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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
7
The High School Reflector lists staff editors and sponsor reporters from last year and names players new to the team. It notes 18 year age limits causing ineligibility for some veterans and announces the conference schedule beginning December 17 against Howe at Whitewright A. T.
The Whitewright High School Pep Squad hosted the annual football banquet on Saturday November 30 at 7 15 PM in the Methodist Church. About 109 guests including football players, board members and wives, teachers and Pep Squad members attended amid oak leaf and gold black decorations.
The agriculture boys organize a house to house drive taking orders for rat poison to be deployed on December 12 across Grayson Fannin and Collin counties. Authorities cite pest costs while urging residents to participate in the poison program to curb rat movement.
Whitewright High starts the 1940 41 season on November 25 with coach Montgomery guiding drills. Over the week the team practices dribbling passing shooting defense and favors a passing game to build on the program’s strong legacy. The squad includes three lettermen.
The Whitewright Tigers were defeated by Van Alstyne 7 to 6 on November 21 ending the season. On Monday during the fifth period Mr. Montgomery asked who wished to go to the gym and directed players to clean the football shoes. Football suits were collected for cleaning.
The girls basketball squad will wear 12 new suits for their first and second string. A new coach called Uncle Tom leads them. They practice after school each afternoon for about 30 to 45 minutes.
The English IV class completed A Tale of Two Cities and took a test. They will finish reports on the novel late this week. Reflector and novel notebooks were due Friday for six weeks grade. Next week students report on an outside read, orally or in writing.
The English II Club held a regular meeting on Thursday November 28 with Mary Helen Maddux as vice president presiding. Billy Jackson read the minutes, Lloyd Mitchell led the program, and participants presented a quiz by Carlis Neal jokes by Howard Goodnight games by Wallace Reeves and riddles by Dick Thornton. The group adjourned to reconvene December 12.
A shorthand class spent six weeks preparing for a Friday test. The class reviewed earlier in the week. Mrs. Kennemer conducted a dictation for half the period and students then typed their notes in the typing lab.
The report hints at a Glee Club Christmas pageant, report cards issued for the second six weeks, and plans for an annual event. It mentions 30 boys and 30 girls in the senior class, upcoming senior rings, and anticipation for the Christmas holidays. C B Burchfield is named as next year’s football captain.
The D. T. Y. A. Club opened November 29 with president Ruth Mc Spedden presiding and a roll call of favorite quotations. No additional business was reported and the program proceeded.
The club approved a December 13 session led by vice program chairman Mildred Kent. The program featured Riddles by Azilee Smith, jokes by Glenn Hicks, a clarinet duet by Ruth and Lavelle McSpedden, and a game led by Charles Skaggs.
Mrs. Lackey's class studies multiple novels including Desert Gold The Yearling The Sea Hawk Age of Innocence The Chinese Parrot My Antonia Cimarron The Bishop Murder Case and Moby Dick Students must report by Friday Another English III class stays with one book The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about half read V H
A list of novels and authors including Own Luck Singmaster and Magnificent Ambersons Tarkington appears in a compiled reading roundup. The document mentions works such as Riddle at Live Oaks Seaman and Skyscraper Mystery Davis with a parenthetical by A E L.
The seniors expect their rings shortly with three orders already sent out. Students also ordered bracelets footballs basketballs and belt buckles likely to arrive at the same time as the rings.
Mr. Russ directed Friday’s assembly as the 16 band members performed selections. Songs included Abide With Me Lightly Row Twinkle Twinkle Little Star The Blue Bells of Scotland Long Long Ago America Auld Lang Syne Jingle Bells The Merry Widow Waltz Coming Around the Mountain and Masses in the Cold Cold Ground. Joe Howard Cook earned a trombone feature on Coming Around the Mountain.
Chemistry class led by Mr. Russ performed a lab on November 29 using zinc sulfuric acid and copper oxide. Copper oxide reduced to copper while hydrogen reacted with oxygen to form water. A six weeks test occurred on November 27.
At the football banquet held on November 30, pairs and individuals were noted together including GC with Burchfield and Dorothy Sue Douglas, Otto Russell with Marie Badgett, C. B. Bryant with Mary Dale King, J. Frank Wilson with Mildred Kent, Emerson Sears with Ann LaRoe, Ed Kent with Pattie Everheart, Wallace Reeves with Margaret Hanna, Brother Gillett with Dorotha Darwin, Ardell Penny with Willa Jean Hunter, Bobby D. Montgomery with Joanna Harrison, Davis Parrish with Juanita England, Russell Ray Summers with Mary Helen Maddux, and Joe Hicks with Marjorie Burchfield.
