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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
7
The High School Reflector lists editors and reporters led by George Hansard and Martha Jo Darwin. A HI Y Club meeting was held in the gym on Monday night March 11 at 7 with many absentees, Rev. Ben Bell speaking on life and small things. meeting time moved to 7 30 for country boys before adjournment with creed.
In a March assembly the sophomore class sponsored a mixed quiz titled Battle of the Sexes. Junior Brother Gillett won the grand prize with Dorotha Darwin second. girls defeated boys overall as Rudolph Russell and Margie Donaghey led seniors.
The general math class spent the past week cutting out a box cylinder pyramid and cone from pasteboard to make real objects. They planned to have the items finished by Friday while also reviewing for their weekly test.
The bi weekly service was led by Rev. Ben Bell of the Methodist Church who spoke on the theme Music. The students joined in Holy Holy Holy led by Mr. Russ and the program was enjoyed by the student body.
Mr. Cunningham, a vocational agriculture teacher, has purchased four new titles to aid lessons. Soil Erosion and Its Control by Ayres and Destructive and Useful Insects by Metcalfe and Flint will help teach soil conservation and insect disease.
Wednesday morning assembly sponsored by students featured Charlie Sue Childress as program chairman. The program included songs by Marie Ward and Martha Louise Vestal, readings, piano pieces, a tap dance, and a prompt to enter track contests.
Mr. Key, Robert Sears, Laverne Kilgree, Jonnie B. Robbins, Velma Holland, and Doretha Darwin went to Sherman for a practice debate. Doretha and Velma argued for a universal public medical care system, Sherman’s boys school team argued against it. no judges were present.
V A I class studied poultry culling and the traits of a good laying hen. The exercise highlights economic benefits for farmers in the Whitewright area as culling reduces losses and improves flock productivity.
Albert Thornton and three classmates measured his cotton land in a chilly morning wind. He spent about an hour choosing a planting spot while the others nearly froze. The class continues studying cross breeding profits and genetics this week.
Mr Russ demonstrated testing the conductivity of solutions in the chemistry class. Students learned about nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and most agreed chemistry can be interesting after the demonstration.
Recently elected senior favorites at Whitewright High School are pictured. Seated: Cathleen Blackerby best girl athlete Drunette Farley most popular girl Martha Jo Darwin best all around girl Ernestine Tomlinson class sweetheart Claire Doss most studious girl Emma Joyce Hinton most beautiful girl. Standing: Rudolph Russell most studious boy Howard Wallace best all around boy Brazwell Alexander best boy athlete Robert Benson most handsome boy George Hansard Jr most popular boy and class president. Faculty favorites Mrs Jewell Kennemer Harold W Key and Mrs Lonnie Darwin named class mother.
Typing II students spent the week typing telegrams for the junior business class and checking library books for 1937 1938 and 1939. The junior business class wrote telegrams while the typing II class typed them onto telegram sheets.
After much work by the Student Council the Field Day project was announced in assembly Friday. J B Smith presided and announced activities including softball tennis horseshoe softball washers and more with class teams to participate. The event likely runs from 9 AM to 3 PM on April 1.
The Future Homemakers Club has cast a three act farce Meet My Wives to be staged April 19. Proceeds will fund sending delegates to the Homemakers Rally in Dallas in May. Cast includes Gillett Parrish Wright Doss Alexander Harrison Starr Golden Wallace Kilgree Smith.
Marilyn Smith spent Saturday in Leonard. Dorothy Booker visited Sherman. Marjorie Henderson spent the week end in Wolfe City. Madene Vineyard visited in Sherman on Friday. Joy Wilson and Evelyn Hill went to Sherman Thursday. Merlyn Brown and Martha Jo Darwin visited over the week end in Commerce. Beluah Mae Scott spent Saturday in Trenton. Earleen Benson visited in Gainesville Sunday.
The commercial law class has studied carrier and shipper relations and the roles of common and public carriers. A new unit on negotiable contractual relations has begun and the class plans a visit to an actual trial in Fannin County Court soon.
