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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
2
The WHS Reflector lists Teddy Blakerby and Linda Kent as co editors with Dorothy Shepherd on features Margie Murphy and Marshall Miller on society and junior class sports reporting.
David Woodson, son of Mr and Mrs O E Woodson, has one brother Johnny. His favorite sport is football and his preferred subject is English. The Monkees rank first among his TV preferences. He likes football and a special freshman girl and dislikes people who think themselves superior. He serves as sports editor of the annual, senior class reporter, and FFA historian, and was co captain of the football team.
The senior class selected a standout as Most Dependable and Most Athletic. He plans to attend Grayson Junior College focusing on English or history as his major. His ambition is to be successful and stay happy.
Mr. How ard Hodge is featured as WHS science teacher. He has eight years teaching experience, four at Whitewright, after Troup. A Bells native, he studied at Southeastern and East Texas State University and raises three children. His hobbies include hunting and fishing.
The FFA and FHA held a Christmas party last Thursday night from 7 30 to 10 30. Juniors sophomores and freshmen prepared the refreshments in home making. Punch sandwiches dips chips and cookies were served on buffets decorated with red net.
The event featured white and pink decor with a pink accented centerpiece. Central decorations included holly and large candles. Santa Mr. Chuck Watkins handed out gifts. Students danced in the gym as records played and peppermint sticks were awarded to winners.
Freshmen at W H S were teased by upperclassmen on Monday morning. The new Greenhands were adorned in a playful, odd style with pants on the wrong side and shirts worn incorrectly as upperclass boys mocked them.
The State of Texas publishes a citation by publication for the estate of Sarah A. Phillips, Deceased, No 10980 in Grayson County. Administrator W R Child filed Final Account and Application for discharge December 16, 1966. Hearing set for January 2, 1967 at 10:00 A M at the Grayson County Courthouse in Sherman. Interested parties must appear or file a written answer to contest the account.
A teacher recalls lipstick smeared faces and a bad odor from pockets as freshmen endured a tough day off campus, with Monday night reportedly rougher. Students returned Tuesday in proper attire.
Mathematics, the featured department this week, is taught by Mr Hudson and Mr Johnson. Two years of math are required to graduate, but many students take three or four years. Johnson teaches two relative math classes and one trigonometry class. Relative math has two sections program and traditional. Traditional studies directed numbers. Program covers number systems to beginning algebra I. Trigonometry class plots circular functions. Hudson teaches two plane geometry classes one algebra I and one algebra II. Plane geometry focuses on triangles using mid point theorems and centroids. Algebra II covers exponents radicals and negative exponents. Algebra I graphs linear functions by slope intercept form and solves systems by graphing.
High scorer Pam Fagan leads in points across multiple games including Tom Bean with 20, Whitesboro B Team with 20, Pottsboro with 37, and Howe with 17, signaling her rapid rise to the top in local competition.
Social Security Notes outlines Medicare options with hospital coverage beginning at 65 and medical insurance starting after enrollment. It warns that doctor bill protection begins only if enrollment occurs in the three months before the birthday month and notes automatic enrollment if already receiving benefits.
Pottsboro posted 27 points to beat Trenton 24 then Pottsboro 26 points. Pam averages 24.43 per game this season and is expected to rise in district play.
Washington Texas shows higher youth education failure rates in pre-induction tests. Last year 23.3 percent of Texans failed the mental test, ranking 36th, with Iowa 5.2 percent first and South Carolina 48.2 percent highest. National average 21.4 percent. Council for Basic Education citing Army data notes rate declines from 1964 due to screening changes.
The social security office offers application assistance by phone or letter. Sherman district office at 315 West Mulberry, contact 893-4301, hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. A representative is also available at the County Office Building East Sam Rayburn Drive from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon each Wednesday and Friday in Bonham.
The Austrian postal administration reports 121,700 regular stamp collectors purchased stamps worth 99 million Austrian schillings in 1965, about 4 million dollars, through the post office collectors department.
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