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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1936
Page
8
The six week bulletin board lists students who show improvement in arithmetic, compiled by seventh grade English class with faculty aid. Claire Doss and Glenda Mae Rutledge are noted as editor and assistant editor respectively, with Mary Ruth Holmes in business.
A listing of students by grade shows first through seventh grade with multiple names per class. The compilation includes Billy Ward Evans and Marel Lewis in first grade, Janis Horton and Katie Kincaid in second grade, Hugh Tim Atterbury and Dorothy Nell Hall in third, Edith Harper and John Biggerstaff in fourth, Helen Ruth Holcomb and Davis Parrish in fifth, Dorotha Darwin and Mary Alice Harrison in sixth, and Claire Doss and Emma Joyce Hinton in seventh.
A fire truck roared down the street and a boy and girl clung to its ladders. They fell and were killed as the vehicle sped past. Jimmie McSpadden is named. A boy seeks two dogs but has only enough for one, returning later to find them sold. Winnie Sue Queener. First graders study Dutch children with a sand table scene and drawings of Dutch boys and girls led by T. G. Thompson.
The Future Texans will present a Thursday program with songs readings and an original play by a pupil. The fourth graders study the North Central States and are drawing maps under Ilona Bush.
The fifth grade promoted six students from the Torpedo arithmetic class to the Skyrocket class after submitting attractively colored bird booklets Monday morning. Virginia Hill Hoyle Riddle Mary Frances Clabhorn Louis Kidd Lorene Magers and Roby Magers are named in the promotion and a weekly honor roll is noted.
The second grade class continues a Holland unit with a table exhibit of Dutch dolls. Pupils will draw and paint tulips and make Holland booklets replacing windmill displays. Groups of four made clocks last week to learn telling time while a 10 30 recess signals return indoors by Jimmie McSpadden.
Kirk May of Grade 3 visited the county jail and gave a report to the third grade. He described having a very enjoyable time and being entertained by the experience. The classroom decor featured Dutch motifs such as windmills and Holland pictures.
The sixth grade praised Jackie Lee Thompson for the best poem and notes on class activities. Helen Spangler captains the Blues while Bertha Ford leads the Grays. the Grays had a rough day last Friday. The class studies Greece Turkey and Palestine, the Alamo and San Jacinto, and health topics include smallpox and diphtheria. Vaccination honors list several students. Seventh graders excel in recreation events and track, with the Grammar School baseball team praised for talent under coach Mr.
Fourth and fifth graders competed in relay races Friday afternoon with the seventh grade emerging victorious. Participants included Mary Helen Maddox, Dorothy Sue Douglas, Billy Joe Phillips, Elizabeth Mullins from the fourth grade. Billie Burke Vineyard, Naoma Waldo, Mary Frances Claborn, Lucille Starr from the fifth. Mary Dale King, Margaret Coffey, Marie Badgett, Mary Alice Harrison from the sixth. and Frances Riddle, Dorothy Booker, Drunette Farley, Glenda Mae Rutledge from the seventh grade.
The seventh grade finishes cylinders and moves to sphere measurement. Teachers and pupils scowl at verb conjugation. Ten boys plan a party inviting sixteen hungry girls and the teachers with a tight budget. Report cards loom as spring fever raises grade concerns.
The seventh and sixth grade girls and boys celebrate report cards and prep for their first county meet game. Boys play Van Alstyne at Whitewright Grammar School ground Monday afternoon, girls may face Van Alstyne or Howe. Gir ls lineup includes Glenda Mae Rutledge, Dorothy Booker, Marjorie Birchfield, Helen Spangler, Lenora Thrasher, Mary Alice Harrison, Frances Riddlefield, Lydia Mae Arney, Modene Vineyard, Drunette Farley.
The first grade led an assembly with songs readings and two dramatized stories. Bettye Nell Yeager won the story contest and will represent the Grammar School at the Sherman Interscholastic League meet. Mary Frances Claborn won junior declamation with a reading of The Land of Beginning Again. Visitors included Mrs. Jesse Wallace Mrs. John Reeves Mrs. Joe Johnson and Mrs. Robert Sears.
A collage of classified blurbs lists for sale items such as kitchen cabinets farm equipment and mules with prices plus real estate offerings and rentals. It includes hatchery services auto loans public notices and estate administration demands with names and locations within Grayson County Texas and Whitewright.
The note mentions New Zealand possessing the largest wooden building in the world. It also hints at various personal references about Ruby Edward Cecil Dale and Saturday night visits, suggesting a local gossip tone without clear details on events or dates.
The notice asks readers to inform of address changes promptly to avoid sending newspapers to wrong addresses and to save two cents per misaddressed copy. It urges readers planning a move to notify in advance so no issue is missed.
Jake J. Loy judge of the County Court of Grayson County Texas on February 10 1936 ordered notices to all indebted to the estate of Simeon George Ashinhurst deceased. Administrator Joe H. Ashinhurst directs all persons to present claims to him at his Whitewright Texas residence by law within the prescribed period.
Berkeley Califa measles can be latent without fever or rash said Dr Karl F Meyer UC School of Medicine after studying symptomless diseases. He warned latent infections may erupt after wounds or operations and could spark epidemics, citing wartime findings on tetanus and gas gangrene.
Mrs Rae Ryon administratrix of the estate of G S Ryon deceased requests all persons having claims to present them within the time prescribed by law at her residence R F D No 2 Bells Texas where she receives mail this 18th day of March A D 1936 4T A 9
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