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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
8
The Glow Worm notes activities in language arts and science as fifth graders work on curious homes models with a lion's den built by Foucheaux and Jones Ray Vestal. Rainfall maps are being prepared and a hornet picture is requested. A new work table and score card aid arithmetic progress, while the class mourns Wallace Reeves after his mother's death.
A concise tribute notes George Washington as the first US president and revered leader. It mentions the cherry tree tale as unfounded, recalls his truthful reputation, his role as a general, and his death in December 1799 with European and American mourning. The piece ends with a quote from Lighthorse Harry Lee about his enduring honor.
In a first grade lesson on community helpers Miss Blanton asked for a name. A student first said God but was told that answer was not earth bound. He then offered George Washington as another possibility, as reported by Robert Waldo.
The first graders acted as postmen delivering valentines via a teacherless post office. Lonnie Myrick and Bert Waldo serve as week’s postmen. A new pupil, Elda Faye Cameron, joined from Denison. Teeth lost this week include Jack McSpedden Edith Arney and Buford Justice Robert Waldo.
In a second grade room the post office has individual boxes for valentines. Some students missing boxes received valentine cards from the postman. Large valentines required slips naming recipients, placed in a central box near the flag while the postman stood at a cardboard window marked Stamps.
Patrick Murphy visits the dentist and has a tooth pulled. Mary Helen Hill gives the third grade a new fish bowl. Work continues on community helpers with a focus on the dairyman. Students build a dairy barn and silo once a fence is added around the yard. Cows are cardboard. Completion expected next week. Don Newman chosen to deliver valentines Friday afternoon. Library rules posted on the board by Lydia Mae Arney.
The Future Citizens group met Friday afternoon with president Hugh Tim Atterberry presiding. The program featured songs and readings about Lincoln, including Eyes of Texas, a Mary Lee Hughes reading, a Lincoln play, and performances by Joe Howard Cook, Mary Frances Stephens, Eudell Bush, Charles Bradshaw, John Rufus Taylor, and Dorothy Nell Hall. Citizenship emphasis focused on Lincoln and Edison as social studies tests proceed, highlighting interdependence and national unity.
A fifth grade report mixed up the arithmetic group name, calling the Packards Backwards. It also misidentified Pattie Everheart instead of Betty Jane Harper among those who earned headmarks.
The sixth grade girls and boys competed in spelling with the girls winning on a tie of standings after missed words. Headmarks were made by Fred Cook, Hoyle Riddle, and Lucille Starr. Studies include good character and Washington, with students creating log cabin models, new class progress charts, and posters for social studies and language arts. Several students were ill, and crowding class work featured reading Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, debates, plays, and citizenship posters.
Klondike girls edged Whitewright 8 to 2 in a Wednesday basketball game. Marjorie Mears, new pupil, scored the lone point for Alma Jo Sanderson’s reporting.
Klondike defeated Whitewright Grammar School 7 to 0 in a Wednesday afternoon game. Klondike lineup featured Jack Powers, F C Robinson, and F.
Johnnie Junior James Glen Robinson Billy Morris lead a Grammar School roster with J. W. Cantrell Wilton McFarland Paul Simmons Brother Gillett G. W. Ford listed at guard and forward positions in the lineup.
Tuesday morning a small dog wandered into the seventh grade room and sat under Otto Russell's desk showing interest in the arithmetic lesson. Morris Fogle Gillett stood up and carried the dog out. The animal did not seem proud to be removed, as noted by Teeman Sanders and Lewis Vestal.
Gossip about Nancy Jean and Patsy Dean Hol land visiting Whitesboro friends over the weekend. Students and adults shared Valentines candy from Velma Holland to Dorotha Darwin and others at a tea hosted by Mrs. Guy Hamilton. Barbara Jean Gordon returned to school after illness, while Mary Alice Harrison hosted Gunter visitors.
A playful inquiry presents a string of hypothetical questions about Barbara, Lewis, Marjorie Mears, Mary Alice, B G, and M B and M D K. It imagines scenarios where reading, candy, grades, personality, winks, car models, and drawing might change outcomes. The piece reads like a riddle of possibilities without firm conclusions.
Emerson Sears hosted a Valentine party on Friday night February 12 with games enjoyed by all. Betty Margaret Sears helped serve refreshments to Martha Lee Bradley Jarvis D Maddux Marie Badgett Brother Gillett Mary Dale King Calvin Pennell Dorotha Darwin Otto Russell C B Bryant III Billy Jack Harper Robert Waldo Malachia Wright and the host with the Valentine motif carried through Mary Dale King noted.
Mr and Mrs James Burris returned home Tuesday after spending weeks in Houston. Families including Bush Grammer Farrow Meaders Withrow and Hayes are noted for visits and moves. Bland Farrow on the sick list. W L Grammer and others visited Bonham and Tom Bean. Desert and Dallas trips mentioned.
Orangeville News mentions O. V. Wilder spending Friday night with relatives in Celeste. Robert and Leonard Segers return home in Marshall after a long visit with friends here. Misses Annie Lee Clara Mae Franklin Alma Wilder and Louise Brown Saturday night with Miss Louise Young. Miss Ila Fae Mayse Monday night with cousin Miss Viola Wilder. John Burleson and daughter Mrs.
Ina Mae Good and her young son from Dog Creek visited John Savage on Monday. Mrs. Albert Vestal is ill. Mrs. O V Wilder and children plus Mr and Mrs Claudie Mayse spent Sunday with C E Mayse family. Bernie Richey a High Prairie teacher spent the weekend with kin. Louise Young spent Sunday night with Magdalene Howe. Inez Pirtle spent the weekend with Vera Cooksey at Ec tor. Mr and Mrs Paul Bowen and daughter Mary Evelyn and O V Wilder visited relatives in Anna Sunday. Mrs. Mary McCan and her Paris family visited here with her sister Mrs Sam Donihoo for a few weeks.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced open competitive exams for a radio inspector paying $2,000 a year at the FCC and a junior billing bookkeeping machine operator earning $1,440 a year. All states except listed ones have underfilled departmental service quotas in Washington. Full info from the Secretary at the post office or custom house or from the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
The following pupils have an average of 90 and have not been absent over 3 days. First grade Milton Fagan. Low second grade Arneta Price. High second grade O. E. Price. Third grade Hoyt Layman. Fourth grade Billie Harvey Tom Layman. Sixth grade Edith Layman. Seventh grade Lynal J. Moore.
The Reeves and family Mr. and Mrs. Grover Stuteville express gratitude for deeds of kindness and expressions of sympathy after the death of their loved one. Your thoughtfulness will never be forgotten.
John Wood of the State Highway Commission opposes any raise in truck loads, citing safety risks as lawmakers consider measures by Ed Loggins and Herman Jones to raise the limit. He warns heavier, bigger trucks endanger drivers and damage highways. Chief Phares concurs on road damage from heavy loads.
Washington report shows Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines confirms ongoing pensions of 50 and 20 dollars for Mrs. Caroline King of Cheektowaga New York and Mrs. Esther Ann Hill Morgan of Independence Oregon. Both recipients are related to two New York militia privates from the war.
The Texas Planning Board asserts that Texas pink granite used in the State Capitol, built over 50 years ago, does not iron stain when exposed to the elements, countering common belief.
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