Whitewright fifth graders craft scrapbooks of local industries
In a social science project fifth grade pupils under sponsor Mrs. D M Roddy and with Mary Dale King assist from editors Dorotha Darwin and Marie Badgett compile scrapbooks showcasing the various industries of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorotha Darwin
Mary Dale King
Marie Badgett
D. M. Roddy
Whitewright
Martha Lee Bradley
Lester Simpson
Martha Louise Vestal
Jarvis D. Maddux
Bonham
Pattie Everheart
Ann LaRoe
Velma Holland
Lucille Starr
Helen Ruth Holcomb
Sherman
Jessie Coffey
Anna
Wallace Reeves
Dallas
Naomi Waldo
Tom Bean
Lucian Vestal
Commerce
Celeste
Clyde Riddle
Helen Childress
Ely
Saint Patrick a Legendary Patron of Old Ireland
Mary Dale King recalls Saint Patrick as a wonderful figure who accomplished many miracles and founded 360 churches in Ireland. He endured six years as a slave in Ireland, learned its life and language, then returned to evangelize. Next week marks St Patrick's Day and a call to wear green.
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Patrick
Ireland
Great Britain
St. Patrick
Mary Dale King
Seventh grade girls thank Friday Literary Club for donation
The seventh grade girls express gratitude to the Friday Literary Club for a three dollar donation to furnish the bedroom for the home hygiene class. Signed Mary Dale King.
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Friday Literary Club
Mary Dale King
First Grade Studies Dutch Adventures in Class
In the week the class displays Dutch themed pictures with windmills, tulips, and scenes in the sand table. Miss Blanton reads Dutch stories as students learn new words and drawings of Dutch boys and girls. Half the room has the measles.
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Dorotha Darwin
Margaret Coffey
Second graders study Holland with boats
The second grade class explored Holland themes with boats. Billy Ward Evans and Junior Harrison brought boats for the lesson. A dental inspection found Mary Beth Young had a perfect set of teeth while only two others required immediate attention, as noted by Velma Holland and Mary Alice Harrison.
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Holland
Billy Ward Evans
Junior Harrison
Mary Beth Young
Velma Holland
Mary Alice Harrison
Third Grade Class Notes Absence and Library Rules
Miss Sallye remains absent from the third grade with Mrs. Manning subbing. Only twenty nine present on Monday. The class studied Texas heroes last week and Holland this week. They maintain a large library with posted rules: keep hands clean turn pages carefully put books in place neatly take turns for books. Each pupil records read titles on a card placed in an envelope. Marie Ward.
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Sallye
Marie Ward
Transportation unit pictured in fourth grade scene
Monty Atkinson and Eudell Bush drew a mountain train picture on the board as part of a transportation unit. Other pictures of all means of transportation will be drawn and discussed. Absent pupils this week due to illness include Hugh Tim Atterberry Charles Bradshaw Mary Frances Call Imogene Kuykendall John Charles Jones Billy Joe Hembree Margaret Hanna and Chesley Rutledge.
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Monty Atkinson
Eudell Bush
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Charles Bradshaw
Mary Frances Call
Imogene Kuykendall
John Charles Jones
Billy Joe Hembree
Margaret Hanna
Chesley Rutledge
Bertha Ford
Fifth grade birds study inspires varied classroom projects
Fifth graders work on bird poetry stories nests and mounted birds while some boys build a bird house. Dr Layman visited Tuesday afternoon and a boy misunderstood the term male on his report as referring to his teeth, asking his father about female teeth.
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Dr. Layman
Sixth graders map United States products and rainfall
Mr. Manning names group captains Myrtle Taylor Bob Sears Grace Harris Davis Parrish Lucille Starr Hoyle Riddle Cecil Owens students bring pennies for map cardboard They note recent spelling head marks for J F Wilson Thomas Arney Calvin Perinell They study ad verbs with daily tests including a Monday median rise from 64 to 94 Groups report on Texas heroes in language arts
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United States
Manning
Myrtle Taylor
Bob Sears
Grace Harris
Davis Parrish
Lucille Starr
Hoyle Riddle
Cecil Owens
J. F. Wilson
Thomas Arney
Calvin Perinell
Texas
New Pupils This Week from Hembree Family
New students join the district this week Freida Hembree of Trenton in first grade Billy Jo Hembree in fourth grade and Vergeiline Hembree in sixth grade. Mary Alice Harrison and Velma Holland note the additions.
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Freida Hembree
Trenton
Billy Jo Hembree
Vergeiline Hembree
Mary Alice Harrison
Velma Holland
Whitewright School Social Science Tours and Activities
Students in seven social science groups toured local business houses including Water pump gas office light plant railroad and bank. They prepared church and club booklets and accidents prevention material while language arts notes emphasize famous people and oral reports. Median scores were 92 95 95 with tests on aliquot parts in arithmetic.
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Whitewright
Lydia MaeArney
Lewis Vestal
Brother Gillett
Billy Jack Harper
Seventh graders spell for headmarks and field notes
The piece lists seventh graders earning headmarks, names girls who beat boys in a March 1 game, and a boys track practice with top finishers in the fifty yard dash. It also mentions a grammar school win at Trenton 20 to 2 and a humorous chapel setup with questions about various students and a Donald Duck feature.
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Paul Simmons
Otto Russell
Lewis Vestal
Jack Thornhill
Calvin Pennell
Tommy Thornhill
Lucian Vestal
Grammar School
Trenton
Plain shave with no trimmings request
A man demands a bare shave in a barber chair refusing any extras. The barber confirms with a quiet remark, addressing him as father.
Wallace Proposes High Surplus Crops Tax to Control Production
Washington. Secretary Wallace asks Congress to consider a prohibitive tax on farmers who exceed quotas as part of an emergency plan to curb surpluses. The measure, part of a broader program including soil conservation, crop insurance, and loans, would become compulsory if surpluses threaten prices and income.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
H. R. Tolley
Supreme Court
Campaign in 1936 For Presidency Cost $23,973,329
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee disclosed that political parties spent a large sum in the 1936 presidential campaign, highlighting the scale of expenditures and the role of party finance in the race.
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Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Dafoe's Pay Raised To 150 For 1937
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, physician for the Dionne quintuplets and health officer for North Himsworth Township, received a raise from 75 to 150 for 1937. Judge J A S Plouffe ordered the increase despite the township's bid to cut his pay to 40, holding 150 within fiscal limits after Dafoe sought 350. The Sun sells typewriter carbon.
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North Bay
Ontario
Canada
Allan Roy Dafoe
North Himsworth
J. A. S. Plouffe
Dafoe
Plouffe
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Barbara
Empire State Building
Public Library
Otto
Robert
James
Sanderson
Harrison
Wright
Childress
Douglas
Starr
Rover
Mears
Arney
Taylor
Coffey
Malachia Wright
Jackie Lee Thompson
Mr. Manning
Jones Ray Vestal
Thomas Sanderson
Robert Waldo
Donald Duck
Stutt
Ned Moore
Europe
Nieder ‘Wang
Ver
Sun
Typewriter
A. F. Nossaman
First National Bank
Lone Star Community Gqq Natural Gas Co
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