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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
8
The Glow Worm lists students who achieved a perfect score in spelling this week. Names include Billy Pennington Bobby Montgomery Joanna Harrison Charles Bradshaw Margaret Hanna Mary Frances Stephens and Dorothy Nell Hall.
Velma Holland reports that no exemptions will be in the Grammar School. Some students have never taken a mid term or final. Mr. Manning fears students may be unprepared for college exams.
This week January 17 to 24 marks National Thrift Week honoring Benjamin Franklin born January 17 1706 in Boston. The note praises Franklin as scientist author statesman philosopher inventor printer diplomat and humorist noting his life of thrift and the enduring value of Poor Richard as American literature.
First grade students heard a message to stay clean as Red Cross nurse Miss Edna Druliner examined throats teeth and skin. Miss Blanton prepared reports and will call on mothers. absent children will be inspected later. The class is learning addition with problems like seven plus one and nine plus one.
The second grade class enjoys attractive classroom displays and a small table for crafting Eskimo houses. Snow enhances the study, sled riding occurs at recess, and pupils explore drawing flying boats. Students learn about Eskimo life under teacher guidance, with notes credited to Thomas Sanderson.
The third grade held arithmetic and reading contests with groups named Fords and Chevrolets, Indians and Eskimos. Katie Kincaid led a speed and accuracy contest as the class faced the sorrow of losing a goldfish. Dorothy Mae Clark joined Pilot Grove as the new grade 3 pupil, bringing total students to forty-nine.
Fourth grade pupils are busy reviewing for mid term examinations. Attendance has been steady as teachers report focused study efforts and preparations across core subjects.
The fifth grade studied famous paintings in English and presented original plays. They created an art gallery with copies and booklets. A tuberculosis questions test was given on Friday. Six students scored perfect on spelling and names include Virginia Jones and others. Geography covered the North Central States and a poetry day featured memorized poems. Mildred Reynolds, Leroy Martin, and Foucheaux Vestal sang.
The Thursday weigh in shows about three quarters of the class gained weight. Sixth graders study Australia and New Zealand and will finish with Antarctica. Friday the hundred spelling de mons tested with sixth and seventh comparing. Seventh average 96 percent from fifteen hundreds. sixth average 94 percent from nine hundreds. In reading Monday thirty five poems memorized. Grace Harris sang. Ima Marie Clark from Pilot Grove joins sixth grade, enrollment now 39.
Dorotha Darwin and Mary Alice Harrison note Monday reviews for seventh graders across geography English arithmetic and hygiene. Mr Manning assigns geography questions while Mrs Roddy posts English tasks and Miss Edna M Druliner leads home hygiene. Students anticipate Thursday and Friday sessions.
The seventh grade studied verbs with posters showing correct usage. Mary Dale King scored 100 and Dorotha Darwin 99 on Friday’s test. Others in the 90s include Betty Atkinson, Margaret Coffey, Mary Alice Harrison, Billy Jack Harper, Velma Holland. They also studied square roots and subtraction, with geography work totaling 22 maps and graphs on the United States and world trade. The class notes the United States has long been called a nation of coffee drinkers.
Nearly a billion pounds of cotton, about half of global output, are referenced. The United States is identified as the country that uses the Panama Canal the most. Marie Ward.
Chelan residents test Townsend plan by circulating a $200 kitty through merchants at 2 percent tax. C C Fleming spends, merchants drop 2 cents to the kitty each sale, and the fund dwindles toward a target of 7.23 dollars. The couple spends on toothpaste, dentistry, wood, clothes, and groceries as the experiment proceeds with $118 left.
A collage of short gags and sketches including a railway surveyor needing to pass through a farmer’s barn while a hen sits, a frank house agent description of a windward neighborhood near gasworks and factories, a pair of inventors joking about brakes and wind shields, a dialect mule tale about lazy mules from various churches.
A Westchester broker returned home after a tough session on the exchange floor to find his two kindergarten daughters acting boisterously. He scolded them moderately and sent them to bed. The next morning a note on his door read Be good to your children and they will be good to you. God.
BONHAM Four hundred thirty three Fannin County families received loans totaling 117517 during 1936 from the resettlement administration per rural supervisor G W Smith. Most funds bought teams and equipment, with remainder for food, clothing and medicines. Average loan about 250 per family. 47 percent repaid, 35 borrowers paid in full. Many grew vegetables, milk supplies, cheese and poultry, with large canning yields. Temporary homes improved with trees, shrubs, and some interior work.
A humorous exchange features a physician, architect, and attorney debating which profession is oldest. The physician cites Adam’s rib as the cradle of humanity’s second sex, the architect claims order from chaos needed an arch, and the attorney counters that his field created the chaos.
An ancient legend recalls two pipe-smokers in an opium den. A dreamy man declares he will buy all the diamond and emerald mines in the world, while his companion contemplates it and finally says he does not care to sell.
A stark line from a historical text describing a reckless person devouring three drinks and a high-powered car ride, then being soaked in liquor and placed in a wreckage, finally set in a black satin box and garnished with flowers.
Dr Maud Lyle and Dr C C Little told an Atlantic City meeting that strong indications exist cancer can be inherited from parents. The pair, often at odds on other findings, agreed for the first time on the hereditary nature of the disease, challenging long held doubts about transmission from parent to child.
In Tokyo Dr Kakuji Yoshida announced he has eaten 8,280 pounds of spinach in six years, averaging over three pounds daily. He says the diet has kept him robust and youthful, setting an example for boys worldwide.
In a humorous dialogue, Liza tells the doctor she suffers from acute indiscretion, while Rastus quizzes what the doctor said. The exchange highlights comical medical misdiagnosis in a dialect sketch.
In a comic exchange, Tommy questions Mr. Higgins about being a self-made man. Higgins affirms his stance with a patient, paternal response as the boy probes the integrity of the endeavor. The scene captures a sharp, humorous dynamic between father and son.
A PCA official in lower South Carolina meets a Black farmer seeking a loan for a crop. The farmer names his four mules Baptis, Meth'dis, Presbyterium, and Piscopalium. The official remarks on the unusual naming as the man explains the motive behind the choice.
A playful exchange centers on a young woman's twenty first birthday present from her father. The man compliments her dress as the young lady reveals the gift origin and her father's involvement in the keepsake. The moment blends light romance with familial pride.
Tommy reports to his mother that the first day at school taught him to say yes sir no sir and yes maam no maam. He confirms he learned polite responses.
A freshman taunts Lulu about dating, saying she has gone out with worse-looking fellows. Lulu responds with a brief, distracted remark as she contemplates, a scene of awkward college flirtation.
Passengers share a tale of mistaken theft when a man accuses an Irish neighbor of stealing a handkerchief. He discovers he is sitting on it. The Irishman shrugs that no apology is needed, noting a mutual mistake and comparing towns with a humorous quip about his home.
Mrs Murphy reveals her husband started work again after months of idleness. She says the job is hard and killing him, but it is permanent, and Mrs O Hara responds with sympathy in this brief Irish exchange.
A tale reports a sage answering a pupil asking for the test of good manners. The master replies it is the ability to endure unpleasant conduct with pleasant behavior, illustrating restraint and composure in social interactions.
Cartoonish exchange highlights a man who hadn’t kissed his wife in five years yet shot a man who kissed her, reflecting a humorous yet pointed take on marital tensions and violence in a newspaper strip style dialogue.
A classroom exchange features a lecturer defining a molecule and a chairman urging explanation for all. A visitor asks about Saphira’s daughter, who quips her husband is terrified of her, adding a humorous note to the dialogue.
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