High School Reflector Debates Tax on Natural Resources
The Interscholastic League debate on taxing Texas natural resources features Doretha Darwin as editor, Loretta Alexander as assistant editor, and a roster of reporters. The program includes performances by Mr. Woody with songs and a principal's dismissal for lunch after Georgia Bogher and others present the debate’s negative side.
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Texas
Georgia Bogher
Woody
Mararet Hanna
Catherine Brown
Morris
V. H
Whitewright Boxers Compete in Trenton Tournament
Three Whitewright boxers Jackie Thompson J Frank Wilson and Joe Hicks took part in a Trenton tournament. Thompson and Wilson lost their bouts Hicks won by default and was later eliminated by a Celeste fighter. The group plans further boxing work with new gloves funded by the F F A.
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Trenton
Whitewright
Jackie Thompson
J. Frank Wilson
Joe Hicks
Joe
Celeste
Glee Club Prepares For Regional Contest In Longview
The Glee Club works hard on contest numbers and sight reading practice. Forty three members travel to Longview on Saturday March 15 to enter the regional contest with two pieces performed a capella and one accompanied.
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Glee Club
H. T. Burleigh
F. Melins Christiansen
Oscar J. Fox
Amy Sherman Bridgeman
Giovanni P. da Palestrina
Edward Elgar
Longview
Mr Russ Becomes Ill After Church Service
Mr Russ fell ill last Sunday while in church and was taken home by members of the congregation. He remained at home through the early part of the week.
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Russ
B. G
The Talent of Success Quote by Longfellow
A concise quotation attributed to Longfellow and presented by B G emphasizes that success stems from doing one’s best in any task. The message highlights mastery in routine effort and executing well in chosen endeavors.
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Longfellow
B. G
Whitewright Negro School Assembly Presented Choir Program
At 11 15 Friday March 7 the colored school of Whitewright held an assembly. Mr Morris announced lost text books and library books before introducing Mr Woody principal of the Negro school. The A Capella choir sang America The Lord s Prayer and Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes. Woody then introduced C L Spratt.
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Colored School of Whitewright
Morris
Mr. Woody
Woody
America
C. L. Spratt
Seniors Recall Past Activities in Yearbook Photos
Seniors search their memories for activities from freshman year as the annual lists each student’s pictures. If a student was queen, on any team or club, or an officer, it would be recorded. Many struggle to recall all activities.
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V. H
Senior class calls meeting on gowns and fees
The senior class met Monday at 8 30 with LaVerne Kilgree presiding. Doretha Darwin read minutes and letters from Paul Simmons and J B Smith. Seniors were urged to respond to the letters individually. Caps and gowns were described as royal blue with white tassels and rented for 1 50 each, due March 19.
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LaVerne Kilgree
Doretha Darwin
Doretha
Paul Simmons
J. B. Smith
V. H
Denton News Snippets From School And Activities
Miss Williams met old friends in Denton. Mary Edna Cox favors Houston. F F A boys went to Fort Worth Fat Stock Show Saturday. F H T girls traveled to Denton Saturday. Several students returned to school after measles. LaVerne Kilgree handed seniors handbooks Monday morning. Billie Jo Phillips Bertha Burchfield and Mildred Kent chased the bus carrying F H T girls toward Pilot Grove.
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Fort Worth
Denton
LaVerne Kilgree
Billie Jo Phillips
Bertha Burchfield
Mildred Kent
Pilot Grove
Report cards issued on Wednesday for many anxious students
Report cards issued on Wednesday March 5 show improvement with better grades every six weeks. Several students earned honor status while many remain below that level. Some students were glad to receive cards while others were not eager to view them.
Know the Faculty at Whitewright High School Boss
In the series Know the Faculty the feature describes the Whitewright High School principal as well liked by students and staff. He is known for humor and practical jokes and is recognized by his distinctive cough signaling students to quiet down.
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Whitewright High School
Mr H W Key Named Superintendent and Coach
The notice introduces H W Key as superintendent of Whitewright Public Schools, algebra and plane geometry teacher, and physics instructor. It notes last year he coached girls basketball and was debate coach while teaching algebra and plane geometry, and cautions not to discuss him with W H S students as he is a friend to all.
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Whitewright Public Schools
H. W. Key
Mrs. Anderson Leaves W H S Amid WPA Matron Layoffs
Mrs. Anderson, matron for the girls at Whitewright High School, departs as all WPA matrons are laid off indefinitely. She speaks fondly of her time with the students and hopes her improvements to the girls' basement can continue in her absence. The faculty and students appreciate her service and dedication.
