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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
7
The article argues mid term and final exams measure learning from the past eighteen weeks and affect seniors most. It urges honesty, proper equipment, careful thinking, clear writing, and studying before the critical days to ensure success for all students at W H S.
The Hi-Y Club met on Monday January 3 with Hamilton Vestal presiding. They discussed a membership drive to add new members and a trip to Sherman to visit the Hi-Y Club there. Plans were made for a stag banquet in the near future.
The Glee Club prepares several songs for a radio program on Station KRRV. District supervisor Miss Nell Parmley will attend Thursday’s meeting to judge the program and decide if it merits air time.
Mrs. Roddy visited Sherman and Denison on Saturday. Marguerite Arnwine was seen in Leonard Friday night. Elwanda Bowers visited relatives at Pilot Grove Saturday night. Drunette Farley, Sarah Belle Gillett, and Elaine Kaiser went to a Sherman show Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers extended their win streak to 14 by defeating Richardson 41-12 in Richardson and Whitesboro 36-14 at Whitesboro. Kaiser led Richardson with 12 points, while Red Conner topped Whitesboro with 10 points. The lineup featured Harrison and Conner at center, Hughes, Martin, Kaiser, Andrew at forwards, and Lewis, Starr, Thornhill, Henderson as guards.
Home Ec II students spend a week studying family entertainment. They plan a one hour program with illustrations to be shown on Monday and Tuesday.
The Honor Roll Club met January 5 with President Sarah Belle Gillett presiding. Guy Andrew was elected vice-president and an initiation committee was appointed. Earleen Benson spoke on learning to study, while Mary Dale King and Norma Frances Donigan reported trips to Austin and Mexico. Marie Badgett named program chair for next meeting. Dues were paid.
The Whitewright Future Farmers of America met January 5 with sixty members present, postponing due to basketball. Rex Brown was elected toastmaster for the annual father and son banquet. Committees were named for program dishes menu decoration cleanup entertainment invitations place cards welcoming and more. The banquet date remains to be set.
The Tigers secured two decisive victories on Tuesday, beating Sherman 34 15 and Whitesboro 37 13. Red Conner led scoring with 14 points against Sherman and 9 against Whitesboro, with the Tigers grabbing early leads and not surrendering them.
Old Mr Sol permitted the age boys to visit the CCC camp at Sherman on January 1. They planned to learn soil conservation from Mr Cunningham and saw Mr Dean, head of strip cropping, before traveling two miles south to Mr Ladd's farm.
Thirty one boys accompanied by Mr Key and Mr Cunningham toured farms near Sherman and Howe. They saw sloped gullys with Ber muda sod and concrete dam drop inlets. They studied diversions terraces strip cropping and contour pasture ridges on Simmons Manson and Patterson farms. Mr Dean gave explanations of features and the group traveled four to twelve miles across fields.
The article spotlights two popular sophomore girls at W. H. S. The first is class president, Glee Club member, five feet two inches tall with brown hair and eyes, well liked and active in school events. The second from Pilot Grove is a Glee Club member, basketball star, queen’s race runner-up, new to W. H. S., friendly to many, and a close friend of the first student. Floyd Everheart is listed for more details.
Local notes report basketball players visiting Whitesboro girls after a game. Several pairs are mentioned with nicknames and initials, including S. B. G. with B. W. N. and E. K. with F. S. Relationships and rides are hinted at as students socialize after events. M. A. receives a letter, possibly from a skating friend.
An assembly outlined three Tuesday night games featuring Sherman vs Whitewright and Whitesboro vs the Tigers, with the Whitesboro girls facing the Tigresses. Key touted a strong eleven start record and the Tigresses will receive a candy prize if they score eight points.
The Whitewright girls lost 24 to 12 on Tuesday with Kaiser as top scorer and Riddle Harrison Childress Alexander Layman in the Tigresses lineup. Friday’s rematch at Whitesboro ended 27 to 17 in Whitesboro's favor with Penny as their leading scorer.
January birthdays celebrated for five students. Joe Hicks turns fifteen on January 2. Billie Pritchett turns seventeen on January 3. Marie Badgett is fourteen on January 4. Aileen Pennington is seventeen on January 4. Dorotha Darwin turns fourteen on January 12.
A Snooper item lists seniors who spoke out of turn in civics class. Thomas Sears misquoted about the mayor, Wilson Kaiser teased a girl, and Lloyd Badgett offered a double mistake. James Hughes mocked Lloyd, Herman Ridle claimed a phrase it done him so much good, with mixed results.
A playful sequence of questions references students J J and J W S and others A K F L B B H and M V. The queries touch on romance bets car trouble and a third period study hall moment, all contained in a casual Friday style note from the school community.
Mr Key promised a candy prize if the Whitesboro basketball girls scored eight points against the opposing team. Whitesboro led 26 to 12 and the candy box was awarded in chapel. Six named girls received four candy bars each before sharing in the dressing room. The event closed with a student body song program.
A reader questions imagined details about several individuals including Norma Frances Donigan with blond hair and blue eyes. The note lists Thomas Dan Sears liking typing, Mrs. Lackey with long hair, Mr. Gaddis a mustache, Bussy Thornhill tall and slim, Doris Nicholson solving geometry, Thelma Autrey speaking slowly, Marcell Gosnell not blushing, and Hamilton Vestal being quiet.
In Mr. Gaddis physics class the students discuss energy forms. Floyd defines potential energy as energy at rest and kinetic energy as energy in motion while Merriwell ties beauty to rest and motion as a playful twist.
A poetic parody depicts students and teachers scrambling the night before exams. The verses contrast busy study effort with cadences of traditional midnight rituals and anxious anticipation for the next school day.
Home Economics III class explored care of babies and children from ages two to seven. They studied inherited characteristics and how environment influences child development.
A senior heavy list dominates this week as the Black List highlights higher ups and players who struggle. The feature notes seniors stand out for errors while underclassmen show improvement.
W A and B P were together on Friday night raising questions of romance as J P L caught sight of someone in the crowd. The brief mentions possible affection amid social gathering.
A fragment notes a Friday Whitesboro basketball game and questions identifying a blond girl dated by T. D. S. while J. E. H. appeared happier, speculating M. A. H. was present.
The 1929 Edison picked prodigy Wilber Huston of Seattle renounces science for religion. After MIT and a career as a consulting engineer he joins the Oxford group to focus on personal evangelism, believing Edison would approve. At 25 he seeks a long, useful life spreading spiritual values.
American Business Men's Research Foundation urges at least 50 million dollars for nationwide propaganda to reveal alcohol truth. In a letter to President Roosevelt and Congress, Charles R. Jones cites 100 million spent on liquor ads over four years and 12 billion paid by consumers to producers and retailers.
Washington reports December industrial activity about 25 percent below the first eight months of 1937. Steel production fell the most as durable goods slowed. Retail trade rose slightly for the holidays but remained below the previous year, with the Fed noting the seasonally adjusted index at about 83 percent of the 1923-25 average.
Reno soars in marriage licenses with 8 277 issued in 1937 setting an all time high while divorces total 2 771 down from 3 001 in 1936 The Washoe County clerk attributes the boom to California s three day waiting law and notes many residents filed divorce suits in adjacent county seats to avoid the Reno docket
A puzzled boy tells a kind lady that he does not know his name or where they live after moving yesterday and his mother remarried today, revealing a missing person family situation in a brief encounter.
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