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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
6
W. H. S. Reflector lists Floyd Everheart as editor and Sara K. Atterberry as report- ers with a large team of contributors. It names player tallies Andrews 9 Connor 7 Wallace 5 Birchfield 2 Harrison 2 and Taylor 1, plus White Wright starters Andrews and Thornton forwards Connor center Taylor and Harrison guards.
The annual Football Banquet drew 93 guests last Saturday night December 10 at the Presbyterian Church. Drunette Farley welcomed football players teachers Board of Education and visitors. A three course dinner featured fruit cocktail chicken dressing peas carrots sweet potato balls celery cranberry sauce rolls butter pineapple salad coffee and date pudding. Multiple skits songs and readings followed including My Reverie and To the Football Sound of 38. Coach Montgomery introduced players and announced two invitees to the Onion Bowl then the group disbanded.
The Whitewright boys defeated Trenton 26 to 17 last Tuesday. Leslie Andrews led Whitewright with nine points while Smith topped Trenton in scoring. Whitewright scorers included a string of contributors as the game opened the season.
The Whitewright Tigers basketball team started their first week of practice for the month and are under the tough guidance of coach S. T. Montgomery. Charles Harrison returns as the lone letterman with several experienced players joining. the squad includes forwards Harrison Thornton Wallace Sells Andrews, guards Pritchett Everheart McFarland Burchfield Taylor Bow Connor, and center Bow.
Eighteen students achieved an average of 90 or higher this six weeks earning honor roll status. Freshmen Juana Ruth Andrews Mary Ellen Brown Lucille Starr Robert Emerson Sears Cecil Owens and C B Bryant made the list. Sophomores Betty Atkinson Dorotha Darwin Velma Holland Mary Dale King and Brother Gillett joined. Juniors Earleen Benson Claire Doss Emma Hinton Joyce Hinton Rudolph Russell. Seniors Sara Atterberry Roberta Ford Charles Harrison.
The commercial law class under Mrs Kennemer has spent days studying agency cases and will cover master and servant next week.
The home ec class directed by Miss Williams cooked muffins this week. They made many kinds and were reported successful. The girls enjoyed eating them very much as it was their first time to cook.
The V. A. II class is completing lessons on balanced rations for horses sows and hogs and has tested their understanding. They now study poultry rations by breed while the V. A. I class plans to begin parliamentary procedure studies Monday likely through Christmas.
The Hi Y Club of Whitewright High School met December 5 in the school gym under Mr Jernigan. The opening prayer was led by Houston Darwin.
The roll was called and minutes read by assistant secretary Willie B. Smith with 38 members present. Billie Pritchett agreed to take 20 licks in lieu of 20 cents, paying the rest later. Initiations replaced the regular program as seniors whipped the fish, while sophomores and juniors clashed with them. The group will meet at Wilton McFarland's house for an o possum hunt, after captains were named and basketball followed the meeting. The gathering ended with the creed.
The Book Worms met Friday December 9 with President Earleen Benson presiding. They planned an upcoming assembly program and agreed to buy the book The Yearlings by Marjorie Rawlings. Fredna Owens led the week’s program with poems and readings.
W H S highlights Rudolph Russell a junior who earned four A-pluses on his recent report card. The student has little to say about the achievement, but news spreads quickly at school. He is also taking a correspondence course in newspaper writing and scored an A-plus in that course.
The Pep Squad thanks sponsor Miss Frances Williams for untiring help during the football season. Her efforts funded uniforms, bus use, practice time, and the Halloween Carnival for fundraiser income. They also thank Mr. Key for bus access and acknowledge her role in a successful organization.
A riddle describes a 5 foot 4 inch, 130 pound male with brown eyes and brown hair. His favorite subject is agriculture and he enjoys hunting. He lives four miles southwest of Whitewright and is nicknamed Hoot.
At the Presbyterian Church banquet last Saturday night many attendees showcased blue tones and varied fabrics. Drunette Farley wore teal blue alpaca with pink bougainvillea. Martha Jo Darwin in teal blue chiffon velvet. Wilma Alexander in green suede-cloth with wooden buttons. Dorotha Darwin in dark blue chiffon velvet with white lace trimming. Laverne Kilgree in navy crepe with green trim and rhinestone. Beulah Mae Scott in black with green embroidery. Claire Doss in light blue with wine ribbons.
The freshman girls and the grammar school girls played to a 15 to 15 tie on Wednesday afternoon. Freshmen lineup included Billie Burke Vineyard, Myrtle Taylor, Virginia Hill, Helen Childress, Edith Layman. Grammar lineup featured Pattie Everheart, Dorothy Sue Douglas, Mary Helen Maddux, Ann LaRoe, Mary Sue Thrasher.
Sophomores led an assembly with the Hobbies program featuring sections on Other People's Hobbies Dorotha Darwin Old Coins and Stamp Collecting. The class presented poems original compositions and songs including Juanita Love's Old Sweet Song and adjourned to first period classes.
One of the prettiest, cutest, and smartest girls is a senior at W H S. She is five feet three inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, with light brown hair and grey eyes. Her favorite subject is typing and hobby reading. She lives at Bethel and was our Halloween queen. Three guesses. One of the quiet, studious, and friendly boys in the senior class.
Home Ec II students study school lunches, examining varieties of sandwiches meat vegetables and fruit. They baked fruit bread for sandwiches and the class shared three days of lunches to show different menu types.
English IV students finished Macbeth and formed groups to build stages for different scenes. The stages used wooden or paste-board boxes to create varied settings and help stage the drama.
The author references scenes from Macbeth including the witches and the murder of Duncan, the killing of the guards, and Macbeth with Lady Macbeth after Duncan's death, mentioning the Globe Theatre as a setting.
Bertha Ford visited Trenton on Sunday while Wilma Alexander spent Saturday in Sherman. Clifton Burchfield and Ina Lee Hicks were in Bonham Saturday, and G. W. Scott was in Sherman on Thursday. Myrtle Taylor visited Edhube on Sunday.
The Whitewright High School girls lost to Trenton 38 to 7 at home. Trenton led from the start as Whitewright switched from zone to man defense late. Starting lineup included Henderson Harrison Penny Childress Arney Alexander with substitutes England Robbins Burchfield Blackerby.
A faded gossip page asks who L W and M M are with during fifth period study hall and on weekend outings. It mentions C B E with a mystery companion from grammar school and G W S seen with a sophomore. Questions about B A V and J W and ex students surface as fragments of teen intrigue.
A fragmentary note questions G E H daily Bethel visits and M T liking Bells, hints a boyfriend, N P hides a letter from B G E, and B G I L H loses interest in Whitewright. V J R signs the snippet with personal, local intrigue.
A cryptic note lists initials of students with questions about quiet behavior, class presidency, a senior boy M W, ring distribution to seniors, chemistry lessons, and a senior with red hair. The item reads like a school diary teaser with personal initials and unresolved queries.
A society woman hosts a White Elephant Party inviting guests to bring items unused but valued. Most attendees arrived with their husbands, turning the event into a lighthearted exchange of overlooked possessions.
An ad in the Titusville, Pennsylvania newspaper promotes an auctioneering business stating prices are very reasonable and suggesting to arrange dates with the proprietor’s wife if they are away.
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