Whitewright High School Reflector Names and Play by Tiger Bean
Whitewright High School held an assembly where professor Tiger Bean addressed students, read letters, told jokes, and performed a self dispute with singing and cowboy yodels. The event, part of the school program, featured a grapefruit cocktail starter, a main course of baked hen and sides, and apple pie for dessert prepared by home economics students under Miss Travis with food service by the home economics girls.
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Tiger” Bean
West
W. E
Whitewright
Edwards
Bells
Miss Travis
Joe Alexander
Radio in Education Debate Confuses Physics Class
In a physics class Mr Gaddis weighs whether radio is educational as students build crystal sets and await their first programme. Velma Mae Nicely recalls wishing she had bought a pint and stayed in the wagon yard.
Senior Play Selected For Class Production
The senior class voted to stage The Nut Farm a three act comedy about a movie obsessed family set in Southern California today. Margaret Lilley presented a brief review and the cast includes ten characters six boys and four girls. Miss Corinne Lewis the dramatic teacher will direct with senior class members handling advertising and ticket sales.
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Margaret Lilley
California
Corinne Lewis
Junior Senior Banquet Finances Initiated
The junior class has begun collecting money for the annual banquet in April. They raised $6.85 from a faculty show held Friday morning with five cent admissions. The group plans a picture show soon, date to be set.
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Vivian Echols
Health Inspector Visits High School
Miss Childress, PWA health inspector under county nurse Miss Pyles, visited W. H. S. last Wednesday to inspect school sanitary conditions. She reports findings to Sherman audiences every Friday and will return weekly until the term ends.
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PWA
Miss Childress
Miss Pyles
Sherman
V. E
Masqueraders' Club Meets on Thursday in March
The Masqueraders' Club held a regular session on Thursday March 19 with Margaret Lilley in charge. Performers included piano solo by Sarah Belle Gillet and tap dance by Sybil Davenport. Members voted to schedule the annual banquet in a month or two and adjourned to meet next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lilley
Sarah Belle Gillet
Sybil Davenport
Schedule Change Shifts Classes to Seventh and Eighth Periods
At a special assembly Tuesday morning Mr Burma announced a schedule change placing physical training at the seventh period and all seventh period classes at the eighth. The Glee Club now meets during physical period giving members more time for their work.
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Burma
Glee Club
V. E
Denison Dominates Grayson County Tennis Meet
Denison's doubles team and singles swept the Grayson County tournament held in Sherman last Friday and Saturday. M. Marshall, North Texas scholastic champ, defeated Montgomery of Whitewright 6-0 6-0 and Col linsville's entrant 6-1 6-0 while Whitewright defeated Whitesboro 7-5 9-7 before losing to Denison 6-2 6-4.
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P. P
Personal Notes From Hugo And Surrounding Areas
Miss Joanne Everheart spent last weekend in Hugo with her mother. Miss Margaret Lilley was unable to attend school the first of the week due to influenza. Miss Tapscott spent Saturday in Dallas. Miss Dorothy LaRoe spent Sunday in Greenville. Mr. Burma spent the weekend in Ennis. -V. E.
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Joanne Everheart
Hugo
Margaret Lilley
Miss Tapscott
Dallas
Dorothy LaRoe
Greenville
Burma
Ennis
V. E
Asylum of pantomime scares at school
Public speaking class antics cause teachers to fear improvised performances. Vivian Echols pretended daisies appeared from nowhere while Jim Henry Andrews played a wolf to confront Gladys Gosnell in pantomime. If more acts appear, a new asylum may replace the gym.
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Miss Travis
Vivian Echols
Vivian
Mr. Key
Jim Henry Andrews
Gladys Gosnell
Little Red Riding Hood
Special Assembly Briefs Track Meet and Softball Game
Mr Key called a special assembly Thursday afternoon to announce details of the Sherman track meet on Friday March 20 and the junior boys softball game. Mr Burma urged all Hi-Y members to attend Thursday night with current events to discuss. Eighth period was canceled for Thursday afternoon.
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Key
Sherman
Burma
Hi-Y
F. F. A. Banquet Brings Fathers And Sons To Whitewright
The Whitewright Future Farmer banquet drew about 125 attendees including sons fathers merchants and two out-of-town guests. The program opened with the creed followed by roll call. Toastmaster Byron Teague declared Let's eat with talks by Bennie F. Gray county agent and Mr Key superintendent.
