Football Banquet Honors Fall Pep Traditions
The High School pep squad hosted a chili supper in the auditorium as the football banquet shifted to a war chili theme. Magnolia leaves, black and gold decor, gold football programs, and helmet-shaped place cards framed the evening with speeches by student leaders and Coach Murphy. Margaret Hanna announced the after-show invitation from the Pep Squad.
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Mr. Butler
Margaret Hanna
Bobby D. Montgomery
Betty Lee Jones
Bettye Nell Yeager
Dick Thornton
Janis Horton
Coach Murphy
Whitewright High
Benediction
Butler
Christmas holiday schedule and wartime reflections
Editorial notes the Christmas holiday period with school dismissed from the 18th and resuming the 28th. It contrasts wartime gas rationing with gratitude for freedom and the privilege to write to loved ones, urging readers to remember those in Nazi-occupied regions.
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Sally
Uncle Joe
English IV Explores Ages and Anglo-Saxon Beowulf
The class studied the Twentieth Century Poets Henry and Arnold in the Victorian Age before moving to the Anglo-Saxon era. They learned that Beowulf is the greatest Anglo-Saxon poem and that works from 600 to 900 A D had rhythm but no rhyme.
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Murphy
Henley
Arnold
F F A Boys Lead Hog Improvement Drive At Whitewright High
In six busy weeks under vocational agriculture instruction the F F A boys show strong progress in community work. They care for flocks near Whitewright High School and plan the annual father and son banquet. Lone Star Degrees await several members next spring as Rotary Club of Whitewright backs hog improvement efforts.
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Rotary Club of
Whitewright
Senior class book planned with staff chosen
Plans are made for a senior class book featuring only the seniors and their activities. Editors and a staff have been chosen and aim to finish work and print by mid April. Printed by the Taylor Engraving Company of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Engraving Company of
Dallas
J. S
Youth Profiles Highlight Willa Jean Hunter and Bobby D Montgomery
This feature notes two local youths with physical stats and ambitions. Willa Jean Hunter, 5 ft 2 in 115 lb born April 2 1927 with brown hair and eyes. collects postcards and makes friends. She aims to be a stenographer and leads the Homemaking Club. Bobby D Montgomery, 6 ft 1 in 172 lb born Sept 26 1926 with brown hair and green eyes. loves football and aspires to be a flyer. He enjoys movies, lists steak as a favorite food, and looks up to Maureen O Hara and Spencer Tracy. He presides over the junior class and captained the football team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Willa Jean Hunter
Steak
Maureen O’hara
Spencer Tracy
Bobby D. Montgomery
Wyark
Wanted and Found Notices From a School Banquet
A collage of classroom blurbs lists requests and discoveries from a school setting including a six week exam wish and a good time at a football banquet. Entries mention seekers like J B and A R J seeking partners and teachers, with notes of lost gasoline and found directions to the office.
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Whitewright
J. B
F. W
D. T
English III Class Studies Rules of Spell Use
The English III class spent six weeks studying spelling rules and usage guidelines. Students analyzed common misspellings and applied standardized conventions in written assignments.
Five Hundred Seek Victory Program Attendance Thursday
Wanted: five hundred persons to attend the Victory Program Thursday night. The notice emphasizes a large turnout for the community event, urging public participation to support the program.
Mr Gentry Shows Yellowstone Pictures With Mickey Mouse
On Saturday December 2 Mr Gentry entertained his world history sections I and II with a picture show of images from Yellowstone National Park. The highlight for students was a comedy featuring Mickey Mouse. The event was both educational and engaging for the class. Also seek information on M L who has run away to work as a waitress in Christmas Greetings For Jane.
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Gentry
Yellowstone National Park
Mickey Mouse
M.L
Jane
Civics Class Debates Current Issues Weekly
In the civics class, Tuesdays are set aside for debate on topics like The New Income Tax Law The Gasoline Rationing and The Teen Age Draft Law. Current events are discussed each Monday and recorded in a notebook for six week submission.
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United States Government
Editor's Thoughts Reflections On Daily Life And Humor
A collection of aphorisms and wry observations on marriage, public policy, honesty, and human folly. It riffs on defense stamps, the nature of truth, mind worries, time management, temper, fate, and domestic life with a playful journalistic voice. The items read like a columnist’s quips page.
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Hitler
Hi Y Club Assembly Opens With Boxing Contest
The Hi Y Club presented an assembly Thursday opening with a regular meeting ritual. Ben Robert Jones led in prayer, Wallace Reeves gave the club history, Jack Sears read the constitution, Kirk May stated the objectives, and Mrs Kilgree led a song as Ernest Sanders and Billy Kaiser were declared winners after a fierce boxing match.
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Ben Robert Jones
Wallace Reeves
Jack Sears
Kirk May
Victory Program Night Sparks Plans and Pranks
Orchids praise the Pep Squad for a chili supper and the Hi Y Club for a fine assembly. Onions hit exams and the senior book crew while a mock clash over a Victory Program date shows high school social life with Gladys agreeing to attend.
