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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1946
Page
7
The Reflector notes that during fifth period gym time the girls are practicing basketball for the first time this year. They usually work out in seventh period but will aim to play Tom Bean when several players recover and return to school.
A playful class poem lists students with nicknames and traits. It names Judd and R C helping clarity, Billie Jean Ryan noticing Pinkie’s curl, Billy Neal related to Jerry, Sonny Smith and Aladdin lamp, D W McKinney and Orville Russell’s lessons, Anna Bess Neathery’s heart, Tommy Bartlett dreading lessons, J P Melton watching the Simpson girl, Jimmie Walsh merry, Wanda Lewis seldom in town, Wilma Hickson carefree, Betty Durst staying home, Pat Griffith wise, Nora Hughes striking eyes, Johnny MacGreer and Jesse Mack, artist Corn Head blending colors, and readers favoring Victor and Dean’s poem.
Smells from the homemaking lab hint at ongoing culinary experiments and evolving kitchen techniques. The faint aromas suggest students are testing recipes, refining flavors, and documenting results to improve everyday cooking skills.
A letter notes baking success with pecan butterscotch coconut pies then plans to bake angel food, chocolate, butter cake, and devil's food cake. The writer hopes to report future results and signs off wishing to live to tell.
A string of quips and confessions forms a tangled exchange among lovers and admirers. Jackie to Terry declares lasting love while Terry answers with mutual devotion, and others chase rainbows or claim heartbreak as partners drift apart.
The senior class finished an English novel unit and will write reports based on one to five questions per chapter. They will read Stevenson Treasure Island as part of the study and then proceed to Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe, the Wizard of the North, noted for its English setting.
A fragment of humorous verses mocks religion, kissing, books, ladies eyes, a short man, a dog, civility, lawyers, speech, surgeons, and Gabriel Heatter, ending with a pun on a public figure. The crude wordplay targets gender, age, ethnicity, and professions with dated innuendo reflecting era commentary.
D H describes a fifth period class with juniors and sophomores learning shop and butcher shop spellings and pronunciations. It lists verbs such as power, comprar, leer, hablar, vender and notes daily reading and translation activities.
In class we explored vocabulary related to a bakery and footwear. Students practiced naming bakery items and discussing shoe types, colors, and sizes in practical mini dialogues.
No. 53381 Sheriff's sale by Grayson County Texas on February 5 1946 at the Sherman courthouse between 2 and 4 pm. The state of Texas plaintiff Interveners The City of Tioga Tioga Independent School District defendants N S Worley and unknown heirs Bob Miller Maud Miller. Property Lot 10 and 11 Block 3 Tioga Street Addition Tioga Texas. Sale to satisfy a 1945 judgment with interest penalties and costs. Redemption rights apply within two years.
Jewell Davis is ordered to appear by January 21 1946 in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas for a divorce case filed December 6 1945. Plaintiff Jimmie Davis seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Court issued December 6 1945 with Sheriff notice affixed in Sherman.
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