Honor Roll List For Second Period Highlighted
The school lists 104 students on the Honor Roll and 30 in the A Club for the second period. Names span grades 1 through 7 and high school freshmen to seniors, with numerous students named in each class and club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ose
Abont
Hionor
Ruth Joplin
Robert Martin
Rollin Leigh
Thomas Sears
Elizabeth Davidson
Bessylea Church
J. R. Bailey
Jim Andrews
Billy C. Russell
Marl Ryan
Billy Roberts
Vernon Rector
David W. Smith
Paul Wilson
Elizabeth Gordon
Genevieve McNeilly
Mary Manual
Bonnie Ruth Whitworth
Mary Joe Sears
Frances Pope
W. R. Reeves
Billy Magar
Sarah Janway
Dee Bane
Robert Bow
Fitz Bryant
Wayne Durham
Thomas Meadow
Dick Montgomery
Billie White
Frances Church
Pauline Magers
Lucile Maynard
Bryan Birt
Princess Compton
Donald Hall
James Lindsey
van Vestal
Burgher Vestal
Frances Bryant
Marian Louise Craig
Oleta Chambers
Dorothy Wilson
Jack Bane
Johnnie V. Dossey
Beatrice Maynard
Una Mae Mangrum
Virginia McNeilly
Helen Wilson
Velma Bennett
Margaret Pierce
Ouida Nell Harris
Margaret Sears
S. T. Montgomery
Lucile Craig
Mary Lee Andrews
Dorothy Hamilton
Alwilda Ryan
Baby Nell Penn
Jack Everheart
Frances Delfel
Leon Coffman
Earl Blanton
Franklin Harris
Aubrey Cook
Eugene Hall
Tom Everheart
Jack Bogle
Ford Vestal
Millard Mangrum
Vernon Gordon
Alma Jo Roberts
Euna Lee Hampton
Mordell Pumphrey
Elbea Stapleton
Opal Cates
Banche Montgomery
Martha Joe Sears
Clyde Montgomery
Dorothy Gordon
Caroline Simmons
Allie Sue Mize
Marie McCoy
Juanita Lawson
Amatone May
du Mangrum
Margaret Barbee
Jelle Gladys Roberts
Robert Howard
Onabel Hampton
Bettie Lou McLean
Marjorie Holland
Guy Stedham
Julia McMurry
Joe Hestand
Frances Montgomery
Florine Bodine
Homer Lee Sears
Tom Lawson
Audrey Tuck
Mildred Harp
Mozelle Looney
Everett Turner
City Schools Dismiss For Holidays This Week
Public schools will dismiss Friday afternoon for the holidays and resume on December 31. It is decided to reopen Monday without observing January 1 as a holiday to complete a full week of instruction.
Sun issue expands to sixteen pages with holiday cheer
The Sun presents a sixteen page edition in two sections, promising ample reading for an evening and urging readers to enjoy every advertisement. Merchants of Whitewright express thanks for reader support and extend Christmas wishes to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Church Profits by Low German Mark
A Methodist Episcopal Church board member recounted buying a large German mortgage for 116000 dollars as marks collapsed in 1920. He noted that at today’s rates the debt would cost only a fraction of a cent in American money, illustrating the implosion of the mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Simpson Church
Brooklyn
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Germany
E. G. Richardson
Atlanta
J. L. Nielson
Zurich
Switzerland
Russia
Serenaders to Visit City Churches on December Night
The Sun prints a notice inviting households to retire early and leave a candle in the window for serenaders on Tuesday night, December 25, weather permitting. Five city church choirs plan a festive performance for residents.
Cantata at Methodist Church Next Sunday
The Methodist Sunday school primary department presents a Santa Claus cantata "Better Listen In" at 6 45 pm Sunday. The program replaces the evening service and a free will offering will aid Christmas relief for local poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Sunday School
Methodist Church
White Gifts for the King Christmas Service at Central Church
Central Christian Church hosts a 6:30 Lordsday Christmas service titled White Gifts for the King. The program features the Little Tots of the Bible school with illustrated songs and readings. Gifts of food, clothing, toys, and cash aid the Juliette Fowler Orphan Homes in Dallas. The morning discourse is The Worthwhile Things of Life. An invitation to the evening service is extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Juliette Fowler
Dallas
Christ
Methodist Stewards Eat Turkey Dinner
Rev. W. A. Stuckey leads Methodist Church stewards in rotatory socials to foster fellowship. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Sears hosted the first social at their South Bend street home with a three course turkey dinner and entertainment. Plates were laid for the pastor and a list of stewards, and the hosts received thanks for starting the series in a complete and delightful manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Stuckey
Methodist Church
T. E. Sears
South Bend Street
John Wright
W. H. King
W. P. Vaughn
C. B. Bryant Jr
Basil Thomson
R. A. Gillett
Epworth League Christmas Program at Methodist Church
Epworth League presents a Christmas program next Sunday at the Methodist Church. Leader Miss Christine Stuckey outlines a Nativity of Our Lord theme with scripture reading song and prayer. Special music includes a church quartet and piano solo by Miss Maud Mangrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Christine Stuckey
Mamie Cox
Rev
W.A. Stuckey
Maud Mangrum
Martha Joe Sears
Dale McGaugh
Whitewright High School Gains Southern Association Accreditation
Superintendent H L Durham announces Whitewright High School has been placed on the accredited list of the Southern Association of Colleges. Graduates may enter Harvard Yale Princeton and other universities without examination. Among 590 Texas state affiliated schools only about sixty share this recognition. North Texas peers include Bonham Denison Farmersville McKinney Greenville Denton Gainesville and Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Durham
