W H S Football Banquet of 1941 Spotlighted Tigers
The event featured a white football centerpiece and football pin favors for attendees. Place cards depicted gold football shoes with names. The program included invocations, toasts, songs like Hail Wisconsin, and a Technicolor film by Bob Berry about E T S T C and San Marcos. A $75 donation to Coach Payne and leather jackets to Assistant Coach Sears were presented by Whitewright fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Allen Harper
Virginia Hill
Wisconsin
Carlton Alexander Brother
Gillett
Bussy Thornhill
Patty Everheart
Co. B. Burchfield
W. E. LaRoe
Whitewright Girls and Boys Roster Refines for League Play
The article outlines practice focus on first team eligibility for Mr. Sears and notes the girls must trim to shape for the first conference game. It lists season schedule including Jan 6 Royse City at Whitewright and Jan 27 Whitewright at Whitesboro with games through Feb 6 at Whitewright.
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Sears
Royse City
Whitewright
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
van Alstyne. Jan. 20, Whitewright At Plano. Jan. 23, Whitewright
Plano
Whitewright to Furnish President for Youth Conference
At the fifth annual North Texas Youth Conference in Denton on December 6 Whitewright was elected to select a student to serve as president for 1942 1943 Decatur will furnish the first vice president Arlington second vice president Decatur won the bid to print the Conference paper The secretary and sponsor will come from the host town T C H S is the permanent host The conference began in Decatur in 1936 with the constitution adopted Whitewright first attended in 1938 39 and 39 40 period.
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North Texas Youth Conference
Denton
Whitewright
Decatur
Arlington
Student Council Conference Reports Leadership Gains
The meeting emphasized self-government and leadership training for representatives. A panel on organizing and improving student councils followed by small group discussions covered school spirit participation living choices and teacher-student understanding. Attendees from Whitewright included C. B. Bryant Robert Emerson Sears Jack Sears Carlton Alexander Lucille Starr Virginia Hill and Mary Ellen Brown with Mr. McKinney and Mrs. McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
C. B. Bryant
Robert Emerson Sears
Jack Sears
Carlton Alexander
Lucille Starr
Virginia Hill
Mary Ellen Brown
McKinney
English II Club presents program with reviews and skit
Miss Thornton's English II class held a Monday program in period two. Joe Tate Jones read a book review, three members performed a skit The First Client featuring Dick Thornton Carol Ray Ireland and Mary Helen Maddux. Wallace Reeves gave another review Leroy Martin sang and Gladys Reeves directed a game.
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Miss Thornton
Joe Tate Jones
Dick Thornton
Carol Ray Ireland
Mary Helen Maddux
Wallace Reeves
Leroy Martin
Gladys Reeves
Assembly Programs Planned At High School
The speech class committee met to plan year long assemblies. Members include Jimmie Golden chair Grace Harris Frances Clabhorn Lucille Starr Virginia Hill and Ira Mae Gough. They agreed to feature a different organization every two weeks with local ministers alternating as speakers.
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Jimmie Golden
Grace Harris
Frances Clabhorn
Lucille Starr
Virginia Hill
Ira Mae Gough
J. G
Annual representative visits school
Mr. H. C. Taylor of the Tyler Engraving Co. visited Friday during the activity period to advise the annual staff. He offered helpful suggestions. The business manager balanced the books Friday and found eighty three subscriptions.
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H. C. Taylor
The
Tyler Engraving Co
Students Enjoy Activity Period at School
During the final days of activity period from 11 30 to 12 students enjoy outside events. Boys play touch football while girls volley under Miss Thornton. Soft ball is directed by Mrs Roddy and Miss Eva Williams.
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Miss Thornton
Roddy
Eva Williams
HI Y Boys Hay Ride At Otto Russell Pasture
The HI Y club and dates rode east of town to Mr Otto Russell s pasture for a hay roast and outdoor meeting. J Frank Wilson drove his father s truck loaded with boys and dates. They held regular meeting, discussed sweaters, appointed a program leader, and noted absentees. A program followed with Kirk May master of ceremony and several songs. The group returned to the High School and adjourned.
