W H S Reflector Honors Football Team Sweater Recipients
The W H S Reflector notes Kathleen Mitchell and others as editors and reporters. Football coach Mr Gaddis presents sweaters to seniors Mark Montgomery Jack Meador Albert Lea Jackson Billy Smith Walter Tom Holmes Grady Stepp John Wiser Aubrey Lane Joe Lee Merriwell Vineyard Floyd Everhart Fred Starr Bussy Thornhill Wilson Kaiser J W Sanderson Boyd Newman Billy Pritchett Ernest Lewis Quinton Nicholson and Sarah Belle Gillett crowned Football Queen. Remaining seniors mean a full team for next year. Officials pardon hazing for freshmen and note cold weather as a factor.
Junior carnival planned for April 3 at gym
Mr Jernigan announced in Wednesday chapel that the junior class will sponsor a gym carnival on April 3. Each class will elect a prince and princess on March 15, with the top pair becoming king and queen. Votes cost one penny to raise funds for the junior senior banquet. Mr Burma thanked students for support at the faculty show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jernigan
Burma
Advertising unit in economics class study
Mr. Burma assigns a second unit on advertising. Students must find thirty-three ad types in magazines and newspapers and compile a long list of trademarks and slogans. They will prepare themes and charts on advertising as this unit concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Rulers Nominated For Carnival King Queen
Freshman through senior classes nominated a prince and princess on Monday March 15 to run for king and queen at the junior class carnival raising funds for the junior senior banquet. Winners from each class include Dru nette Farley and Baren Bradshaw freshman Ruth Waldrum and Charles Harrison sophomores Sarah Belle Gillett and Joe Preston Lee juniors Lorna Lee Thornton and Aubrey Lee Lane seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drunette Farley
Baren Bradshaw
Ruth Waldrum
Charles Harrison
Sarah Belle Gillett
Joe Preston Lee
Lorna Lee Thornton
Aubrey Lee Lane
Society notes of visits across Texas towns
Glenda Mae Rutledge spent the weekend in Bonham and Dallas. Margaret Riley of Trenton was a weekend guest of Drunette Farley. Imogene Alexander was a Dallas visitor Sunday. Anita Vestal and Sarah Belle Gillette were Sherman visitors Saturday. Litha Sue Hollingsworth visited in Blue Ridge Friday. Mary Jo Nelms spent the weekend with her aunt, Mrs. Corda Skaggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Bonham
Dallas
Margaret Riley
Trenton
Drunette Farley
Imogene Alexander
Anita Vestal
Sarah Belle Gillett
Sherman
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Blue Ridge
Mary Jo Nelms
Corda Skaggs
Whitewright High School honors football lettermen
Twenty one football lettermen received sweaters after a chapel service last Wednesday at Whitewright High School. The presentation acknowledged players who earned letters on the school’s football team in a solemn campus ceremony.
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Whitewright
Laast
Rumors and Romance Noted in Small-Town Gossip
Street chatter from East Whitewright and Sherman highlights D. G. sending a letter to a young woman after a show, F. G. pursuing a Sherman Romeo, J. W. S. with a new boyfriend, and G. M. H. with C. M. R. seen at Bethel with two boys. Conversation mentions football sweaters and a permanent. Look out, Wilson.
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D. G
East Whitewright
F. G
Preston
Bethel
Boyd
Sarah
C. M
Aileen
Wilson
M. R
Fat Stock Show Visit by Vocational Students
Thirty one boys enrolled in vocational agriculture traveled to the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth on Saturday March 13. They departed at five AM with four boarding in Pilot Grove and breakfast in McKinney. They rode to Swift's Packing House and attended the 2:30 rodeo, returning via Whitesboro for supper then on to Wainwright.
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Fort Worth
Pilot Grove
McKinney
Mr. Bean
Swift
Stock Yard
Whitesboro
Whitewright
Hi Y Club Meeting Addresses Far East Religions
Last Wednesday at 7 30 the Hi Y Club gathered at the High School. Mr Burma spoke on The Strange Features of Religion in the Far East noting eleven recognized faiths and highlighting Shintoism as particularly interesting to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Far East
Track meet postponed due to muddy Bells venue
The Bells track meet scheduled for Friday March 12 was postponed to a later date because the track is muddy. Teams expected to compete include Bells Whitewright Leonard Bailey Van Alstyne and Bonham.
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Bells
Whitewright
Leonard
Bailey
van Alstyne
Bonham
M. M
First Year Home Economics Debates Grooming Standards
Home economics students studied personal grooming last week and discussed standards for well-groomed persons at home, school, and work. The assignment reflects early 20th century attitudes toward appearance and social conduct.
Home Economics Students Explore Food Marketing and Dressmaking
The third year home economics students studied improved methods of marketing foods and visited a grocery store and a meat market. They also learned pattern markings and seaming for dress construction.
Miss Travis Returns to Teach at W H S A V
Students crowded the door Monday morning awaiting Miss Travis who has returned to resume teaching after weeks of waiting. She walks with a cane but reports she is well and glad to be back at W. H. S.-A. V.
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Miss Travis
Smoke Signals in Agriculture III Class
In Agriculture III on Monday March 15 students demonstrated smoke signaling. A stove door failed to stay closed and the pipe loosened from the flue, filling the room with smoke. Windows were opened and soot soot-covered books and papers forced a return to the study hall. OO. A. H.
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OO. A. H
Hi Y Picnic Near Little Rock Sparks Social Meals
Hi-Y Club members and their dates enjoyed a March 11 picnic near Little Rock. Each person brought food, with boiled ham and steak common choices. Drinks were milk and soda, a large fire followed, and Mr Burma tended the fire while others played games before returning home.
