Whitewright Wins Playoff Opener 31 28 Over Wolfe City
Whitewright Tigers surge to a 31 28 playoff victory over Wolfe City as Jimmy Christian scores 13 points and Aubrey Burnham adds one. Wolfe City rivals Joe Payne and Donald Fingle lead scorers for the visitors. Free throw edge and better ball handling key Whitewright morale boost before further tournament play.
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Whitewright
Wolfe City
Jimmy Christian
Tigers
Dearle McKnight
Larry Hayes
Norman Harper
Aubrey Burnham
Joe Payne
Donald Fingle
Fred Wrenn
James Eldridge
Tommy Vaden
Tigers Host Trenton in March of Dimes Basketball
In a mixed results night at the local gymnasium on Feb 5 Whitewright welcomed Trenton. The Trenton girls won 50 41 while Whitewright boys prevailed 48 42 with Jim Christian scoring 17 for Whitewright and Betty Jo Short leading Trenton with 23 points.
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Whitewright Tigers
Trenton
Whitewright Boys
Betty Jo Short
Miss Short
Betty Jarvis
Whitewright
Peggy Parnell
Jeanette Jones
Carol Kilgree
Jimmy Christian
Larry Hayes
Norman Harper
Dearle McKnight
Aubrey Burnham
Pete Woodruff
List of nicknames and paired names in archival note
A compilation of paired names and nicknames including Edward McDowell Eddie and Mary Pennell Rag Mop with dozens of other individuals such as Jimmy Christian Red V and Kenneth Jones Baldy, followed by a sequence of aliases and descriptors like Larry Cooper Hog Dealer and Florena Williams Flo across an informal register.
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Edward McDowell
Eddie
Mary Pennell
Rag Mop
Jimmy Christian
Red V. Foy Boy
Smoky
Kenneth Jones
Baldy
Aubrey Burnham
Little A
Mazelle Musser
Rayzelle
Peggy Pannell
Little Herman
Larry Cooper
Hog Dealer
Kenneth Marlowe
Stump
Nancy May—Gad-about
Florena Williams
Flo
Betty Jarvis
Slim
Betty Harris
Ricky Or
Orangette
Babe Beazley
S. S
Carol Ryan
Bells Kid
Barbara Hasty
Cuddles
Donna Williams
Normanie
Clydean Selman
Sticky Fingers
Basketball origins and a sophomore profile
This passage outlines basketball’s 1891 origin at a Springfield YMCA Training School with James A. Naismith and a description of early rules. It then shifts to a sophomore profile, Kenneth Hyepock, noting his birth date March 1 1935 in Wolfe City, move to Whitewright, sports interests, nickname Low Pockets, and favorite class typing.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Springfield
Massachusetts
James Naismith
Kenneth Hyepock
Wolfe City
Whitewright
Tiger
Bedford FFA Basketball Practice Strengthens Future GI Hope
Bedford FFA members practiced basketball at the gym under Mr. Barker with Mr. Howard missing. The fourth workout shows promise of a winning team as they aim to become GIs, with notes on a preferred blue and maroon palette and the Emily Post award for good manners in 1950.
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F. F. A. News
Barker
Howard
Freshmen F. F. A. boys prune at Mr Barker’s farm
February 7, freshmen F. F. A. boys rode a bus northeast to Mr Barker’s farm to prune his peach orchard. After careful pruning, Barker taught wood cutting. Some boys had never cut wood before and were eager to learn, but after six ricks of wood they returned to school.
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Mr. Barker
Combined homemaking and agriculture class on home planning
Ten girls in homemaking III and nine boys in agriculture III join to study home planning, country and city living, and architecture. The course, led by Mr Barker and Mrs Blanton, alternates between buildings and labs, with lectures from Joe Meador on house types and remodeling tours.
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Barker
Blanton
Joe Meador
A. & M. College
Meador
Mr. Barker
Local Hosts Named By M. L. A. Members
The note lists visiting households of Mrs. James Bryant Mrs. Clay Horton Mrs. Jack Nossaman Mrs. Russell Summers Mrs. Wilson Kaiser Mrs. O. V. Barker and Mrs. Glen Howard in a Mrs. L. A. event.
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James Bryant
Clay Horton
Jack Nossaman
Russell Summers
Wilson Kaiser
O. V. Barker
Glen Howard
Whitewright Wins Both Games At Cooper
Whitewright high school teams traveled to Cooper on Friday February 8 and swept both ends of the doubleheader. The girls won 42 to 38 with Peggy Parnell scoring 26, Jeanette Jones 14, and Betty Jarvis 2, while Mary Lou Alexander Nancy May Mozelle Harvey and Florena Williams anchored the defense. The boys defeated Cooper 50 to 46 as Whitewright trailed 10 to 12 early and 20 to 23 at halftime before rallying, with the report continuing on page 7.
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Whitewright
Good Old Black and Gold
Cooper
Peggy Parnell
Jeanette Jones
Betty Jarvis
Gloria Jenkins
Mary Lou Alexander
Nancy May
Mozelle Harvey
Florena Williams
Nancy
Mary Lou
Mozelle
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Mary Lou Brown
Whitewright Girls
Mary Stanford
Billy Ralph Tilger
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Montgomery Motor Co
Dodge-Plymouth
Denison
W. Main
Santa Claus
Korea
United States
U. S
Ohio
Chicago
Boston
Frank W. Czech
Joseph A. Sullivan
Newport
R. I
Father Sullivan
Fefelne LD
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