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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
7
A school newspaper page lists editors and sponsors, student bios with counts and hobbies, and humorous verses. It includes class officers Janis Jayne Horton L.V. Conner Katie Kincaid and Don Newman with dates and attributes, plus jokes, lost items, and small ads.
In the high school auditorium Rev. Guy D. Newman of Denison First Baptist addressed students. He offered guidance on choosing between right and wrong and rules for behavior. Mr. Gentry announced the annual and Red Cross drive before Rev. E. P. Wootten introduced Newman and Harold Fromm led two songs.
In a breezy classroom exchange, Kirk reports good grammar progress while classmates trade barbs about debts and favorite biblical parables, highlighting a moment of humor amid daily school life with Miss Neathery steering the chat.
A wartime appeal urges readers to donate to the Red Cross to aid soldiers and recovering veterans. The narrator asks readers to consider their brother serving abroad and emphasizes the impact of a nurse's help for injured servicemen.
On sunny days students gather on campus during leisure time to discuss varied subjects. The article notes friendliness as a leading factor in student interactions across classes and social groups.
Notes from a campus grapevine reveal pairs forming and reuniting among students. Mentions include J J H and J T V possibly growing closer, B A D and T M M dating, and M F S appearing cheerful after Jack Sears’ homecoming on someone’s birthday.
Reader-donors across classes contributed to a Red Cross fund, led by names such as Leo Howell $100 and Mrs. Roddy $5.10, with numerous seniors sophomores and juniors listed giving varied amounts from 5c to 1.05. The tally includes individuals from Bobby Jim Morgan to Merle Stanford among many others.
A road map of upcoming 1944 films. Fewer war pictures, more light comedies, lavish musicals with scarce material, and rising religious themed pictures. Highlights include A Guy Named Joe with Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, No Time for Love, Heavenly Body, Once Upon a Time, Higher and Higher featuring Frankie Sinatra, and color titles Cover Girl Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Also Emil Nyola The Magic Bullet Madame Curie The Song of Bernadette Keys of the Kingdom The Miracle with Jennifer Jones and Charles Bickford.
London. Minister of Labor Bevin stated 22,000,000 Britons are in fulltime war work or armed forces. He noted over 7,000,000 are women and announced a rest home for women workers at Tadworth, Surrey, funded by American war workers with $525,000 contributed in 1943.
A brief note reflects on historical borders with mentions of Germany and future aims regarding Japan. It hints at geographic shifts and political reorganizations in a concise, period-tinged tone without graphic detail.
A 17 year old Madison amateur forecaster Wayland Norland claims 75 percent accuracy beating federal forecasts in town. He relies on wind direction sky appearance air feel and thermometer readings to predict 24 hours ahead and shares his notes daily. He notes professional forecasts average 87 percent accuracy and hopes access to national reports would help.
A playful dialogue contrasts a child asking why a flower pot has a hole in the bottom with another speaker answering that the hole allows for upside down planting. The exchange highlights whimsical classroom humor.
A humorous observation centers on a woman who endures ridicule for her belief that a No. 5 shoe fits a No. 7 foot. The remark highlights stubborn fashion vanity and social teasing in a playful exchange.
Citation issued in case No 52626 commands G R Cannon to appear by 10 AM on Monday after 42 days from issuance to answer Opal Cannon's divorce petition filed March 11 1944. Court in Sherman Grayson County Texas the citation dated March 11 1944 lists cruelty as grounds and notes clerk S W Earnest and deputy Inez Steed.
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