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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
7
A brief note cites the W. H. S. Reflector staff including Mrs. Jack Lackey and Sarah Belle Gillett. A visitor sought to see Mr. Cunningham and, after questions, was identified by Cunningham himself, with the man surprisingly recognizing his face.
This term two new subjects are offered economics and business English. Economics replaces civics and business English replaces commercial law. Each course counts one half credit. S. B. G.
Dorothy Jo Akridge hosted a wooden party Wednesday night January 26 with a Valentine theme. Guests Marl Ryan Mickey Mc Coy Jaquito McCarthy Jackie Jerni gan Jo Willa Stateville Boyd Newman and Sarah Belle Gillett joined vicarious games and contests. Refreshments included sandwiches candy hearts potato chips and cocoa followed by a candlelit ghost story.
Denison defeats Whitewright 18 to 13 on Tuesday night to avenge a earlier 30 to 9 loss. Andrew led Whitewright with five points as Denison surged to an early lead and stayed ahead. Whitewright lineup Kaiser Andrew Conner Lewis Starr.
A stream of social possibilities and tensions surfaces among residents. Names like Jo Willa Jack Jernigan James Norris Sarah Belle Gillett and Mrs. Knox appear with shifts in sleep, company, and social roles.
A string of odd questions references Joe Preston Lee Floyd Everheart Norma Frances Donigan Hilda Lewis Mildred Autrey and Herman Riddle in a damptone student notice pattern. No clear event or outcome is given beyond the playful inquiries from a bygone yearbook page.
The tale centers on Mr. Cunningham who wore old clothes during a calf killing trip with the ag class. The next day a colored worker visits the agriculture room and finds him in a markedly different suit of clothes.
Whitewright wins season opener Monday January 24, defeating Trenton 15 to 10. Trenton starters Connelly Kuykendall Gentry Grigg Bell. Whitewright starters Harrison Wilson Riddle Layman Childress Alexander. Joy Wilson led Whitewright with nine points. Gentry and Kuykendall scored four each.
The junior class meeting on January 24, led by president Floyd Everheart, reviewed three Herff-Jones senior ring options. Ring committee members included Roberta Ford, Charles Harrison, Geraldine Garner, Floyd Everheart, Houston Darwin, and Sara Kathryn Atterberry. The class has not confirmed a purchase, and a premium may be offered next year if rings are bought early.
Mrs. Kennemer urges careful typing to prevent accidents similar to highway speeders. The article notes reckless typing risks and states a penalty of one period of hand labor in the corrective drill department for students who rush through typing.
Emma Jean Layman visited Bonham on Sunday. Dorothy Jo Akridge Jo Willa Stateville and Drunette Farley went to Leonard. Dorothy and Euna Smith spent Sunday in Sherman. Velma Jo Reeves visited Callis on Sunday.
The Whitewright Tiger B team lost to Denison Yellow Jacket B 15 to 7 on Tuesday January 25. Henderson led Whitewright with 3 points while Harrison and Hopper contributed strong defense. Lineup included Harrison center Hughes and Hopper forwards Thornhill and Henderson guards.
The second term brings new courses forcing department reorganizations. Mr Cunningham finds only three students in his first agriculture period as others shift to later periods. Mr Key and Mr Cunningham work to straighten the timetable and resolve the clash.
A new railroad train named the Ann Rutledge honors Lincoln's rumored lost love Ann Rutledge of New Salem Illinois. The ceremony featured Lincoln kin and the beauteous Ann Rutledge, a stage actress from a family tracing to South Carolina and the Revolutionary era.
G A states the Agriculture III class meeting was held to balance enrollment. One section now covers periods three and six while the other includes periods four and five.
Home Ec III class studied well managed homes and compared housekeeper to homemaker roles. They inventory current clothes to plan a yearly budget and note how much clothing costs parents annually.
Mr Key announced changes in the schedule during Tuesday assembly. The basketball team received a consolation prize cup from the Van Alstyne tournament. Floyd Everheart read a list of games won and lost by the boys as yell leaders urged the crowd to back Denison on Tuesday night.
Whitewright High School beat Gunter W O W 47 to 25 at Van Alstyne on Monday Jan 24 led by Conner the redhead from Pilot Grove with 25 points. Andrew added 14 points while Kaiser and Lewis contributed on defense and effort.
Whitewright High announces honor roll for the six weeks with a nine point average in four subjects. Freshmen Gillett Atkinson Dar win Harrison Holland King. Sophomores Roddy Russell Benson Brown Doss Head Hinton. Seniors Andrew Jernigan Ves tal Brown Gillett.
A concise meditation on success describing ambition praise helping others politeness loyalty sympathy joy and perseverance through despair. The piece frames success as doing one’s best in all tasks and daily life.
The Whitewright Tigers won the consolation in a Bonham tournament this week after a defeat in their opening game to a tough opponent, wrapping up the event with a strong showing on the court.
In 1835 Lincoln, then 26, returned to New Salem with Anne, 22, who had freed herself from Mece Neill and hoped to wed him. After a joyful summer she fell ill with malaria and died two days after their last hour together in the Sand Ridge log cabin.
The Tigers defeated Bailey 12 to 10 after leading 8 to 4 in the fourth. They then beat Gober 30 to 5, with 18 points by the standout player nicknamed Red. In a rough third game they topped Bells 25 to 18, earning a consolation bid.
A playful note from Whitewright describes a tall brunette high school lad called the Clark Gable of the school and a petite sophomore from the southwest who ran in the queen race. It hints at Bobbie Nell Cox as a possible rival for his attention.
Local chatter notes couples seen at events around Van Alstyne and Bonham. Residents include T D S and D F seen together after the ball game, with various pairs noted at skating rinks, basketball games, and Saturday night outings.
A satirical note on rising numbers named to a so called Black List after midterms. It mocks lax grammar use and mentions Ernest Lewis who creates the Black List Club as a source of humorous complaint from the Snooper.
The Snooper notes a string of humorous misuses and corrections about grammar and pronouns. Merriwell Vineyard and T. J. Russell scored a perfect in English, while missteps and corrections from Hack Harrison and Jernigan highlight common errors.
V A students assisted in butchering a beef for Mr Gillett on Tuesday morning with Mr Cunningham handling the slaughtering and skinning. The process details were described as somewhat incomplete in the report.
A brisk incident recounts a beef being killed with an axe after the animal resisted. Skinning proved more challenging than slaughtering, but the work proceeded under the supervision of Mr. Cunningham.
A Durango newspaper item notes a private bridge gathering hosted by a woman who shields participants from public recognition. Prizes went to Miss hiding choir work and another who teaches in public school, with a consolation winner also anonymized. Several attendees are concealed due to employer or family concerns. The guests left quietly after the event.
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