Gaucho Sere nade by Brazwell Alexander, Gillett’s Houdini Special, and ventriloquist Red McGuffey entertain the Sherman students. Miss Williams’s surprise ends with Paul Jones chorus as parents and teachers join. Nine thirty comes too soon for the students.
The Tom Bean meet featured the 100 yard dash won by J B Smith the 220 yard dash by W J Bilmner and the one mile relay by Whitewright. Trip participants included Howard Wallace W J Bilmner J B Smith Joe Hicks James Norris Joe Yates C B Burchfield Rudolph Phillips Wilton McFarland and Robert Benson with Mr Montgomery Mr Cunningham and Mr He accompanying the squad.
The No Name Club met on Friday March 15 in regular bi weekly meeting. The program included jokes by Mary Frances Claborn and Virginia Hill reading by Otto Russell and W J Billner jokes by Jennie Irl Hicks and Jackie Lee Thompson reading by Sara Hicks guitar solo by Virginia Hill and Eugene Anderson. The class adjourned to meet again on Friday March 22.
In an assembly on Tuesday Mr Key announced the interscholastic athletics meet will be March 22 and 23 while literature contests occur March 30. Girls may sign up for volleyball with fees set at 1 per team and 25c per entrant. A fundraising program will be led by Mr Russ Mrs Lackey and Mr Manning. Brother Gillett noted a Hi Y meeting at 7 30 Monday and the Student Council gathering at his home.
The Homemaking Club plans a high school clinic offering physical examinations and is organizing a homemaking play. They are soliciting advertisements for the production.
The Whitewright Rental Library Club adds Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan to its shelf. The new title is expected to be liked by every rental reader.
The English I class greets Mrs Roddy returning to school and notes it’s hard to carry on without her They begin studying Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in class today.
The county meet at Sherman names entrants in junior boys singles Philip Earnheart. junior boys doubles Davis Parrish and J Frank Wilson. junior girls doubles Pattie Everheart and Dorothy Sue Douglas. senior boys singles Otto Russell. senior boys doubles Ardell Penny and Marvin Smith. Coach Mr. Manning.
The typing I class has completed five and ten minute speed tests over the past week. Reported grades are above average for the course, according to D. B.
The economics class discussed conserving human resources and public health, each student drafting debates for and against socialized medicine. Dr G K Stephens spoke on Medicine as a Profession, inspiring students to consider medical careers as Mr Manning announced more outsider talks on vocations.
The student council met at Morris Fogle Gillett's home with most members present. Plans for the junior-senior party and Field Day on April 1 were set, committees named, and scheduling duties assigned to Mr. Manning. Sadie Hawkins Day responsibility was handed to Modene Vineyard for planning.
Whitewright High School Glee Club selects forty members to represent the school in Longview in April. Under Mr. Russ and Mrs. Kennemer they rehearse "Prayer of Thanksgiving" "Silent Night" and "Deep River" a capella for the contest, while preparing a public program with songs like "The Prayer Perfect" "I Hear the Bees A-Humming" and "Magnolia Bloom."
The S. O. S. Club met March 15 with roll call on ideal persons. Pascal Connelly chaired a program on St. Patrick's Day featuring Lynal J. Moore and a duet by Laverne Kilgree and Mary Alice Harrison, plus a reading by Ann Smith. Games followed.
Velma Holland and Dorotha Dar led Whitewright High School in a practice debate held Tuesday March 12 in economics class. The question urged Texas to adopt universal medical service funded by the state. No judges accompanied the event. the local team upheld the affirmative and the ex-students defended the negative.
Fredna Owen aged 17, brunette, enjoys kodaking and eating cocoanut cake. She dislikes reading, prefers Tillie the Toiler as ideal woman and Mac as ideal man, plans to attend college after graduation. Margie Donaghey aged 16, brunette, enjoys skating and dancing, loves peaches and cream, hates alarm clocks, names Margie as its own ideal woman and Rip Van Winkle as ideal man, aims to sleep eat and dance after graduation to become a nurse.
Editorial encourages year round school spirit beyond sports and pep rallies. It urges students to apply enthusiasm to daily school life and future business world, stressing a living interest in all aspects of W. H. S. life and education.
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