Editor in Chief Leads Vestal Faculty Adviser Reporters
Nova Bryant and Inez Coffey headline a Vestal school report with staff names Gladys B. Ray Martha Bryant Merle Robbins Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols Anita Vestal and Dorothy Bennett. Lawrence Owen and Anna Joyce Benson coordinate coverage with Mary Lena Reeves and Meda Jane Viser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praughtnes
Lula Lee Vestal
Seversenbied Gladys B. Ray Inez Coffey
Nova Bryant Mary Lena Reeves Anna Joyce Benson
Meda Jane Viser
Martha Bryant Lawrence Owen Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols
Anita Vestal Albert Lea Jackson
Dorothy Bennett Merle Robbins
Is Each Year Merely a Measure of Time
A reflective editorial urges readers to view the new year as a state of mind. It argues inner growth and purposeful living define time, urging poise, judgment, and conscientious effort to achieve lasting happiness and mastery of the future.
Cupid's Dart Stars Co-ed's Heart Wedding
Betty Maye Phillips of W H S married Johnny Burrough of Tom Bean on December 22 at J L Cantrell's home. The bride, a junior, library staffer, and Masqueraders' Club member, will live in Tom Bean with the groom, a local business man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Maye Phillips
Johnny Burrough
Tom Bean
J. L. Cantrell
Four New Librarians Added to Library Staff
Four new librarians join the library team Sue Barnes Anita Vestal Agnes Coffey and Marie Thrasher replacing Betty Maye Phillips who withdrew from school All books must be checked in by Friday Jan 11 as the library closes next week for cataloguing Work continues toward establishing the Dewey decimal system in the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Maye Phillips
Sue Barnes
Anita Vestal
Agnes Coffey
Marie Thrasher
M. R
Whitewright educators visit Austin on school business
Mr. H. W. Key and Mr. W. H. Cunningham, superintendent and principal of Whitewright High School, traveled to Austin on business for the school. They await a hearing to determine if their efforts yielded satisfactory progress and promise a fuller report next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Key
W. 8. Cunningham
Whitewright High School
Austin
President Roosevelt Addressing Congress in Quiet Study Hall
The study hall was unusually still as Roosevelt spoke to the 74th Congress. Students kept listening until the noon bell rang and many left for lunch, yet the President continued undeterred by the interruption.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Birthday Dinner At Pennington Home
Miss Aileen Pennington entertained Saturday evening with a 6 o'clock birthday dinner. Eight girls joined the celebration at 6. At 7 30 eight young gentlemen joined. Table games followed. Sara Kathryn Atterberry won high score and Jo Willa Stateville won second.
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Aileen Pennington
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Jo Willa Stateville
A. V
Masqueraders Club Plans Stage Expansion and Remodel
The Masqueraders' Club held its weekly meeting and formed a poster committee for the next play. It will add two exterior wings and remodel the stage, re-paper the interior set, and repaint the drop curtain, funded by the club's annual contribution.
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I. C
Future Farmers Hold Meeting
The F F A held its regular meeting on Wednesday night December 19 in the agricultural building. A demonstration on How to Test Butterfat was given and objectives for the year were discussed.
Thriftiness Topic For Junto Meeting
The Junto Club held its first meeting of the new year on Thursday January 3. Speakers discussed thrift including life facts on Edward Bok and Benjamin Franklin and student ways to earn spending money. A debate on whether students should be required to earn their own spending money favored the negative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bok
Benjamin Franklin
Frank Hollingsworth
Wilma Janway
Sybil Davenport
Aleta B. Head
Patta Jean Hullett
Anna Joyce Benson
M. R
School News Highlights After Holidays And Parties
Students resume classes with dull days noted while attendance checks occur. Robert Doss visited W H S. home economics lab gets fresh paint amid improvements. Mid term exams loom as library notices date Jan 11 and party memories from holidays are recounted. Vivian Echols hosts bridge with Martha Bryant high scorer.
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Robert Doss
Robert
Key
Martha Bryant
C. B. Bryant Jr
Parley-Vois Gossip Column Uses First Names Only
A playful Walter Winchell style gossip column mixes names from Sue and Leon in Sherman to Lounging freshmen and coed antics at Sherman High. It teases crushes jilted dates and jewelry bracelets while noting friendships, rivalries and campus flirtations among Lorena Nova Lula Charmaine Yvonne Martha and others.
