Livestock Team Heads to Contests After Strong Dallas Finish
The high school livestock judging team led by Mr Barker plans contests across the state. Members judge cattle hogs and sheep with breeding and market classes. Thurman Pool Curless Aldridge Herbert Taylor James Williams Ronnie McLaughlin and Bobby Robinson on the squad. Pool won first at the Dallas Fair with Taylor second and Aldridge fourth, boosting hopes for top honors in all three events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Thurman Pool
Curless Aldridge
Herbert Taylor
James Williams
Ronnie McLauchlin
Bobby Robinson
WHS Students Complete Mid Term Exams This Week
WHS students finished mid term exams given Thursday and Friday with an hour and a half allotted for each. This week they will learn whether they passed the exams.
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WHS
L. S
Sock Hop at Grow! Jan 26 7:30 P.M.
Monday night January 26 the Grow! group meets in the gym at 7 30 inviting all members to bring a date. P A G B A C
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Grow
Barker Plans Two Grass Judging Teams to Three Contests
Mr Barker will take two grass judging teams to Fort Worth on February 7 San Antonio on February 31 and Houston on March 7. The grass judging boys have been working since Christmas.
Magazine room facelift under way in homemaking department
Work began this week on a face lifting project for the magazine room on the third floor. The room holds magazine recipes booklets and other homemaking class materials for classes I II and III. It is furnished with a chair a sofa and shelves for magazines and booklets. The girls should soon be able to read here comfortably. The Whitewright boys beat Wolfe City 46 to 35 with Jenkins leading Wolfe City at 21 points and Sanderson top WHS scorer with 17 points. Walker had 6 Phillips 8 and Clark DeBerry two each.
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Wolfe City
Whitewright
WHS
Jenkins
Sanderson
Walker
Phillips
Clark
DeBerry
B. T
Bus slips on White Rock road. Gale saves windows
January 15 a school bus driven by Mr. Farrow slid on a wet White Rock road to Murphy's. The bus teetered on its sides, a post was knocked, and Gale Cripe stepped out to hold the fence and posts back. After 30 minutes the bus freed itself and resumed at 8:25. Gale called it cold out there.
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Mr. Farrow
Helen
Gale Cripe
Patricia Jarvis
Cindy
Gayle McCasland
Peggy
Jerry Bennett
Janice
Jerry
Johnny
Paul Lewis
Jimmy
Johnny Murphy
White Rock
Murphy’s
Gale
Farrow
Fire in Homemaking Lab Ends in Panic
Four sophomore girls prepared lunch when Mrs. Blanton left. A pan of margarine was melted, the lid removed, it caught fire, and the girls laughed until someone suggested action. Panic ensued as they reacted to the blaze.
Girls battle kitchen fire and face possible failing grade
In a dramatic incident the girls shout Run and Throw baking soda as a pan ignites near the sink. They use a plate to smother the flame and open windows to clear smoke. Mrs Blanton arrives as students scramble to scrub a blackened cabinet above the sink.
Tigers trounce Leonard 52 to 32 in district game
WHS dominates Leonard as Sanderson scores 22, Walker 12, Clark 10, DeBerry 2, Phillips 6. Leonard’s Hallmark leads with 15. Tigers now 2–4 in district with six games left.
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Tigers
Leonard Boys
Sanderson
WHS
Walker
Clark
DeBerry
Phillips
Hallmark
Leonard
B. T
Donald Slaughter Junior at Ely Born 1942
A local notice identifies Donald Slaughter as a sophomore born in Ely in 1942, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Slaughter. He has a five year old brother, a white 56 Ford, stands six feet tall, with brown hair and eyes, and has attended Whitewright schools since 1947 or 1948.
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Ely
Chester Slaughter
Whitewright
Donald Slaughter
K. C
W. B
Leonard Girls Stop Whitewright In Conference Action
Leonard defeated Whitewright 56 to 32 on January 16. Leonard led 27 to 13 at halftime, with Jimmie Sue Crabb scoring 23 points to pace the winners. Whitewright top scorer Sandra Montgomery had 17 as Linda Sanderson added 13 and Pattye Bartley 2.
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Leonard
Whitewright
Jimmie Sue Crabb
Sandra Montgomery
Linda Sanderson
Pattye Bartley
Whitewright High School Names Sammye Caldwell Teacher of the Week
Sammye Jean Caldwell is introduced as the new teacher of the week at Whitewright High School. Born in Vernon, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Caldwell, she attended Denton High School and earned a B S from North Texas State College. She teaches bookkeeping and shorthand and serves as school secretary, living with Mrs Emmet Penn and driving a 1954 blue Ford.
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Whitewright High School
Vernon
Jess Caldwell
Denton High School
North Texas State College
Emmet Penn
Sammye Jean Caldwell
R. C
S. B
Your Eyes and Names Pop Up in Midterm Yearbook Craze
A playful list of nicknames paired with student names from L J N A M initials features traits like loving, cautious, and mysterious. The segment ends with Relieved and Silent labels as mid term tests conclude.
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Lucille Shaw
Rochelle Alexander
Tom Sears
David Sanderson
Martha Anderson
Charles Copeland
Ann Morris
Billy Tillett
Don Walker
Barbara Lumpkins
Cliff Emerson
Linda Bennett
Carole Taylor
Joan Andrew
Linda Sanderson
Judy Durham Wins Freshman of the Week Title
WHS honors Judy Durham born August 19 1944 in Sherman. Averages noted, she shines as a standout student. January 13 the Tigerettes defeated Wolfe City 28 to 27 with McAbee scoring 14 for Wolfe City and Linda Sanderson 12 for Whitewright.
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WHS
Sherman
Trenton
Desert
Judy Durham
Ties of Romance and Music Across Pairs
A hometown note lists couples and song requests with playful vows and duets. Names include Martha Hershey Louise Tinker June Gail Bobby Jimmy Ronette Donnie Wylene Tom Gail Leonard Brenda James Williams Carolyn Steve E Ruth Stretch Barbara Wayne Linda Bill Paula Narvin and song titles such as You Can't Catch Me Try Me Lonely Tear Drops I m in Love with You I ve Had It Wiggle Wiggle 16 Candles and Dont Take Your Guns to Town.
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Martha
Hershey
Louise
June Gail
Bobby
Jimmy
Ronette
You
Donnie
Wylene
Tom
Gail
Leonard
Brenda
James Williams
Carolyn
Steve E
Teddie
Ann
Ruth
Barbara
Wayne
Linda
Bill
Paula
Narvin
Great Accomplishment in a Quiet Life Prospect
A playful verse contrasts talent with domestic virtue praising a life of home keeping. The speaker imagines marrying someone who does not sing paint or craft but would dedicate time to a traditional wife role. An aside notes that honey bees are sold by the pound.
Good Old Uncle- Comes to the Rescue
Charleston Daily Mail notes Anderson South Carolina's municipal cemetery New Silver Brook covered 50 acres unused. City officials fertilized seeded and placed in the Federal Soil Bank earning 2500 to 3000 dollars yearly. The piece urges similar soil bank use for small backyards at low cost.
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Charleston Daily Mail
Anderson
S. C
New Silver Brook
Federal Soil Bank
Water glass injury shocks Lincoln card game teen
Beatrice youth James L. Skidmore thirteen or fifteen? in Lincoln during a card game. A squeeze of a water glass cut his left wrist requiring sixteen stitches. The report notes a curious aside about penguins using wings to swim.
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Lincoln, Neb
James L. Skidmore
Beatrice, Neb
Lincoln
Skidmore
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Billy P
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Jimmy C
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