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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
8
The Reflector opens after a one week pause with renewed vigor and resolve for the coming year. Faculty and student voices praise giving service, sunshine on clouds, and youth’s happiness. Velma Bennett notes League discipline could raise standards, while Madge Sears hosts a Christmas dinner and theater outing for friends.
W H S DeWitt McMurry urges New Year goal setting focused on helping others and bringing sunshine to the world. The article notes Whitewright students’ declining interest in the state Interscholastic League and highlights the value of interdistrict contests for education, athletics, friendships, and personal growth.
The Masqueraders hold a regular business meeting next Monday January 6 at 4 o clock in the high school auditorium. A short program will be presented by club members during the meeting and all Masqueraders are urged to attend.
The article recalls Santa’s Whitewright visit, children’s joy as gifts are opened, and families planning celebrations. Merchants report popular gifts while postal clerks handle holiday parcels. The piece ends with reflections on the coming year and the ties between past and future.
If it be a year of success for some, let those fortunate lend a helping hand to the less fortunate. Forget selfish interest that hinders the common good. Build with your neighbors for a bigger Whitewright and gain a reward of far greater value than cash.
The National Advisory Committee on Illiteracy plans to educate the five million illiterates shown by the 1920 census before 1930. State illiteracy committees will cooperate with the national body to provide schooling opportunities within months. Chairman Cora Wilson Stewart cited results in North Dakota and Louisiana as evidence illiteracy can be eliminated.
The 1900 Berlin census records 149 women as mothers of about 4,000 children averaging 13 to 20 offspring per mother, highlighting extraordinary fertility levels in the era.
Due to its clearness sea water is being drawn from the Bay of Biscay for use in the London Zoo aquarium. The move aims to provide pristine water for marine exhibits and maintain stable conditions for aquatic life.
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