Whitewright High Reflector Names Staff and Ailments
Whitewright High School Reflector lists editor in chief assistant editor and faculty adviser. Reporters include Joe Alexander, William Baxter, Jimmie Lee Brown, Mary Lea Cheaney, Lucase Cooper, Isabelle Craig, Sybil Davenport, Katie Ford, Vivian Echols, Preston Hannah, An ther Hudgins, Pattie Jean Hulett, Dorothy LaRoe, Margaret Lilley, Pauline Mitchell, Velma Mae Nicely, Dorothy Nicholson, Paul Pierson, Ocie Scott, Onie Scott, Byron Teague, Anna Lee Yowell, Grace Chumbley, Leon Chumbley. A note mentions a blistered heel from new spring shoes and a deep cut to Aileen Pennington from shutting a car door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litle Biggestaff
Velma Mae Nicely
Dorothy Tapscott
Joe Alexander
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Lucase Cooper
Isabelle Craig
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul Pierson
Ocie Scott
Onie Scott
Byron Teague
Anna Lee Yowell
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
Whitewright Defeats Van Alstyne In Track Dual 64 to 40
Whitewright Tigers beat Van Alstyne 64 40 in a dual track meet at Van Alstyne. Teague and Holmes tied for high point man with 20 each. Austin led Van Alstyne with 9. Event winners included Teague in the 220 and 100, Holmes in the 440 and high jump, and Montgomery in the javelin. Proceeds from a Masqueraders and Glee Club show funded football sweaters.
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Whitewright Tigers
van Alstyne
Teague and Holmes
Whitewright
Austin
Teague
Holmes
Rudd
Walker
Flecher
Simpson
Humphries
Williams
Whitewright F F A boys trip to Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
Whitewright F F A boys spent a day at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. Most saw the exhibits, noted as the best in years, with a champion team of horses and even a chicken in a bottle. A judging contest ran from eleven to one in the arena while bus drivers praised the boys for good conduct.
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Whitewright F. F. A
Fort Worth
Byron Teague
Whitewright Juniors win third straight indoor baseball game
The Whitewright junior boys earned their third consecutive win at Van Alstyne last Thursday by a 3 to 2 score. Scorers were Newman Harrison and Everheart with Paul Pierson contributing.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
Newman
Harrison and
Everheart
Paul Pierson
Glee Club Plans Church Concert March Twenty Second
According to director Mr. Burma the Glee Club has been improving and is learning Day Is Dying in the West. Members are divided into Sopranos altos tenors and Basses. They have received an invitation to sing at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening March 22.
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Burma
Presbyterian Church
V. E
Whitewright Juniors Rout Trenton 45 to 1 in Big Win
Whitewright juniors crushed Trenton 45 to 1 on Tuesday March 11. Taylor led offense with seven runs as Birchfield added six including three home runs. Trenton was outplayed throughout with Sumners scoring the lone run for Trenton.
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Whitewright
Trenton
Taylor
Birchfield
Sumners
Byron Teague
Junior Boys Win Track Meet at Van Alstyne
Whitewright junior boys defeated Van Alstyne junior boys 15 to 5 at Van Alstyne last Thursday. Booher of Whitewright won the 100-yard dash in 11 seconds and the 50-yard dash in 6 seconds, Sanderson and Marshall also placing. Booher was high point man with 10 points, while Marshall led Van Alstyne with 5.
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Whitewright
van Alstyne
Booher
Sanderson
Marshall
W. H. S. Students Report Eye Strain From Winds
Spring winds and bright sun affect W. H. S. students causing eye strain. Miss Travis first noted a sty in her eye followed by Lorna Lee Thornton Ocie Scott and Litha Sue Hollingsworth among others.
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Miss Travis
Lorna Lee Thornton
Ocie Scott
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Image filled carnival day with quirky snapshots
A playful collection of captions features characters like Miss Travis in a red dress, Mrs. Kennemer on a merry go round, Miss Tapscott on a mountain horse, Mr. Bean in a tuxedo, and Mildred Autrey sounding a fire alarm, all set against a busy page of local scene ideas.
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Miss Travis
Mrs. Kennemer
Miss Tapscott
Mr. Bean
Mildred Autrey
Mary Lee
Mr. Key
Austin
C. W
Vivian
Norma Frances
Personal visits span Sherman Dallas and Fort Worth
Joanne Everheart spent the weekend with friends in Sherman. Kathleen Mitchell visited her sister in Sherman Saturday and spent Sunday in Dallas. Miss Corinne Lewis spent the weekend in Fort Worth. Mr. Johnnie Bean attended the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth Saturday. Miss Lula Lee Vestal, former W. H. S. student, and a friend visited in W. H. S. Friday.
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Joanne Everheart
Sherman
Kathleen Mitchell
Dallas
Corinne Lewis
Fort Worth
Johnnie Bean
Lula Lee Vestal
Guess Who Senior Leader With Brown Curly Hair
A playful riddle describes a sweet bonnie lass leading the senior class. She has curly brown hair and blue eyes, inviting a guess of the person represented by these features.
Blackface Minstrel Brought to High School Auditorium
A blackface minstrel performance was presented in the high school auditorium drawing local attention. Audience members viewed the show amid debate over its cultural implications and school event policies.
