Reflector recognizes top scorers for Tiger teams
The Reflector notes Bettye Reeves 16 points as a senior with letters, while Ross Alexander leads the boys with 62 points. Victor Burchfield follows with 56, Clifton Bass 46, Y. B. Kaiser 37, and Don Reynolds 35, with guards Reynolds and Kaiser unable to place as many scorers.
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Bettye Reeves
Tigerettes
Ross Alexander
Victor Burchfield
Clifton Bass
Y. B. Kaiser
Letterman
Possum Flats Gladiola Get-Together
Mrs Smith Laura Bess Rich Harry Smith Samuel Doty Miss Browns second grade room won the attendance award. The speech class was served refreshments of cold drinks cheese bread sandwiches and chocolate candy. The celebration followed three successful one act plays presented the prior evening marking four weeks of hard work.
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Mrs. Smith
Laura Bess Rich
Harry Smith
Samuel Doty
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Whitewright P T A entertains second grade program
The Whitewright school Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday at 3 in Gramer School auditorium. After minutes, the group sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic and recited The Lord's Prayer. Second grade, led by Miss Nellie Brown, presented a program including pledge, Psalm, and readings such as Our Baby Lamb and March, plus piano solo and a short play Dr. Jerk Pulls a Tooth featuring Jackie Pannell and others.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Whitewright
Grammer School
Homer Sears
Sears
Nellie Brown
Baby Lamb
Verna Lee Buchanan
Beverly Kennedy
Patricia Farley
Kay Davis
H. B. McMahan Jr
R. W. Roberts
Dr. Jerk
Jackie Pannell
Ann Jo Lewis
Mr. Brown
Max Martin
Interscholastic League Baseball Organizing Meeting
Coach S. T. Montgomery Jr. convened a meeting with high school boys to discuss starting an interscholastic league baseball program. Despite equipment shortages, the group is eager and already practicing for a successful season.
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Coatch S. T. Montgomery Jr
R. A
Sherman High Band Cancelled Thru Flu Epidemic
The Sherman High School Band under Rex Carnes could not perform at W. H. S. Thursday morning due to a flu epidemic. The group plans to appear at a later date and remains well known in the area.
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Sherman High School
Rex Carnes
E. T
Mrs Lackey Steps In for Roddy in Substitute Role
Mrs Jack Lackey substitutes for Mrs D M Roddy in a local capacity noting her stewardship and role shift. The brief item records a staffing change within a community organization and mentions the names involved.
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Jack Lackey
D. M. Roddy
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Whitewright High goes homemaking while Florida’s name origins noted
Anxious to learn, the Agriculture II boys take a six week homemaking course at Whitewright High School. Mrs. Earl Blanton explains the curriculum includes planning meals nutrition vitamins minerals and calories with social graces in boy girl relationships to be discussed in the final weeks. Officials mention Easter Sunday a claim of Florida’s territory by B A D and the land’s floral names and sunshine labels while other notes cite Sweden’s ten day married couple vacation and Bible translations into over a thousand languages.
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Whitewright High School
Earl Blanton
Don Reynolds
Terry Miller
Dean Alexander
Looking Into The Future For Students And Work
The piece encourages students to seek work before summer break, stressing self reliance and learning to get along with others. It suggests three months of employment can bring profit and happiness, with nothing to lose and potential much to gain.
Ponce de Leon Discovers Florida in 1513
Ponce de Leon, a Spanish conqueror and explorer, sought a fabled fountain of youth after learning of an Island Bimini from Indigenous people. He embarked in March 1513 and sighted land on March 27 during the quest, initiating the journey recorded here.
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Ponce de Leon
Florida
Bimini
Snap courses and the value of education in America
The speaker contrasts quick snap courses with long study, arguing that cheating oneself through easy education leads to low pay and hardship for a family. In contrast, thorough education yields high paying, easier work, though both paths hold honorable jobs. It notes America rewards achievement over birth rank.
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America
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A. Y. Creager Company
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