February Highlights From Grammar School Class
The seventh grade English class and faculty note February facts such as Valentine’s Day Washington’s birthday Lincoln’s birthday groundhog day and that February has 29 days in a leap year Lincoln’s birthday will be studied this week. Third grade art features hectographed pictures to color monitors are listed with names and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallye
Washington
Lincoln
J. C
Willadean
Joanne
Margaret
Roy
Billy Rhom
Mary Gene
Daisy
Bobbie D
Claire Doss
Mary Ruth Holmes
Rethinking Student Grades and Growth
The text argues grades can mislead by comparing a child to peers and urges focusing on gradual mastery. Parents should value improvement over perfect marks, avoid pushing students ahead before ready, and build confidence to prevent misery in schooling. It cites resilience as key to success and notes many great people faced early failures.
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M. P
Rotary Club gifts Grammar School Library magazines
The Whitewright Rotary Club presented the Grammar School Library a year's subscription to two magazines. The exact titles are not yet selected but the club’s gift is praised as a crucial start toward building an adequate school library. The community is urged to follow this example.
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Whitewright Rotary Club
Grammar School Library
Rotary Club
Grammar School
First graders create vivid sand table scene at school
Drunette Farley and Frances Riddle praise how the first grade class writes and plays. They note many students were absent due to bad weather. The sand table is made into a home with a red house, trees, a yard dog, and a car in front, plus pictures on the bulletin board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drunette Farley
Frances Riddle
Grade Two Studying The Twelve Family This Week
Second graders continue lessons on The Twelve Family with some pupils returning from illness. They earned a prize book How Animals Travel for their library after entering a contest in Weekly Reader. Martha Jo Darwin notes Billy Joe, Ida Pearl, Kenneth S., Katie, Billy, Mary Lou keeps the house, and the l rary ball calendar flowers list.
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Billy Joe
Ida Pearl
Ball
Kenneth S
Calendar
Katie
Flowers
Billy
Mary Lou
Martha Jo Darwin
School Honor Roll and Class Notes From A Small Town
The piece lists first through seventh grade students and their honors, with names such as Betty Lee Jones Betty Jo Hamilton Billy Ward Evans and Henrietta Jackson Janis Horton Margaret Ann Burnham among others. It notes two fourth grade pupils completing an imaginary trip to Africa Switzerland Holland and Arabia, outlines study of North America, mentions absences exempt exams and comments on a seventh grade girl shyly described as a promising high school debater and artist while a mischievous seventh grade boy is noted for mimicry and fun.
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Muriel Lewis
Winnie Sue Queener
Betty Margaret Sears
Junior Harrison
Wandabell Sanderson
Oscar Simms
Billy Ward Evans
Betty Jo Hamilton
Doris Spangler
Betty Lee Jones
Eugene Reeves
Billy Christian
Henrietta Jackson
Kenneth West
Betty Nell Yeager
Janis Horton
Smah Sue Garner
Ruth Walker
Willie Ruth Maddux
Katie Kincaid
Margaret Ann Burnham
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Weldon Ingram
Billy Rham Pennington
John Rufus Taylor
Dorothy
Imah Sue Garner
Dorothy Nell Hall
Margaret Hanna
Mary Frances Stephens
Bobby D. Montgomery
Betty Jane Harper
Africa
Switzerland
Holland
Arabia
North America
Wallace Reeves
Robert Owens
G. C. Brown
Pattie Everheart
John Biggerstaff
Evelyn Hill
Silver Tongue Club Elects Fifth Grade Officers
The Silver Tongue Club met Monday with fifth graders elected to roles including Helen Holcomb as president and Calvin Pennell as vice president. The club, sponsored by Miss Hamilton and Mrs. Roddy, now includes only fifth grade pupils this semester.
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Silver Tongue Club
Helen Ruth Holcomb
Calvin Pennell
Joe Thomas Thornhill
Fred Cook
Billy Lanius Kincaid
C. B. Bryant
Joe Lyndon Young
Miss Hamilton
Mrs. Roddy
Bright Red Civics Book Upsets Seventh Grade Class
A seventh grade class in a small town faces humorous chaos as Mr Manning unveils a new bright red civics book and plans for future geography and agriculture courses. Miss Hamilton misplaces her glasses, Claire causes a bandeau mix up with Imogene, and Mary Ruth teases Imogene before forgiving her, restoring harmony among the trio.