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Whitewright
Farmer Creed
Byron Teague
Bennie F. Gray
Key
Pantomimes by the public speaking class
Monday the class staged pantomimes with students portraying varied street car scenes. Scott acted as a nervous old lady escaped from a granddaughter, while Ocie Scott played a flapper, Jimmy Lee Brown depicted a hard boiled rider dodging fare, Lucase Cooper a tired woman with two children, and Percy Darwin a haughty lady with a broken down limousine needing street car transport.
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Scott
Ocie Scott
Jimmy Lee Brown
Lucase Cooper
Percy
Darwin
Amateur class faculty hour broadcast in assembly
The junior class sponsored a faculty amateur hour Friday morning with the program broadcast from behind the curtain. All faculty participated led by Mr. Key as Major Booze. The lineup featured Miss Lewis reading Gretna Green, Miss Tapscott performing St Louis Blues and Indian Love Call, Mr. Burma singing and offering a dog caller job, readings The Duel and Juanita, and a finale of Dotty Dix letters by Mr. Tiger Bean and Margaret Lilley.
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Key
Gretna Green
Miss Lewis
Miss Tapscott
Mr. Burma
Rumsey Oliver
Key Song
Juanita
Miss Travis
Johnnie Bean
Mr. Gaddis
John Burma
Mrs. Kennemer
Dotty Dix
Tiger” Bean
Margaret Lilley
Honor Roll and A Honor List at High School
The High School reports five students earned straight A six weeks, thirty five had B average or higher. A list of seniors on honor roll includes Jimmye Lee Brown Lytle Biggerstaff Lucase Cooper Isabelle Craig Vivian Echols Dorothy LaRoe Margaret Lilley Velma Nicely Christine Williams Anna Yowell and Percy Darwin. Juniors on the list are Irene Autrey Joann Everheart Albert Jackson Kathleen Mitchell Sarah Teague Velma Bow Walter Holmes Pauline Dixon Anita Vestal. Sophomores on honor roll are Mildred Autrey Phyllis Brown Nell Holmes Jo Willa Stateville Norma Donigan Sarah Gillett Aileen Pennington Roscoe Brown. Freshman honor roll includes Floyd Everheart Geraldine Williams Ruth Waldrum Wilma Coffey Marcell Gosnell Charles Harrison Mary Phillips Lytle Biggerstaff.
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Lucase Cooper
Vivian Echols
Sarah Frances Teague
Nell Holmes
Sarah Belle Gillett
Jimmye Lee Brown
Lytle Biggerstaff
Isabelle Craig
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Velma Mae Nicely
Christine Williams
Anna Lee Yowell
Percy Darwin
Irene Autrey
Joann Everheart
Albert Lea Jackson
Kathleen Mitchell
Velma Jo Bow
Walter Tom Holmes
Pauline Dixon
Anita Vestal
Mildred Autrey
Phyllis Brown
Jo Willa Stateville
Norma Frances Donigan
Aileen Pennington
Roscoe Brown
Floyd Everheart
Geraldine Williams
Ruth Waldrum
Wilma Lee Coffey
Marcell Gosnell
Charles Harrison
Mary Phillips
Imaginary Roles Sparkled by Local Figures
A playful prompt imagines Corden Baxter on roller skates Anther joining the CIA Mr Bean as Romeo Judson Badgett heading to Hollywood and others The verse hints at colorful future roles for local residents with humorous twists
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Corden Baxter
Anther
Mr. Bean
Outside Projects Boost Physics Class Grades
Mr. Gaddis announces outside projects for the physics class with a potential bonus of 10 extra points upon successful completion. This week many students have chosen to pursue the opportunity.
Radio and motor projects shown by students in class
Monday morning several crystal radio sets with earphones were demonstrated. Multiple stations could be received. Motors built from copper wire and magnets were also shown, using batteries. Radios were made by Ron Teague, Walter Tom Holmes, and Albert Lea Jackson. motors by O A Hefner, Clyde Owens, Walter Tom Holmes, Albert Lea Jackson, and Paul Pierson. Isabelle Craig.
