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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1936
Page
8
Glenda Mae Rutledge and Mary Ruth Holmes compile a section by pupils of the seventh grade English class. Short items from first grade subtraction to geography work on Mexico and Central America. Tales of a boy in a tent and a girl who spills milk appear as student writing.
The second grade class continues a Dutch study with new posters on boats and barges for the bulletin board. In math they work on time tables and play a game called hickory hickory dock.
Billy Rhom Pennington of grade 3 spent Saturday in Dallas and reported visiting the WFAA station and lunching at the Adolphus Hotel. Easter stories with drawings by third graders and monitors for the week are listed, noting patriotic fourth graders studying Texas and creating flags long horns and Alamo heroes, plus the song Texas Centennial.
The fifth grade resolves to drop foolish alibis for unprepared lessons. The pupils strive to be the best graduating class from the Grammar School while improving as citizens as they study English.
Lloyd Roddy reports a bustling sixth grade as students haul an iron kettle a pitchfork and hay for rehearsal. Ketchup salt pepper and a large spoon appear in a curious packing list as top scorers in a Friday spelling test are named along with notes on geography, measurements, and diphtheria study.
In spelling class a tapping sound from the pipe near the fifth through seventh grades causes curiosity and a joke about a love message. The seventh grade covers Big Business in history Texas notebooking in geography and health civics studies. Junto Club members include sixth and seventh graders with officers named Mary Alice Harrison Dorotha Darwin Claire Doss Mary Ruth Holmes Imogene Head and Drunette Farley Dorothy Booher.
Mary Dale King Jack Wallace and Billy Jack Harper lead the Silver Tongue Club. Billy Coy Harris becomes president with Grace Harris as vice president and Naomi Waldo as secretary. Critics Myrtle Taylor Helen Childress and sergeants at arms Calvin Pennell Roby Magers also named. Program committee includes Fred Cook Joe Thomas Thornhill and J Frank Wilson.
A fragmented column asks where Robert Waldo spent Saturday night and seeks details from W A. It questions which seventh grade boy was jilted by a fair maid from W H 8 and what Mary Alice finds at a Saturday night attraction. It also asks when Glenda Mae began hunting on Saturday mornings and how George ended up east of town Sunday afternoon, asking who accompanied him Cecil Hodges.
Mr Manning led a Thursday assembly program with songs. Bettye Nell Yeager told a story and Mary Frances Clabhorn recited her declamation contest speech. An extra Monday assembly was announced for more singing. Bettye Nell and Mary Frances, preparing for contests, again performed the story and speech. -Claire Doss.
Thursday morning the Grammar School auditorium unveiled a new drop curtain, a timely gift from notable locals including S. V. Earnest, county judge. Sheriff P. M. Porter. Stateville Grocery. Jim Sherman. Whitewright firms. Ben ton Davis. E. A. Miller. and many others. The writer, Jack Wallace, notes the gratitude of the school.
Monday the girls traveled to Van Alstyne for baseball with a 10 to 4 loss. Standout performers were Frances Riddle and Dorothy Sue Douglas along with Drunette Farley and Dorothy Booher. Mr Douglas and Mr Phillips rode in one car, Miss Blanton and Miss Fletcher in the other. Grammar School boys attended the Inter scholastic League meet at Sherman, competing in sprints and jumps against Rock Creek, Van Alstyne, Kentuckytown, Tioga and Howe. participants included Lloyd Roddy, Paul Simms, and Dale.
Watson and Lewis Vestal led the field with Thornhill and McFarland in jumping. Vestal also chin ups tallying thirteen as James Norris notes the effort kept spirits high despite not winning, the team returning home smiling and not last in the races.
Elzire Dionne, father of the quintuplets, writes Pope Pius XI asking influence to recover the five girls. He arrived from New York with his wife Oliva and said a papal legate replied the pope is very interested in the case. The quintuplets are wards of the crown under a Canadian government arrangement.
A playful exchange during an apartment viewing features a resident asking for an ocean greyhound. The response clarifies the desired dog type, highlighting a lighthearted moment over pet preferences in housing discussions.
FOR SALE Three good Jersey milch cows See Ed Stine two miles north of Whitewright. 1 REAL ESTATE If you have anything to sell or want to buy anything in real estate see Tom Barbee. tf HATCHERY My hatchery is now in operation in the building east of the Nicholson grocery Make your bookings in advance for trays R D Ford the reliable hatchery man If FOR SALE Sweeps hoes files hoe handles plow handles etc Also blacksmithing and welding at live and let live prices John Hollings worth If ESTRAYED Bay mare mule fresh ly sheared Had cramp haulter on when she disappeared Monday Phone collect to J W Mires two miles south of Ector 1 I HAVE FOR sale in the vicinity of Whitewright Baldwin grand studio upright and good practice piano will sacrifice for cash or arrange terms responsible parties Must be sold immediately G H Jackson 1101 Elm St Dallas Texas 3T-M26 FOR SALE To close our estate one offer for sale five room dwelling on West Main street and the property known as Roberts garage building and 91 acres of land about one-fourth mile west of Whitewright Emmet Penn and R A Gillett administrators tf AUTOMOBILE LOANS if you need money for any reason or want to refinance payments on your car making them smaller will loan you any reasonable amount or length of time No delay Bring your license receipt and car for inspection Will save you money AUTO FINANCE COMPANY F W Creager Mgr 117% S Travis St Sherman
Miss Lorine Baldwin of Ector spent the week end with Miss Alma Hall. Many residents visited relatives in nearby towns including Denis Sherman Kerr Whitewright and Bonham. The new school building was celebrated with a large supper crowd Friday night.
The Farmersville junior chamber of commerce designates June 1 and 2 for the second annual North Texas onion festival, billed as the Texas Centennial onion festival of North Texas. Last year’s attendance of 25,000 is expected to be surpassed by a larger two day program including a parade with floats from North Texas onion towns.
Eugene Moore of Denison was held without bond for grand jury consideration after a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace C. W. Batsell in Sherman. He pleaded not guilty to murder in the March 1 fatal shooting of Dale W. Ford, waived testimony, and had prior assault to murder charges bondable at 10,000 dollars that he could not meet.
In Long Beach California Dr Francis E Townsend, author of the plan to pay every resident over 60 a pension of 200 dollars a month, endorsed Senator William E Borah of Idaho for the presidency. He pledged his organization of about 4 million members to work for Borah and repudiated President Roosevelt, saying he will switch his registration from Democrat to Republican.
A Sunday School teacher asks Who was Eve and a bright scholar jokes The first chicken that ever ruined a man's garden Winnie notes a fly in her ice cream and a waiter comments on winter sports as a humorous dialogue from a school setting.
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