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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
6
The High School Reflector staff and Civic Federation of Dallas members, introduced to WFAA radio announcer Cecil Haile and Dallas surgeon Dr Wood, attended a broadcast then toured the Museum of Fine Arts. They heard a Denton A Cappella Choir concert from North Texas State Teachers College before returning to Whitewright.
A humorously stern column for men outlines etiquette steps for taking a girl to a football banquet. It covers proposing the date, meeting parents, assisting in and out of the car, opening doors, seating the guest, and exiting quietly, aiming to shape the “perfect specimen” of proper manners.
The home making groups continue breakfast work with each girl cooking five breakfasts at home. They study fruit and cereal preparation and will serve guest breakfasts later.
The home making II group focuses on preparation serving and table manners for lunches and suppers. They aim to create new dishes from leftovers and will prepare lunches at home using leftover dishes in new ways then serve buffet luncheons.
Six members of the debating teams accompanied Mr. Key to Dallas on Sunday December 10 to hear a discussion of socialized medicine aired at 1 30 pm from Scott Hall on station WFAA. Before the program the group toured Love Field and viewed two camouflaged bombing planes bound for Europe. The group included Dorotha Darwin Jonnie Robbins Laverne Kilgree Velma Holland Lynal Moore Brother Gillett and Mr. Key.
Davis Mc Spedden joins the high school as a senior from Sinton. He is enrolled in English, chemistry, and civics and aims to finish his schooling there after playing football for Sinton High.
Coach S. T. Montgomery started work with a larger basketball squad on Thursday December 7 as players report for service. The team is learning new plays against man to man and five man defense aiming for another county championship this year. Players listed include Gene Anderson Glenn Anderson Woodrow Anderson Leslie Andrew John Bigger staff C B Burchfield Lloyd Cato Billie Ray Conner J W Chaney Pascal Connelly D W Garland Billie Grammer Joe Hicks Ed Kent Morrison Matthews J C Owens Rudolph Phillips Wallace Reeves Birt Russell Paul Simmons Robert Simmons Charles Skaggs J B Smith James Stateville David Taylor Albert Thornton Howard Wallace J Frank Wilson Dee Winkle.
Claire Doss Bertha Ford Virginia Hill Louise McSpedden and Martha Jo Darwin met Friday in the home making lab to submit a banquet menu. The suggested meal includes tomato juice cocktail baked ham seasoned Irish potatoes in their jackets green beans buns and butter beet pickles fruit salad cherry pie with whipped cream and hot chocolate.
The Whitewright Tigers beat Whitesboro once 23 to 9 with a commanding early lead, and a second string squad won 20 to 10 in a practice game. Starting forwards Rudolph Phillips and Albert Thornton, center Howard Wallace, guards David Taylor and Lloyd Cato. Coach Montgomery praises material that strengthens the Tigers.
The Travis Homemaking Club met Thursday morning at 8 30 with Mary Dale King presiding. After minutes, members sang. A Christmas box was proposed to aid the less fortunate, with Edith Harper Grace Connelly Estelle Lewis and Donald Paul Hudgins named to lead by class. The group approved a health program offering free eye and dental inspections. Pattie Everheart and Louise Mc-
Spedden Oleta Norris and Dorothy Sue Douglas form a committee to back the program. The service includes Onward Christian Soldiers, a prayer by Billie Hatfield, and scripture by Bertha Ford. Barbara Jean Gordon, as program chairman, presents segments on Personality Hair Dresses, Evelyn Hill pianoselections, Sara Kathryn Atterberry, and Colors to Suit Individuals by Char lie Sue Childress. Louise McSpedden demonstrates narrowing with dark colors, Ruby Anderson’s red blouse, Sarah Simmons in red, Alma Jo Sanderson’s green color for red hair, and Martha Jo Conner shows pleated plaid skirts to appear larger. The yearbook name is announced as An Ideal 39-40.-C. D.
A Future Farmer meeting planned a father mother and son barbecue with each boy to ask his mother to attend. If enough mothers agree, all mothers will be invited. The secretary and treasurer were authorized to select two or three one act plays for the chapter to stage in chapel or enter in contests. A committee was named to remind Mr Cunningham to invite Trenton F F A officers to initiate Future Farmers.
The W. H. S. Glee Club directed by Mr. Russ will perform a Christmas carol program. Selections include O Come All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Joy to the World Blest Be the Tie That Binds It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Silent Night The First Noel and Nazareth sung by a boys octet of basses Brazwell Alexander Lewis Vestal baritones Gene Anderson James Bert Phillips second tenors Wallace Reeves Fred Cook first tenors Foucheaux Vestal Leroy Martin A musical reading will be given by a Glee Club member.
Students in V. A. II visited several Whitewright homes to study shrubs and trees in yards and plan landscaping two or three yards. Some boys bought purbred hogs this week while Mr. Cunningham urges purchases now as hogs are cheap.
Two scenes of the senior play Here Comes Charlie were presented in assembly Friday morning to spark interest and draw crowds for the full production. In Larry Elliott’s St Louis suburb home set, David Taylor plays Larry Elliott with Robert Benson as Ted Hartley Willie B. Smith as Uncle Aleck Twiggs Emma Joyce Hinton as Mrs Fanny Farnham Imogene Head as Mrs Smythe Kersey and Rudolph Russell as Mortimer Smythe Kersey.
