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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
7
The W.H.S. Reflector reports the first game between Whitewright and Leonard. Guy Andrews led scoring with 15 points, J. B. Connor added 11, Ayres from Leonard had 6 as the Whitewright squad earned the high scoring honor.
An editorial urges students to refocus as one third of the school year passes. It notes many have neglected studies, but it is not too late to improve. Students are urged to start the six week period with good grades, impress teachers and parents, and turn over a new leaf.
Three one-act plays titled The Wonder Hat Sauce for the Goslings and For the Love of Pete will be presented Thursday evening December 10 in the high school auditorium. Admission is 10 and 20 cents. Mrs Meredith says the show helps her prepare the Christmas program.
In the final plan Teachers Gaddis Jernigan and Draper hold coaching roles with football and basketball duties. Gaddis and Jernigan receive a sixth period for practice. The document lists teaching assignments for Eng II III IV, Math, History and other subjects across staff including Miss Draper Miss Travis Miss Kennemer and Miss Tapscott.
Whitewright High School defeated Leonard 55 to 9 on Thursday in a decisive basketball game, extending the local team's strong season start.
Mr Floyd Bassett district manager hosted a Remington typewriter salesman at the high school on Wednesday to demonstrate a noiseless portable model. The visitor also read the history of the first typewriter and an article on the inaugural typewriting class.
Freshman class welcomes Magdalene Howell from Calera Oklahoma on Monday December 7. Howell joins the cohort as a new student, adding to the school community.
The student body gathered in the auditorium for a monastic sing song chapel led by Mr. Burma on Monday morning November 30. Songs were performed by the students to pass the time until the Pilot Grove bus arrived. The larger bus’s routes take longer because the smaller bus is broken down.
Speed tests begin with five minute drills and aim to measure typing speed. Students grow nervous but average about twenty words per minute in this new series.
Senior rings distributed to the class on Thursday after dismissal amid suspense. Rings, ordered from Spies Brothers in Chicago through Mr. Gomer May, mark the 1937 graduation rite in this school notices.
Joann Everheart, a former Whitewright High School student, visited relatives over the weekend. Trenton residents Ophelia Bowling Mickey Connelly Margaret Riley Chintlee McMillin and Betty Jo Tipps visited Whitewright High School Monday. Sybil Davenport visited Dallas relatives for a week.
The report notes a Wednesday December chapel in which two songs were performed, Love's Old Sweet Song and Little Town of Bethlehem. Mr Burma announced agriculture students would stay in the study hall due to Mr Bean's absence. Mr Key clarified that students taking only three subjects must average eighty five to earn credit in six weeks. Four subjects are normally required.
Home Economics II class completed their second garment project this week as part of the school’s domestic science program. Students showcased aprons and dresses, demonstrating sewing techniques learned in the course.
The article describes a sewing term for children aged one to six. Students study color effects, noting light reflecting colors appear larger and absorbing colors seem smaller. They will next tackle a sport costume in wool crepe or using, marking the term’s final sewing project.
Mr Bean left for Waco on Tuesday December 1 to attend the Masons of Texas annual lodge meeting. He returned to Whitewright Thursday evening reporting a very successful trip and excellent entertainment.
Mr. Burma announced in the classrooms Wednesday that students who stay in the school building at noon must remain in the study hall. Those who choose to may leave the building when they wish.
Mr Key told the Tuesday chapel that students had been eating lunches on the piano, leaving crumbs that could attract rats and damage the instrument. He added that only one bus would run for the rest of the week.
Rural students brought home slips on Thursday December 3 for parents to indicate interest in rural electrification. Mary Lee Chaney notes the outreach initiative and the need for parental response.
The home economics II and III classes studied weighing hundred portion calories in meals this week and planned a days menu of 200 calories for an adult. H. L.
In a Tuesday game Grammar School girls edged Whitewright eighth graders 18 to 16. For Grammar School forwards Mary Alice Harrison and Malachia Wright stood out. Whitewright high players Joy Wilson and Glenda Rutledge were noted as outstandings.
