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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
7
The WHS Reflector notes a fifty cent fee per boy to help buy bats and balls as Mr Jernigan hopes for a strong team. A new catcher will join since Fred Starr is on the sick list. The staff lists editors and reporters and praises upcoming season plans.
A brief quotation from J H A notes collective pride in an achievement or milestone, reflecting a sense of communal accomplishment without additional context or specifics. The line emphasizes acknowledgement and shared satisfaction.
The flu and measles increased student absences. Fifty seven were absent on Monday and Tuesday, forty two on Wednesday, and seventy five on Thursday and Friday as the Ely bus did not run.
Chapel services were held Tuesday morning with Miss Draper directing. Sara Kathryn Atterberry gave a reading, Mary Joe Nelms presented a dialogue, Just As You Like, and Francis Golden with Ray Marie Brooks performed a duet. The program honored the basketball girls who defeated Trenton.
In commemoration of Texas Independence Day on March 2, schools dismissed at 3 o'clock granting students one hour of celebration.
On Monday March 1 V A teacher Johnnie Bean took a camera to his work with his boys. Despite initial suspicions, the photos show the boys at work and those with him. Back at school he photographed the basketball team. The pictures will be published in the Lone Star Farmer.
In a public speaking class debate on government monopoly of munitions, the boys defeated the girls 9 to 6. Participants included Boyd Newman and Merriwell Vineyard for the boys and Aileen Pennington and Sarah Belle Gillett for the girls, with Mr. Burma noting the civics and economic focus.
Whitewright High wins as Henderson and Wilson tie for 6 points each. Trenton’s Connelly and Cowan each score 3. Tigresses lead early and never yield, holding Trenton to one field goal with rest free throws. Lineups list Henderson Riddle Wilson Alexander Layman Thornton for Whitewright and Connelly McMillin Cowan Godwin Gregg Bell for Trenton.
Plans were discussed on Monday March 1 for organizing a baseball team. Eighteen boys reported to Mr. Jernigan the coach for preliminary tryouts and team formation.
A Tuesday sit down strike by students interrupted an indoor ball game until bell time. The group formed a council and refused to move inside, but when the bell rang long and clear they dispersed and returned to class.
On Tuesday afternoon March 2 students listened to a radio presentation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by the American School of the Air. English II III and IV classes were urged to write synopses after the broadcast to support their Shakespeare studies.
Junior business training class studies a unit titled Ordering covering ordering in the home school and business. The aim is to learn how to receive store and order goods effectively. The class plans oral reports this week.
A student letter mocks Mrs Lackey and English IV. The speaker laments lectures, plays, writing themes, and a dreaded test. Despite late study, they fear persistent failure and an eternal stay in the class.
A number of former measles victims returned to school Monday after two weeks away. Rejoining are Albert Lea Jackson, Betty Jo Morrow, Louise Deaton, and Anita Vestal. Christine Moore, Ethel Harper, and Clyde Owen remain on the senior list of those not yet recovered.
The Trenton girls visited Whitewright on Monday night March 1 and were defeated. Whitewright showed resilience despite a tough season, ending with a win in their final game of the year.
Each girl in home economics III analyzes her figure and plans unique dress designs. They study styles and art principles, individuality in dress design, and create patterns and fabric choices for special occasions. Each student will cut and sew her garment.
Betty Jo Morrow was in Sherman Saturday. Lorna Lee Thornton spent Saturday in Sherman. Norma Gene Smith was a Trenton visitor Sunday. Helen Lane was a Sherman visitor Saturday.
Mr. Key told chapel on Thursday afternoon that football players handed him a petition urging mothballs be put in sweaters, possibly delaying distribution until August. He also said thirty students were counted in the hall between the library and study hall, and that going forward students must stay in the library for the full period.
The senior English class studies the Shakespearean theater and Shakespeare, plans to read Macbeth, then a modern play and a radio play. They will see Lloyds of London, praised as a top talking picture, and analyze Hollywood production quality.
During the past few days, charts have been made on the new farm program. Mr. Bean is to use them to explain the program to the farmers of this community. Jack Meador and Jack Lewis Yeager acted as printers. -O. A. H.
Students study forms of letters punctuation and parts of the business letter to gain thorough knowledge of business letter writing. The class aims to finish the unit this week under I A.
Since mid term typing classes have worked on budgets and several have been handed in budget No 7 is due this week. The budget covers Business Letters with each original copy accompanied by a carbon copy and addressed envelopes for mailing.
In a campus round of quick wit and banter students share quips about beauty, marriage, tastes, and theater. Jim Henry calls someone the ugliest in the world while Eugene proposes to a sweetheart. Aubrey asks about a senior play, and John Lewis jokes about stock holders and cowboys. Nearby exchanges reveal playful teasing from Clifton to Mrs Kennemer and a reply about parents.
Autobiographical sketch detailing Hairless Joe McClusky as the creator of Arkansas Freedom. Inspired by Arkansawyer J. H. B. Jr. and tied to a distinctive regional voice. Noted as an autobiographical work with local flavor and reflective passages.
A rambling, humorous family chronicle describes Hairless Joe McClusky born on a frigid February night. It paints an eccentric Sangamon County clan with colorful relatives, oddities, and tall tales, ending with a teaser that the story continues next week.
Postoffice officials forecast a future when flying mail cars span the continent and letters move at ordinary postage rates. A senior official said rates would not drop soon but could within a few years. Enormous planes for heavier mail would be needed while clerks sort letters in flight.
The Sun offers typewriter paper adding machine paper typewriter car bon and typewriter ribbons for sale. Reach out for pricing and availability in today’s classified ads.
Useless pain relief pitch urges men to use Cardus for functional pains and sleeplessness. Promises nerve tone, appetite, and resistance improvement. Claims thousands of women found benefit and suggests Cardul aids overall strength from food, discouraging neglect.
Austin report from the University of Texas Bureau of Nutrition and Health Education analyzes an accident study of 50 375 pupils across about 30 Texas school systems finding 3 751 accidents causing absenteeism or medical care. It urges hazard surveys, central accident recording, grade targeted safety education, and stronger safety programs to reduce incidents among boys and maintain reductions among girls. It also calls for trained teachers, safer play activities, increased safety education, first aid readiness, spot checks on accident prone children, and prominent safety bulletins.
Denver police report a rebirth of chain letters sending money through mail, reviving a craze that two years ago crippled mail service and involved nearly every family, despite federal warnings. William E. Guthner, manager of safety, notes police have taken cognizance in recent days. Typewriter ribbons at Sun office.
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