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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
6
The High School Reflector notes editor roles and honors, pays birthday tribute to George Washington, and hints at spring sports. It mentions Whitewright Tigers prep, home-heavy schedule, suit repairs, and Y B Kaiser return prospects. The piece also playfully imagines an ideal man combining several local figures and attributes.
Last Thursday the seniors at W H S elected favorites by a standard of dependability service leadership patriotism and scholarship. Names include Ruth Maddux L V Conner Janis Jayne Horton N H Davis Aurelia Penny Billy Joe Norris Bessie Jo Russell Bill Kaiser Billie Ruth Holcomb Odell Neal Henrietta Jackson Curtis Alexander. Congratulations.
The Whitewright Tigers prepare for a tougher campaign with eight lettermen returning from the previous squad. Team leadership positions, including captain and co-captain, have not yet been elected.
The first year girls study good grooming in preparation for clothing construction while the boys’ class explores good manners. They list the gentlemans characteristics and strive to live up to them at all times, with conduct graded and penalties for breaches.
A gym scene invites football players to pose with the pep squad, asking if they take part in choral activities as part of a school photo moment.
Cries echoed at W H S Saturday morning as rain subsided for individual and group portraits for the annual taken by Dallas photographer W T Tardy. Groups include football team basketball squads choral club press clubs F H T Club F F A boys Annual staff Spanish clubs and pep squad. Individuals include every student and some faculty members.
John Biggerstaff a 42 graduate entered service in April 43 and is now at Camp Mackall North Carolina with a paratroop division. Pfc Troy Owen of Army Engineers serves on a Philippine dredge boat and has endured several Japanese bombing raids. Russell, in Paris, wears two campaign ribbons and two gold stars for Normandy and Northern France. Sears in Pensacola stars in a production of The Little Foxes. Roddy, son of Mrs D M Roddy, is in glider school for officers at Camp Mackall for B L E F G
The White Wright Tigerettes lost to Van Alstyne 24 to 12 in a district bid preview. L. V. Conner led scoring with 21 points as the Tigers rallied in the second half to win 35 to 28 setting a path toward district champions.
A brief note states a decision will be made at the forthcoming meeting with P. J. G. noted as involved in the discussion. The text provides no further context or identifying details.
Whitewright loses a close home contest to Plano 33 30 on February 14 behind Conner Newman Kaiser and Hargett. Plano’s McCollum and Alderson led scorers with high point totals. The piece blends school sports with senior banquet humor and school announcements across English, Spanish and civics classes, plus a theater preview and social rumors.
Mrs. Kent plans a George Washington birthday event for the American history class a weiner roast and possibly a hayride. The demerit book will be left at home as promised.
The boys homemaking group has grown from ten to twenty three members since the start of the term. Mrs Blanton has introduced a demerit chart to enforce manners as the students and their dates dined at the Grayson Hotel last Monday evening.
The Junior Press Club met on Monday February 12 and elected Betty Sears as vice secretary and Norma Smith as vice chairman. Members chose to study a different type of news article each week starting with society articles and assign articles to students each Monday. The club has not named itself yet.
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