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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
20
Collinsville girls defeated Whitewright 30 to 17 after a tight game. Tom Bean edged Whitewright 36 34 with a late rally as Charley Sue Childress and Oleta Norris fouled out in the third quarter.
A group from East Texas State Teachers College Commerce presented a school program at the local high school Friday morning. The lineup included boys’ trio performances of My Prayer Sunrise Serenade and Moonlight Serenade plus South of the Border. Johnson sang Water Boy and Roy Bean story with Jones on piano. Brazwell Alexander and Mary Alice Harrison were named from the Glee Club for the all state choir.
The What Next Club of the English I class met Friday to elect officers. J. D. Hughes was named president and Rober Owens secretary. Dorothy Sue Douglas became vice president with Betty Jane Harper reporter, Charles Skaggs parliamentarian, Wallace Reeves critic, and Cecil Magers sergeant-at-arms.
J. J. Sloan and Joe Yates led teams in a classroom contest with questions drawn from a box prepared by Mrs. Roddy. Sloan's team won three to two, with J. J. Sloan, C. B. Bryant and Jimmie Golden on the victorious side while Arlie Durham and Davis Parrish were on the losing team.
Industrious seniors were seen slipping between rooms to hang curtains in Mrs Kennemer's freshman room. Teachers worked last week to hang curtains that had been taken down and laundered during the holidays.
The girls basketball team played Collinsville and Tom Bean at Trenton on Friday night. Collinsville was slated for 7 p.m. The starting forwards were Mary Alice Harrison Juanita England and Jonnie B Robbins with Frances Riddle Charley Sue Childress and Oleta Norris at guard. Charley Sue fouled out at the half and Frances fouled out after three minutes of the second half.
Mr Key attended an Educational Policies Conference in Austin with Texas principals and superintendents. Sessions covered Health Democracy and Crime Prevention with speakers L A Woods Gordon Worley Dr George B Wilcox Dr John W Studebaker Dr Homer P Rainey J L Tenney and Gerald C Mann.
Inquiries by senior reporters on class parties holidays and dates drew friendly responses from W H S students and faculty. The mood turned sour only when asked how many pairs of long handles were needed during the cold snap.
Barbara Jean Gordon Jarvis Maddux Birt Rus sell Drunette Farley Bonnie May Scott and Billie Vineyard return to circulation after several days away due to illness as reported by M. D.
The Whitewright Tigers edged the Van Alstyne Panthers on Tuesday night January 9. Panthers led early as Jack Walker scored to push ahead by eight before Phillips sparked a Tigers rally to seize the lead. The first quarter ended 12-8.
Phillips and Andrew sparked a second quarter surge as the Tigers built a 24-9 lead. The second half saw the Tigers extend their advantage to finish 43-23.
The Travis Homemaking Club met Thursday morning with Mary Dale King presiding. Minutes were read and old and new business discussed. Accomplishments include basement improvements and regular programs. three aims remain only ideas: first aid room, first floor water, and gym program. Betty Moore of Sherman was unable to attend but is expected to speak after returning from Mexico.
The Hi-Y met on regular night with few members due to snow. Vice-President George Hansard led the meeting, Manning offered a closing prayer, no program or business was conducted, several members played basketball afterward.
Seniors faced a gloomy Monday with the annual's fate unresolved. A deadline was set for subscriptions and roughly 60 more were needed at press time. Fifty cents was required for subscription and delivery. Details on survival appeared in the Reflector next week.
Inclement weather and widespread influenza caused the bi monthly Future Farmer meeting to be postponed indefinitely. With no urgent business, Mr Cunningham advised waiting for greater member attendance.
Students in the V. A. I class under Mr. Cunningham spent a week learning rope making. The project aims to reduce costs by producing their own rope using binder twine.
The V. A. III class completed landscape plans for Mr. Russell Summers yard. They estimate about 24 dollars needed to landscape the large lawn, with potential savings by using cuttings instead of purchasing shrubs with roots.
The Homemaking I section reports a week of studying breakfast breads including muffins biscuits hot cakes and toasts. Students prepared five breakfasts learned two new foods improved personal traits and appearance with extra credit for cooking sewing and home improvements.
The homemaking II class spent the past week compiling class notebooks on types of meals with emphasis on buffet and simple meals. Each student is also working to improve her own lunch.
A brief sketch describes a girl who likes basketball, was lettered last year, with brown curly hair and brown eyes, and a pleasant smile for everyone.
Miss Williams guides students in recognizing love during high school and keeping dating as a step before courtship. The class discusses choosing a future partner and when to pursue serious relationships.
Students at W K S rejoiced at rumors of no midterm exams while some faced a business English exam as a half year subject. Six weeks of exams remain for the other classes.
A request from Emily Fence through Mrs Lackey offers etiquette guidance for W H S boys. It urges boys to discuss movies books songs and war in Europe with dates and to plan outings in advance so girls can dress appropriately. The column promises to answer reader questions about courteous conduct.
Mrs Roddy's remedial reading classes each started a speaking club. The No Name Club met Friday with Otto Rusell presiding and Barbara Jean Gordon as secretary. They plan a Friday Jan 17 meeting to elect officers. Billie Burke Vineyard discussed a novel cure for bashfulness and Mary Frances Clathorn narrated A Famous Dog. Lucian Vestal described Popular Inventors. The Work Or Rust Club also met, with Betty Sue Thornhill presiding in absence of president C B Burchfield and VP Billy Coy Harris. The group decided to meet again Friday Jan 17 to elect officers. Members performed stories and readings including Winnell Stapleton The Mysterious Shadow and Mildred Kent Robinson Crusoe's Story. Edith Layman spoke on Can You Imagine and Lloyd Cato presented riddles while Thornhill led Questions.
The Tigerettes beat Van Als Tyne 26 to 21 at Whitewright gym on Tuesday night. The Tigersettes opened with new plays taught by Mr Key and surged ahead to lead 16 to 4 at halftime. The Panthers rallied in the second half but fell four points short as the Tigerettes sealed the win with key plays.
An advertisement warns that breath, headaches, and biliousness can signal constipation and urges taking spicy all-vegetable BLACK-DRAUGHT tonight. It claims the remedy cleanses the bowels gently and thoroughly and tones lazy bowel muscles.
Field goals decided the game as Van Alstyne’s lineup featured Lurline England Snell Smith Mary Botsford Eugenia Parish Jean Crook and Pauline Adams.
A government class toured the grammar school lunchroom as part of their study on unemployment aid. They left at 11 30 a m and arrived in time to be served first. The meal included creamed potatoes frankfurters kraut cornbread and rice pudding. Students praised the generous portions and the workers’ smooth operation.
A Irish bricklayer on a partly built house shouts to the foreman that he cannot find his way down. The foreman tells him to come down the way he came up. The worker insists he climbed head first and will not come down feet first.
A Black woman insists she only wants to see Mistah Tompkins, despite the office boy saying he is engaged. The exchange shows social pressure and pursuit of personal contact in a domestic context.
A humorous exchange notes alimony as a man’s cash surrender value. The Sun advertises typewriter paper in the background, reflecting a period tone.
An advertisement urges quarantining colds and coughs and promotes Mentho Mulsion as a fast acting remedy. It claims nine active elements including vitamins A and D, immediate relief of congestion, and a money back guarantee if symptoms persist. The product is endorsed by a midwestern university dean of pharmacy and Childress Pharmacy.
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