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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1946
Page
6
A school publication details editors and staff across departments, then shifts to a cotton themed feature on its many uses from fiber to seed oil. It includes student profiles with names, ages, hobbies and ambitions, plus school favorites and teachers. The piece closes with notes from F. B. and P. J. G.
The Reflector calls for more variety in its pages editors urge additions of editorials gossip song dedications class news sports and social events to enrich coverage beyond W H S student material
In a compact historical sketch the origins of writing are traced from memory aids and knotting to picture writing and Egyptian hieroglyphs. It explains that symbols often stood for sounds rather than objects and notes the evolution toward alphabetic symbols derived from sounds like man.
The article lists Edith Neal 17 Mary Judd 16 and Frances Bennett 16 with hobbies ambitions and favorites. It describes Anna Bess Neathery a freshman with blonde hair grey eyes height 5 feet 2 inches and 109 pounds, plus a younger boy from Pilot Grove in the same class with Coach Montgomery as favorite teacher and math as favorite subject.
Sheriff G. P. Gafford announces a tax sale of Emory E Peters unknown heirs and Hattie Evans interests. The bid is for the south seventy feet of Lot One and part of Lot Two in Block 2 Cook's second addition Denison Grayson County Texas. Sale to satisfy a 1946 judgment with costs and interest. Public auction at Sherman courthouse on March 5 1946 between 2 and 4 PM. Proceeds applied per law with two year right of redemption. Deputy M G Dicken assists. 4F21
A compact note identifies Ralph Judd, nicknamed Goober, as a member of the town’s basketball squad. The brief mentions his size is no barrier to his inclusion on the team.
The article explains that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to celebrate the US centennial. It notes the monument's site in New York Harbor, its height of 306 feet with base, and its copper plated construction on a steel frame. Descriptions include arm length, torch capacity, and internal features as cited by Bartholdi.
The rule to keep to the right extends to classrooms and hallways. Enter quietly, go to your seat, and put all items away. Do not clutter desks with books or lunches and always request permission before borrowing supplies from the teacher.
A school notice urges students to place waste paper in the basket and to keep textbooks covered for hygiene. It emphasizes a desk filled with waste paper leaves no room for books for the next child and hints at continuation on page 7.
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