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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
5
The Glow Worm notes staff lines led by Beth Cunningham and John Biggerstaff with several editors and reporters. The sixth grade Handicraft Club shows busy work making holiday toys like rocking horses clowns and jumping jacks for Christmas gifts while a class reports 1441 seals sold and a Red Cross donation of 14.41.
The passage notes how Christmas brightens streets and markets and stirs youth while reminding that the holiday centers on the belief in Good Will and Peace among people. It emphasizes the season as both festive and religious in honoring one who taught and lived for universal harmony.
A call to see Toy Land built by the second grade features a Christmas toy shop with efficient clerks who can count money and provide correct change. The notice encourages public visitation to this engaging display.
Monday morning the seventh grade began new coursework with boys focusing on transportation by land water and air while girls study textiles and costumes. The two groups pursue distinct subjects in a shared classrooms setting.
Fifth grade students organized a Red Cross seal sale at the school under the guidance of Miss Manning. The effort drew strong participation, showing the class's teamwork and community spirit.
A letter from Sixth Grade describes a daily hour spent in a room with decimals, expressing hope for happiness only after conquering the challenging numbers. Mr. Manning offers comfort while students await relief from the daunting practice.
Thirteen seventh graders faced a quiet morning after report cards showed mostly poor marks, especially in citizenship and arithmetic. Teachers and pupils discussed the results and planned action, with a promise to report later on the steps to improve these grades.
A grammar school drill from 10 40 to 11 draws 30 boys down the back alley toward the Methodist Church, 25 girls heading east around the block, and 24 girls moving to the southeast playground corner, as observers noted.
The second grade earned the prize for the cleanest room in the second six weeks. Mr Ford awarded each child a delicious lollipop. It pays to be clean.
In a fragmented clipping readers ponder Edith Harper’s noisiness James Stuteville’s shy demeanor Gaynell English and Azilee Smith in crafts class Miss Sanders error and Foucheaux Vestal as a “lady's man” amid notes about W. H. S. and W. G. S. girls.
In sixth and seventh grade reading classes many reports are chosen for publication. Perrine, a poor girl traveling with her mother, ends up in Varacourt near a mill owner who helps her after a odyssey of work and discovery, ending with reunion and happiness in a castle.
A poor wood-cutter follows an old man’s urging to go deeper into the forest. He discovers sandalwood and later riches from copper to diamonds. The teacher reveals the moral: never stop at the poorest, go onward.
Perrine, a very poor girl, travels with her mother in a van pulled by a donkey named Palikare. After the father’s death, they live together with the donkey as their companion. While near Paris, Perrine’s mother falls ill and a clownlike boy directs them to a place called Grain O Salt to live cheaply.
Abilene Texas Saturday night Coke Stevenson lieutenant governor elect spoke at the West Texas Oil and Gas Association banquet ending its annual convention at the Abilene Fair Grounds. He blamed high taxes on citizens, urged fewer state boards and offices, noted Texas has 16 public colleges versus New York's 10 with double population, criticized the Department of Public Safety as costly, and called for local self regulation to cut running costs.
A long tale follows Perrine who learns from her mother before death that papers point to her own people. She discovers the mill owner is her grandfather, who brings her to live in his castle. The story ends with Perrine happy and wealthy.
The Sun advertises a large assortment of Christmas cards with prices from 3 dollars per 100 to 42 dollars per 100. It highlights 21 card boxes priced 75 cents and 1 dollar, praising the one dollar box as the finest value. Orders are encouraged as Christmas approaches, noting cards are not stocked but ordered on request.
The District Court of Grayson County Texas issues a citation in a divorce action filed November 29 1938 by Cecil Doss Walker against W T Walker. The plaintiff alleges abandonment since April 1934 after marriage on an unspecified date and seeks divorce and relief. Publication is required in a Grayson County newspaper for four weeks prior to the January 1 1939 return date. The clerk is R B Caraway with deputy W R Henderson. 41-022
Sherman reports Grayson County farmers expect about 3.6 million dollars in income this year from diverse crops. Cotton remains the top cash crop with 1.44 million from lint and 245 thousand from seed, plus 400 thousand in subsidies and over 500 thousand in soil conservation payments. Other sources add 24 thousand from peanuts, 480 thousand from corn, 200 thousand from wheat, and 300 thousand from oats.
A UT student group formed a committee to continue Roosevelt reform in opposition to a Garner for President movement. Fred Schmidt of San Antonio was named chairman, Tom Law of Austin vice-chairman, and Jack Frye of Amarillo secretary-treasurer. Schmidt stated the move aims to demonstrate Texas support for Roosevelt and the New Deal.
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