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Claire
Mary Ruth
Imogene
Clarified names and roles in local notes
The fragment lists names with incorrect vs correct attributions: Claire and Doss, Drunette and Barley Farley, Cecil Hodges, brother Skillet and Gil lett, Mary Dale as Peasant not King, G. W. as Chevrolet not Ford, and mentions George Hansard and Jack Wallace. It notes hobbies for Dale Watson and Glenda Mae, Claire Doss studying, Glenda Mae Rutledge in baseball, Ruby Pierson on home hygiene, and George Hansard playing baseball at Alma Jo's.
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Claire
Boss
Doss
Drunette
Farley
Cecil
Lodges
Hodges
Brother
Gillett
Mary Dale
G. W
George Hansard
Jack Wallace
Dale Watson
Glenda Mae
Claire Doss
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Ruby Pierson
Alma Jo’s
Cecil Hodges
Grayson Farmers Press Substitute for AAA After Meeting
Grayson County farmers unite against Supreme Court action dissolving the AAA. At a Saturday meeting with over 200 attendees they vote for an immediate substitute program. Resolutions will be sent to Congressmen, Secretary Henry A. Wallace, and AAA head Chester Davis. New Grayson County Association officers elected including President John Rice and Vice Presidents Joley Strickland J. J. Dadby Dave Taylor Lee Radford.
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Joley Strickland
van Alstyne
J. J. Dadby
Southmayd
Dave Taylor
Pilot Grove
Lee Radford
Denison
C. Chumbley
Howe
Fred Riddle
Georgetown
Kiss of Father Blamed for Death of Girl
In Boston a 12-year-old girl, Marguerite Bailey, daughter of Police Sergeant Henry J. Bailey, died from spinal meningitis. Doctors say the father may have carried the germs and transmitted them to his daughter via a kiss, fitting the incubation period. The sergeant had recently died after arresting a man for drunkenness.
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Boston
Marguerite Bailey
Henry J. Bailey
Bailey
Barn Fire Destroys W. T. Sears Farm Barn
A large barn on the W. T. Sears farm south of Whitewright burned early Sunday. Owned by Mrs. T. E. Sears with $600 barn and $150 hay insurance, the loss exposed 1,500 bushels of corn, several tons of cotton seed, oats and wheat, and harness. Tenant A. L. Lane reported the losses with $1,100 coverage. J. J. Miller also lost a binder stored in the barn with no insurance.
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W. T. Sears
Whitewright
T. E. Sears
A. L. Lane
Sun
J. J. Miller
Law and Order Through Voters and Church Persuasion
J R Waldrum argues that strict enforcement of all laws hinges on church influence and voter power. If church persuasion fails, citizens must use ballots to remove oath-violating officials, from sheriffs to judges, until law and order prevails.
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Church
J. R. Waldrum
Engraved wedding invitations offered by The Sun
The Sun offers engraved and printed wedding invitations and announcements. It invites readers to contact by phone or card when hosting visitors or traveling out of town.
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Sun
Want Ads and Auto Finance In Sherman
Want ads offer 25 words for 25c with 1 extra cent per word. Ed Martin provides leather work and repairs. Auto Finance Company F W Creager manager at 117% S Travis St Sherman offers car loans and refinancing with quick service.
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Ed Martin
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Sherman
Cotton loan extended for Grayson County farmers
Grayson County farmers who borrowed under the 12 cent Federal cotton loan plan in 1934 were told the loan maturing February 1 will be carried past due. The Commodity Credit Corporation said efforts will allow some cotton to be sold to the market over the next year while maintaining orderly marketing to protect future prices and meet current demands.
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Grayson County
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Palmer to Spend Bonus Seeking Alleged Killer
James C. Palmer, serving a 99 year term for murder, will use his $786.50 bonus to search for Dillard Garrett, the man he was charged with killing. He maintains Garrett is alive and has denied the killing, claiming he had reason to think Garrett lived.
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Dallas
James C. Palmer
Dillard Garrett
Palmer
Hopkins County
Garrett
Village of 100 RATES 100 PER CENT IN CONTENTMENT
Denton Neb mayor Walter W Hocking wrote to the state fire marshal in Lincoln requesting information about the village fire department. The note reflects a cordial, contented community of just over 100 residents.
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Denton, Neb
Walter W. Hocking
Denton
Lincoln
Waterworks Shortage Cited In Stark Town Remarks
A local official laments the absence of a department and chief, waterworks defective and scarce supplies, followed by a terse note that no one is sick on relief or unemployed. The statement underscores municipal gaps and hardship claims.
Decline in German university registrations 1933-35
New registrations in German universities fell from 14,000 in the 1933 summer semester to 7,000 by the 1935 summer term, indicating a sharp drop in student enrollment during this period.
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