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Anderson
WPA
Whitewright
Sunday visits spread across Denison Sherman and Dallas area
Dorotha Darwin and Marie Badgett visited in Denison and Leonard on Sunday. Several agriculture boys attended the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth on Saturday. Home economics girls met at a district gathering in Denton. Various locals including Gillett Earnheart Parrish in Sherman and Starr in Denison.
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Dorotha Darwin
Denison
Marie Badgett
Leonard and
Fort Worth
Denton
Brother Gillett
Philip Earnheart
Davis Parrish
Sherman
Mary Frances Clabhorn
Mattie Zerue Ashinhurst
van Alstyne
Mary Frances Call
Sedalia
Lucille Starr
Denis
Short hand class shows rapid progress under Mr Sears
The class practiced dictation at over 100 words a minute with letters transcribed on the typewriter. By year end they aim for about 120 wpm and a few surpass it. They have finished one book and are about one third through a second, with dictation mainly letters. Mr Sears declares shorthand a highly practical and fascinating course.
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Sears
V. H
F F A Group Attends Dallas Fair Rodeo Trip
A group of F F A members traveled from Whitewright to Fort Worth for a Dallas Fair visit. They rode the bus in cold weather, attended the rodeo featuring Ken Maynard and Jimmie the clown, then faced a gas shortage on the return trip before arriving home about nine.
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Dallas
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Fort Worth
Ken Maynard
Hollywood
Jimmie
M. B
W. H. S. Sweetheart Helen Maddux and Foucheaux Vestal Noted
A morning feature highlights two W. H. S. students. Helen Maddux, a popular sophomore, is an F F A sweetheart and club reporter with ties to the Pep Squad and sports teams. Foucheaux Vestal, a small tenor from west of Orangeville, sings in Glee Club and belongs to the band and FFA.
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Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Everready
Helen Maddux
Orangeville
Glee Club
W. H. S. Band
Future Farmers of America
Foucheaux Vestal
M. B
Epidemic Expands With New German Measles Cases
The measles outbreak continues to grow as about fifty students have contracted German measles. New cases include Carol Ray Ireland Betty Lou Tomlinson Ernestine Tomlinson Juanita England Grace Connelly Gene Anderson J J Sloan Anna Estelle Lewis Lewis Vestal Louise Brown Paul Jarvis Cecil Owen D W Garland Sara Hicks Lotta Fay Brown Grace Harris C B Bryant III Margaret Hanna Dorothy Sue Douglas Birt Russell and Glen Hicks.
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Carol Ray Ireland
Betty Lou Tomlinson
Ernestine Tomlinson
Juanita England
Grace Connelly
Gene Anderson
J. J. Sloan
Anna Estelle Lewis
Lewis Vestal
Louise Brown
Paul Jarvis
Cecil Owen
D. W. Garland
Sara Hicks
Lotta Fay Brown
Grace Harris
C. B. Bryant III
Margaret Hanna
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Birt Russell
Glen Hicks
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White Wright High changes honor roll to four A’s
White Wright High School shifts honor roll rules to include any student earning at least four A’s. The list includes freshmen Betty Allen Jack Camp Mary Frances Stephents freshmen class. sophomores Patty Everheart Betty Harper. juniors Jimmie Golden C B Bryant III Davis Parrish. seniors J W Chaney Dorotha Darwin Velma Holland Brother Gillett Mary Dale King Jonnie Robbins.
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Whitewright High School
Betty Marie Allen
Jack Camp
Mary Frances Stephents
Patty Everheart
Betty Jane Harper
Jimmie Golden
C. B. Bryant III
Davis Parrish
J. W. Chaney
Dorotha Darwin
Velma Holland
Brother Gillett
Mary Dale King
Jonnie Robbins
B. G
Fat Stock Show Attended by Local F F A Members
Thirty one F F A boys along with Mr and Mrs T H Cunningham Claudine Lancaster S T Montgomery and two F F A sweethearts Mary Helen Maddux and Marie Badgett joined the Fat Stock Show Saturday an eagerly awaited event by the group.
Local teens the talk of town in social notes
A string of light hearted remarks links A L with D W of Trenton and mentions M H M asking if A L can beat a time. It asks about J H G hitchhiking from Fort Worth and whether a date caused it, plus other sightings with Farmersville boys and returns to school.
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A. L
D. W
Trenton
Fort Worth
D. D
Northeast Texas Youth Conference Planned in Bonham
The Northeast Texas Youth Conference Planning Committee met at LaVerne Kilgree’s home on March 5 to set a conference date in Bonham for April 26 and to outline 45 minute panels. Each school will choose its own discussion topic Whitewright on social and recreational problems in high school Bonham on youth future Sherman on war issues.
