High School Presents The Road to Niagara Tonight
The W H S Reflector reports seniors stage a melo dramatic farce The Road to Niagara at the high school tonight Admission is twenty five cents or thirty cents for reserved seats Proceeds support senior activities Cast includes Davis Parrish Virginia Hill Lucian Vestal Lucille Starr Jimmie Golden and more The show promises comedy with a honeymoon couple spies and a maniac in the house
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Niagara
Davis Parrish
Girl
Virginia Hill
Bill Atkins
Lucian Vestal
Bert Griff
Emerson Sears
Stanislaus
C. B. Bryant
G. H
Choral Club Debuts Under Miss McKinzie in Assembly
The Choral Club performed its first appearance directed by Miss McKinzie in last Friday's assembly. Selections included As Torrents in Summer Lord's Prayer Goin' Shout Down By the Riverside I Hear the Bees A-Humming Waiting in the Shadows Deep River By the Mississippi and Star-Spangled. Hamburgers and Coffee offered at the senior play.
Hi Y Club Heads to North Texas Hi Y Conference
Hi Y Club members plan to attend the North Texas Hi Y Conference March 27 to 29 at Sherman Municipal Auditorium. J W Bill Marshall head of the Baptist Church Student Divisions will be principal speaker with R E Shepherd as song leader. Conference fee is 1 50 per boy and two hundred delegates have signed so far excluding Dallas and Sherman. Emerson Sears is press agent for Perla Potter in The Road to Niagara.
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Hi-Y Club
North Texas
Sherman
Sherman Municipal Auditorium
Baptist Church
J. W
Bill) Marshall
R. E. Shepherd
Dallas
Seniors Plan March Party For Fundraising At School
All students and teachers are invited to a March 20 all school party sponsored by the seniors. They will sell drinks and candy, run games, and use proceeds for senior activities. Committee members are Cecil Owens, Martha Jo Conner, and J Frank Wilson.
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Cecil Owens
Martha Jo Conner
J. Frank Wilson
March birthdays listed by High School register
A reporter notes twenty three students have birthdays in March. Names include Jimmie Golden Billie Burke Vineyard C B Bryant Ill Philip Earnheart Carol Ray Ireland Ann LaRoe Martha Jo Conner Juanita England Bessie Joe Russell Jean Neal N H Davis Mary Frances Stephens Clifton Ross Frank Miller John Charles Jones Paula Jean Booker Jones Ray Vestal Jack Sears Wallace Reeves Cecil Magers Edward Kent Billie Hatfield Ila May Gough.
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Jimmie Golden
Billie Burke Vineyard
C. B. Bryant
Philip Earnheart
Carol Ray Ireland
Ann LaRoe
Martha Jo Conner
Juanita England
Bessie Joe Russell
Jean Neal
N. H. Davis
Mary Frances Stephens
Clifton Ross
Frank Miller
John Charles Jones
Paula Jean Booker
Jones Ray Vestal
Jack Sears
Wallace Reeves
Cecil Magers
Edward Kent
Billie Hatfield
Ila May Gough
Seniors organize their own football team under Coach Sears
With Mr. Sears as their coach the seniors begin forming a senior only football squad. Co captains C B Bryant and C B Burchfield plan senior strategy with Ed Kent and Lloyd Cato. The upcoming spring training ends with a field of honor against next fall’s squad, a tough matchup coached by Boyd Payne.
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Sears
Boyd Payne
Senior in Hurry for Sheepskin
A senior hurries for his sheepskin as a prankster pins a sheep’s tail to his shirt. The room erupts in laughter while the senior remains unaware of the joke until it’s revealed. Grace Harris is named as a great movie actress of Amalgamated Features.
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Grace Harris
Amalgamated Features
School Session Reminder and Play Announcement
A neighborly note urges students to attend a Saturday school on March 28 and April 11. It also promotes Virginia Hill in The Road to Niagara theater production.