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Otto Russell
J. Frank Wilson
Kirk May
Bettye Nell Yeager
Carlton Alexander
Bill Payne
Hits of the Heart and Changing Pairs in a Short Hand Class
A list of romantic song pairings and dedications appears in a shorthand class setting. Names include J Frank Wilson and Lotta Faye Brown, Billie Burk Vineyard and Joe Tate Jones, Ruth Mears and Emerson Sears, Lucille Starr and a Sherman boyfriend, and others across many dedications.
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J. Frank Wilson
Lotta Faye Brown
Billie Burk Vineyard
Joe Tate Jones
Davis Parrish
Marvin Smith
Billie Jo Phillips
Ruth Mears
Emerson Sears
Jimmie Golden
Lucille Starr
Sherman
Glen Hicks
Willa Jean Hunter
Billy Christian
Etna Louise Brown
Gladys Reeves
Dick Thornton
Bobby Dee Montgomery
Etna Brown
Patty Everheart
Lester Simpson
Bettye Nell Yeager
Lucian Vestal
John Biggerstaff
Lorene Worsham
Martha Louise Vestal
Charles Skaggs
R. H
F F A string band debuts before V A boys assembly
The F F A chapter showcases a string band with members Robert Owens Leroy Martin Glen Anderson and Lawrence Burden. Lawrence and Leroy on guitars while Robert and Glen play mandolins. The group performed several numbers and expectations rise for future appearances.
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Robert Owens
Leroy Martin
Glen Anderson
Lawrence Burden
Lawrence
Leroy
Robert
Glen
B. K
Know the Seniors Geneva Ir Hicks Age Fifteen Birth
A short notice highlights Geneva Ir Hicks identified as a senior with a listed age of fifteen and a birth detail. The fragment indicates a school or community context noting a young individual.
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Geneva
Hicks
Youth Profiles Show Ambitions and Hobbies
The record lists four youths with ages and birthdays. Lucian Vestal aged 16 born August 10 pursues collecting perfume bottles and aims to be a nurse. Roby Magers, 17 born June 9, builds model airplanes and seeks to become an aviator. Lucille Starr, 17 born June 30 collects pins and aims to be a specialized nurse.
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Lucian Vestal
Roby Magers
Lucille Starr
R. M
Hitler gives up Moscow for 41 in German talks
German spokesman acknowledged Hitler failed in Moscow offensive claims as Russians report ongoing counter offenses north of Moscow. The Wehrmacht noted winter will shape continuing operations and described freezing oil and troops seeking cover amid harsh weather.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Hitler
General Winter
Mud
Germany
Army Camp Food Bill Hits Military Supply List
A wartime Army shopping list shows daily needs totaling about $650,000 with 1.5 million eggs 1 million loaves of bread and equal quantities of vegetables meat potatoes and fruit to feed the troops.
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Uncle Sam
Texas game wardens crack down on overlimit dove hunt
A Houston man killed 118 doves in Karnes County during open season, fined $410.90 for overkill. Each excess dove counted as a separate offense, potentially totaling $19,000. The piece notes fines for deer violations, hunting-right revocation, and renewed hunting after penalties as Texas guards their game.
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Austin
Texas
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Houston
Karnes
Houstonian
Colorado County Bucks Hit Best Deer Season in 30 Years
Colorado County residents report top deer hunting in three decades as conservation efforts and local protection of game boost numbers. The county’s deer range is noted as excellent after prior declines.
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Colorado County
Fall fishing tales and a strange catch
C J Mitchell Jr of Temple reports a 30 pound channel catfish caught by Mr Howe Thompson. In the catfish’s stomach were two young squirrels and a large mouse. The Groom News also offers a playful fishing poem about a fisherman named Fisher and a fissure.
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C. J. Mitchell Jr
Temple
Game Department
Howe Thompson
Monkey Nations Excel Humans in Handling Affairs
Dr Edward Lee Thorndike professor emeritus at Teachers College Columbia University argues that monkeys show superior foreign policy in some cases. He cited howler monkeys invading rival groups and out-howling them without bloodshed at the Psychological Corporation meeting. He quoted a Chinese proverb about birds of sorrow.
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New York
Edward Lee Thorndike
Teachers College
Columbia University
The
Psychological Corporation
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Texas Chain Stores Association
W. J. Danforth
Fort Worth
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
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Texas Retail Grocers Association
P. D. Moreland
State Restaurant Association of Texas
S.H. Montgomery Agency
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Walens
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