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Northeast Texas Youth Conference
LaVerne Kilgree
Bonham
Whitewright
Sherman
Nina Belle Moore
John Pratt
Schuyler Kuykendall
Virginia Stansberry
E. P. Weaks
Mr. Cecil
David Engle
Winston Silas
David Poet
Whitewright Brief Mentions D D and Mr Morris
A short item notes individuals in Whitewright with initials D D and a Mr Morris connected to a local matter. Details are sparse but place and names anchor the brief within the town.
Second year homemakers host noon dinner at noon March 4
The second year homemakers of the 5th period class served a noon dinner to Mrs. Roddy Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Montgomery with Helen Maddux as hostess and Anna Johnson as assistant hostess. Betty Harper was the student and Dale Marie Robbins the waitress. The group includes Bonnie Mae Scott Una Faye Blackerby Martha Louise Vestal Bertha Burchfield and Billie Jo Phillips. On Tuesday the 6th period class will serve a buffet luncheon to Mrs. Lackey Mrs. Myrick Miss Leora Short Mr. Short Mr. Russ and Mr. Sears with the hostess and assistant hostess serving meat and salad.
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Roddy
Cunningham
Montgomery
Helen Maddux
Anna Johnson
Betty Harper
Dale Marie Robbins
Bonnie Mae Scott
Una Faye Blackerby
Martha Louise Vestal
Bertha Burchfield
Billie Jo Phillips
Lackey
Rains Keep Students Indoors At W H S
Wet weather slows campus activities at W H S with tennis, track, football workouts halted. Softball games postponed until the diamond dries while students use the gym for exercise. Junior and senior boys play hectic noon volleyball, juniors edging seniors.
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B. G
Homemakers Meet at North Texas State Teachers College
Area IV homemakers from Whitewright traveled by school bus to Denton for a program at NTSTC. The morning featured the NTSTC High School Orchestra directed by Guy Bush and a sing along led by Mrs. Margie Stafford. Emma Bernal danced a Spanish dance in a homemaking dress. A memorial service for Martha Ellen Stanford closed the program.
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Whitewright
Denton
Ayres
North Texas State Teachers College
Eugene Hall
Guy Bush
Margie Stafford
W. J. McConnell
Blanche Patrick
Area IV
Halldeman
Matthews
Martha Ellen Stanford
Waxahachie Leader Emerges as New Officers Named
Illness claimed a December life of a Waxahachie resident. Blanche Patrick chaired a business meeting electing next year’s officer origins: president Waxahachie, VP Whitewright, secretary Denton High, treasurer Sanger, reporter Grand Prairie, parliamentarian Avalon.
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Waxahachie
Blanche Patrick
Weatherford
Victoria Leslie
Denton High
Lotta Faye Brown
Whitewright
Hannah Duke
Arlington
Francine Baxter
T. C. High
Denton
Mary Jo
St. Clair
Minerals
Sanger
Grand Prairie
Avalon
House of Delegates
Aces of College
Floyd Graham
Second Year Agriculture Class Studies Garden Insects
The class under Mr. Cunningham studies garden pests including squash bugs cut worms corn ear worms and tomato worms. Each student reports on the insect its host plants its damage stage and control methods. The group will next study orchard insects.
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Cunningham
What Goes On In The Office
The office staff have spent the past week preparing report cards and grade books. They produce absentee blanks by ditto machine and verify enrollment and period totals. With many absences, Mr Morris receives help with excuses and admission slips, each excuse filed for later use.
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Morris
English I Studies Poems Transition to Sea Poetry
The English I class finished Treasure Island and will study sea poems. Students are compiling a scrapbook of poem selections.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco and Dallas Named Best Dressed U S Cities
A study ranks two American cities as the best dressed. San Francisco and Dallas top the list for style and appearance, with local shoppers and fashion writers noting distinctive wardrobes and shopping scenes.
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The
United States
San Francisco
Dallas
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Morris Gillett
Lelia Gough
Billy Jack Harper
Estelle Lewis
Jarvis Maddox
Lynd J. Moore
Ardell
MR. Russ
Negro School
Jan
Miss Williams
Houston
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Chatterbox
P. E
Farmersville
W. M
E. T
Childress
W. W
Marie
M. W
D. T
Bonnie
J. E
Juanita
B. B. III
Home EC
F. H
Foster’s Butane Gas Service
N. Houston St
Denison, Texas
Foster’s
Butane
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