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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1937

Page

6

Eskimo Life Stories Collected For Northland Bulletin

Dorotha Darwin and a team including Mary Dale King Marie Badgett Mrs D M Roddy Margaret Ann Burnham Henrietta Jackson and Eugene Reeves gathered Eskimo life stories A list of words on life in the Northland will be made and posted on the bulletin board.

Dorotha Darwin Mary Dale King Marie Badgett D. M. Roddy Margaret Ann Burnham Henrietta Jackson Eugene Reeves Northland Bulletin Board

New Year Resolve to Improve Grades in 1937

Doretha Darwin urges students to rest no more and begin work Monday as 1936 ends and 1937 begins. She calls for raising academic standards, restoring department pride, and making 1937 a happy and successful year.

Doretha Darwin

Christmas Wrist Watches Delight School Girls

Evidences of Christmas joy appear as wrist watches flash on students returning from holidays. Recipients include Barbara Jean Gordon Marie Badgett Martha Lee Bradley Mary Alice Harrison Morris Fogle Gillett Ruth Holcomb Billie Rachel Nixon Calvin Pennell J C Hastings Lucille Starr Oma Jean Sanders Lorene Magers James Stuteville. Also noted are new tennis shoes jackets sweaters boots and fountain pens for several students. Velma Holland adds the report.

Barbara Jean Gordon Marie Badgett Martha Lee Bradley Mary Alice Harrison Morris Fogle Gillett Telen Ruth Holcomb Billie Rachel Nixon Calvin Pennell J. C. Hasting Lucille Starr Oma Jean Sanders Lorene Magers James Stuteville Velma Holland Charlie Sue Childress Mary Dale King Alma Jo Sanderson Dorotha Darwin

Second Grade Learners Study Eskimos and Farewell Edith Neal

The busy second graders study Eskimos up north and hope for snow to pretend they are Eskimos. They are sorry a classmate Edith Neal moved away after enrolling a month before Christmas. The pupils thank Mr. Ford for bringing a book case to provide extra reading material.

Edith Neal Mr. Ford Wilton McFarland

Third Grade Welcomes Two New Pupils From Blue Ridge

The third grade gains Betty Jo and Diana Williams from Blue Ridge, bringing regular attendees to 48. James Darst returns after a six week absence. Monday features discussions of holidays and New Year resolutions. Readers will write Eskimo stories in January with a committee named.

Betty Jo Diana Williams Blue Ridge James Darst Margaret Ann Burnham Willie Ruth Maddux Ima Sue Garner Mary Helen Hill Janis Jayne

New Year resolutions of fourth grade students

Fourth graders vowed to work harder in school and at home, be kind to everyone, practice music daily, and help mother. Holiday visiting lists include Kirk May Amarillo Monty Atkinson Hamilton Hugh Tim Atterberry Dallas Charles Bradshaw Greenville Mary Lee Hughes Bobby Montgomery Billy Rhom Pennington Weldon Ingram Charles Bradshaw Margaret Hanna Mary Frances Call Sherman Billy Rhom Pennington Garland Farmersville Lewis Vestal

Mother Kirk May Amarillo Monty Atkinson Hamilton Hugh Tim Atterberry Dallas Charles Bradshaw Greenville Mary Lee Hughes Bobby Montgomery Billy Rhom Pennington Weldon Ingram Margaret Hanna Mary Frances Call Sherman Garland Farmersville Lewis Vestal

Fifth Grade Christmas Booklets Ranked by Class Vote

Five fifth graders created Christmas booklets and were ranked by class vote. Azilee Smith topped row one, Anna Ruth Johnson row two, Pattie Everheart row three, Billie Joe Phillips row four, and Jones Ray Vestal row five. Pattie won prettiest cover while Wallace Reeves earned best 26 poems. Betty Jane Harper produced 21 and John Biggerstaff followed.

Azilee Smith Anna Ruth Johnson Pattie Everheart Billie Joe Phillips Jones Ray Vestal Wallace Reeves Betty Jane Harper John Biggerstaff Dorothy Sue Douglas Sadler Collinsville Lester Simpson Leonard Virginia Jones Mt. Vernon Ben Robert Jones Martha Louise Vestal Foucheaux Vesstal Trenton Ben Robert Savoy Charlie Skaggs North Carolina Bertha Ford

Sixth grade studies glaciers and geography in 1937 class

The sixth grade progresses on glaciers in English and geography, with students gathering pictures and stories for Mr Booklet projects. Helen Childress and Grace Harris crafted attractive tin foil covers, and several students, including Grace Harris, are finishing trips out of town for Christmas. The class notes many lessons for 1937, with 22 maps due in two weeks as they study The United States and the World Trade and the U S role in global commerce.

Japan China Helen Childress Grace Harris Jessie Coffey Billy Coy Harris Calvin Pennell C. B. Bryant George Queener Louise Wilson Virginia Hill Oma Jean Sanders Buford Simmons J. Frank Wilson Cecil Owens Barbara Jean Gordon United States

Student Writing on Language and Health Notebooks

Marie Ward notes daily curriculum and study topics mentioning arithmetic square roots United States rubber consumption and parts of speech including transitive and intransitive verbs. She says English and health notebooks are being kept with English focusing on parts of speech and health on diseases.

