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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
8
A seventh grade feature from The Glow Worm profiles a popular girl with light hair brown eyes 58 inches tall and 93 pounds and a bright boy noted for strong arithmetic and football. It asks readers to identify them and confirms Emma Joyce Hinton and Cecil Hodges as the past answers.
The Glow Worm staff commends the recent High School Reflector editorial by Dorothy LaRoe for its praise of the Worms efforts. They say the Worm’s light on school life is due largely to the Reflector’s glittering example and urge readers to follow the Reflector’s lead.
A 1936 reflection argues unselfish aims matter more than personal climb. It notes that true selfishness shows when fans celebrate only their team’s victory and deride others, urging humility and fair play reflected in sports conduct.
At noon on Tuesday the Grammar School surprised students and staff with venison sandwiches for Mr. Ed Doss birthday celebration. A giving line of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins Mrs. Floyd Snodgrass and Miss Venita Jenkins passed sandwiches to pupils and faculty, as the head handed them out. The school extends warm birthday wishes to Mr. Doss.
A seventh grade classroom shows a lone dead branch of mistletoe still hanging over a light as Christmas decorations fade. The note, signed Jack Wallace, reflects the return to school after the holidays and a desire to see festive trees again next year.
After holidays the first grade class resumes work on letters words and sentences. The room is quiet as the pupils calm from Christmas excitement. Two new students join the class Billie Louise Kern and Guy Norris Eve lyn Hill.
The report notes the full readiness for Monday morning and that new second graders are Patrick Murphy Max Ray Wilson and Reba Mae Cox while Ruth Walker Edward Browning and George Hansard were absent Monday morning.
Monday morning the third grade sang Good Morning and discussed vacation. Students review multiplication tables 3s and 4s. Two new pupils joined: Bernard Norris of Orangeville and Christine Nicely of Enterprise. Doris Farmer left to move to Dallas. Charlie Sue Childress.
Dale Watson notes Lora Wilson joins the fourth grade while John Biggerstaff might return to school later this year. This week’s Weekly Reader arrives on Monday and features an interesting lesson on the title of a paper.
James Norris and Guess What! The seventh grade class is very pleased with a bulletin board presented Monday afternoon. The board was prepared for the English class and can be moved between rooms as needed.
Fourteen members of our class began in the first grade and progressed to seventh grade as a group. The article lists eight girls and seven boys with their hometowns including Ely Denison Houston Orangeville Otis Colorado Bonham McKinney Denton Canaan and Bonham plus spouses such as Mary Ruth Holmes and Martha Jo Darwin among others.
The fifth graders study English early to beat mid term exams. Sixth and seventh graders discuss letter writing with renewed optimism from Mrs. Roddy's positive chalkings on Christmas notebooks. Seventh graders traveled to Mahurin, Bonham, Sherman during holidays. Hygiene notebooks begin under Miss Druliner as she inspects nails teeth and tonsils.
The seventh grade grows to 30 with new pupils Robert Reynolds and O Neal Nicely. In sixth grade 35 students with one vacancy, Mary Lee Wilson joins from Klondike. Fifth grade welcomes Calvin Pennell Tom Bean William Wilson and Mildred Reynolds. Bertha Burchfield withdraws. The old library near the principal’s office undergoes changes to be shared next week. Popular library titles include The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings Little Men and The Girl Who Sat by the Ashes. Book reports cover Six Feet Six Adventures of Perrim and The Texas Rangers.
Lloyd Roddy reports that football is to be abandoned for baseball as Mr Manning organizes a team that will begin practice immediately.
Paris reports that American per capita cigarette use runs about 1,000 yearly, roughly 500 packs, while France averages 379 cigarettes per person annually. Statisticians note larger cities show higher consumption, and even smokers average around 7,000 cigarettes a year. The Sun also mentions typewriter carbon sales.
The Wisconsin 1935 recovery law, patterned after the NRA, was sustained by the state Supreme Court. It upholds eleven state codes of fair competition and allows codes to be adopted pending further constitutional tests. Chief Justice Rosenberry ruled the governor’s power to initiate codes within constitutional limits. The law had been challenged after a 1934 ruling struck down the 1933 version for overstepping legislative power.
A prisoner from Harlem state farm No 1 near Richmond sent $3 to the Houston Chronicle for a family near Houston starving on bread and water. The letter from Convict 57169 asks the paper to deliver the funds promptly to the mother, noting nine years in prison and limited means.
Austin report by State Auditor Orville Carpenter projects about 300,000 Texans aged 65 plus, with 150,000 expected to apply for old age pensions. He estimates only 50,000 will be eligible after individual investigations, as the Old Age Assistance Commission starts February 14.
The following pupils made the honor roll of the Enterprise rural school for the third month. Second grade Doyle Harvey. Third grade Irene Harvey Ruth Mae Hickson Billie Harvey. Fourth grade Zula May. Sixth grade Dortha Hickson Ly nal J. Moore. Seventh grade Mary Edna May.
The Sun lists Harold Doss as the candidate for Public Weigher seeking a second term, subject to Democratic primaries in July and August 1936.
Scientists at Northwestern University reported to the AAAS that saliva from individuals susceptible to decay contains bacteria that rapidly convert sugar to lactic acid. They showed enzymes in bacteria drive acid formation, not the organisms themselves, and noted a chemical test for susceptibility. Dentists saw the work as a significant step toward predicting decay in children and guiding early care.
MAHURIN NEWS J. D. Bush of Whitewright visited Sunday. Families including the Bishops of Dallas and Grammers hosted gatherings. Oland Bush and Wyona Bush traveled to Bonham and pilot Grove. Several residents like Miss Katherine Hutchins, Mrs T B Blanton and families were mentioned with illnesses and trips to Fort Worth Sherman Kerr and Savoy. Whitewright merchants promise better values.
In Atlanta a 10 year old boy named James Bryant Jr. used a sharp knife to cut a knot from wood. The blade slipped and cut into his abdomen just above the appendix. A surgeon then removed the appendix and declared the boy doing fine. The doctor noted the appendix would likely have caused trouble sooner or later.
Treasury officials told commercial banks that all AAA checks outstanding are valid and may be cashed, with no plan to repudiate any. The announcement was distributed through the twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks to banks nationwide.
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