Whitewright High School Reflector Editor Names
The Whitewright High School Reflector lists Lytle Biggestaff as editor in chief with Velma Mae Nicely as faculty adviser and Dorothy Tapscott as reporter. Staff reporters include Joe Alexander William Baxter Jimmie Lee Brown Mary Lea Cheaney Lucase Cooper Isabelle Craig Sybil Davenport Katie Ford Vivian Echols Preston Hannah Anther Hudgins Pattie Jean Hulett Dorothy LaRoe Margaret Lilley Pauline Mitchell Ocie Scott Onie Scott Byron Teague Anna Lee Yowell Grace Chumbley and Leon Chumbley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lytle Biggestaff
Velma Mae Nicely
Dorothy Tapscott
Joe Alexander
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Lucase Cooper
Isabelle Craig
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul Pierson
Ocie Scott
Onie Scott
Byron Teague
Anna Lee Yowell
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
Inter-Class Track Meet At W H S
An inter-class track meet was held last Friday with boys competing on the football field and girls on the campus. Winners include Walter Tom Holmes in the 220 and 100 yard dashes and the javelin, with Bussy Thornhill and Byron Teague among top finishers. Juniors lead with 38 points, followed by seniors 15, freshmen 14, and sophomores 11. D. N. notes rumors about Miss Tapscott and Mrs Kennemer missing school due to illness from hamburgers. both returned Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Tom Holmes
Byron Teague
Bussy Thornhill
Albert Lea Jackson
Kenneth Booher
William Braden
Hiking Tramp Ends With Turnaround Lessons
W H S girls returned from a Monday physical education tramp, voiced fatigue and regret about hiking far, after Miss Tapscott and Mrs Kennemer led them to Oak Hill Cemetery and back. Some straggled, but the leader redirected them, with Margaret Lilley noting the admonition to try again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Tapscott
Have you had the mumps epidemic grips pupils
The notice lists several students Norma Gene Smith Jimmye Lee Brown Lucase Cooper and Sarah Jo Ayres who have contracted mumps and notes others fear spring due to the outbreak. It reflects concern over the epidemic and its impact on student life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Gene Smith
Jimmye Lee Brown
Lucase Cooper
Sarah Jo Ayres
Oo. S
Whitewright Assembly Announces Attendance Penalties and Events
The gathering outlined daily point deductions for absences, with absent names posted in the library and make-up work offered to recover points. An all track meeting was set for next Thursday, and Van Alstyne will visit Whitewright for varied games. Miss Tapscott announced extra English points for viewing Mid-Summer Nights Dream.
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Key
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
Whitewright Grammar School
Guess Who Ideal Man and Red-Head Classmate
A fragment lists a male with blonde hair blue eyes a blonde mustache 168 pounds and 5 11 12 in tall as a near ideal man with hobbies music history and calisthenics. It also describes a red haired freckled girl 5 5 119 pounds with gray green eyes pleasant disposition popular who lives at Ida and drives a tan Chevrolet.
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Ida
The Moon Witch Haunting Night Verses by Kathleen Mitchell
A short poem narrates the moon as a witch that floats at night. It bewilders stars and casts a light along a river by a mill until the wind grows wary. The speaker hints at stopping the moon’s teasing to bewitch the wind as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Mitchell
To Have You in My Presence Poem by Kathleen Mitchell
A short poem by Kathleen Mitchell expresses a longing to have a loved one near. The speaker hopes for calm voices and shared moments to erase shadows and make a wish come true.
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Shadow
Kathleen Mitchell
Seen on the campus by Preston Hannah
Mr. Burma leads calisthenics with the boys as they march and the girls play ball. Several boys train for track throwing the javelin discus and shot put while Mr. Key learns pitching.
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Mr. Burma
Mr. Key
Preston Hannah
Contestants Named for Interscholastic League Events
All contestants for the literary events of the Interscholastic League have been chosen by event sponsors. Mrs Kennemer sponsors the spelling and plain writing contest and Miss Tapscott has the remaining assignments.
Contest Entrants for School Typewriting and Writing
The notice lists participants in school events with Joann Everheart and Sarah Belle Gillett in typewriting, Marie Thrasher and Anita Vestal to represent in spelling and plain writing, and Lytle Biggerstaff and Patta Jean Hulett entering the essay writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Everheart
Sarah Belle Gillett
Marie Thrasher
Anita Vestal
Lytle Biggerstaff
Patta Jean Hulett
L. B
Freshmen and Seniors Lead In Inter Class Track Meet
At the campus football field on Friday at 2 pm the inter class meet featured only baseball for the girls. The freshmen beat the sophomores, then the seniors defeated the juniors 14 to 3. In the final, the freshmen lost to the seniors 15 to 8, and no classes were held after 2 pm due to the games.
Onie Scott Returns to School After Injury
Onie, the other Scott twin, returns to class after four weeks away due to a broken ankle. The cast was removed Tuesday and is in perfect condition. In two weeks she will discard crutches and resume schoolwork without hindrance.
