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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
7
The W H S Reflector lists editors and staff with reporters including C B Bryant Lucille Starr and many others. Team lineups show England Phillips Conner Everheart Robbins Brown for Whitewright and Felmet Hightower Weissenhunt Phillips Woods Amlin for Savoy with multiple substitutes.
The high school speech class presents Madness in Triple Time Unseen and Gratitude on Thursday night January 22 with admission ten cents. Casts include Madness in Triple Time actors DeVeres Worsham triplets Lorene Oleta Worsham Tommie Dee Booker Joe James Talley Mother Geneva Irl Hicks Unseen Hulda Grace Harris Jeffrey Fred Cook Lois Frances Clabhorn Gratitude Jason Featherstone Patty Everheart Mrs Guy Evers Ann LaRoo Mrs Rudy Caldwell Virginia Hill Mrs Macgregor Lucille Starr Jenny Darn Jimmie Golden.
Fifteen farmers met Thursday night under Mr Cruse to form an adult evening school in the Kentucky town. They will meet weekly and study the 1942 farm program, culling of hens, seed selection, fruit tree pruning, dairy issues, pasture topics, livestock diseases, and poultry feeding with the 1942 program starting first and more farm problems added as the course progresses.
Savoy crushed Whitewright 44 to 10 last Wednesday night as Hutchins led Savoy with 15 points while Whitewright’s Burchfield and J Ross each scored three. Whitewright started Burchfield J Ross Brown Thornton with substitutes Kent Owens Reeves Miller Conner. Savoy started Woods Price Landers Lyles Hutchins with substitutes C Lyles Reed Potteridge Crawford.
Savoy girls beat Whitewright 43 to 19 on Wednesday night. Weissenhunt led Savoy with 24 points, Felmer added 7, Billy 6, Hightower 6, and Phillips 4. England topped Whitewright with 11 points. Conner contributed as well.
Last Thursday the Choral Club conducted a mid term examination by singing pieces. Members performed solo or in small groups while Miss Proctor graded tone quality rhythm pitch breathing and interpretation of song.
First year homemaking girls start a unit titled Management of Money and Time. They will plan a budget for high school girls covering personal expenses and time. The unit aims to help them get the most for their money and make a time budget.
The next unit for second year homemaking classes focuses on kitchen improvement. Students will plan kitchen floor schemes and study equipment selection and types, kitchen floor coverings, woodwork painting, and care of larger equipment.
The first week of the new semester starts with even footing as slates are washed clean. The second semester will run similarly to the last, with the only new subject being farm shop to be added in the third period.
Miss Williams' homemaking classes presented a program on foods during activity period last Tuesday with a patriotic theme. Mary Frances Stephens represented the Spirit of Defense and Bettie Nell Yeager was Uncle Sam. The cast included Milk Janis Horton meat Katy Kincaid fruit and vegetables Jim Lou McCorstin energy food Edith Biggerstaff the Brown Family Carol Ray Ireland Winnell Stapleton Ruth Maddux and Henrietta Jackson. Margaret Hanna served as announcer and pianist. The student body closed with a pledge to the American Flag.
The V A boys conducted field trips and culled hens for several residents. They delivered 50 hens to Mr. Mathis 200 to Mr. Slaughter and 116 to Mrs. T. E. Thornton. Terracing was completed for Mr. Scott. Work was done by first and second year boys.
As the second semester begins, students will naturally have some tasks and goals focused on waste paper reduction and recycling. The piece highlights student efforts to reuse and conserve materials within the school environment.
Pupils discard old notebooks and notebook paper in a large box to support national defense. Paper must remain unwrinkled and is collected cooperatively. All paper will be given to the Boy Scouts under Mr Sears supervision. The note also promotes the triplet feature Madness in Triple Time.
A school adds two movable coat racks with hooks and a middle rod for hangers. One rack sits on the first floor and the other on the second. Mr. Butler had them made at the NYA workshop and students praise the racks for keeping coats clean.
On Thursday January 22 the Choral Club aids the speech class in a program at the High School auditorium. They will perform three numbers Pale Moon De Gospel Train and Indian Dawn. A special group from the Choral Club will sing The Story of a Tack and Deep in My Heart. Members include Fred Cook Carlton Alexander Leroy Martin Virginia Hill Billie Joe Phillips Grace Harris Ima Sue Garner Carol Ray Ireland Martha Louise Vestal and Bettye Nell Yeager.
Grayson County Home Demonstration Club met in the High School agriculture room focusing on poultry. Miss King led the session with Mr Cruse of W H S as speaker discussing selecting chicks brood ing feeding management and sanitation plus feeding hens for egg production.
Whitewright Tigers led 10-5 after the first quarter and 21-18 at halftime as C. B. Burchfield scored 10 for Whitewright. Van Alstyne surged in the fourth, final 23-21 victory led by Hynds eight points and Jimmie Golden teased as a maid in Gratitude.
Whitewright girls fall 13 to 9 at Van Alstyne last Friday night. Whitewright scorers were England six and Conner three. Van Alstyne led by Neil with eight and Crook four. Starting for Van Alstyne were Edwards Neil Smith with subs Crook and Jay.
The senior play committee has chosen The Road to Niagara by Hilda Manning a melodramatic farce in three acts with eleven characters. Cast will be chosen once play books arrive as prepared by G. H. and Mrs. Roddy.
Patty Everheart stars as the prominent society lady in Gratitude, a production showcase of high society life and elegant social scenes.
The defense stamp contest at the high school ends with seniors at 71.7 percent and juniors 55 percent leading to a party hosted by freshmen and sophomores for the top two classes. Also notes a Choral Club performance of Pale Moon and Anne LaRoe starring in Gratitude with Virginia Hill as a villain.
Grayson youth Jack Hubert Johnson a 20 year old naval aviation mechanic at Pearl Harbor recounts his role during the December 7 1941 attack near the docks. He spoke of quickly arming a .30 caliber machine gun and joining the defense effort before planning to return to Pensacola for flight training.
Veteran Johnson describes three waves of attack on Pearl Harbor, detailing near misses and planes shot down. He praises U S bravery, notes planes failed to launch initially, and vows to avenge Wake Island Guam and the Philippines if needed. Local residents greet him warmly.
The father expresses pride in his sons, noting one brother Frank serves with the Atlantic patrol and has five years in the navy. He says they do not like war but are glad his sons are helping to end it so life can return to normal and secure living.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 28.5 billion dollars in supplemental appropriations and contract authorizations for the 1942 and 1943 fiscal years. The Navy portion totals about 8.77 billion including 4.6 billion cash and 4.17 billion contract authorizations. The army emergency appropriation nears 12.53 billion for 1942 with over 9 billion for the Air Corps. Additional requests include 7 million for the Inter-American Highway and 5.95 million for the FBI.
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