison Edwards home, paralytic Edwards hosts dinner inviting guests to play Murder twice with a final twist. Cast includes Paul Pierson, Dick Edwards, Leslie Holland, Dr J Frank Hull, Byron Teague, Herman Gage, Anthe Hudgins, Martha Gage, Margaret Lilley, Mrs Jane Baker, Christine Williams, Edwin Dahlbeck, William Baxter, Cassandra Dahlbeck, Vivian Echols, Catfish Carruthers and Guy Stepp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamison Edwards
Paul Pierson
Mr. Edwards
Dick Edwards
Leslie Holland
J. Frank Hull
Byron Teague
Herman Gage
Anthe
Hudgins
Martha Gage
Margaret Lilley
Jane Baker
Christine Williams
Edwin Dahlbeck
William Baxter
Cassandra Dahlbeck
Vivian
Texan’s distant air route and Marlin mineral springs
A clippable blast notes a hypothetical air route spanning four states and a foreign country to Texas five corners, roughly 2000 miles, akin to a LA to NYC flight. It mentions Marlin Texas hosting the deepest mineral wells surfacing at 147 degrees Fahrenheit and notes a Texan’s gate value at one hundred.
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Texas
Los Angeles
New York City
Marlin
Dust and Texans in a Twister Tale
A humorous Texas slice declares distance from home to be a social test. It parodies frontier life by noting 18 miles from the gate as a social marker and comically claims goats, sheep, and a tin can factory would be needed for a single giant animal. A closing quip hints at West Texans rushing to chase a twister.
Centennial Observed at Chapel Program
Centennial week was observed in a chapel program Friday morning sponsored by Miss Dorothy Tapscott. The program included Remember the Alamo by Anther Hudgins Here a Nation Was Born by Isabelle Craig Texas by Paul Pierson Here Comes Texas by Hamilton Vestal and numbers on the history of Texas given by Sarah Belle Gillett Aileen Pennington Floyd Everheart and Mary Phillips.
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Dorothy Tapscott
Alamo
Anther Hudgins
Isabelle Craig
Texas
Paul Pierson
Hamilton Vestal
Sarah Belle Gillett
Aileen Pennington
Floyd Everheart
Mary Phillips
Eas
Local Sparklers of Romance Attract Small-Town Rumors
A sequence of gossip about Pattie Jean and Tootsie finding new beaus on Thursday night prompts questions about Velma abandoning her old romeo D F and whether V L V has a new partner. Rumors touch Jim Henry, Vivian Echols, Pauline Mitchell, Mary Lee Chaney, Isabelle Craig and others with mentions of Tom Bean Anna Eugene Hall and Lloyd Alexander.
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Pattie Jean
Tootsie
Velma
Romeo
D. F
L. A
Jim Henry
Vivian Echols
Eugene Hall
Pauline Mitchell
Malcolm Williams
Mary Lee Chaney
Lloyd Alexander
Isabelle Craig
Holcomb
Nickel Store
Yo-Yo Fever As School Pulse Turns To Yo-Yo Tricks
Vivian Echols writes of Yo-Yo fever spreading through school as students embrace the new craze. A playful pledge to join the yo-yo playing fool, swing the disc, and turn it into an art as peers pass the time with tricks and flair.
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Vivian Echols
School Troubles Reveal Odd Class Skits
A quirky classroom roundup lists students and antics from Jim Henry’s dog calling attempts to Vivian winking at boys and Jack Meador’s jokes. It notes eleven of twelve physics grades each six weeks and mixed marks in intelligence, grammar, and spelling across the cohort.
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Jim Henry
Dorothy LaRoe
Fred Starr
Grapes Vineyard
William Baxter
Guy Stepp
Albert Lea
Vivian
Jack Meador
Preston Hannah
Sybil
P. P
Whitewright Tigers Reveal Tough 1936 Football Schedule
Whitewright Tigers add Rockwall Plano and Royse City to their new conference slate. The 1936 schedule lists Tom Bean on September 18 Tioga September 25 Rockwall October 2 Collinsville October 9 Whitesboro October 16 Plano October 23 night Farmersville October 30 night Sherman B November 6 night Royse City November 13 night Van Alstyne November 26 night. Paul Pierson
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Whitewight Tigers
Rockwall
Plano
Rouse City
Tigers
Tom Bean
Tioga
Collinsville
Whitesboro
Farmersville
Sherman B
Royse City
van Alstyne
Paul Pierson
Boy Hoes Up $260 in Gold in Cordelia
In Cordelia California neighborhood boys refuse to assist Billy Matthews with weeding, forcing him to finish alone. He uncovers hidden gold totaling 260 dollars dated 1874 1875 and 1876 in the yard, a surprising historical find for a young gardener.
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Cordelia
Calif
Billy Matthews
Billy
Foresight! Sam Jackson Declines Insurance Offer
In a humorous exchange a married Sam Jackson resists a life insurance policy suggested by an agent. He insists there is danger at home, declaring emphatically that safety is not assured there.
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Sam Jackson
Darky
Sam
Grayson County Farmers Refinance for Big Interest Savings
Grayson County farmers have refinanced over 857000 in farm debts with long term mortgages at 5 percent or less, saving more than 20500 annually in interest. Since May 1933, 280 Grayson County farmers obtained 820000 for refinancing, aided by the National Farm Loan Association and the Federal Land Bank.
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Farm Credit Administration
Grayson County
Central Office
The
Washington
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
Federal Land Banks
Congress
Land Bank
National Farm Loan Associations
Federal
Orange in cookies softens texture in jar
An orange placed among cookies in a jar can transfer moisture over time, leading to softened cookies. The effect depends on storage conditions and moisture balance within the container.
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