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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1942
Page
7
The W H S Reflector lists editors and advisers including C B Bryant Lucille Starr and a long reporter roster. It notes a calendar year plan for $9 trillion in new taxes and unprecedented borrowing pushing federal debt above $110 billion. Government estimates compare this to nearly double Germany’s annual war outlay with a spending surge from $2 billion to $5 billion monthly at $1,904 per second.
Students and teachers arrived Monday to see the office reconfigured with a partition separating the principal and superintendent. A shared windowed telephone links both spaces and a large conference table now holds the roll and serves as a meeting area.
Whitten tallies 15 as Whitesboro tops W H S Tigers 25 to 23 in a hard fought season opener. Burchfield adds 14 for the Tigers while the game sees multiple ties at 7 12 and 18. Starting lineups list Whitesboro players Sewell Huie Kirby Stevens and Burchfield leads Tigers with C B. Burchfield.
A secretarial training class taught by Mr Sears uses a record player to dictate at eighty words a minute. The fourteen member group transcribed two of three mid term tests in longhand and practice daily. They manage office tasks like roll checks and answering phones as they study their second textbook.
On January 7 the president spoke to the 77th joint session outlining a war budget of 56 billion dollars for the next fiscal year and nine billion in new taxes as part of a drive to fund national defense and preserve the nation’s way of life.
The Choral Club sang two numbers in assembly last Thursday morning. They performed Pale Moon Indian Love Song and De Gospel Train. Miss Proctor announced the pieces were for practice.
The Whitewright Tigers travel to Van Alstyne to face the Panthers in a conference game Friday night. This is Whitewrights second league contest and the teams meet for the third time this season, with Van Alstyne edging Whitewright in their prior two close encounters. The girls also play Friday night.
The Snooper lists a string of local residents mispronunciations and grammar lapses from last week. Oleta Worsham, Edith Harper, Martha Jo Conner and others are cited for phrases like I done, I ain't read it, I seen it, and they was. The piece cautions readers to be careful with language in future issues.
The Tigerettes, coached by Sears, defeated Whitesboro 29 to 9 in their first conference game. England led with 14 points, Conner added seven, and every player saw court time as Whitewright trailed. Next up is a Friday matchup against Van Alstyne.
The football team visited the Rotary Club for a luncheon last Friday. Coach Payne announced the players and spoke, with Bryant also giving a talk. Payne predicted the next season would be more successful given the team’s support this year.
Mr Cruse vocational agriculture teacher calls a meeting to organize a group of school bus farmers. The item notes a teacher leading an effort to form a cooperative or club for students involved in farm-related activities and transport.
Local adults from Kentuckytown plan a Thursday night gathering at the Kentuckytown schoolhouse to discuss the farm problem of 42 with Arthur Badgett named as local manager and Whitewright Future Farmers assisting under Mr Cruse.
The second year homemaking class hosted guests B. W. Newman R. A. Gillett and D. W. McKinney at Friday dinner. Hostess Dorthea Mitchell assistant hostess Mary Edna Winkle. Menu featured Swiss steak creamed potatoes buttered peas cabbage apple nut salad rolls lemon custard coffee. Susie Que column notes mid term exams and student humor.
The cold spell shaped school attire in W H S with girls opting for slacks and shirts two coats hose galoshes and boots while boys wore extra socks shirts and trousers. The practical outfits helped combat the cold and shielded students from snowball pranks noted H B.
At a senior class meeting last Friday the president appointed a committee to work with Mr. Butler to arrange a guest speaker for the commencement exercises. The committee includes Edith Layman Davis Parrish Emerson Sears Lotta Faye Brown and Mary Ellen Brown. The meeting was brief and for this purpose.
A six weeks' test was given on Thursday January 8 to English IV class covering Macbeth. Outside reading included She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith and the Lost Silk Hat by Lord Lansany. The first two days of the week were devoted to mid term review.
Whitewright team traveled to Van Alstyne to face Southmayd but the tournament was canceled due to bad weather. The squad returned and practiced until 8:30, staying ready to join the event when rescheduled.
Last Thursday at noon several boys waiting at the post office learned the Hi-Y sweaters had arrived. A charity effort collected the remaining funds to pay COD costs. Sweaters, royal blue with white stripes and red white blue emblems, were distributed to Robert Sears Davis Parrish Marvin Smith Russell Summers Lucian Vestal Ed Kent Jones Ray Vestal Kirk May Bill Kincaid Billy Pennington and James Stuteville.
An ad in a San Diego personal column Monday illustrates the tire sale ban's reach. It reads, Gentleman would like to meet attractive young lady with four good tires, showing how the policy affected ordinary notices and humor.
A sizable portion of the world has limited or no exposure to butter of any kind. Cultural diets, economic access, and local dairy practices shape this absence across regions and communities.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to back a broad war production schedule including 60 000 planes in 1942 125 000 in 1943 and 75 000 tanks in 1943 He proposes 77 billion dollars in 1943 total expenditures and stress on new taxes He signals global military actions and possible bases in the British Isles Far East and across oceans He cites 15 million wartime workers by end 1942 and ongoing shifts from civilian to war industry He also orders efficiency measures from the War Production Board and energy-saving moves for industry and transport
The report covers inflation causes and international measures, plus actions by the U S government. It notes wholesale prices at a peak since 1939 17.6 percent above last year. It details civilian defense leadership, nursing recruitment goals, an Oklahoma machinery bank, and Pan American trade shifts. It also describes unified Allied command in the Southwest Pacific and distribution of anti Nazi pamphlets, with selective service set for February 16.
A new play opened to an audience whose enthusiasm was weak. The next day the leading actor received a letter from the theatre manager noting several readers asked to have their names removed from the free list due to the poor performance.
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