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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
7
High School Reflector reports a class activity where students chose scenes matching their personalities and created dialogs in their own language. The program aimed to build stage presence and grading success, with teachers surprised and the class delivering a strong performance despite minor burnt cork marks. The next event is a one act play with public invitation.
Bells girls beat Whitewright 22-19 led by Walters with 16 points. Whitewright boys won 29-15 with Judd scoring 8 and Reynolds 7. halftime margins were 10-5 in girls and 10-3 in boys.
The piece urges students to perform figurative spring cleaning by catching up on daily assignments, improving relations with peers, forgetting grudges, and renewing spiritual life. It emphasizes starting now, not later, and blends practical study habits with moral and social renewal.
In the auditorium Friday afternoon the speech class presented a series of original skits performed by students.
The freshmen kicked off the social season at the High School with a skating party at Denison Rol-l-Bowl and a picnic at the city park. Top skaters included Don Howard Cook and Victor Burchfield for the boys and Anna Bess Neathery and Louise Selman for the girls. Winners received free tickets for another skating event. Attendees included listed freshmen and upperclassmen plus class mothers.
Blanton and Mrs. Gene Hughes Misses Lillian Neathery Percy Dar win Evelyn Burns Mr. Gentry and the sponsor expressed gratitude. Thanks were given to Mr. Gentry for driving the bus to mothers and teachers for attending to the girls for sandwiches to the mothers for home baked cookies and to the boys for drinks. Those who stayed home were thanked as the bus could not have held more.
The freshman class and sponsor thank Mrs. Roy Blanton and Mrs. Gene Hughes for planning and attending the Denison party. They attended the class meeting, baked cookies for the skaters, rode the crowded bus, and housed overnight girls, making the evening delightful.
The item strings together gossip about local couples and admirers. Names include Terry, Joan, Billye Miriam with Bill Frank and Joe, Anna Bess and Alton, Billye Faye and Robert, Ana Mary, F. M., Jean Wilson, Don, Billy Morris, Betty Blackerby, Lou Rae, Conway, Cora Lee, Goober, Mildred with William, Don Stephens, Dorothy Head, Harold, Clifton, Ouida Nell, R. C. and Dorothy Dooley, and Lou Rae’s fondness for Craig's Cafe.
The February temperatures ranged from 23 to 79 degrees as W H S freshmen in general science measured the coldest day on the eighth and the warmest on the nineteenth to learn local weather patterns.
English classes have written essays on tuberculosis as part of a contest sponsored by the Tuberculosis Association in Sherman. Prizes total fifteen dollars with five and two fifty for top juniors and seniors and the same for freshmen and sophomores.
Toruists flock to Montgomery Alabama to reflect on February 1861 when delegates proclaimed the Confederate States of America at the state capitol and Jefferson Davis took the oath two weeks later. Cannons bells and marching bands marked the moment as a bronze star stands on the dome.
The Montgomery guide highlights Davis’s swearing site as chief of the Southern Republic, a monumental Confederate memorial setting, and nearby historic spots including the White House of the Confederacy. It notes the capitol grounds with trees from Civil War and World War I battles, a statue, flag staffs, and Davis era artifacts. It also mentions Montgomery as cradle of the Confederacy and later sections describe alligator farm lore and attendant trivia.
A Florida farm just beyond St Augustine raises thousands of alligators among palms and tropical plants. The business yields lucrative hides for belts and purses while warning signs warn visitors to keep limbs outside the fences. The 14 foot gator reportedly exerts 1000 pounds of bite force as crowds watch.
The article advises considerate telephone behavior to avoid nuisance on party lines. Avoid call overload, respect meal times and late hours, know convenient calling times, and clearly ask for the intended person to speak with, never interrupt others.
The excerpt advises callers to state their name when answering calls to save time and avoid saying hello. It emphasizes courtesy to the operator and starting the conversation with clear identification. The guidance reflects practical norms for early telephone etiquette.
A playful survey of world facts and curiosities from crops across six continents to cows in Switzerland with bells. It notes arctic grass regions without trees and a Chilean map comparison, plus a nod to early chemical weed killer experiments circa 1895.
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