Whitewright High School
Association of Colleges of
Durham
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
America
Texas
Southern Association of Colleges
North Texas
Bonham
Denison
Farmersville
McKinney
Greenville
Denton
Gainesville
Whitewright
Rural carriers to observe Christmas Day holiday this year
The Postmaster General has ruled that rural letter carriers will have Christmas Day as a holiday this year. Previously they worked their routes on Christmas Day, but now they will have a day off. Mrs. G L Baugher of Dallas is visiting relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. G. L. Baugher of
Dallas
See Whitewright urged to tour home town first
The piece urges readers to explore Whitewright before traveling abroad, highlighting the mercantile district as the town’s hub and noting that local business activity funds public services. It argues loyalty to local merchants builds town growth and wealth and calls for a 1924 home town loyalty resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Corporation of
Town of
No Sun Next Week Rest and Christmas Greeting
The note explains that there will be no Sun issue next week in keeping with the custom of skipping one publication during Christmas. It offers readers a rest a chance to forgive any missteps during the year and to prepare for the new year with a Merry Christmas greeting.
Plans for county basketball season and district setup
C. C. Willis the county athletic director announces that the basketball championship will be decided by district tournaments. Grayson County is divided into four districts with district winners advancing to the county final on February 1 1924. Whitewright district includes many area schools competing January 25 for the district title. Fireworks ban remains in city limits with fines for violations. Miss Martha Grider and Miss Elizabeth Clark of Leonard visited Mrs. Claud Meador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Willis
Grayson County
Whitewright
Tom Bean
Bethel
Rose Hill
Cedar
Helvy
Choctaw
Ida
Dugan Chapel
Oxford
Blanks
Canaan
Pilot Grove
Pink Hill
Celtic
Bethany
Cannon
Cherry Mound
Shady Grove
Luella
Bells
Cleveland
Jameson
Simmons
Martha Grider
Elizabeth Clark
Leonard
Claud Meador
Santa Claus to Arrive Christmas Eve, Radiogram
A radio message received as the issue closed states Santa Claus has his list of good girls and boys nearly complete and will arrive Christmas Eve without fail. Citizens are urged to sleep early so he does not pass them up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Orbin Blanton Ranks Third in Austin College Honor List
Orbin Blanton of Whitewright ranks third in the senior class for the first quarter at Austin College with an 88.8 average. He entered in 1917 and has taught in Whitewright schools two years since. He qualified for the Davis Foote Eagleton Scholarship Society and will graduate with the Diamond Jubilee Class next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orbin Blanton
Austin College
Sherman
Blanton
Whitewright
Davis Foote Eagleton
Orbin
C. S. Blanton
Bakery Opens Under McKinney Supervisors
The new bakery opened this week under the supervision of J. T. Roberts and C. W. Magers of McKinney, was thoroughly overhauled and put in a clean and sanitary condition before starting operations. White Wright needs a bakery, but can only maintain one by giving it undivided support. If the bakery does its part, let's do ours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Roberts
C. W. Magers
McKinney
Whitewright
Big Crowd Expected Saturday For $65 Distribution Plan
The Chamber of Commerce plans a $65 gift distribution next Saturday with eighty five prizes ranging from $5 to 25 cents. Cards with denominations will be handed to the crowd and cashed at stores, with farmers inspecting cards to ensure fair splits. Participants will be grouped by gender and age to share in the prizes during a wagon sale on the streets at 2:30 p.m. Dec 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Last Church of Christ Service of the Year
The Church of Christ invites all to the final Sunday preaching service of the year with the minister away on the fifth Sunday. A seasonally themed sermon aims to benefit regulars and careless attendees alike. Monday at 7 pm features a Bible school program and Santa Claus gift distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of the Bible School
Santa Claus
J. A. Dickey
Thankful Note From W C Cook and Family
Card of thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during a bereavement. The message thanks them for support in rain and mud, praising their sympathy and Christian conduct and wishing they live so they do not regret showing kindness. W C Cook and Children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Cook
Committee Named Five Investigate Mayfield Charges
A five member sub committee of the Senate elections committee was appointed to investigate charges of excessive election expenditures against Senator Mayfield Democrat Texas by George E B Peddy of Houston. The inquiry will begin after the holidays following Senate approval of a resolution authorizing the investigation. Chairman Spencer said the resolution would follow the Newberry form and would make no reference to the Ku Klux Klan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mayfield
Texas
George E. B. Peddy
Houston
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
Spencer
Newberry
Also Mentioned on This Page
3D Party
Norfolk
Virginian Pilot
Serenaders
Central Christian Church
T. FE. Sears
United States
Radiogram
Orbia Blanton
Church OF Christ
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