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Newspaper

Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1936

Page

8

Lincoln Birthday Program By Grammar School Students

The fourth grade forms an English club named Future Texans with officers Pattie Everheart, Betty Jane Harper, Dorothy Sue Douglas, Wallace Reeves, and Billie Jo Phillips. The club will present a program Wednesday afternoon with stories songs readings and a Lincoln birthday play.

Pattie Everheart Betty Jane Harper Dorothy Sue Douglas Wallace Reeves Billie Jo Phillips Lincoln Mary Ruth Holmes Claire Doss

February Hearts Hold Grammar School Birthday Spirit

Grammar School celebrates birthdays with Washington and Lincoln displays marking February heroes. Pupils learn honesty and patriotism while anticipating the upcoming birthday celebration. Valentine’s Day, loved for the heart language it speaks, becomes the day of days for the children.

Washington Lincoln Valentine

First Grade Plans Valentines and Ground Hog Posters

First grade pupils prepare Valentines calendars and ground hog posters while improving writing. Some compare with seventh graders. They began spelling and added numbers up to 400. Pupils making 100 daily last week include Marel Lewis Billy Ray Lewis Glendon Magers Oscar Simms Donnie Magers Wandanell Sanderson Betty Margaret Sears and Betty Jo Hamilton. Cecil Hodges and Lloyd Roddy joined in the plus work Monday.

Marel Lewis Billy Ray Lewis Glendon Magers Oscar Simms Donnie Magers Wandanell Sanderson Betty Margaret Sears Betty Jo Hamilton Cecil Hodges Lloyd Roddy

Second Grade Arts Goes Postal in Valentine Project

Dorothy Booker notes the second grade turned a classroom store into a post office to mail valentines on February 14. Students finish Tales and Travel and will select a reader story to turn into a personal one character play, each acting as director. Iona Bush hints at judging plans for next week.

Dorothy Booker Iona Bush

The Third Grade Turns Patriotic Poster Scene

Miss Sallye Hamilton is ill this week and Miss Aleta B Head along with Mrs Guy Hamilton share teaching duties in the third grade. A snow scene by James Stuart features a snow covered hill with four rosy faced children on sleds. A snow man holds a large red stop sign. The page describes stories and pictures of Abraham.

Sallye Hamilton Aleta B. Head Guy Hamilton James Stuart Abraham

History and warmth shape culinary legends

A collection of reflections on learning, metals, and early sweets.Quotes touch on how warmth informs usefulness and how distant times framed daily life, from bees to etiquette in China. The lines weave thought on knowledge, material value, and social norms.

China Edward Browning

Colds Send Hamilton Sisters From School. Substitutes Step In

Miss Sallye and Miss Dorothy Hamilton have severe colds that developed into influenza this week. Mrs Minnie Childress teaches in Miss Dorothy Hamilton's place and Miss Aleta B Head in Miss Sallye's place. Everyone welcomes the new teachers and hopes the originals recover quickly. Modene Vineyard.

Sallye Dorothy Hamilton Minnie Childress Aleta B. Head Modene Vineyard

East and West Town Maiden and Lad Parade

A school note describes a fair maiden from east of town with dark eyes and mole under her left eye and a red headed lad from the west end who excels in inventions. It covers student achievements, notes on typhoid and other diseases, a notebook prize, and class updates including a Glow Worm news coll during Monday mornings.

Modene Vineyard James Norris Lenora Thrasher

Sixth Grade Booklet on Lincoln by A Students

Sixth grade English class assigns each pupil a Lincoln page for a group booklet. Top A students from last term will assemble the publication. Fifth graders also create a Washington and Lincoln booklet with Dale Watson mentioned.

Lincoln Washington and Lincoln Dale Watson

Seventh Grade Falls to Sixth 13 to 7

The seventh grade lost again Friday to the sixth grade with a 13 to 7 score. The captain said he was completely disgusted with the whole team, but the writers express hope to beat them someday quoted T. G. Thompson.

T. G. Thompson

Seventh grade faces clean up duty after week of frayed focus

The seventh grade looked blue Monday as several earned Fs in English. Glenda Mae erased Cecil's name from her mirror. Mary Ruth spilled candy but classmates helped clean. The seventh grade split cleanup with boys last week and girls this week. The loser owes an entertainment. The sixth grade enjoyed a quarter holiday Friday for tidiest room in six weeks.

Glenda Mae Cecil Mary Ruth Charlie Sue Childress

Snowy Sleigh Ride In Happy Times At School

Mrs Roddy got drenched while sleigh riding during the last snow. Glenda Drunette Frances and two teachers enjoyed the snow on Saturday. excitement faded as the snowfall ceased. The trio of Muskateers wait faithfully for more snow.

Grade notebooks cover western states and Europe study

In geography class fifth grade makes notebooks on western states showing each state's products while sixth grade studies Europe. Seventh grade reviews Civil War topics with weekly tests. Glenda Mae Rutledge and Frances Ridle noted. Mules are Arkansas’s common transport.