Object lesson on Hitler and heaven by Rev Wootten
In an assembly on Thursday Rev E P Wootten presented a demonstrative talk about the death of a 1942 dictator and his alleged path to heaven. Using folded paper strips he showed where the dictator would go, his supposed key to heaven, and the sign he should have followed.
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Brother Wootten
Heaven
Hitler
Treasury table urges Defense Bond purchases to aid war effort
The Treasury Department releases a savings yardstick for 48 million workers to participate in the war through Defense Savings Bonds. Secretary Morgenthau says the job ahead is bigger than expected and urges intensified bond purchases. The article also notes Whitewright Future Farmers and twenty 4-H Club boys will travel by school bus to a rodeo, paying 10 cents for the ride and 1 dollar 50 cents to attend, with a group-stay rule and a request to stay home if unable to meet it.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
United States
Morgenthau
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Cruse
J. T
Newlyweds Jimmie Golden and Lucian Vestal Honored
Miss McKenzie led songs Stand Up for Jesus and Onward Christian Soldiers as Betty Sue Thornhill introduced speaker J. G. Come to witness the couple.
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Miss McKenzie
Betty Sue Thornhill
J. G
Honor Roll names for second semester by class
Honor Roll lists for the first six weeks of the second semester include freshmen Polly Brown Janis Jane Horton Bettye Nell Yeager Nina Bell Hood Billie Ruth Holcomb Odell Neal Katie Kincaid Jean Neal and Henrietta Jackson sophomores Billy R Pennington Clarence Wootten Mary Edna Wink le Alma Ruth Reeves Mary Frances Stephens Merle Scoggins Kirk May and Jean Caraway juniors Alice Cato Edith Harper Patty Everheart Carol Ray Ireland Madgene Phillips Azilee Smith Wallace Reeves Foucheaux Vestal Jack Sears Winnell Stapleton seniors Davis Parrish Cecil Owens Virginia Hill Lucille Starr J J Sloan Juana Ruth Andrew Emerson Sears C B Bryant Grace Connelly Jimmie Golden and Grace Harris.
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Polly Brown
Janis Jane Horton
Bettye Nell Yeager
Nina Bell Hood
Billie Ruth Holcomb
Odell Neal
Katie Kincaid
Jean Neal
Henrietta Jackson
Billy R. Pennington
Clarence Wootten
Mary Edna Winkle
Alma Ruth Reeves
Mary Frances Stephens
Merle Scoggins
Kirk May
Jean Caraway
Alice Cato
Edith Harper
Patty Everheart
Carol Ray Ireland
Madgene Phillips
Azilee Smith
Wallace Reeves
Foucheaux Vestal
Jack Sears
Winnell Stapleton
Davis Parrish
Cecil Owens
Virginia Hill
Lucille Starr
J.J. Sloan
Juana Ruth Andrew
Emerson Sears
C. B. Bryant
Grace Connelly
Jimmie Golden
Grace Harris
W. H
English III Club Meets and Program Held
The English III Club met on March 6 during the regular English period. Anna Ruth Johnson led a program including jokes and riddles by Azilee Smith, a Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ben Robert Jones, a poem by Una Faye Blackerby, and a game with Jack Sears assisting. Virginia Hill stars as the leopard woman in The Road to Niagara.
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Anna Ruth Johnson
Azilee Smith
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ben Robert Jones
Una Faye Blackerby
Jack Sears
B. H
Popular nicknames listed with singalong invitation
The article lists nicknames for local residents such as Dagwood Hicks and Goober White and invites the Choral Club to sing Thursday night at the senior play.
Local High School Gossip Circulates Among Students
Students discuss rumors about Carol Ireland returning Rus Summer's sweater while Otto has one. Philip Earnheart visits Bonnie Mae Scott last Friday. Gladys Reeves is out for the recently elected most handsome senior boy. Grace Harris receives letters for Grace Lamour Harris. Davis Parrish and Patty Everheart are caught in the net. Joe Tate Jones sits with two blondes and a glamorous brunette in English NT. Helen Maddux invites Lucian Vestal to the sub-deb party. Lucille Starr’s interest in play practice noted as Emerson participates.
