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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
3
The W H S Reflector notes plans for county meet participation and team suits. Funds will come from a box supper, with black and orange as school colors. Teams will compete with surrounding communities and on campus in class games.
Foremost among W H S intra mural activities is the Masqueraders Dramatic Club which has served five years providing entertainment and amateur acting. The Athletic Association for boys is in its first year and boosts school spirit while the Hiking Club serves the girls in its second year. A nearly dormant Literary Organization may rise with spring plans. Our clubs foster atmosphere, sportsmanship, and competitive spirit across the school.
The Masqueraders' Club held its regular meeting Tuesday with reports and plans for a December 22 Christmas party at Thomas Sears's home. A jokes program by Franklin Dixon and reviews by Monabelle Bigger staff highlighted the session.
The second pep rally meeting named the Girls' Athletic Club and outlined four teams in tennis playground ball basketball and volleyball. The group plans to field squads for each sport.
A reflective note traces how turkeys, linked to phrases like poor as Job's turkey and patient as Job, entered American usage. It cites Thom as Hamilton as a humorist origin figure and mentions a turkey leaning on a fence to gobble as a comic image.
The Whitewright Tigers defeated a hard fighting Whitesboro team 17 to 10 at Whitesboro. The game was evenly matched with Whitewright using its speed to gain the edge while noting the Tigers faced a low ceiling and narrow court.
Ross Wilson led Whitewright with 9 points and F Collins top scored for Whitesboro with 6 as both teams fouled often. A large crowd watched the game with local supporters present. Lineups included Whitewright R Wilson forward and Dixon forward, Brown center, Adams guard, Stillwell guard. Whitesboro Collins forward Walton forward, Hatfield center, Allens guard, McGalery guard.
The Tigers beat Bells 33 to 10 marking their third defeat of Bells this season. Whitewright led with F. Dixon scoring 19 points while Bells’ H. Washburn had 6. Both squads committed two fouls as early training showed improvement since their last clash. Starting Bells Dawson Ramsey Brown Brown Washburn. Whitewright Brown Dixon Wilson Stillwell DeBerry.
In a class activity we played games like Preacher s Cat and My ship came loaded with other kids choosing humorous phrases. Students shared gratitude for turkey and days off as Mr Manning contemplates assigning F s and X s, while Willie B and G V express holiday thanks.
A Thanksgiving assembly held last Wednesday at nine in the morning featured an autumn decor stage with candles and a dinner table. The program included talks on the origin of Thanksgiving by Merle Robbins, the Courtship of Miles Standish reenactment by J. B. Cates, and performances by students including Leon Adams and Julia Ann Pritchett, closing with America.
A Friday night possum hunt draws ten to twelve Scouts from the hut toward Caylor's barn. After a long walk and fire rest, the group tramps through woods and briars for hours, ending exhausted after a steep half mile climb.
Women suffering weakness face aches and tired nerves and may find relief with Cardui a tonic used for over 50 years. The ad claims Cardui improves general health helps monthly periods feel easier and is safe for women of all ages.
A group of scouts treed a possum after a long pursuit. They raced down a hill in record time and soon reached town by 2:00 a.m. D. W. notes the exhausted yet happy mood of the outing and the ride home offered by a passing car.
W H S girls basketball won their second game Tuesday afternoon against Ken tuckytown with a 9 to 1 score. Lineup included La Monte Dodd center Merle Robbins Lorena Ashenhurst forwards Fern Russell Vera Dodd guards. Ashenhurst scored 7 of the 9 points.
The item notes that Christmas Seals began in Copenhagen Denmark and December derives from Latin Decemberis. It cites US public debt at 23000000000 dollars and claims rubber bread crumbs were once used to erase pencil marks. It lists enrollment numbers for correspondence schools and names three passengers from Glasgow Mrs Janet Scotland Mrs Florence England and Mrs Lydia Ireland. It mentions England and Ireland as student names and that the W H S basketball teams have not lost this year.
Preston Hannah recounts a chaotic visit to Denison with his brother in a dairy. He endures misbehaving cows, a kicking milk bucket, a headbutt by a stubborn animal, a wild horse, a sow and pigs, a lake boat ride, wrestling in the truck, and a rough ride home. He signs off with a humorous, sprawling rail of mishaps and a big night sleep.
The writer recalls an early trip to K Y for a dinner then a long evening of ball games watched with girls and boys. After returning home the group hunted possums and polecats until about 1 am, catching 13 possums and four polecats, with some tired hunters sent home.
A staged scene in a library features D L and A A H with costumes and make up for clowns. A H and D L trade teasing lines about a sweetheart as the curtain nears. The program notes show Shakespearean reference and student banter.
A commercial traveler entered a Spartanburg telephone exchange and chats for a single dollar. He jokes that in Columbia he could talk to hell and back for the same price, but the clerk explains this was a long distance call.
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