Grammar School Notes From Seventh Grade Class
The Glow Worm details staff and contributors for a school publication. The second grade finished Indians study with mothers invited to an Indian party featuring Santa Claus and reindeer decorations.
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Emory Christian
R. G. Pennington
John Yeager
Grady McCorsten
John Coleman
Claud Garner
Pauline Head
Bale Pierce
Fred Garner
George Burnham
A. L. Jackson
Lee Wilson
Frank Clark
Christmas Cheer Message From The Grammar School
The Grammar School extends greetings and invites all to share in Christmas cheer. The note urges generosity and goodwill during the holiday season. It signs Cecil Hodges.
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Grammar School
Cecil Hodges
First Grade Christmas Classroom Decor and News
The first grade room features a snow scene sand table with Santa in his sleigh, festive decorations, and holly wreaths. Students are writing new words including Santa Claus jam and just, with Mrs. McSpadden visiting on Monday and Jimmie sick.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Jam
Jam, and Just. Mrs. McSpadden
Jimmie
Evelyn Hill
Seventh Grade Christmas Pageant Set for Friday
The seventh grade will stage a Christmas pageant in the Grammar School auditorium Friday morning December 20 at 8 45. Parents and patrons are cordially invited. Cecil Hodges named King, Mary Ruth Holmes Queen Christmas, with George Hansard as steward and a cast including Jack Wallace Joe Magers Dale Watson Lloyd Roddy Modene Vineyard Evelyn Hill Emma Joyce Hinton Martha Jo Darwin Tee man Sanders and others.
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Grammar School
Cecil Hodges
Mary Ruth Holmes
George Hansard
Jack Wallace
Joe Magers
Dale Watson
Lloyd Roddy
Modene Vineyard
Herald
Evelyn Hill
Emma Joyce Hinton
Martha Jo Darwin
Teeman Sanders
Imo
Third graders study 3s and Christmas in classroom
In arithmetic the third grade studies the 3 times tables and reads Christmas stories in class. The Christmas theme carries into spelling and decorations with a Santa Claus display and a snow-covered Christmas tree.
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Charlie Sue Childress
Grammar School Adds Window Shades Across Grades
The Grammar School installs new window shades in the study hall and the seventh grade room. This completes shade updates for the three upper grades after fifth and sixth grades received replacements earlier.
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Grammar
First New Items Earn Praise From Thompson
Quote from T G Thompson expressing pride and appreciation for the arrival of the first new items in a long time, noting collective pride and gratitude.
Seventh grade pupils recall long-time school ties
Of the 28 pupils now in the seventh grade, 14 have attended here since first grade. Readable names include Glenda Mae Rutledge Madene Vineyard Frances Riddle Drunette Farley Imogene Head Lenora Thrasher Jack Wallace Iona Bush Dale Watson Evelyn Hill George Hansard Joe Magers T G Thompson and Martha Jo Darwin. They express happiness at reaching this stage and aim to finish high school together.
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Glenda Mae Rutledge
Madene Vineyard
Frances Riddle
Drunette Farley
Imogene Head
Lenora Thrasher
Jack Wallace
Iona Bush
Dale Watson
Evelyn Hill
George Hansard
Joe Magers
T. G. Thompson
Martha Jo Darwin
Seventh Grade Students Noted For Charm And Academic Skill
Glenda Mae Rutledge introduces two seventh grade students at Whitewright school. A girl with black hair hazel eyes excels in writing and studies and makes friends easily. A new boy with bluish eyes and black hat quickly wins friends and performs well academically. We shall tell you after the holidays.
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Whitewright School
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Seventh grade pupils chart territories joined to the Union
In class, pupils recount how new territories joined the United States and when. Ruby Pierson notes they struggled to locate the map, while Mr. Manning guided them through the history of acquisition and dates.
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Manning
Ruby Pierson
Christmas Decorations Brighten School Halls
The school is decked with green and red decorations. A large lighted tree stands in the hall while streamers mistletoe and festive signs adorn ceilings and doorways. Mysterious packages appear in classroom lockers as teachers share smiles.
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Enos Wharton
Jack Wallace
Fifth to seventh graders explore fractions percentages and circles
Fifth grade studies fractions while sixth grade tackles percentage and seventh grade concentrates on circles. Seventh grade girls lead the boys by one score per Leona Thrasher and Dorothy Booher.
