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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1939
Page
7
The record lists editors and reporters for the W H S Reflector. Basketball game notes mention guards Arney Alexander Auten Birchfield Starr Childress as substitutes, with forward roles recorded.
Coa ch es Montgomery and Key held a Monday meeting with Whitewright candidates warning against throwing hard early in season. Last year marked the town’s first baseball team among whites in years as nearby towns supported leagues. Dodd City won the pennant. Whitewright handed two league defeats. Returning veterans include Charles Harrison, Cliff Burchfield, Billy Pritchett, Houston Darwin, C. B. Burchfield, Floyd Everheart. This year players supply their own bats. school provides balls and spare bats. Enthusiasm high, prospects excellent.
Under Mrs Kennemer the typing class proceeds with time tests. Students have been doing three five and ten minute speed tests and will begin a 15 minute weekly speed test. The directive urges full speed ahead as a routine requirement.
Whitewright Tigerettes beat Bonham 29 to 18 after a 7-7 first quarter. Naomi Penny scored 18 points with eight field goals and two free throws to lead Whitewright, while Nancy Crumbacker had six for Bonham.
The note sheet records multiple rumors of couples among students. Mentions include Murry with another girl, Betty Ann, Blackie the mystery partner, Hi-Y party sightings, and pairs like E H with B G E, T A with R B, and J R B with L A.
Miss Williams guides Home Economics II girls in sewing class as they start a unit on remodeling old dresses. She photographs the girls with their current outfits and will document the changes after they complete the improvements.
Home Ec II students review dress characteristics for school church and social wear and sports. They have studied fabrics for each type and will begin evening dress projects next week under Mr. G.
The Hi Y Club of W. H. S. held its annual sweethearts party in the gym on Tuesday February 14 with faculty and girl friends as guests. Two large hearts hung from the ceiling and paper hearts filled the room while card tables invited guests to play dominoes bridge Chinese checkers and more.
Lamps provided indirect lighting as table tennis thrived in the northern end of the gym. Three sets and ping pong games filled the room while Lewis and Lucian Vestal brought a miniature pool table. Students and faculty played, missed shots, and enjoyed a club prepared refreshment of sandwiches, salads, hot chocolate, and heart-naped napkins. A brief business session closed the event.
Ten Glee Club members performed at the Rotary Club on Friday February 17 singing several numbers later broadcast by the club over radio on Monday February 20. Songs included Go Down Moses with Murray White solo, Ive Got Shoes chorus, The Voice in The Old Village Choir with Mary Alice Harrison solo, and Crusaders Hymn chorus.
The Home Ec II Club met on February 14 during class period to present a program titled Love in honor of Valentine’s Day. Afterward members played Fortune. The group planned to meet again on February 20.
Home Ec Club council met Wednesday at 4 PM in the home ec laboratory to appoint chairmen for tickets costumes properties and makeup for the March 10 play. Good posture week was set with first period teachers judging for best posture then eight boys and eight girls selected for student body voting to pick one boy and one girl. The council also proposed reserving every other Tuesday night for meetings.
For a week the vocational agriculture II class studied swine horse mule and sheep diseases. They learned care and treatment for ill farm animals noting some diseases are incurable others preventable by vaccination and some quickly cured by small medicines. Judging teams may have workouts this week if weather moderates.
The Critic urges cleaner classroom blackboards with homeroom monitors and adequate chalk. It asks whether the school should buy a radio to access weekly educational programs, noting students often borrow radios. It also mentions cold weather and hopes for a future school building in the south part of town.
The Salmagundi Club met on Wednesday February 15 during the regular class period. President Floyd Everheart chaired a strictly business session. Members voted to impose fines for nonparticipation and unprepared programs, setting a 10 cent charge for students who fail to perform when asked and a 25 cent charge for chairmen who fail to prepare a program.
The W. H. S. Reflector offers fashion notes for spring with a comeback bolero and new little bolero suits for Easter wear. Bright waist accents, flared skirts or pleats, and high waisted sleek-fitted suspender skirts define the season, signaling youthful style directions.
A vivid 1939 spring fashion summary detailing the little girl silhouette, suits with shorter jackets, boleros, skirts with flair, and hipbone-length styles. Highlights include eye-opening printed bodices, combi nation suits, and fashionable hats like sailors and tricornes. Accessories, colors, and hosiery schemes are described to complete a youthful look.
Phence Post outlines essential table manners for guests and hosts. Guidelines include seating before eating, waiting for all served, keeping knife and fork on the plate, unfolding the napkin, drinking quietly, using spoons from the side, returning utensils to the plate center, leaving the plate in place, not drinking from the saucer, handling the fork correctly, and passing items to the right. More next week.
Miss Williams and the home ec girls rearranged the sewing department to improve convenience. A fitting department with living room suite and larger mirror was added, and sewing machines moved near windows to increase light. This is a great improvement over the old arrangement.
A charming young woman visits the school daily to teach foods and clothing to students. She has brown hair gray eyes stands about five feet six inches tall and weighs around 130 pounds. Her sweet smile and winning personality have earned wide friendship among W. H. S. students.
A short note notes that some students dislike home economics classes. It mentions a young lady from La donia and ends with the author’s playful line three guesses by R. F.
A column of advice letters about romantic mishaps. J H asks if a quarrel ruined chances with M W while R F reassures that M W is timid and might respond if treated the way she used to. Lonesome M asks how to handle a shy senior he likes and the responder urges patience and time.
Texas A and M horticulturist J F Rosborough reports that heavy pruning does not boost yields. He cites experiments showing young trees cut back too much divert growth to wood rather than fruit. Light pruning with even fruiting wood favors maximum production and tree longevity.
A town in the hills hosts a one ring circus with a band. Locals recognize all instruments except the slide trombone. An old settler watches the trombone player and remarks the act hides a trick, noting he ain’t really swallowing it.
Mesquite plans a self-serving cold storage plant costing about 18000 dollars. It will provide 250 private steel lockers each holding 250 to 300 pounds, with chilling aging, sharp freeze, and lockers kept at 5 to 10 degrees above zero. The facility includes a lobby, rest room, and processing rooms for meat, vegetables, and fruit.
Paris fashion houses reveal summer trends marked by stiff petticoats and dramatic silhouettes. Wired hips, short day skirts at 17 inches, and aprons over evening dresses define the romance of three centuries ago. Chiffons and lace are stiffened with petticoats while waists rise under the bust with minimal sleeves.
Sun office lists carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. Includes multiple brands and pack sizes, with prices and stock status. Ideal for offices updating writing equipment and archival tasks.
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