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Onie
Scott Twin
Masqueraders Plan Weiner Roast and Committees
The Masqueraders assembled Thursday morning to plan a weiner roast set for Wednesday night. Vivian Echols and Isabelle Craig were named to manage the food committee. A yearlong program committee was appointed by the president, including Dot LaRoe, Margaret Lilley, Leslie Holland, and William Howard Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Echols
Isabelle Craig
Dot Laroe
Margaret Lilley
Leslie Holland
William Howard Harrison
Dorothy LaRoe
Spring Fever and Senior Yawns at W. H. S.
A playful school column notes 1936 style quirks at W. H. S. Dump trucks are favored by some students while spring fever hits. Jokes about hats, questions outside class, milk from a truck, and absent minded seniors appear. Vivian Echols signs off with a humorous poem line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bean
Grey
Henry Esmond
Vivian Echols
Campus Chatter: private roasts and romances stir campus
Campus chatter notes several private gatherings and romances among students. Observers report a series of last week and Thursday night events including social pairs, rebound rumors, and local dating rumors tied to names like Jim Henry Pauline Kathleen Murl Joann Fred and others.
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Jim Henry
Pauline
Kathleen
Murl
Joann
Fred
Flash—Boyd
Sarah Belle
P. M
P. S
Sherman
Velma Mae Nicely
Romeo
Speedy
Isabelle
Woody
N. G
Charlie White
Billy
Fredy
Joe Alexander
Anther
Bubbles
Scott Twins
Bonham
Vonda Lee Vineyards
Trenton
Squirt
Bonnie Lou
Your Coiffure Bangs Weigh Down the Style This Season
Practical beauty guidance from V. E. suggests a small head impression with a visible forehead. Recommend a sleek back line, with curls and waves restrained. At the neck apply a soft roll or multiple rows of curls for polish.
Classroom notes on Constitution study disrupted by ptomaine illness
History IV class studied the Constitution starting with the preamble and answered questions. The session ran late last week before illness sidelined several students with ptomaine poisoning. Miss Sue Stephens, a former teacher, is mentioned in the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapscott
Kennemer
Sue Stephens
W. H. S. News Notes And Class Changes
The Glee Club learned two new songs Polly-Wolley-Doodle and If I Knew My Nursery Rhyme. Seventh period history moves to sixth. those in history taking English I move to first English I. Public speech classes study play directing with each student choosing a one act play to direct with Miss Lewis. Freshman Garland Branch joins from Hopewell Texas. Students earn extra credits in English and public speaking by attending Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. General science studies electricity and plans to build a crystal radio set and explore radio broadcasting and receiving sets.
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Lewis
Garland
Hopewell
Texas
A. T. Jr
Midsummer Night's Dream Presented At Palace Theatre
The matinee and evening show of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream entertained at the Palace theatre. The performance blended stage and film, with Joe E. Brown as Flute providing comedy and Mickey Rooney as Puck causing romantic mix ups among Lysander Demetrius Hermia and Helena. Oberon Titania and Bottom figure in a woodland tale of love folly and a donkey headed transformation concluding with the lovers united and believing it all a dream. Sybil Davenport reports.
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Palace Theatre
Quince
Bottom
Theseus
Athens
Ian Kent
Hippolyta
Veree Teasdale
Lysander
Dick Powell
Demetrius
Ross Alexander
Hermia
Oliva de Havilland
Helena
Jean Muir
King of Shadows
Oberon
Puck
Mickey Rooney
Fairie
Titiana
Wood
King of
Shadows
Sybil Davenport
Lindsey Edits Toreador for Second Year at Tech
Jim Lindsey of Lubbock will edit the Toreador for two consecutive years, after winning a campus election at Texas Technological College by 263 votes over Clay Thompson. A Whitewright High School graduate, Lindsey majors in journalism and serves as secretary of the Texas Tech Young Democratic Club while remaining active in the campus press associations.
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Jim Lindsey
Lubbock
Toreador
Whitewright
Clay Thompson
Texas Technological College
Lindsey
Silver Key
Texas Tech Young Democratic Club
Texas Tech Press Association
Texas Tech
G. L. Lindsey
Reading the Bottle Drives Man to Drink in Mock Ode
A Farmersville Times joke captions a man who gazes at a liquor label and then guzzles the strong stuff. He calls it imported Scotch or bonded Johnny Walker and soon ponders why his stomach aches, satirizing the indulgent imbiber.
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Johnny Walker
Farmersville Times
Modern Electric Tools Aid Growers and Builders
The New York Museum of Science and Industry showcased electric soil heating lighting and sterilization for flower and fruit production to extend the growing season. Vacuum-assisted concrete setting claims faster hardening stronger density and potential cost savings plus the prospect of taller concrete buildings and nonskid pavement textures with matrices on vacuum mats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
New York
United States
Concrete Poured In Moulds As Engineer Reports
Karl P Billner of Rockefeller Center cites a concrete mix ready to pour into moulds today and interior finishing possible tomorrow. He explains cement is calcined ground rock, hydrated to revert to rock form, with about six gallons of water typically added to the mix.
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Karl P. Billner
Rockefeller Center
Yardville Doctor Discovers Synthetic Rubber and Bakelite
Dr J C Patrick of Yardville New Jersey mixed two antifreeze fluids and produced a gummy mass, revealing a method to make synthetic rubber. Dr L H Backland sought a soluble varnish, but his mixture hardened into bakelite, the valuable plastic used by industry.
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J. C. Patrick
Yardville
N. J
L. H. Backland
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Theodore Crane
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