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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
8
The seventh grade English class has studied sentence structure diagramming compound subjects and predicates. Some sentences are very difficult as detailed by pupil writers under supervision of T. G. Thompson and Robert Milton Reynolds in the Grammar School column.
Students in the first grade showcase animal drawings and learn to count, proving they can add large numbers while pursuing art. The piece notes reshuffled seating in the seventh grade and hints at upcoming efforts by upper grades. Joye Hinton and Imogene Head contributed.
The second graders enter a daily story telling contest with the winner to be sent to Sherman. Contestants include Bettye Nell Yeager Janis Jayne Horton Katy Kincaid Betty Jean Brice Herietta Jackson Margaret Ann Burnham. Glenda Mae Rutledge and Drunette Farley express hope a winner emerges.
Two pupils were absent Monday morning in the third grade. Washington birthday work continues with songs and stories. Margaret Hanna and Dorothy Nell Hall visited Hannah's Nursery in Sherman Sunday afternoon and entertained the class with tales of a parrot monkey and birds. They were curious about cardinals and finches in a cage. L A Watkins and Joe Cook made picture shows from cigar boxes using comic strips. The class shines in arithmetic with eighteen on the honor roll. Monday's lesson covered words and opposites taught by Lloyd Roddy and Cecil Hodges. Students making a hundred on the first day include Jim Holmes John Biggerstaff Edith Harper Betty Jane Harper Pattie Everheart G C Brown Ben Robert Jones and Wallace Reeves. A new spelling word list is issued at the week start. those scoring a hundred need not spell until words are given again. Lester Simpson, recently ill, has returned.
The Skyrockets and Torpedoes in the fifth grade show strong progress in fractions. Pupils scoring 90 or above last Friday include C. B. Bryant III, Helen Childress, Pete Ford, Grace Harris, Helen Ruth Holcomb, Billy Lanius Kincaid, Roby Magers, Cecil Owens, Davis Parrish, Lucille Starr, and Bob Sears.
Seventh grade pupils feel they are starting a real algebra course as they apply formulas to find volumes areas and circumferences. The last drill above 90 includes Martha Jo Darwin Claire Doss George Hansard Imogene Head Evelyn Hill Joyce Hinton Cecil Hodges Mary Ruth Holmes and Lloyd Roddy. The sixth grade learns borrowing lending money and computing interest. Monday's drill over 90 includes Lydia MaeArney Marie Badgett Martha Lee Bradley Margaret
A reader asks to identify a seventh grade girl and boy from clues noting hair color, glasses, and moves. The text names Dale Watson and Ruby Pierson as prior week answers, then reports on a relay race won by Lloyd Roddy Cecil Hodges Edward Browning and Dale Watson and a ball game where girls lost 0 6 and boys won 13 7 with captains Ruby Pierson Edward Browning.
Seventh graders study bed making baby care and temperature taking under Red Cross nurse Miss Druliner who visits Mondays and Wednesdays to teach sickroom care using a cat for demonstration. The class improves health and posture under her instruction.
The secretary was absent last week. Jessie Mae Coffey substituted Tuesday. The club held an improvement session listing pupils and their talents. Members perform singing dramatizing stories tap-dancing piano magic tricks storytelling and reading.
The Junto Club welcomed Mrs. Robert Sears and Jack Lewis Yeager as guests last Thursday. Evelyn Hill notes the birthday celebration of Washington's Day by the club.
Leroy Cowart moves to Bells leaving 28 in seventh grade. America a land of opportunity. Sixth grade enjoys partial Friday holiday due to PTA attendance. Fifth grade beats sixth grade in baseball. Texas loses five cents a day per absent child. George Hansard notes safety and a drive to prevent accidents nationwide.
President Roosevelt advocates public safety through media and education. The piece notes rising automobile fatalities but credits school safety teaching for lowering child deaths, urging students to remind drivers to follow traffic laws and collaborate with national efforts to cut traffic accidents by half quickly.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, at 71, again hooks his name to a possible presidential bid as a party primaries contender outside Idaho. A long independent voice, Borah has supported anti monopoly liberalism and resisted party leadership, signaling a rare bid for the Republican nomination while Hoover remains uncertain.
Pat comments on the size of oranges in a grocer’s window. Mike replies that it wouldn’t take many to make a dozen. The brief exchanged reflects a light, humorous street scene with everyday observations.
Savoy hosts and visits as residents travel to Sherman Denison Fort Worth and Fort Worth area. Names include Sweeney Bush Hall Kitching Alma Leona and others with reported visits, sick list, tacky party and a note urging readers to Buy your printing in Whitewright.
Want Ads FOR SERVICE Registered Jersey bull $1.50 at the gate George at don Pope FOUND On Main street Monday a pair of black kid gloves Owner may same by calling at Sun office and paying for this ad REAL ESTATE If you have anything to sell or want to buy anything in the way of real estate see Tom Barbee HATCHERY My hatchery is now in operation in the building just east of the Nicholson grocery Make your bookings in advance for trays R D Ford the reliable hatchery man FOR SALE Sweeps hoes files hoe handles plow handles etc Also blacksmithing and welding at live and let live prices John Hollings worth ti onal FRUIT TREES Have a nice lot of fruit trees and other plants adapted to this section at attractive prices McKinney Retail Yard one block north of post office Jim Lewis owner McKinney Texas FOR SALE To close our estate we offer for sale five room dwelling on West Main street and the property known as Roberts garage building and 91 acres of land about one fourth mile west of Whitewright Emmet Penn and R A Gillett administrators If ve ae CARD OF THANKS I want to publicly express my sincere thanks to my friends who donated feed to me after my barn and all my feed were destroyed by fire two weeks ago Harm on Hayes AUTOMOBILE LOANS If you need money for any reason or want to refinance payments on your car making them smaller will loan you any reasonable amount or length of time No delay Bring your license receipt and car for inspection Will save you money AUTO FINANCE COMPANY F W Creager Mgr 117% S Travis St Sherman
For District Attorney R C Bob Slagle Jr is listed along with Harold Doss for Public Weigher seeking a second term. The compact notice names both officials and positions in a local election context.
Ithaca New York Miss Dorothy H Bateman Cornell University instructor says cleaning tools like broom mop and dustpan can enhance beauty when used properly and help housewives stay fit by lifting heavy objects and avoiding back ache The article also notes Roy Ledford a 20 year old from Gainesville Georgia carved one of Americas largest totem poles featuring over 50 figures standing 26 feet tall and 29 inches in diameter
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