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Orchids
Onions
J. S
Speech Class Studies Plays Under Mrs Roddy Director
The speech class under Mrs Roddy studies plays and dramatics while the accompanying Choral group rehearses nearby continuing its program and preparing for performances.
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Roddy
Club Presents Christmas Pageant Victory Program
The club plans a second Victory Program with two plays and songs by the Choral Club. Mrs Roddy and Mrs Kilgree have worked faithfully on this Christmas pageant to ensure success. Attend and purchase a War Bond or Stamp.
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Roddy
Algebra II class reviews factoring and test scheduled
The algebra II class finishes a chapter and plans a six week test on Wednesday. The Victory Program is set for Thursday night at 7 30 with admission priced at 10 cents to 10000 in War Stamps or Bonds.
You Are My Sunshine and Other Senior Sendoff Verses
A list of affectionate valentines and couplets exchanged among students and staff in a high school setting. Names include Lester Simpson, Margaret Hanna, Ben Robert Jones, Anna Johnson, and several others. The item ends inviting readers to a Victory Program Thursday night.
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Lester Simpson
Margaret Hanna
Ben Robert Jones
Anna Johnson
James Stateville
Betty Tomlinson
Jones
Ray Vestal
Roby Wilson
Margie
Joe Vestal
Marjorie Young
White
Pattie Everheart
Jack Sears
Mary Frances Stephens
J. D. Hughes
Dale Robbins
Bettye Nell Yeager
Dick Thornton
Charles Skaggs
Martha Louise Vestal
Sunshine
Marcella Housman
Billy Grammer
Betty Margaret Sears
Bobby Jim Morgan
Love
Don Newman
Gladys Reeves
W. R
Know the Seniors: Anna Johnson and Jack Sears
Two high school seniors featured in a local notice. Anna Johnson, born August 8, 1926, age 16, enjoys collecting novelty pins and aims to become a home economics teacher, with civics as her favorite subject and Mr Murphy as favorite teacher. Jack Sears, born March 13, 1926, age 16, collects literary oddities and aspires to be a business executive, with shorthand as favorite subject and Mr.… as favorite teacher.
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Anna Johnson
Mr. Murphy
Jack Sears
Student Profiles From Old Bulletin Reveal Favorites
Dale Robbins born October 30 1925 age 17 enjoys making friends aims to be secretary favorites shorthand Mrs Beazley teaches civics Beazley listed as favorite teacher basketball pecan pie Betty Grable and John Payne are top stars Wallace Reeves born March 9 1926 age 16 likes playing pool wants to be a sailor civics Mrs Beazley favorite sport boxing strawberry shortcake Rita Hayworth and Bob Hope starred in his list.
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Beazley
Rita Hayworth
Bob Hope
Typing Classes Under Civil Service Speed Tests
The typing classes follow Civil Service speed test requirements and perform many number rhythm drills while aiming for accuracy in letter writing.
Hi Y Club Meeting Sets Sweater Deposit and Privileges
The Hi Y Club met Monday night with Er nest Sanders leading opening prayer. Discussion of sweaters led to a $2.50 deposit and nine members wished to buy sweaters. Some members received National Hi Y Organization cards granting access to Y M C A clubs nationwide and privileges like swimming and boxing. Kirk May led the program. Dr Lingenfelter spoke briefly and was well received as the meeting closed with creed.
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Ernest Sanders
United States
Kirk May
Lingenfelter
W. R
Uncle Sam to Hire Laborers at 88 Cents an Hour
The government announces wages of 88 cents an hour for laborers at Mare Island Vallejo and Oakland California with the program inviting applicants and outlining job details for wartime production efforts.
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Uncle Sam
Mare Island
Vallejo
Oakland
California
Civil service wage rates listed for war workers
The notice lists pay scales for stenographers and typists in Washington, D C 120 per month, metal workers radio mechanics and others in Corpus Christi 9 12 per day, mechanics learners 90 per month while schooling, and skilled tradesmen 1 28 to 1 73 per hour for Hawaii or Panama. Applications via local civil service secretary at first or second class post offices. Do not apply if engaged in war work of equal skill.
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Hawthorne
Nevada
Washington
D. C
Corpus Christi
Texas
Hawaii
Panama
Civil Service
Tenth Civil Service Region
Customhouse
New Orleans
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Glenn Anderson
James Alexander
John Biggerstaff
Thomas Brown
Kathryn Beard
Una Faye Blackerby
Joan Brown
Lawrence Burden
Bertha Burchfield
Alice Cato
Howard Goodnight
Jim Hicks
Leo Hicks
Marcella Huseman
Anna Ruth Johnson
Ann LaRoe
Helen Maddux
Cecil Magers
Lloyd Mitchell
Carlis Neal
Robert Owens
Madgene Phillips
Dale
Editorial
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S. H. Montgomery Agency
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Gladys
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Mobilgas
Mobiloil
G.C. Stateville
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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