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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1977
Page
3
Antique cutters in animal shapes and traditional forms may appear in shops and bazaars. Domino Sugar offers a quick cookie mix base for Christmas and year round with a detailed recipe for Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies yielding about 60 cookies and a powdered sugar frosting.
Ten Tigers from Whitewright, led by coach John Parker, secure multiple first team selections on both offense and defense in 16-A. Key players include Jim Clark and David Spann, with Turner noted as a unanimous first team defensive end and Mangrum earning Offensive Player of the Year. District awards also honor Cooper and Bells, with coach Richard Garrison cited for leading a 10-1 season.
Santa's Workshop representing the Whitewright Nursing Home earned first place in the annual Christmas parade. The Methodist Children's Chair took second and the WHS drill team claimed third. Trophies were donated by the local Chamber of Commerce. John Biggerstaff announced, with judges Evelyn Mills, Felix Robinson, and Rev Dan Weir. Earline Rice and Patsy Smith led the event, which featured Debbie Whipple, Cheri Floyd, the Whitewright Riding Club, and Santa Claus at the rear. Santa rode a firetruck tossing candy as Robert Shelley steered the vehicle toward Grand Street.
A list of traditional English holiday customs including a bean cake on Twelfth Night, a Yule log by the fire, a large Christmas candle, Beefeater gin drinks, and flaming plum pudding, all framed as a festive, old-fashioned season.
The Panama hat gained fame during Theodore Roosevelt's visits to the Panama Canal construction. These hats are not made in Panama but in Ecuador from fine jipijapa straw.
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