Europe Glenda Mae Rutledge Frances Ridle

Want Ads Real Estate and Bargains in Whitewright

Local want ads list real estate selling by Tom Barbee and R S Morehead offering paint at factory prices in Whitewright. Joe Johnson advertises used radios with easy terms. R D Ford promotes a hatchery east of Nicholson grocery and onions plants from imported seed by Tom Holmes on South Bond Street Whitewright.

Tom Barbee R. S. Morehead Joe Johnson Nicholson Grocery R. D. Ford Tom Holmes South Bond Street Whitewright

Card of Thanks for Fire Loss Help

Card thanks friends for efforts to save household goods during a Tuesday fire that destroyed the Harris home and for the assistance and kindness shown afterward. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Harris.

F. T. Harris

Old Fashioned Heart Shape Cookies and Nut Log Pastry

Classic baking directions for heart shaped cookies using butter sugar eggs vanilla flour baking powder salt milk and nuts with egg wash and sugar. Also describes a dense log fruit nut candy mix with shredded coconut dried apricots dates figs orange juice and orange peel rolled in nuts and cut into pieces.

Chocolate Mixture Forming Soft Ball For Candy

Cut two squares of chocolate and combine with two cups sugar one half cup milk and one fourth cup dark syrup. Cook until a very soft ball forms in cold water. Remove from heat place pan in cold water and stir in two tablespoons butter. Let thickened then add one teaspoon vanilla and beat until spreadable.

Pineapple Nut Quick Bread Instructions

Lift together two cups flour four teaspoons baking powder one teaspoon salt and one fourth cup sugar. Add one egg well beaten one cup milk three tablespoons shortening and one half cup crushed pineapple well drained. Then add one half cup nuts. Bake in a greased loaf pan in a moderate oven 350 degrees for one hour or until done. Makes a medium sized loaf.

Fish Freeze to Death in Cold Wave Report

Dr Thaddeus Suber of the state game department reports Minnesota lakes were snow covered, blocking light and oxygen production leading to fish suffocation. Blizzards badly damaged pheasants and deer in northern counties. upland game faced starvation as storms ruined food and cover.

ST. Paul Thaddeus Suber State Game Department Minnesota

Local Social notes include visits and gatherings

Mrs John Smith of Canaan spent the week with Mr and Mrs Jim Hodges. Dave Beazley of Ely along with others visited on Tuesday. Clark Fagg of Blue Ridge visited his wife Pattie Fagg on Tuesday. Jessie Moore of Canaan spent the weekend with Tommie Hall. Oland Bush and son visited Sedalia with Leo Bush. Tommie Hall's family tour Westminster this week. Thelma Baldwin of Ector stayed with cousin Alma Hall on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Aaron Burris visited Roscoe last week. Talmadge Harvey of Enterprise spent Sunday locally. Laura Mae Brown held a surprise party Thursday night.

John Smith Canaan Jim Hodges Dave Beazley Ely Clark Fagg Blue Ridge Pattie Fagg Jessie Moore Tommie Hall Oland Bush and Son Sedalia Leo Bush Westminster Thelma Baldwin Ector Alma Hall Aaron Burris Roscoe Talmadge Harvey Enterprise Community Laura Mae Brown

Hunter Wins Suit Against Houston Post

A Wichita County jury awarded Tom F. Hunter $15,000 damages against the Houston Printing Company for libel in Houston Post editorials during the 1934 gubernatorial race. The decision was returned February 1 in Wichita Falls.

Wichita Falls Houston Post Tom F. Hunter Wichita County Hunter Houston Printing Company

Democratic primary slate announced for July August 1936

The Sun lists candidates for office subject to the upcoming Democratic primaries. Representative Place One nominee is J. H. Waggoner seeking a second term, with R. C. Slagle Jr. running for District Attorney and Harold Doss nominated for Public Weigher.

The Sun J. H. Waggoner Harold Doss

Hunter libel verdict on Houston Post editorials cites false claims

Jury finds editorials about Hunter false and libelous not fair comment. Defense led by Lt Gov Woodul argues cabinet plan mirrors federal practice. Hunter testifies cabinet concept parallels national use and state examples. Texas motorists paid 42,575,490 in motor vehicle taxes for 1934.

Houston Post Hunter Post Wichita Falls Amarillo Dallas Houston Texas Walter Woodul Carolinas

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Ass’t Kenneth Norris Weldon Ingram Hugh Tim Atterberry Mary Frances Stephens Joanna Harrison Bobby D. Montgomery Billy Rhom Pennington Margaret Hanna Joyce Hinton Imogene Head Future Texans A Valentine Post Office Guess Mr. Manning Jack Wallace T. W. Ayres & Son Kitewright Arkansas Sam Stateville Trenton Dick Binion Stubblefield Garage McKinney Jim Lewis Ed Martin Auto Finance Company F. W. Creager Mgr S. Travis St Sherman Candy Lincoln North Sun Office Mahurin News Grayson Grayson County Congress Sam Rayburn R. C Bob) Slagle JR Farley East Texas Lic Pascal Farley Economy Headquarters
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