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Byron Teague
Walter Tom Holmes
Albert Lea Jackson
O. A. Hefner
Clyde Owens
Paul Pierson
Isabelle Craig
STUDENT ALIBIS AT WHITEWRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL
W H S faculty notes many alibis from Whitewright High School students. A senior claims sleeping on hair curlers affected her mind while others cite soreness from training or spring fever. Some blame special shows that earned extra credits, prompting the line I had to go see that show.
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Whitewright
Lucase Cooper
Whitewright takes second at Sherman track meet
Whitewright junior high boys finish second behind Howe in the Sherman meet. Booher led the individual score with 17½ points as Whitewright athletes swept multiple events including 50 yard dash 6.2 seconds and 100 yard dash 11.4 seconds. Howe and Van Alstyne also posted top marks in relay, high jump, and long jump.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Howe
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Kenneth Booher
Booher
B. Cloud
Sanderson
Edwards
Ashlock
Marshall
Mitchell
Poindexter
Cloud
van Alstyn
Ireland
Allen
High School Briefs Spur Campus Activity and Grades
Students experiment with radio gear in Mr Burma's class as weather and holidays cut calisthenics to two periods. NYA boys dig gardens and widen work areas while spring football looms. Grades fall over six weeks and Mr Burma vows a deportment spanking for those under 90. Crystal sets arrive for science class and Reflector prints despite Miss Tapscott's illness.
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Burma
NYA
Miss Tapscott
Anther Hudgins Jr
Many a Friend Recommends Black-Draught
Mrs Joe G Roberts of Portersville Alabama writes that Black-Draught gave relief from constipation and prevented bilious headaches. The advertisement promotes Black-Draught as a purely vegetable medicine for constipation and biliousness.
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Joe G. Roberts
Portersville
Ala
Top Salaries Reported By House Committee
A Ways and Means Committee release lists 15,000 plus annual corporate salaries for calendar year 1934. Notables include Will Rogers at Fox with 324,314, Janet Gaynor at Fox with 252,538, and Thomas J. Watson of IBM at 364,432. Also named are Walter Chrysler and Alfred Sloan Jr at GM, Rudy Vallee as president of his orchestra unit, and executives from Fox, Columbia, Twentieth Century, and others.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Will Rogers
Fox Film Corporation
Janet Gaynor
Fox Films
Thomas J. Watson
New York
International Business Machine Corporation
Shirley Temple
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors
Rudy Vallee
Rudy Vallee Orchestra Units Corporation
The
Plain Dealer Publishing Company of
Cleveland
John S. McCarrens
Paul Bellamy
Travel tale turns to algebra punchline
Mr Thomas boasts of travels to local boys at the old home town. A squint-eyed boy asks if he ever went through Algebra. He replies, Yes, but I went through it at night and can’t tell you much about it.
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Mr. Thomas
Fragmentary Sports Banter Prepares Way for Best Man
A terse speech about football team members includes a prediction that Johnson will be the best man in a few weeks. A girl responds with a shy exclamation about the sudden turn of events.
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Johnson
Jack
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Whitewright High School
Lytle Biggestaff
Dorothy Tapscott
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Katie Ford
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Onie Scott
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
Masqueraders’ Club
W. H. S. Songster
Denison
Special Assembly
Life Insurance
Old Line Legal Reserve Insurance Companies
S. H. Montgomery
Guess
Bethel
Cupid
Keeper of the Bees
Gordon’s
Luther Gordon
House
Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corporation
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
O. C. Adams
Remington Rand Co
James H. Rand Jr
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company of
John A. Brown
Fox Film
Lew Ayres
Richard Arlen
Warner Baxter
John Boles
Charles Farrell
Stepin Fetchit
Henry King
Jesse Lasky
Victor McLaglen
Spencer Tracy
S. J. Briskin
Columbia Pictures
Harry Cohn
Donald Cook
Claudett Colbert
Grace Moore
Twentieth Century Pictures
Darryl F. Zanuck
Frederick March
Wallace Beery
Ronald
A. F. Nossaman
First National Bank Bldg
Joseph W. Miller
Frank D. Layman
Ed Westbrook
Bass, Parrish & Taylor
Sherman, Texas
S. A. White Chiropractor
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
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