Tion United States Marie Ward

Luncheon Hosted by Mary Dale King Hosts Wintry Games

A luncheon on December 31 hosted by Mary Dale King featured a series of games. Elaine Connelly of Trenton won in banco, and a three course luncheon was served to Martha Lee Bradley Elaine Connelly Marie Badgett Pattie Everheart Martha Jo Darwin Dorotha Darwin Barbara Gordon Mary Alice Harrison Margaret Coffey Betty Atkinson Velma Holland and the hostess Mary Alice Harrison.

Mary Dale King Elaine Connelly Trenton Banco Martha Lee Bradley Marie Badgett Pattie Everheart Martha Jo Darwin Dorotha Darwin Barbara Jean Gordon Mary Alice Harrison Margaret Coffey Betty Atkinson Velma Holland

Birthday Party for Marie Badgett Includes Games and Guests

Marie Badgett marked her thirteenth birthday with a Saturday party hosting games like winkum old maid clap in clap out murder in the dark and spin the bottle refreshments followed for guests Mary Dale King Calvin Pennell Dorotha Darwin Otto Russell Brother Gillett Malachia Wright Bob Sears Margaret Coffey Jarvis D Maddux Mary Alice Harrison Robert Waldo Lewis Vestal Martha Jo Darwin George Hansard Ruby Pierson Martha Lee Bradley and the hostess Martha Lee Bradley.

Marie Badgett Winkum Old Maid Murder Mary Dale King Calvin Pennell Dorotha Darwin Otto Russell Brother Gillett Malachia Wright Bob Sears Margaret Coffey Jarvis D. Maddux Mary Alice Harrison Robert Waldo Lewis Vestal Martha Jo Darwin George Hansard Ruby Pierson Martha Lee Bradley Gertrude Schooling Kate Fulton James Birt Phillips Jackie Lee Thompson G. W. Ford Jack Thrasher J. C. Hasting Alma Jo Sanderson Wandell Riddle Billy Jack Harper Annie Ola Watkins Bertha Ford Othel Stapleton Thomas Sanderson Jack Thornhill Marjorie Burchfield Mary Pumphrey Mary Sallye Hamilton Mae Hall Miss Hall Clyde Montgomery Kathryne Roddy Manning

Party at Brother Gillett’s Ends in Fun Night

Billy Jack Harper recalls a December 30 gathering hosted by Brother Gillett. Fourteen attendees enjoyed games including cards, checkers, anagrams, and winkum clap in clap out. The highlight was the cats followed by hot chocolate cookies and sandwiches before departure.

Brother Gillett Billy Jack Harper

Christmas Visiting Teachers Move Among Texas Towns

Seventgrade class notes many teachers visiting over Christmas with trips to Fort Worth Sherman Greenville Denison and Durant Okla plus students accompanying visits. The seventh graders recount their early school years naming twenty four classmates who began in 1929 and trace teachers from Miss Gertrude Schooling to Miss Clyde Montgomery and the current principal Mr Manning.

Miss Blanton Fort Worth Miss Fletcher Leonard Sallye Hamilton Mary Pumphrey Sherman Mr. Ricketts Greenville Roddy Denison W. B. Ferguson Mr. Manning Dallas Doretha Darwin

Protein Fund Wins Award For Disease Cause Study

Atlantic City reports Dr. W. M. Stanley of the Rockefeller Institute won a $1,000 AAAS prize for discovering a life-like protein that can trigger disease in plants. His tobacco mosaic virus protein acts like a living agent, replacing other proteins and driving plant systems toward disease, with possible links to cancer research.

Atlantic City American Association For the Advancement of Science W. M. Stanley Rockefeller Institute Dr. Stanley Stanley Rockefeller Dous Cancer Research

Bride Learns Husband Faces Promissory Suit

A newlywed couple receives a letter from a New York woman suing them for breach of promise. The bride urges the husband to share their worries as a shared burden, signaling a troubling legal dispute unfolding after their recent marriage.

Gerald New York

World Cotton Trade Shifts in 1931 35 Says Bureau Report

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics releases a mimeo graphed study on cotton trade from 1921 to 1935. It notes the United States supplied 60 percent of world cotton exports 1931 1935, with British India 17.5 percent and Egypt 13.2 percent. Major importers include the United Kingdom Germany France Italy Japan and China. The report highlights a decline in European share and that Japan has become the top importer, with South American exports rising but still small in total. Copies available from the Bureau in Washington D C.

Bureau of Agricultural Economics United States British India Egypt South America Brazil United Kingdom Germany France Italy Japan China Washington, D. C

Salt Lake piano study urges dropping exercises

SALT LAKE CITY The head of the University of Utah music department proposes removing traditional piano practicing drills to reduce what he calls the mortality rate among piano students. Thomas Giles, director, argues endless up and down scales deaden natural musicality and waste physical energy, challenging the need for routine drills.

Salt Lake City Thomas Giles University of Utah Music Department

Wife accuses husband in court of arrears

In a magistrate's court a young wife says her husband keeps another woman. The magistrate asks the husband if he keeps another woman. he replies yes and adds it is his mother in law. Separately Sir Ronald Ross in India discovers mosquitoes carry malaria germs.

Sir Ronald Ross India

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