Mr. Mannings civics class held a mock trial last Wednesday over Talley versus Owens about a fence moving project. Witnesses for the plaintiff Birt Russell and Carl Dixon testified the defendant moved the fence. defense witnesses Claire Doss and Louise Mee Spedden denied any fence movement. Judge Joe Yates named 12 jurors. Next week the class will try Mildred Fleming for the murder of George Hansard with Joe Yates again acting as judge. Rudolph Russell and Cecil Owens will lead the plaintiff and defense respectively.
The HI Y boys met at the high school on Monday December 4 to go on a weiner roast. Six loaded cars carried the group to a briar filled site where a large bonfire was built and weiners and marshmallows roasted. Couples seen included Brother Gillett and Dorotha Darwin and Phillip Earnheart and Laverne Kilgroe.
A long list of individuals including Russell Wright Malachia Wright C Bryant Mary Dale King Emerson Sears Patty Everheart Davis Parrish Ann LaRoe Robert Benson Genelle Hicks Jack Wallace Mattie Ashinhurst James Stateville Margaret Hanna J B Smith Helen Holcomb W J Bilmner Juanita England Marvin Smith Billie Joe Phillips Jarvis Maddox Dorothy Sue Douglas Billy Jack Harper Russell Ray Summers Fred Cook Carl Vawter Wallace Reeves Lucian Vestal J Frank Wilson Lewis Vestal Jackie Thompson Ralph Hall and the Hi V sponsor Mr Manning G H.
The Pep Squad hosts a football banquet on December 16 in the clothing lab with a white red and silver color scheme. Home ec I and II girls will serve while high school students perform the program.
The homemaking III class begins a unit on cooking and serving dinners with Miss Williams dividing the class into two groups. One group cooks and serves in the second period, the other in the third. Each group prepared two dinners last week to gain practice before serving faculty members.
The senior play Here Comes Charlie was presented Friday December 8 in the high school auditorium. The audience enjoyed the wisecracks of Willie B Smith Rudolph Russell Robert Benson Earleen Benson and Imogene Head. The seniors earned about thirty dollars to add to their senior day fund. After the play Felker's Cafe treated the cast to drinks.
President Oleta Norris called Literary Lights to a December meeting. Secretary Marie Ward read the prior minutes. Charlie Sue Childress presented a program including stories of the supernatural and witchcraft, a synopsis of Where the Cross Was Made, games and a dramatization of Phoebe's love for Holgrave, with participants Marie Ward Bonnie Reynolds Dorothea Auten Mary Edna Cox.
Names Merlyn Brown and Brazwell Alexander appear with details on height, hair, hobbies, favorite subjects, foods, sports, dislikes, teachers, and ambitions. Merlyn aims to be an aviator after plane geometry feats. Brazwell seeks senior status, enjoys fried chicken and football, and jokes about a confusing note from L. M.
The Whitewright High School library received several magazine gifts this week. Jim Simmons donated a complete set of the 1939 National Geographic Magazine. Mrs. Murray Bryant gave volumes including Harper's Bazaar Vogue The Saturday Evening Post and The Spur. Russell Ray Summers contributed his Model Airplane News subscription. Mrs. M T Craig donated several Fortune magazines. The library welcomes current issues of leading publications.
A fragment from a newspaper page mentions Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature and an editor initials M. S. The readable portion hints at archival value or cataloging context without conveying a full event or clear subject.
A general science class led by Mr. Russ explores how light travels in straight lines, its speed about 186,000 miles per second, and the sun Earth distance of 93 million miles. They cover light waves, camera components, shutter exposure, eye care, and artificial lighting, with future units on magnetism and electricity.
Mrs Kennemer is described as five feet three inches tall and weighing 115 pounds. She wears a six and a half shoe size. Her favorite color is blue. She selects swimming as her preferred sport and music as her hobby.
The Glee Club will learn new pieces including The Legend of the Bells Planquette The Captain Rogers Sea Fever Masfield Come Ye Here Laddie Norman Play Make Believe Bond Were I Bond Reverie Debussy, after their Christmas program.
A program including Morning Song by Bjornson and Because I Am Your Friend by Bond highlights and Amid the Silence by Morgan, I Am An American by Neal, Little David Play on Your Harp by High, and Lord to Us Be Ever Heeding by Bortmiansky performed by a contemporary ensemble.
Two substitute teachers, Mrs. Key and Mrs. Russ, taught in the place of Mr. Key and Mrs. Roddy Thursday. Mr. Key was at home with a bad cold and Mrs. Roddy had been sick since Tuesday. She returned Monday, Dec. 11.
Martha Jo Darwin visited Sherman on Saturday. Dorothy Booher spent the weekend in Itasca. Cathleen Blackerby was in Denison. Joy Wilson was a McKinney visitor on Sunday. Drunette Farley spent Sunday in Leonard. Howard Wallace visited Sherman on Sunday. Marie Badgett and Modene Vinyard attended the McKinney skating rink Sunday afternoon. Congress alone has the right to declare war.
Verna S. reports pimples cleared after Adlerika use and a smoother, healthier glow. The ad asserts Adlerika cleanses both bowels and relieves temporary constipation linked to bad skin, recommending purchase at all drug stores.
Women report CARDUS stimulates appetite and digestion, building physical resistance and breaking a cycle of under nourishment. Taken before and during their period it helps ease pain and discomfort, a usage claimed for more than 50 years.
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