On Wednesday Dec 2 Mr Jernigan introduced the sheriff Mr Gaddis to his fifth period class. With 42 students the class was split into two equal sections. Mr Gaddis led the boys while Mr Burma and Miss Travis swapped duties to balance classes.
The Tiger pep squad girls sponsored a Monday night show titled The Big Game to raise money for the football banquet on Saturday night December 12. The squad received half of the profits from their sales.
The High School basketball team fell to Whitewright Ringers 37 to 30 on Monday night November 30. Cates led the Ringers with 19 points while Mec Millan scored 16 for the High School. Scorers and players for both sides were listed with McMillan Robinson Kaiser Andrews Connor Harrison Garland Martin for the High School and Cates Harrison Clifton DeBerry Thornhill Jesse DeBerry for the Ringers.
The Whitewright Tigers defeated Honey Grove Warriors 25 to 0 on Friday December 2. A running start set up the first score when Starr sidestepped to run forty five yards after a Honey Grove punt. Holmes finished a drive by scoring from six yards as the Tigers seized early control.
The Tigers recovered a fumbled punt to start a drive, then Bussy Thornhill intercepted a Warrior pass and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown. Starr and Kaiser added a later scoring run and a Montgomery to Starr pass for the extra point, with Jackson Meador and Everheart anchoring the line.
Coach A M Gaddis asks players to select the all district team as the Tigers, short on practice, prep for a county title game against Howe. Senior starters Walter Tom Holmes Jack Meador Albert Lea Jackson Billy Smith Mark Montgomery Grady Stepp John Wiser Eugene McMillan Aubrey Lane suit up for a last high school hurrah before the Howe showdown.
A fair Ely girl described as blonde with blue eyes stands five feet two inches tall and weighs one hundred pounds. Her favorite subject is home economics and her greatest worry is civics. A blond Ely boy, five feet five inches tall and one hundred thirty five pounds, is quiet and a talented poster to Christine Moore. His weakness is a brunette from Bells and his favorite subject is vocational agriculture. He makes good grades.
A series of light gossip notes recounts Marie Thrasher smiling on return to school, senior girls unhappy about rain, questions about Hamilton and Sara Kathryn at church, Marguerite Arn wine writing letters on the bus, Guy Andrews popularity, risks of a class ring in Joe Garland’s hands, and a missing ring mystery involving Jack and a junior girl.
Mr Key assigned plane geometry work totaling 245 points and allowed students with at least 170 points by the next day to go home at 11 for noon hour. Only Roy Martin Fred Starr and Marie Thrasher achieved that score while others continued working. The final grade was half the points earned.
A comic dialogue presents Miss Tapscott asking for the definition of censorship and Jack answering with a jest about Mrs. Simpson and King Edward. Miss Travis queries Sybil for an omelet definition, and Sybil offers a mistaken charm-worn explanation from India.
School let out at one o'clock on Friday for students attending the Honey Grove football game. All six periods were shortened to forty five minutes. Nonparticipants felt hungry and wished for earlier dismissal, while attendees were grateful.
Miss Travis, the home economics teacher, was absent from school on Monday due to illness. She suffered a severe case of influenza.
The Agriculture Department reports Texas farmers earned less than the national average on most commodities for the month ending Nov 15. Prices cited compare Texas values to national averages across crops, livestock, and dairy items, with several items showing Texas rates higher.
Farmers received higher wool prices on November 15 1936 than a year earlier with wool at 27 cents per 100 pounds, up from 22.6 cents in 1935. Sheep and lamb prices fell, with 100 pounds of sheep at $3.58 and lambs at $7.23, while Eastern states and other regions reported mixed rates. The Texas price was 27 cents, contrasted with 31 cents in the East, 21 cents in Oklahoma, 23 in New Mexico, and 24 in Arizona.
A humor item where a child Mary answers a joke about custody by preferring the parent who owns the car. The quip plays on divorce and divisions of family property with a light, witty tone.
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