This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
8
The Glow Worm notes exams looming as students study hard and reference books abound. First and second graders showcase travel themes with airplanes zeppelins boats and homemade hangers. Fifth and sixth graders report progress in arithmetic letters parts of speech and mid term prep with new pupils joining the class.
Third grade students run a real looking grocery store in class and take turns working there. They study poems including Winter with lines about sun wind and Jack Frost. New pupils join from Porter and Orangeville as enrollment reaches forty.
A collection of classroom notes and student references about mid term exams in English health and history. Names and brief comments appear about students and teachers, with playful lines and quotes.
The piece records a sixth grade program with announcer James Arney and a poem by Wal. It notes ongoing manual training and toy making for boys and girls. Pupils report three afternoons of practice for base ball with mixed games but unclear final scores due to chilly weather.
The program features Mary had a Little Lamb with humorous delivery and various acts. Students Azilee, Gaynell, Fou cheaux perform poems. Martha and Fou cheaux play piano. Leroy and Dorothy Sue sing. James Arney delivers jokes. Naomi Waldo and Lucille Starr earn slips for embroidery.
The text lists mixed schoolyard snippets about students in sixth and seventh grades including sports, appearances, crushes, and social actions. It mentions basketball and baseball as games, several named students with traits and interactions, and a closing question about a mystery figure observed with a boy.
Orangeville News notes several social calls and visits last week. Residents such as Mrs. Bruce Robinson, Miss Louise Brown, Bramlet Burden, Alma Wilder, and O W Wilder are listed with relatives and friends in Desert Celeste Howe Whitewright Porters and nearby areas.
Twenty auto drivers were arrested in Bonham Monday night by highway patrolman George Busby for driving with defective lights. He warned that vehicles with one headlight or no rear light or faulty brakes on state highways in Grayson County could be arrested and fined for hazards that cause traffic tragedies.
Mrs. W. E. Brown of Council Bluffs Iowa wished on her birthday that her cow would have twin calves and her wish came true the next day, a local farm tale.
Austin DPS announced December actions suspending eighty of eighty seven drivers licenses. Eighty suspensions are for driving while intoxicated and run for six months.
Classified snippet shows a lost black Schaffer fountain pen trimmed in gold with reward, a telephone battery offer at Johnson's Jewelry Store, and Haile's Greenhouse with Mrs. Allen T. Short handling funeral designs.
A longtime Whitewright area farmer announces his candidacy for Public Weigher of Precinct 3 in the Democratic Primary on July 25. He notes 50 years of farm labor near Whitewright and growth in the Canaan community, asks for votes and neighborly support. An Indian totem pole near Ephraim Wisconsin marks the grave of Simon Onanguisse Kahquados.
Louisiana Senator Ellender urged an amendment to the anti lynching bill to ban marriages between white persons and Negroes in every state. He has two additional marriage ban proposals including cross state and federal district coverage. He spoke during the Southern filibuster on the measure.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.