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Carol Ireland
Russell Ray Summer
Otto
Philip Earnheart
Bonnie Mae Scott
Gladys Reeves
Grace Harris
Grace “Lamour” Harris
Davis Parrish
Patty Everheart
Joe Tate Jones
Helen Maddux
Lucian Vestal
Lucille Starr
Emerson
J. G
Fat Stock Show Trip Planned by Future Farmers
Mr. Cruse outlines plans for the Future Farmers to attend the Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth this weekend. He notes enthusiasm and expected turnout as a key group activity for the chapter.
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Mr. Cruse
Fort Worth
F. F. A. Plans for Annual Father and Son Banquet
At the regular F F A meeting last Tuesday the Future Farmers began planning the annual father and son banquet. They were invited to attend a farmers meeting in Kentuckytown on Wednesday night where Mr Cruse and Miss Williams spoke on the program.
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Kentuckytown
Mr. Cruse
Miss Williams
J. T
4-H Club To Be Organized Among Local Girls
Miss Williams met with fifth to seventh grade girls Friday to gauge interest in forming a 4-H Club. Assistant home demonstrator Miss Eva Sue Merritt will meet with the twenty four interested girls to organize the club.
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Miss Williams
I Give You Texas by Boyce House
A busy Texas itinerary from Fort Worth to Amarillo includes Mason King of the Amarillo News Globe, Editor John McCarty's Panhandle history collection, and a Palo Duro Canyon visit with Floyd Studer and Guy Carlander. An evening with the Will Rogers Range Riders precedes the return flight, with colorful anecdotes about famous figures and a Cameron cafe pipe collection valued at $5,000 including a 300 year old piece once owned by Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Fort Worth
Amarillo
Mason
Panhandle
Tascosa
Floyd Studer
Guy Carlander
Palo Duro Canyon
West Texas Museum
Canyon
Will Rogers
Bob Dow
New Mexico
Will
Fred Jackson
Cameron Cafe
Walter Releigh
Europe
Local Supervisor To Meet With Them In Month
A local supervisor and other officials will meet with the group next month to discuss outstanding issues. The supervisor will be named prior to the meeting.
Humorous Snippets From a Colored Church Service
Vivid pastiche shows characters like Jackson with a cigar, Turkish pipes and corn cobs, and a ticket line to Virginia. A sermon line warns about speaking, timing, and place, ending with a joke about Virginia sitting on a suitcase.
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Jackson
A Good Reason Judge
The judge questions Hank about drunkenness noting his duty to try him for intoxication Hank explains he drank to celebrate the judge's election illustrating old time courtroom dialogue and social norms.
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Hank
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Woodrow Anderson
Helen Benson
Tommie Dee Booker
Lotta Faye Brown
Mary Ellen Brown
C. B. Burchfield
Lloyd Cato
Ruth Marie Chesser
Mary Frances Clabhorn
Fred Cook
D. W. Garland
Ira Mae Gough
J. C., Hastings
Jenny Irl Hicks
Ruby Holcomb
Sonny Kaiser
Ed Kent
Billy Kincaid
Edith Layman
Roby Magers
Ruth Mears
Robert Sears
J. J. Sloan
James Talley
Choral Club Sings
Perla Potter
E. P. Wootten
Insurance Credit
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Dagwood
Jim Hicks
Horseface
Billy Merle Scoggins
Slime Jr
Martha Louise Ves
Blondie
Mousey
Weldon Ingram
Rube
Eugene Reeves
Chigger
Ruth Maddux
Toots
Texas
Boyce House
Ed Delehanty
Babe Ruth
Nathan Bedford Forest
Madden’s
Denison
Sistah Jones
Pahson
Virginia
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Childress Pharmacy
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R. P. Childress
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