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Little Rock
Burma
FFA Boys Enter Milk Judging Contest at Fort Worth
Three FFA boys entered the state milk judging contest held March 13 in the Swift Packing House at Fort Worth. The participants were Jack Meador Billy Smith and William Howard Harrison.
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Fort Worth
Swift Packing House
Jack Meador
Billy Smith
William Howard Harrison
G. H
Faculty Plays Raise Funds for Football Sweaters
Hooray echoed at Gram mar School on March 9 as five faculty skits and performances raised 46 dollars and 50 cents to pay for football sweaters. The show featured a mix of comedy tragedy satire and vodvil in a charitable night led by L. R.
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L. R
F. F. A. Gold Key Banquet Held in Fort Worth
The F F A Gold Key Club banquet gathered about two hundred at the Westbrook Hotel auditorium on March 12. Three boys advanced to the Lone Star Farmer degree and fourteen men received Honorary Lone Star Farmer keys for distinguished service to F F A. A Gold Key Club was organized, William Cade elected president, and about seventy five members were drafted, with Jack Meador of Whitewright noted as last year’s Gold Key winner.
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F. F. A. Gold Key Club
Westbrook Hotel
Fort Worth
William Cade
Jack Meador
Whitewright
Beauty Fantasies From Names In N G S
A playful list compares traits and charms attributed to various named individuals. The piece shaped as an old timey wish list emphasizes appearance and personality benchmarks tied to different women, reflecting social norms of fame and desirability.
F. F. A. Boys Miss Bus To Fort Worth Show
Seven F. F. A. boys missed the bus to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show on Saturday March 13. They arrived early but the bus departed five minutes before scheduled at five o'clock, according to G. H.
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Fort Worth
G. H
Whitewright girls debate team defeats Van Alstyne 4-0
The Whitewright High School public speaking class team won decisively over Van Alstyne girls in a Thursday afternoon debate at the high school. The outcome was 4-0 with the topic left unsettled.
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Whitewright High School
van Alstyne Girls
Debate resolves munition monopoly should be govt run
The Interscholastic League debated the question of government monopoly on munitions. Sarah Belle Gillett and Aileen Pennington argued the affirmative, while the Van Alstyne team argued the negative.
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Sarah Belle Gillett
Aileen Pennington
van Alstyne
R, B
Hairless Joe McCluskey and the Arkansas saga
A humorous Arkansas tale recounts Hairless Joe McCluskey, a bald school graduate who becomes a notable political figure. It covers his rise from mayoral candidate in Pineapple Junction to U.S. Senator, his flamboyant rhetoric, a humorous feud cue, and a late life death on April 1, 1907. Also notes a quirky Christmas wish letter from Little Willie dated December 18, 1907.
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Minnie
Washington
Waterloo
Annie
Dogie
Hills
Joe
Pineapple Junction
Hank Snodgrass
Arkansas
Joe McCluskey
Senate
United States
Congress
Paul Revere
Demosthenes
Orating
McCluskeys
McCoys
Grandpa McCoy
Bob Burns
van Buren
Little Willie
Santa Claus
Sherrie
Budc
Brudder
Hee
Horseapple Creek
Crick
Local Sun Office Sells Paper and Pencils
A note lists supplies including typewriter carbon and pencil carbon with typewriter paper available at the Sun office for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Office
Editor Calls For Rain Bombardment In Dust Bowl
Giles E. Miller of the Panhandle Herald urges the United States to bomb rain clouds to end the Dust Bowl drought. He argues wartime rainfall proves bombing can trigger rain and asks President Roosevelt to support the plan.
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Guymon
Okla
Giles E. Miller
Panhandle Herald
United States
Roosevelt
Janitor Injured as Freight Car Crashes into Peabody Cafe
In Peabody Massachusetts Martin Ward a cafe janitor was injured when a freight car jumped rails and crashed through a cafe window coming to rest with its front at the restaurant bar. Ward received arm injuries.
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Peabody
Mass
Martin Ward
Ward
Slam of the Month Knitting Gives Women Thoughtful Time
A feature notes knitting as a calming activity for women, offering mental engagement while socializing. The piece frames knitting as a constructive hobby that occupies hands and minds during conversations and community events.
Final Report in Estate of Rhoda Warden Non Compos Mentis
Public notice in Grayson County commands sheriff to publish for ten days a final report filed by T J Warden guardian of Rhoda Warden non compos mentis. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days service, March 1937, at Sherman Court House. Interested parties may appear and contest the report. Writ witnessed by C H Barrett Clerk.
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Grayson County
Grayson
Rhoda
T. J. Warden
City of
Sherman
C. H. Barrett
Texas
Alma Wineinger
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Jim Henry Andrews
Roscoe Brown
C. E. Collins
Isabelle Craig
Walter Tom Holmes
Bernice Henslee
Albert Lea Jackson
Daisy Layman
Mark Montgomery
Clyde Owen
Granvolee Hansard
Aubrey Lane
Irene Autrey
Ted Bow
Velma Jo Bow
Freddie MaeCall
Mary Lee Chaney
Pauline Dixon
Ethel Harper
O. A. Hefner
Helen Lane
Christine Moore
Betty Jo Morrow
Lorraine Rutledge
Norma Gene Smith
Gladys Wright
Home Economics News
S. H. Montgomery Agency Insurance
Hi-Y
Charlie Mae Ross
Georgia Mae Hicks
Sybil Davenport
F. F. A. Boys
Miss Bus
A. F. Nossaman
First National Bank
Imo
The
New Era
Dallas Journal
Lynn Landrum
Southwest
Jack Patton
Westbrook Pegler
Jay Franklin
Dorothy Thompson
George Sokolsky
Zoe Beckley
Star
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Dallas, Texas
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