Whitewright High School Newsletter Highlights Sports and Thanks
The Whitewright High School paper notes praise from Sam Houston Teachers College for agriculture practice teaching. It credits staff and community for the box supper and events. It outlines daily activities from eighth grade physical education to homemaking and geography, ending with study hall and celebration of school life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caraway
Barker
J. L. Moses
Sam Houston Teachers College
Whitewright School
Agriculture Department
Whitewright High crowns queen race heats up on campus
Daily noon and morning sales from class representatives draw crowds as seniors push homemade candy, juniors struggle to stock candy bars and gum, and sophomores offer popcorn, though supplies quickly vanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen of Whitewright High School
Coach Montgomer y honors reserve lettermen with gold sweaters
Last Monday Coach S T Montgomery held an assembly to award non lettermen and reserve lettermen. Reserve recipients Joe Parnell Gene Bush Barry Blanton Joe Wallace and Jack Badgett received gold sweaters with a W and football patch. Non lettermen Gene Stephens Ray Simpson Joe Reynolds Prentice Barnett Eldon Watson earned gold footballs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Montgomery
Joe Parnell
Gene Bush
Barry Blanton
Joe Wallace
Jack Badgett
Gene Stephens
Ray Simpson
Joe Reynolds
Prentice Barnett
Eldon Watson
Palace proprietor photographs end of school year group shots
Last Wednesday George M. Hight, Palace theatre owner, returned to high school for the final batch of group pictures. The FFA, FHA, Reflector staff, annual staff, queen nominees and their managers, class officers, favorites, and football squad members appear clear and well lit. The ball season closes with Tigers and Tigerettes taking second place in the district. Eighth graders spend a day under Coach Montgomery and Mrs Roddy, moving through arithmetic English and study hall before history and reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Whitewright
High School
Grammar School
Petrash
Montgomery
Smith
Hughes
Miss Burns
George M. Hight
the Palace
Hight
Tigers
Tigerettes
Room Ten
Coach Montgomery
Coach
Mrs. Roddy
Lovers and Letters Echo Small Town Romance Blues
A sequence of playful love exchanges between couples and friends. Each line pairs a verse with a reply covering themes of heartbreak joy and nostalgia across a dated tone suitable for a humorously sentimental column. The fragment hints at youthful chatter and light domestic music of affection.
Lovers Exchange Vintage Song Teasing Lines
A playful sequence of romantic couplets appears with pairs like Dixie and Daymond and Jeanette and R C exchanging affectionate titles and snippets. The list ends with a line from T and S indicating the source or signature.
Tom Thumb wedding at Pure Food Show staged by Miss Lilley
An old White Wright Sun piece describes a Tom Thumb wedding at the Pure Food Show directed by Miss Margaret Lilley. Children impersonated faculty and trustees with listed participants acting as teachers and board members, plus the bride Joan Anthony and groom Barrie Blanton and their bridal party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lilley
Nelda Jean Benson
Carol Ryan
Billye Faye Dillon
Jane Meador
Marjorie Clabhorn
Frances Layman
Dorothy Ford
Florena Williams
William King
Don Howard Cook
Travis Binion
Conway Craig
Priscilla Ann Hinton
Laura Jean Wilson
Carol Jeanne Kilgree
Sarah Frances Head
Louise Selman
Marion Myrick
Jerry Mack Thornhill
Don Biggerstaff
Lily Jo Ware
Kelly Pierson
Billy Watson
Paul Gene Watson
George Milam Ryan
Joyce Jean Brown
Jack Badgett
Peggy Clark
Gene C. Stubblefield
Joan Anthony
Freshmen Profiles Highlight School Newsand Social Events
The article lists a wedding ceremony with flower girls and trainbearers and names family members. It then shifts to classroom notices featuring two new freshmen, one 14-year-old basketball fan who loves Cocoanut Pie and Lavender Blue, and a 15-year-old who enjoys radio and Lovesick Blues, with ambitions toward teaching.
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Reflector
Dorothy Dooley
Dean Alexander
Nora Hughes
George Neal
Sonny Smith
Orville Russell
Jerry Neal
Billy Neal
Clifton Bass
R. C. Thrasher
Ralph Judd
Cora Head
Victor Burchfield
Lela Simpson
Caye Vandagriff
Don Reynolds
Anna Neathery
Wanda Lewis
Dwayne Hayes
Charlene Thornhill
Mary Alexander
Mobilubrication
G. C. Stateville
Magnolia
Ney
Dia-Mel
Kingston Drug Store
Denison
Rexall
Texas
Erma
Joe
Junior Barnett
Ann
Junior
Byron
Charlene
Doretha
David
Jimmy
Peggy
Jackie Wyatt
Dixie
Jackie
Audrey
Richard
Betty
Luther
Daymond
Jeanette
R. C
Florena
Don
Nancy
Dean
Billy Joe
Lorene
Betty Nell
Bobby
Tabby
Cat
Nell
P. M
Waldrum’s Food
Bells, Texas
Blue Goose
Maine
Wilson’s
Griffin, Diamond Rosebud
Jimmy Christian
Jeanette Jones
Nancy Lieu May
Penn Wootten
Jerry Vineyard
Joe G. Pannell
Nora Jean Hughes
Jim
Gerald Dee Blanks
Billy Earl Brown
Ann Harper
Mr. Ford
Mr. Dillon
Robert Leuschner
John Dale
C. D. Hanes
E. H. Dearth
Bonham, Texas
City Hall
Grain Department
Quaker Oats Company
Sherman
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