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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1938
Page
7
The Snooper questions who took belongings hidden near Mr. Jernigan’s desk and juries over a skeleton in the closet. Teeth match Mr. Key while Mrs. Jack Lackey Sarah Belle Gillett Guy Andrews are noted. The unknown owner remains unresolved as readers seek clues.
Whitewright FFA lost to Wills Point 32 27 in the second round after a 31 16 first round win over Powell. Conner led Whitewright with 11 points in the loss while Woods of Wills Point scored 23 to pace his team.
Two seniors and one teacher testified to finding a skeleton in the office a set of false teeth. The Snooper notes the teeth were missing by the first period, with uncertainty about how they arrived there.
Local column notes social gossips from Tuesday with names like D T and B N C. Emma Jean and Mickey McCoy are mentioned as a couple after the show and other pairs seen out Saturday night.
Home Ec III girls began a unit on arranging homes. They studied floor plans of ideal houses and used booklets from White Wright Lumber Co. Mrs Knox expects careful study. The unit paused for the F F A banquet on Feb 25 but will resume this week.
The English IV classes held their final spelling match over a unit on spelling. Champion spellers in the 6th period were Guy Andrew Marguerite Arnwine Mildred Autrey and Emma Jean Layman. Morning class champions were Aileen Pennington Phyllis Brown Sarah Belle Gillett Hamilton Vestal and Rex Brown.
The second year home economics class finishes a unit on child care and children's play clothes. They plan to bring the children to the home economics department on Wednesday or Thursday to try the clothes. Mrs. Knox notes good overall progress and the garments will be graded on attractiveness ease of use suitability durability and laundering and construction.
Residents commend the Glee Club for enjoyable chapel programs and civic publicity for W. H. S. during winter and spring. The group’s performances are praised as cultural and entertaining.
The editor lauds a school choral club for its splendid chapel programs and its value as an outlet for students with musical talents. Nell Parmley, state supervisor of music, praised sponsor Mr. Jernigan and accompanist Mrs. Kennemer for developing the group.
Speed tests issued by the State Department measure typing pace in fifteen minute daily sessions. Students find the tests inaccurate and slower than expected, hoping for improvement.
Jones Alexander at Blanton's Chapel on Sunday. Roy Martin in Arlington on Saturday. Dorothy Jo Akridge a Sherman visitor Saturday. Mildred Autrey in Sherman Saturday. E. J. L.
The home economics I girls finished a unit on child care. Their next unit will cover time and money management. They will also plan a clothing budget for the year.
The week shows two birthday celebrants at Whitewright High School. Wilma Alexander turned fifteen on Monday February 28 and Marilyn Smith will be seventeen on Friday March 4.
The vocational agriculture class studied poultry topics including egg development and parts. Students reviewed prior poultry work, learned difficult vocabulary, and conducted daily culling lessons as part of their V A I III program and preparations for the Future Farmer's Father and Son banquet.
Whitesboro High School hosts a Friday assembly featuring the Whitesboro quartet John Collins H A Lynch Homer Lynch and Joe Watson. They are accompanied by Mr. Boyd the Whitesboro school superintendent. The program includes spirituals and the popular tune There's a Gold Mine in the Sky.
The economics class formed groups of two to analyze topics like the History and Present Status of C. S. O. and the History and Present Status of A. F. of L. After finishing, the material will be mimeographed and each student will receive a copy of the data gathered.
Spring bug display at W. H. S. features students wearing live insect costumes. Joe Preston Lee leads with a jeweled spider on his outfit while Sarah Gillett Norma Donigan and others join in. Women particularly prominent, challenging old assumptions about fear of bugs.
The Whitewright F. F. A. Tigers beat the Bells Golden Panthers 31 to 15 on Wednesday to earn a berth in the Arlington area basketball contest. The Panthers led early, but Whitewright pulled ahead by halftime 13 to 8 and routed in the second half.