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Walter Winchell
Sue
Leon
Sherman
Yvonne
Charlie
Elizabeth
Isabelle
Lorena
Robert
Beatrice
Dorothy
Capitola
Grace
Martha
Lula
Nova
Jay
Clovis
Lorna Lee
G. V
Farmersville
Lorraine
J. B. Cates
Denton
Mickey
Charmaine
Riley
Whitewright
Jack M
Dallas
Little “Ham
Frankie
Anita
Oklahoma
Walter Tom
Patta Jean
Mark Jr
Fae
Leon Chumbley
L. E
J. Y
Au Revoir
Daughter of Foe To Autos Carries On Victim's Feud
Guthrie Center Iowa reports a feud over motor vehicles following the death of John Motz 82 a once wealthy merchant. His 58 year old daughter Mattie enforced a motorless burial with a horse drawn hearse and carriage keeping autos away as police respected the family request.
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Guthrie Center
Iowa
John Motz
Mattie
Miss Motz
Bayard
Metz
Old age pension scam warned in Marshall Morning News
Public notice condemns nationwide effort to recruit people over 60 into pension schemes. It warns of fake clubs charging fees and falsely promising $200 monthly pensions, especially targeting elderly African Americans, calling the scheme petty thievery and urging penalties.
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Harrison County
Marshall Morning News
Milks Emulsion Praised For Quick Recovery After Flu
Emma Withers of Belmont North Carolina says Milks Emulsion eased her post flu weakness and cough within days after using twelve bottles. The ad touts palatable spoonable emulsion aiding appetite and digestion, claiming six bottles suffice with money back guarantee. Distributed by The Milks Emulsion Co Terre Haute Indiana, sold by druggists nationwide at 60c or 1 20.
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Emma Withers
Box 50
Belmont
N. C
Milks Em
Terre Haute
Ind
Local teams split games with Blue Ridge on tough night
Blue Ridge swept the girls 38 14 as Patta Jean Hullett scored all 14 for the locals in the second half while Lorena Ashinhurst Noma Garland aided the attack. The boys battled in a rough 23 6 win with Ross Brown leading scorers at 12 points and Guy Stepp directing play.
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Whitewright High School
Blue Ridge
Patta Jean Hulett
Lorena Ashinhurst
Noma Garland
Imogene Alexander
Fern Russell
Anna Joyce Benson
Ross Brown
Guy Stepp
Blue Ridge Boys
Brown
Stepp
Riley Beasley
Cliff DeBerry
Clyde Medearis
Leslie Holland
DeBerry
Holland
Medearis
W H S Tigers Choose Football Sweaters
The W H S football team held a meeting to select sweater styles. Members who lettered will receive sweaters, paying a small share funded by profits from the upcoming basketball game.
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W. H. S. Tigers
Compensation in drought costs wheat and salt exchange
The Bentovers discuss drought costs with six thousand bushels of wheat lost. Mrs Bentover notes a practical gain from salt salvaged during the dry spell, highlighting a grim but hopeful trade off.
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Bentover
Mid-Term Exams Near for High School Students
The mid term examination season is approaching with exams likely starting Thursday of next week. Review sessions and necessary requirements will occur in the first three days before the tests, and report cards will be issued the week after exams.
Abilene High Battery Wins Top Prize At Texas Conference
Press Association report notes Abilene High Battery won first place in separate paper division at THSCA convention with 122 delegates and 22 sponsors. Local WHS did not send any delegate or sponsor. The two day event was chaired by L R OO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas High School Press Association
Abilene High Battery
L. R. Oo
Benefit basketball game tomorrow night raises funds
A Rotary Club versus W. H. S faculty benefit game is set Friday at 7 PM at the old Texaco station north of the bank. Proceeds go to the W. H. S football sweater fund with Rotary in football suits and faculty in basketball gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Texaco
Rotary
Claud Meador
Dr. Layman
Dr. Layman, “Egg” Davis and Others Will Be On the Rotary Team. H. W. Key
Archibald Gee
J. T. Bryant
J. H. Burma
W. S. Cunningham
New Year's Bridge Luncheon Hosted by Margaret Lilley
Margaret Lilley hosted a New Year's Day bridge luncheon at her home at 1 PM. A two course menu was served to Lula Lee Vestal, Vivian Echols, Nora Bryant, Martha Bryant, Dorothy LaRoe, Isa belle Craig, Norma Jo Mangrum, and the hostess. Vivian Echols won the high score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lilley
Lula Lee Vestal
Vivian Echols
Nora Bryant
Martha Bryant
Dorothy LaRoe
Isabelle Craig
Norma Jo Mangrum
N. B
College education seen as fit for life in humorous exchange
Shaw argues a college degree suits a boy. Pshaw counters that if he cannot join a baseball team he might become a professor. The exchange highlights humor about careers and education in light conversation.
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Pshaw
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