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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
8
Editor speaks on half of the school year as an acting drama with three acts grammar school to college. Mid term exams loom with some students facing failures or exemptions while future scenes promise new challenges and decisions.
A letter from M. C. in 1931 argues exemptions reduce student stress and improve effort before final exams. The piece cites past practice and urges granting exemptions for the benefit of learners as the semester ends.
A letter argues for outdoor reading despite cold wind and rain at the W. H. S. campus. The writer imagines sitting under a cedar tree near Mr. Crain’s house and defends the practice as students adapt with coats, hats, and galoshes.
The club met Tuesday the 8th to discuss methods of raising funds to buy needed books and magazines. Members proposed several ideas and a unanimous vote set dues payment as a condition of continued membership. The group adjourned to reconvene Tuesday January 25.
Miss Cox and Miss Long lectured Home Economics classes on preserving foods using ice and heat. They used a Leonard Brothers glass backed porcelain lined refrigerator to show proper food placement, odor prevention, temperature, air circulation, and cleaning, announcing a demonstration at the PTA meeting Tuesday.
Miss Mary Lee Andrews spent Saturday in Sherman. Miss Velma Lee Cates has been on the sick list and is back in school. Miss Margaret Higginbotham spent the week-end in Clarksville. Miss Forrester spent the week-end in Dallas. Miss Marian Wetzel visited in Sherman Sunday. Elbert Bennett was in Trenton Saturday evening. Miss Velma Bush visited in Pilot Grove Sunday afternoon. Misses Velma Jones Wanda and Opal Grammer Velma and Ruby Bush were in Sedalia Friday evening. Ford Scott Vestal was a social visitor in Sherman Sunday afternoon. Misses Velma Bush Wanda and Opal Grammer attended a ballgame at Ely Sunday afternoon.
A local boss announces a large minstrel show scheduled for the twenty fifth of the month. The plan promises big fun and lively performances aimed at entertaining the crowd and drawing in attendees, with emphasis on a memorable event for all who attend.
A playful verse laments mid term exams with students Raymond Cates and Jack Silman feared to fail yet others optimistic. The poem notes Guy Anderson’s hope to skip tests if the schoolhouse burns and ends with a lighthearted sign-off from M P 81.
A fragment shows Fred joking about a car ride with Margaret on the sidewalk. Mr Crain walks with a baby and reflects that marriage to him is a happy success. A wordplay sequence deploys rhythm and rhyme on persistence distance and a kiss stance.
Four men struggle with a piano on stairs when one taunts the others to quit. A reply blames the stoppage not the effort, saying the problem is the starting and stopping.
The FHE Oil Company Fleming Elliott Har desty and Fleming Kimbell group sold a half interest in Howard County oil lands to the Moody Corporation for 2 million dollars. The 480 acre tract near Dora Roberts ranch produced about 10 000 barrels daily and is one of Texas best leases. The total price for the two parcels reaches 3 080 000 dollars.
Bethel Baptist Church hosts Bethel B Y P U programs Sunday afternoon January 20 1929 at 2 30 o clock. Intermediates lead opening with songs and a devotional by J W Williams followed by performances by Katherine and Margrette Reeves and Helen Jones. Junior group discusses When the Temple Was Dedicated with Mary Lena Reeves as group captain and topics by Mildred Autrey Elizabeth Hedgpath Robert Layman Christine Williams Imogene Alexander. Intermediate group covers The Young Christian and His Amusements with Margrette Reeves as group captain and a roster of lines and poems.
Chicago reports S Briggs of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association says the boyish slenderness ideal, pushed by theatrical promoters, harms the rice and potato markets. He notes consumers avoid starchy foods in pursuit of slimness, hurting trade.
A contractor who claimed to love children grew furious when a boy stepped on fresh pavement. His wife chided him and he joked that he loved children in the abstract but not in the concrete.
A collection of questions and essays on Christian youth conduct and enjoyment. The pieces ask how a young Christian may balance life, amusements, and service with divine approval. Various authors discuss guidance for boys and girls and practical ways to serve while having fun.
The notice column lists for sale items including seed oats, Half and Half cotton seed, and loose cane and millet hay. It also seeks buyers for chickens, turkeys, and hides, with multiple names and locations such as Bryant King and J. L. Owen in Davenport place Northeast Whitewright.
The January issue of Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman warns Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas farmers about schemes and promotions aimed at pocketbooks. It cites a cataract cure glasses scam and advance payments for groceries. Dr J M Jones from Oklahoma City is linked to multiple alleged schemes including cancer treatment and real estate pitches.
A humorous exchange frames a professor asking for an example of a commercial ancient appliance and a student replies with a pun about the "loose leaf system" in the Garden of Eden. The reply blends classroom banter with absolutist biblical imagery for comic effect.
The text urges readers to regularly check ads as the live merchants in town offer the best prices. Advertising boosts business, lowers selling costs, and ultimately reduces prices for shoppers.
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