A senior portrait highlights Ernestine Tomlinson a popular senior with blue eyes brown curls and a 5 foot 3 inch frame. She loves ice cream attends volleyball games and supports Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor in performances. Her favorite study is English literature and she held leadership roles in Citizenship and Homemaking Clubs while serving as senior sweetheart.
The Student Council plans to publish a school annual this year with 40 to 50 pages of class, organization, and teacher photos. A 50 cent deposit is required upfront, with half the price collected from each subscriber to begin the project.
The Whitewright High School library received a new fiction shipment. Titles include Young Cowboy by James Bob Thorpe Sky Fighter by Bishop Birds Christmas Carol by Quiggin and Jo's Boy by Alcott. You Make Your...
The Whitewright Tigers travel to Whitesboro for their season opener Friday night at 7 30. The lineup features Billie Ray Conner at center Albert Thornton Bert Russell as forwards Gene Hargett and Lloyd Cato in the guard positions.
Friday brought sorrow to many students especially freshmen as Joanna Harrison leaves W. H. S. to attend school in Clovis New Mexico. A studious popular member of the class departs.
The class recently completed a test on initial balance sheet cash book and final balance sheet after days of study. Students dread their six weeks grades as they await results.
Whitewright High School girls volleyball starts practice after receiving two new balls ordered last week. Coach Cuningham known as Uncle Tom leads sessions during study hall and noon hours with Coach Montgomery. Players listed include Marjorie Burchfield Laverne Kilgree Oleta Norris Estelle Lewis and Mary Edna Cox among others as they prepare for conference games.
A set of twelve wordplay clues. Each clue links two or more meanings forming a compact riddle sequence to appear in next week’s Reflector. Answers will involve common words or names connected to ordinary objects and ideas. The note cites author E J K and a forthcoming edition.
The physics class aims to teach Morse code and radio theory to some members so they can take the radio amateur license exam. They study fundamentals of radio and electricity, perform electrical experiments, and practice code with homemade instruments, hoping two boys reach Dallas for the examination and to build their own station.
Under Mrs Kennemer guidance the typing class finishes a six weeks test on Wednesday. The first period class types two exercises within a set time while the six period class writes a two paragraph theme on why they like or dislike typing.
December birthdays announced for Woodrow Anderson Tommie Dee Booker Grace Harrie James Talley Pete Ford A Gladen J M Miller Robert Owens Cecile Smith Dick Thornton Foucheaux Vestal Jack William Camp Burford Garland Clarence Wootten and other students of W H S. Ages range from 13 to 17 with several 14 and 15 year olds.
The article notes that several games were played this year and after the program the club held a volleyball session with the faculty and non club boys. After five or six games the club adjourned with the regular creed.
Students in study halls last Thursday listened to the A and M Texas University football game. Some boosters supported both sides while others stayed after school to watch. Whitewright High fans reacted with disappointment or joy as Uncle Tom Cunningham bragged about the Aggies and Mrs Lackey teased A and M supporters.
The Pep Squad met November 29 to finalize plans for the November 30 football banquet at the Methodist Church. Dorothy Sue Douglas, president, led the session as committees reported remaining tasks and Williams named helpers for Friday afternoon work at the church.
A list of moral maxims urging prompt action honesty loyalty and self discipline. It advises integrity patience kindness respect for parents and virtuous company along with self trust and prudent use of leisure to pursue right conduct and personal improvement.
A letter argues that boys should treat girls with respect and not use force or humiliation. It suggests marking high school students with the slogan Young ladies and gentlemen to promote considerate behavior and equal treatment.
Mr. Daniel Russ studies bands and orchestras from 1923 to today showing rapid growth. The first national band concert in Chicago had 20 bands in 1923, rising to 25 000 bands and 40 000 orchestras with over two million musicians today.
A reflective piece urges prudent choices and inner peace. It emphasizes wise action, joy, and self-improvement, urging young men to do good and seek fulfillment. It contrasts fitting roles with mismatched fits and highlights the value of prayer and laughter.
The piece notes knee length as the season’s best trend for high school girls with bright red as the standout color. Corduroy dominates skirts and jackets, with patriotic red white and blue outfits common. Pinafores and gabardine ensembles appear for special occasions.
A column discusses teenage flirtation and the fine line between playful tease and crossing boundaries. It notes girls may resort to disruptive antics such as ripping clothing damaging items or taunting boys while urging restraint and respectful behavior.
A light exchange on faith aims to humorously reassure. The joke contrasts a spouse’s weight loss struggle with a playful brag about mountains. It ends with a witty twist about the speaker’s wife surpassing mountains in visibility.
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