Whitewright High School News Highlights and Activities
Senior Reflector staff notes student editors and reporters while praising Bill Polk for a third place finish at the Border Olympics in Laredo. A literature bulletin board in room sixteen updates with short stories projects as members plan Western Week and film showings. Freshman Future Farmers of America visit Gainesville for a land judging event. Whitewright teams perform well with mixed results in class and underclass girls basketball.
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Future Farmers of America
Gainesvile
James Williams
Curless Aldridge
Charles Copeland
Whitewright
Future Farmers of America Chapter Meeting Held
The Whitewright Future Farmers of America chapter met March 11 in the agriculture room. The session opened with the members gathering and preparing for the agenda.
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Whitewright
Future Farmers of America
Houston
E. J. Morgan
Senior Girls Defeat Underclass in Tough Friday Basketball
Senior girls edged underclass rivals in a hard fought Friday morning game. The taller forward lineup anchored the offense as both teams battled intensely through the contest.
Polk takes third at Border Olympics in Laredo
Bill Polk senior at Whitewright High placed third in the Border Olympics in Laredo amid competitors from numerous Texas schools and beyond. Travis High Austin and a Pasadena entrant were the top finishers. Polk’s supporters, including Donald Wood and Coach S. T. Montgomery Jr., traveled with Joe Ramsey of the Balfour Ring Co in a 1957 Dodge station wagon.
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Bill Polk
Whitewright High
Laredo
Texas
Travis High School
Austin
Pasadena
Joe Ramsey
Balfour Ring Company
S. T. Montgomery Jr
Donald Wood
Steve
Joey
Bill
Western Week committees set schedules April to eight
Committees for Western Week meet to finalize details running April 1 through April 8. Groups include rules queen finance publicity program western party decorations awards and concession with a police note on permits. A junior group held a March 5 party in Sherman with listed attendees.
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Whitewright
Western Party
N. A
Shorty Pajamas and Sewing Questions Highlight Girls
Some of the girls who have not started yet are working on questions about sewing. P. A. B.
Track Team Sets Up Field and Prepares for Meet
The boys work on the track field east of the American Legion Hall with three jump pits for high jump pole vault and broad jump. Shot put entries include James Norvell Jimmy Bassett and Kenny Simpson. Jack Hyecock will pole vault. Bill Polk and Don Wood are current running stars. They will compete at East Texas State Teachers College Commerce in a few weeks. Mr H O Hoover coaches the team and thanks Clarence Tillett for the pickup track use.
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American Legion Hall
James Norvell
Jimmy Bassett
Kenny Simpson
Jack Hyecock
Bill Polk
Don Wood
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
H. O. Hoover
Hoover
Clarence Tillett
Whitewright Boys Practice Track For Upcoming Season
WHS football players transition to track with some already training in running events. Other athletes will join once equipment is ready. Events slated include pole vault high jump broad jump shot put discus relays and running events coached by H O Hoover with B L S assisting.
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WHS
Whitewright
H. O. Hoover
Speech Class Rehearses Plays Soon at Whitewright High
The speech class met March 6 to rehearse Pink and Patches and Antic Spring in the gym with sponsors and student spectators. Honor roll members across freshmen sophomores juniors are named, and Mrs Beth Rothman from Dallas spoke on self improvement and modeling careers.
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Priss Blanton
Jean Scott
Jack Hyecock
William Cox
Bill McDowell
Darlene DeBerry
Louisa Lackey
Billie Ruth Galyon
Jimmy Bassett
Gene McKnight
Don L. Selman
J. S
McDowell Seniors and Eighth Grade Class Listing
McDowell announces senior and eighth grade student lists. Seniors include Nelda McCurdy, Laura Bess Rich, Verna Lee Buchanan, Betty Williams, and Patricia Farley. Eighth grade names are Lucille Shaw, Linda Neal, Sandra Montgomery, Thomas Sears, Linda Harrison, and Don Pool.
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Seeveereeees
LaVerle Thurman
Sessereeereees
Laura Rich
Carol Bush
Homemaking lectures by Mrs. Rothman at Whitewright High
Mrs Rothman spoke to homemaking students and mothers at Whitewright High School on fashion, figure analysis, and flattering lines. The lecture series drew students from neighboring Tom Bean and Trenton and left participants eager for more on self-improvement and grooming.
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Tom Bean
Trenton
Rothman
Blanton
Roth
Rare TB seal passes mail to WQXR listener
A New York Times radio donor mailed a 1956 Christmas tuberculosis seal to WQXR host Duncan Pirnie. The note accompanied the rare stamp, a 30 million to one shot in odds. The piece highlights advertising value and the railroads transporting vast freight annually per American resident.
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New York
New York Times
WQXR
Duncan Pirnie
Citation by Publication Estate of Dean Carson Thompson
Guardian Lillian Stewart seeks final account and discharge in Grayson County Texas guardianship of minor Dean Carson Thompson. Notice states hearing on Monday after ten days from posting, at Sherman courthouse March 18 1937. Clerk J C Buchanan and deputy Connell Rogers sign. Publication Whitewright Sun March 7 1957.
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State OF Texas
Dean Carson Thompson
Grayson County
Texas
Lillian Stewart
Sherman
A. D
J. C. Buchanan
Tex
Connell Rogers
Whitewright Sun
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Rogers Definted Cottonseed Co
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Southwest Sprayer & Chemical Co
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Rockefeller Plaza
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Craig's Cafe
Gordon’s No. 2
Narvin Alexander
Willie Cox
James Dixon
Pokey Kelly
Jim Bassett
Priss Blan
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