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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
7
The seventh grade covers English diagramming, arithmetic standpipe measurement, and problem solving terms. In home economics girls give manicures weekly and vote on fingernail quality and improvement with Lucille Starr winning nicest nails and Grace Harris and May Bell Price tied for most improved.
Second grade students study time history as a clock store opens and mass production begins. A prize awaits the best clock and ribbons honor top books titled Telling Time Through the Ages. Bert Waldo is dropped from the roll but classmates hope he has a successful Sherman school year.
Pupils in the third grade start a study of Holland with reading, stories, and a Dutch clock project. They have collected books about Holland and learned new words. This week they are making Dutch clocks, Dutch dolls, and large posters to illustrate the unit.
Thursday morning the fourth grade staged an assembly with performances by students including a song by Janet Horton a piano solo by Katie Kincaid readings by Betty Nell Yeager Don Newman and Margaret Ann Burnham a song by Class and a play titled Dr English performed by several pupils.
Pupils review pronouns antecedents verbs and arithmetic rules. Reading tests reward careful listening. Spelling lessons use a speller to study word meanings and usage. Mexico topic includes population rainfall maps oceans seas and gulf surrounding the country. Students present items representing Mexican belongings.
The class focuses on decimals and their importance in placement. In English the simple subject and predicate are taught. The six grade covers the positive comparative and superlative degrees. Europe is studied with current events gathered for discussion.
The home economics class studied manners and table setting, learned party preparation, and heard a talk titled A Trip to France. The session emphasized practical social skills and cultural topics in a compact lesson.
The girls played Trenton on Thursday afternoon and won 19 to 0. Home runs were hit by Lucille Starr and Pattie Everheart, highlighting the lopsided win.
The boys at the school work hard in manual training and agriculture classes. They have dug a flower bed in front of the building. Some study flower plants while others pursue projects that interest them most.
The article notes boys excel at softball during warm weather, attributing success to outdoor practice. It highlights that the entire physical education period is spent on softball drills and games, reflecting strong sports enthusiasm and community focus on athletic activity.
Mary Lee Hughes took a quick trip to Sherman and Montie Atkinson also visited Sherman while Ann LaRoe and Mary Frances Stephens are noted as 14 and 11 years old respectively. Miss Opal attended the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth and Naomi Waldo has moved to Sherman along with Mr Manning moving into the Waldo residence. Jane Knox helped in a home economics class on Tuesday morning and a foreman's son promised a nickel monthly for a year in a Sunday school play idea for the blacksmith's boy.
A brief joking moment unfolds as a man asks to walk with his partner and cites his doctor’s instruction to take exercise with dumbbells, prompting a playful, lighthearted reply about the purpose of the walk.
Joan and a teacher discuss a riddle where IT is a prompt and the teacher corrects her. Joan completes the clue by stating she is the ninth letter in the alphabet, implying the answer is I.
Classified note advertises a coal and wood range in good condition for sale. Seller W.M. Ingram, route 1, Whitewright, offers the item cheaply. The brief listing presents a practical household sale from a local resident.
Whitewright resident Mark Montgomery announces his bid for constable of precinct three, which covers Whitewright Tom Bean Pilot Grove Kentuckytown Ida and South Bells. He cites prior service as public weigher and former Whitewright city marshal, pledging fair impartial enforcement.
New York attorney places ad in a newspaper offering to take any job anywhere for a decent salary. He lists dishwasher, business executive, musician, bodyguard, traveler, diplomat, truck driver, writer among possible roles. The humorous notice underscores frustration with conditions and seeks wide opportunities.
A humorous dialogue captures Mack admiring a neighbor’s carefree laugh as Zack questions why. Mack replies that the woman’s laughter reveals a generous spirit and a dominant sense of enjoyment.
John C. Evridge, six years deputy sheriff, has his name listed in The Sun's political column as a candidate for Grayson County sheriff, pending Democratic primary action. He is known in Whitewright and surrounding areas, with supporters engaged in his campaign. Formal announcement to follow in a later issue.
A young man asks a country squire what R S V P stands for at an invitation footnote. The squire chuckles and says they mean Rush in, Shake hands, Victual up, and Put, delivering a lighthearted explanation.
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