Red Conner led Tigers with 11 points while Lewis and Andrew added 7 each. Lewis emerged as top playmaker, scoring a long shot two clip shots and a free throw. W. H. S. lineup included Kaiser Andrew Hughes Martin Conner Center Lewis Harrison Thornhill Henderson as guards.
The Honor Roll Club met Tuesday February 22 with president Sarah Belle Gillett presiding. Rudolph Russell shared the life of Frank Lloyd Wright, Morris Gillett spoke on Lincoln, and Hamilton Vestal on cooperation. Imogene Head and Vestal named program chairmen for next events.
An assembly on Wednesday morning featured Mr. Key addressing students. He proposed moving marble and softball games to the three acre block north of the school and leaving the area south for landscaping by V A boys. He also said boys collecting hens for the father and son banquet must obtain a teacher excuse, noting five boys left school to collect a hen on Tuesday.
The campus reels with revived baseball spirit as students prep for a season. Key strikes out thrice in four at bats while a new fireballer nicknamed Uncle Tom Cunningham draws attention. FFA boys accept a challenge from Johnny Bean's Sherman agriculture department.
The freshman English class discovers Shakespeare is a good writer enjoying humor and romance in A Midsummer Night's Dream. They dramatize scenes in class daily and expect to finish the unit in about two weeks.
Freshmen and sophomores lead the noon games behind the High School as girls replace basketball with baseball. With spring approaching, students expect more outdoor activity and a rise in participation across the grades.
A set of cryptic lines lists names with hostile and curious actions such as painting a mustache on a freshman and building a tunnel to a neighbor's house. The tone mixes childish dares with threats and a final odd signature Great Aunt Lewana.
Students at Whitesboro High School presented a program on station KRRV Sherman on Monday February 21. Superintendent Boyd led the talk while the program included vocal solos by a Girls Chorus solo pieces and instrumental numbers from a string trio and clarinet guitar duet.
The Gold Book replaces the Black Book in the Opportunity English class. It records students who fail to prepare their lessons, signaling a change in how pupil performance is tracked.
The Sherman Business and Professional Women's Club presents Ruth Bryan Owen at Sherman High School auditorium on March 6. Mrs Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, will address on the Scandinavian Cooperative Movement.
A brief note praises an opportunity class in high school for corrective grammar. It highlights its value and the observed improvement among students who attend despite prior absence. The source identifies S. B. G. as the author of the remark.
Ninth grade English shifts from romanticism to realism with the study of Enoch Arden. Three sophomore boys Brazwell Alexander Robert Benson and Doyle Alexander burst into song and have composed a long narrative poem as part of their unit on narrative poetry.
A whimsical look at Buck Howard keeping silence on a school bus as agriculture clubs prepare dishes for a mother and daughter banquet. Typing students practice punctuality while Boyd New faces an uncertain moment.
Snippets question whether a man dated anyone but a certain blonde with chatter about Bussie liking the girls. Mr Cunningham seen in a suit at school while others mock the Snooper cal errors and Herman may shave his mustache. J J is noted for stylistic grammar shifts.
A collection of brief items from Whitewright High School includes Miss Merriwell Vineyard’s graduation, student traits such as Herm an Riddle’s charm with regard to girls, and students like Boyd Newman balancing night work with study. Descriptions mention Dorothy Jo Akridge in Desert keeping up with town gossip and Mrs. Knox with home economics enjoying a father and son banquet Friday night.
Former Middlesex County District Attorney Edward J. Bushnell offered legal services for the first drunk person placed in Mayor William E. Kane’s plan to exhibit intoxicated men and women in a lion’s cage. Bushnell condemned the scheme as publicity stunts claiming intoxicated individuals have rights. Kane said two cages would be drawn through the streets by a police cruiser.
A riddle describes a device used for dating and communication. It mentions a mouth piece but no tongue, being used by fellows and girls to arrange or break dates, husbands and wives calling each other, and a buzzing bell that rings.
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