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Leona Thrasher
Dorothy Booher
Perfect Spellers Noted In Grade School
Claire Doss of seventh grade and Dorotha Darwin of sixth have made one hundred in spelling every day since school started this year. We will report the perfect spellers in the other grades later.
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Claire Doss
Dorotha Darwin
Joe Magers
Fifth Grade Health Class Studies Fingernails
Health period covers fingernail care as part of sixth grade "Parts of the Body" study. Seventh grade girls and boys have just finished their unit.
Lost Eastern Star pin in Whitewright street scene
A lost Eastern Star pin turned up on the streets of Whitewright and should be returned to Mrs. H. Montgomery.
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Whitewright
H. Montgomery
Merry Christmas Edition to Be Published Next Week
The Sun announces it will go to press Monday night to be delivered before Christmas. The upcoming issue, the annual Merry Christmas edition, will feature Christmas messages from Whitewright business institutions.
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Whitewright Business
Seventh grade studies on houseekeping and hygiene
The seventh grade girls will add two Home Hygiene lessons weekly taught by county health nurse Miss Edna Drulner. Imogene Head and Iona Bush are noted in the text.
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Edna Drulner
Imogene Head
Iona Bush
This Troublesome Language Of Ours Christmas Letters Reach Teacher
A sixth grade group mailed a booklet of letters to former teacher Miss Clyde Montgomery. James Birt Phillips designed the cover. Seventh graders enjoy flattery as Christmas notebooks are due Friday and a Christmas play will be presented Friday.
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Clyde Montgomery
James Birt Phillips
Emma Joyce Hinton
Reverend Ivins Missed Talk After Christmas Song Service
Modene Vineyard notes the Reverend G C Ivins failed to appear for a Thursday morning talk. A group sang Christmas songs. Recent visitors included Mrs Jack Harper and Mrs Fred Starr.
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Assembly
G. C. Ivins
Modene Vineyard
Jack Harper
Fred Starr
Correction Issued for Honor Roll Omission
Glenda Mae Rutledge was omitted from last week’s honor roll and school officials issue an apology while making the correction.
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Glenda Mae Rutledge
Football Gains in Popularity in After School Play
Football is gaining popularity as the season ends with many boys staying after school to practice and play. Lloyd Roddy notes renewed interest and higher participation in the sport.
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Lloyd Roddy
G O P Plans Immediate Campaign to Overthrow New Deal
The G O P high command announced an immediate educational and organization drive to defeat the New Deal in 1956. Chairman Fletcher said funds would be used to start the campaign, with plans to consult the party’s new finance committee in New York after Cleveland votes.
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Washington
G. O. P. High Command
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
New York
William B. Bell
Fletcher
Austin on Main Street Shows Hiccup Prank
A reader recounts a driver observing an Austin vehicle performing five hundred foot runs with two foot leaps for four blocks. The driver shouted to the occupant who replied he merely had hiccups, as quoted by Cecil Hodges.
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Main Street
Austin
Cecil Hodges
Mirrors Aid Vault Security at State Treasury
The state treasury plans a 40000 dollar underground vault protected by a mirrored hallway to allow guards to view the passageway from entrances. The vault sits in a quadrangular concrete housing with a burglar alarm wired to surrounding walls, and a private stairway connects from the treasurer’s office to a protected room in the capitol basement. Removal of eight feet of rock is required to install the vault, which rests on rock for a solid base. Clark Wright notes the design aims to block bottom access.
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Austin
State Treasury
Capitol
Clark Wright
The
Board of Control
Power of Colors in Advertising and Persuasive Strips
Advertising experts discuss color psychology noting purple and royal blue convey aristocracy in print while red spurs buying. They cite red boxes for candles, red dresses as sales triggers, and luxury items framed in purple gold and blue to entice prospects.
Advertising Experts Describe Quiet Color Trends
In Capper's Weekly, a group of advertising experts, all men, note a rise in subdued color choices in campaigns. They discuss how these calmer palettes appeal to broader audiences and reflect a shift away from bold hues.
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Tell
Capper’s Weekly
Father Refuses Help Over Homework Dilemma
A boy asks for aid with a difficult problem but the father, reading a newspaper, declines saying it would not be right. The boy insists that a try would be acceptable.
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