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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
7
The W H S Reflector reports sponsor editor and assistants noting 222 acres of strip cropping and 12 miles of strip crop lines plus 2 146 yards of drainage channels built. Mr Cunningham says recent heavy rains show the land wash and prove the need for soil conservation around Whitewright.
A list of student misstatements shows carelessness before midterms. Alexander refused being photographed. Ernest Lewis reversed words and jokes about learning him something. Jack Jernigan dozed and bungled phrases. Herman apologizes for phrasing errors. Howard Wallace reports Wilton MacFarland’s modest grade. The Snooper chronicles these slips.
Mrs. Katie Knox is the new home economics teacher at Whitewright High School. She comes from Woodson and Eastland where she led a Home Ec Club and earned a TSCW degree. Her three classes will cover clothing and she supports sports, having played basketball and coached volleyball. Her two children will attend Whitewright grade school.
Notes suggest possible new faculty member and various teen rumors about students. Mentions Lloyd Roddy failing a test, Mary Edna Cox and Alma Jo Sanderson apart, Joy Wilson with an ex student’s ring, Doris Nicholson and Frances Riddle skating at Ector Wednesday night, Mr Jernigan in a new suit, and Drunette and Modene punctual for study hall.
A short verse found in a freshman classroom during detective work by Professor Jernigan. The anonymous poem speaks of parting, love, and memory with lines about heaven’s gate and weeping willows.
Agriculture classes completed soil conservation study under Mr. Cunningham. Agriculture boys toured Whitewright area farms during field trips and logged 30.16 miles of terrain exploration and practical practice.
A fifteenth year old Russian immigrant George Lyon fails to sign a job paper due to illiteracy. He emigrates to America, builds a dry goods business, and envisions chain stores, only to reveal he would still have remained a janitor in Alatyr if he could read.
Herman Riddle of Whitewright High is described as the perfect gentleman with a polished mustache and white teeth. He is said to outshine Clark Gable in grooming, while locals note his mustache suits Bobbie Nell Cox better than others.
The column mentions Drunette and Tom repeating old tricks and a Bonham boy seen with N F D Sunday night. It teases Sarah for not finding a date Friday, recalls gossip about two fish with initials M F G and D D A, and cites a prominent senior B N C drafting a note to sophomore D T W K.
The notice lists January birthdays with ages and dates. J. C. Hastings turns fifteen on January 21, Dorothy Jo Akridge sixteen on January 23, Geraldine Garner also sixteen on January 23, and Frances Riddle seventeen on January 24. The piece links mood to mid term exams and grade expectations.
Helen Clathorn turns sixteen on January 23. Houston Darwin is sixteen today. Emma Jean Layman will be sixteen on January 28. D. A.
A brief note reads Dear David Taylor We want to ride around this after noon We will expect you all to wait for us Bobbie Nell Cox It appears to be a document discarded from a floor or waste basket indicating a planned ride or visit.
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered a six week program shutting all oil wells on Sundays and reducing daily Texas production by about 234 000 barrels to curb waste. Exemptions were allowed for essential gas supply and wells that would suffer physical damage if shut down. The move aims to protect independent producers and the consuming public from a price run up and monopoly by integrated firms. Political analysts note shifting candidate dynamics around Governor Allred and McCraw with Ferguson's candidacy fading.
Whitewright High School Tigers won seventeen games this season with three defeats. They beat Hickory Creek 22 19 led by Andrew with 12 points and Conner 9, then fell 24 23 to Sadler after leading 10 5 at halftime. They later beat Dorchester 43 19 as Conner and Andrew led with 17 and 12.
The Hi Y Club of Whitewright High School met at the Presbyterian Church with President Hamilton Vestal presiding. They discussed the Hi Y banquet timing and venue, decided to host a chili supper on January 24, and invite former member Charles Pier of Fort Worth. A program on whether the legal sale of alcoholic beverages should be prohibited was presented.
Developments in the Governor race intensify as Red Thompson and Bill McCraw adjust plans. McCraw leads the Green estate tax suit in New York where hearings drag on, possibly past July elections, risking little voter impact. Governor Allred attacks McCraw over Padre Island suit delays, while Acting AG Scott Gaines struggles to defend against the onslaught. Oil near Padre Island boosts value and Texas schoolchildren hold a stake in ownership claims.
The Grayson County Class A basketball Tournament is set for Feb 3 4 and 5 at Van Alstyne. Winners advance to face Class B winner to decide county representation in the district tournament. Whitesboro Van Alstyne Howe Bells and Whitewright are in the field.
A brief note describes two small high school freshmen at W H S. One is 13 with black hair who delivers papers after school and is popular. The second, who wears glasses and brown hair, is clever and humorously sociable, often seen driving a truck.
Willa Stateville and Dorothy Jo Akridge shopped in Sherman on Wednesday. Earleen Benson visited in Hove over the weekend. Emma Jean Layman called on friends in Dallas on Friday. Joy Wilson was visiting in Sherman on Sunday.
The proposed Treasure Island airport in San Francisco Bay is valued at seven million dollars as the successor site to the 1939 World's Fair. The plan outlines a major aviation hub serving the region and boosting transportation access.
Thompson creates a rapid statewide operation with four stenographers to handle letters after his announcement. In San Antonio he sketched issues likely to define his campaign, urging room for factories and progress while opposing efforts to destroy payrolls and industry. He called for cooperation and a fair government deal to ensure jobs for all.
Walter Woodward, former Coleman senator, declares a bid for Lieutenant Governor and says Pace Tyler Willbourne Collie of East land and G H Nelson of Tohoka will not run. Pace is reportedly out, Collie disputes Woodward, and Nelson has not authorized any announcement. Coke Stevenson, former Speaker, says he will run.
The week saw John Wood of Timpson announce for the Railroad Commission against C. V. Terrell while Lt. Gov. Woodull pursues Attorney General. District Judge Ralph Yarborough of Austin also announced a campaign against Woodall for the same office.
Gus Gainey died leaving a 20 year old automobile barely driven. Relatives say he bought it in 1917 and used only the first five gallons of gasoline before parking it for two decades due to high costs and risk of accidents.
Chinese contributions to maritime science including the leeboard the balanced rudder and the watertight compartment will be shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay in 1939.
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