March Whispers Inquiries From W H S Girls And Staff
A series of school gossip questions center on W H S girls including Jessie White Dor othy LaRoe and Litha Hollingsworth. The chatter touches on a missing gas owner of a gold watch romance of William Harrison with Litha and Ted Bow name blushes and old flames with G V Vestal noted.
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Jessie White
Joe Preston Lee
Dorothy LaRoe
William H. Harrison
Litha S. Hollingsworth
Dorothy Smith
Ted Bow
Lorna Lee Thornton
G. V. Vestal
One Act Play Study Directs School Theaters
Public speaking classes will direct two act plays in the second six weeks of term. Two directors per play will select cast costumes and settings with chapel presentations weekly. Plays chosen include The Eligible Mr Bangs Finders Keepers Two Crooks and a Lady and The Trysting Place.
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Velma Mae Nicely
Ocie Scott
Mr. Bangs
Robert Housman
Percy Darwin
Lucase Cooper
George Kelly
Jimmye Lee Brown
Onie Scott
Dramatists Meet for The Old Maid Dallas Run
The Masqueraders' Club met last Thursday morning with no program. Members discussed attendance at the Dallas performance of The Old Maid, the Pulitzer prize winning play, planned for the end of the month, and several members expressed intent to go.
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Masqueraders
Miss Swies
Dallas
D. L
Report on Future Farmers Houston trip recital
An account of the Future Farmers trip to the Houston livestock judging contest was given in chapel Friday morning. Byron Teague spoke on study in agriculture and livestock judging, while J Y Russell detailed the trip and noted they won by listing Future Farmers from Alternate Texas.
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Houston
Chapel
Mr. Bean
Byron Teague
J. Y. Russell
Alternate
Texas
C. W. Phillips
Roy Martin
Mr. Burma
Visit to cooking school by Ball Jar representative
Twenty one home economics students attended a cooking school at the Community Public Service Company led by a Ball Jar Company representative. She discussed jar sizes and types, explained how starch cell age affects liquor line after pressure cooking, then covered meat canning and chilling, and described humane chicken killing.
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Ball Jar Company
Community Public Service Company
Jars Prepared for Efficient Canning Demonstration
A demonstration showed safe canning practices with emphasis on sterilizing jars first, then preparing food, packing, and cooking. Tips included selecting suitable kitchen knives for efficient work.
Freshman study A Midsummer Night's Dream and reports due
Schoolroom notes show freshmen studying A Midsummer Night's Dream after a recent screen version. Fourth period history IV will present magazine reports Friday March 20 using Current History The American Mercury Forum Scribner's The Atlantic Monthly and The Review of Reviews. Lucille Maynard joins the library staff assisting Aleta B Head. hours are in the morning.
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Current History
American Mercury
Forum
Scribner's
Atlantic Monthly
the Review of Reviews
Lucille Maynard
Aleta B
A. H
Kitten Plays Piano Behind the Scenes
A pet cat named Short's follows him backstage to the platform. The kitten jumps onto the piano and plays, creating a noisy scene before becoming an accomplished pianist in the end.
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Mr. Short
L. B
Bubble and Squeak in a Schoolroom Jest
A collage of witty quips and classroom vignettes about electricity signs typing speed March weather waste paper and humorous contrasts between Future and Present Farmers and a playful note on tap dancing and flying feet in a school setting.
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Benjamin Franklin
Dorothy Nicholson
Sybil Davenport
Farmers of America
Pantomimes Presented By Speech Class Members
The speech class returned to childhood studies with Monday pantomimes of Hansel and Gretel The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood Pantomime conveys ideas feelings or characters without words It is the oldest simplest acting form and foundational for future plays says sponsor Onie Scott
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Hansel and Gretel
Little Red Riding Hood
Onie Scott
Review of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray
A brief notice notes that Henry Esmond is a historical classic by William Makepeace Thackeray. It highlights the novel's period setting and enduring reputation in literary circles.
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Henry Esmond
William Make
Henry Esmond and Castlewood Family Saga Summary
In Castlewood England Henry Esmond, heir turned page, pursues Beatrix Castlewood amid marriage intrigues and portraits of Lady Castlewood. Amid romances a smallpox spark, exile to Cambridge, and Esmond’s return, Beatrix spurns him for religious life as the exiled James Stuart’s aims falter. Esmond later weds Rachel and retires to Virginia.
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Castlewood
England
Henry Esmond
Francis
Lady Castlewood
Lord Castlewood
Rachel
Esmond
Cambridge
Beatrix Castlewood
Lord and Lady Castlewood
Lady Castelwood
Beatrix
Esmonds
James Stuart
Francis of Castlewood
Virginia
Lucase Cooper
Fischer for taxing natural resources to cut real estate tax
Tyler candidate for Governor F W Fischer urged taxing natural resources to move out of the state. He projected an annual $100 million revenue, with $50 million earmarked for old age pensions, and the rest to relieve ad valorem taxes on real estate and reduce gasoline tax by 2 cents a gallon.
One third of A and M students work to aid costs
About 1,200 of Texas A and M's 3,600 plus students worked during the first semester, earning a total of 75,000 dollars. The work program, supervised by S. G. Bailey and a faculty committee, placed 1,047 in regular jobs and 153 in concessions or private firms, with average earnings around 62.50 dollars per student.
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College Station
Texas A. & M. College
S. G. Bailey
Daniel Russell
Department of Rural Sociology
E. L. Williams
Department of
Industrial Education
Experiment Station
Forest Service
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