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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
7
Whitewright High School seniors are named one of ten national winners in a 1954 advertising contest. They prepared ads and copy by the October deadline and will receive a camera delivered by Mr. Splawn. Ann Brown and Mary Cecile Page, juniors, are profiled for their activities and plans, with Brown aiming for North Texas State College and Page planning cosmetology.
Lewis Clem, six foot one right tackle and junior at Whitewright, has blue eyes and brown hair. The 17 year old started football in seventh grade as a right end before switching to right tackle as a SORES. He earned a varsity letter as a sophomore and cites beating Jefferson to clinch bi district champs as his most exciting moment. He ran track two years, taking third in the half mile at Southmayde in spring 1954. Born in Anna, he moved to Whitewright in fourth grade. Clem has three years in FFA, serving as second vice president in his greenhand year and now reporter for the third year ag class, and played on the FFA basketball team that placed fourth at Whitesboro during his sophomore year.
On Tuesday November 30 the third year ag class watched a film about the National FFA convention held in Kansas City Kansas. The convention drew FFA boys from every state in the United States Hawaii Puerto Rico and other territories.
The National Convention focused on celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Future Farmers of America. Key speakers and events highlighted the organization’s growth and achievements in agricultural education.
A Dec 3 pep rally drew enthusiastic football fans who marched from Ayres Cafe to the street east of T. W. Ayres & Son. They danced the bunny hop hokey pokey and square dances, using car radios on Mr. Hasty's lot with lights. the event lasted about an hour and ended with thanks to Mr. Hasty for the car lot use.
The Grayson County Health Department conducted morning physicals for the girls slated to play basketball this season. Dr. Miller and his assistant assessed every player’s blood pressure and heart health.
A column extols football as character building and praises the linemen for their crucial role. It emphasizes the teamwork of eleven players, the importance of the line, and comparing backfield efforts to line play in defense and offense.
Twenty six students enrolled in the sixth grade on opening day. Margaret Gray and Bessie Kirby joined in November, then moved and Iowa Park Johnny Cowart joined, keeping membership at twenty eight. English studies focus on sentence building with a composition titled My Life. Room mothers organized treats and a Julius Caesar show plus Thanksgiving goodies.
The school paper The Young Citizen covers fractions in arithmetic and space in science while geography, spelling booklets and art class drawings document progress. Sixth graders listed include Judy Ayres Patty Bartley Steven Brown Bobby Coggins Richard Cook Johnny Cowart Thomas DeBerry Bryant Dollarhide Cliff Emerson Barbara Erwin Linda Harrelson Olea Harvey Patricia Holland Bessie Kirby Barbara Lumpkins Bonnie Melton Sandra Montgomery Ann Morris Linda Neal Dan Ray Pool Bobby Roberson Linda Sanderson Tom Sears Johnny Sinor Donald Slaughter Barry Taylor Larry Taylor and Billy Tillett.
Highway officials warn of a bottleneck at the April 15 motor vehicle inspection deadline as only a small percent of White Wright vehicles have been checked. Owners are urged to inspect cars and trucks soon to avoid a last minute rush.
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