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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
7
The High School Reflector lists editor and sponsors with a large staff of reporters led by George Hansard and Martha Jo Darwin. It notes strict grading for penmanship and spelling. Top prize winners include Edith Harper and Ira Mae Young, who will travel to Sherman on March 30 to represent Whitewright in the county.
The Whitewright senior boys track team coached by Mr. Manning and Mr. Montgomery placed second with 50 percent points at the county meet in Sherman. J. B. Smith and W. J. Billner swept the 100 yard dash then 220 yard dash first and second. Howard Wallace led in the 220 dash and two 20 low hurdles while also winning the shot put. J. B. Smith tied for first in broad jump and pole vault, with Joe Hicks and Rudolph Phillips tying for first in high jump. The mile relay squad of Wallace Phillips Billner and Smith won first.
Mrs Lester Haile spoke at the Travis Homemaking Club meeting on March 21. Mary Dale King led the session and announced a completed first aid kit. Plans formed for a costume committee and costume directorate. A Sherman nurse planned to inspect students as part of a medical clinic. Loretta Alexander presented a habits program. Religious services included a scripture reading Ira Mae Young a song and prayers led by Mary Alice Harrison. Exhibits ranged from a greenhouse talk to rocks from California and collections of toy dogs folders match booklets salt and pepper shakers and perfume bottles by various members. Meeting adjourned.
Spellers held an elimination contest on Tuesday March 19 at 1 o clock to determine who would advance to Sherman. Mrs Roddy gave out 120 words at a rate of six words per minute. Six junior girls graded the words under Miss Roddy directing them.
The junior tennis group of W H S defeated Tom Bean's juniors. A field day is planned for April. Sophomores started a battle of sexes in assembly. juniors won all honors. Seniors plan a grand bed of roses for Alma Mater. Glee Club sang at the Methodist Church Friday night. A womanless wedding is planned for Friday night March 29. D F.
Mr. Short proposed rose bushes as a commemorative gift for the 1940 senior class. If each of about 32 seniors contributes a dime, the plants could be purchased and planted with Mr. Short caring for them. Roses would range from red to salmon pink.
A high school English IV class reads several short stories including The Tremoline My Brother Henry My Own True Ghost Story Story of a Piebald Horse From One Generation to Another and Acme. At each class start students answer a reading-check question and daily grades are posted on the bulletin board for public view.
Students crowded the classroom as the fire bell rang and a brief panic ensued. They then filed outside to learn a routine drill was in progress, leaving some disappointed at the interruption to study.
The remedial readers combine letter writing with travel study. A pupil chooses a desired place, gathers encyclopedic information, and writes information requests, letters describing an imagined trip, and letters highlighting tourist points of interest.
Members of the V A III class completed several farm tasks during the past week. They culled 80 hens vaccinated 15 calves castrated 15 calves and dehorned 25 head of cattle. Red Conner led a group to Pilot Grove to dehorn cattle for a farmer who objected to the sign.
The Hi Y Club held a regular gym meeting Monday night March 18. George Hansard led the opening prayer. Plans were made for a banquet with date to be set later. Several committees were appointed to act quickly and the meeting adjourned after the creed.
The Church of Christ minister Rev Leonard Mullens spoke to students on Wednesday March 20. His theme was Love and Christ's great love. Brother Gillett announced Friday night was high school night at the Methodist Church and urged attendance. The assembly was then dismissed.
Students have spent two weeks doing speed tests in typing class. This week they create a poetry collection by selecting ten favorite poems to type, under the guidance of their instructor.
Over the past week students in the V. A. I class studied culling chickens. They culled a flock of hens for a farmer and some boys culled roosters to test laying. Next time they will determine if they are culling a rooster or a hen.
At the Future Farmers of America meeting Mr Key led a talk on the U S Housing Administration and the U S D A article from a Dallas paper. Arlie Durham and J D Hughes will prepare the next program while a chapel program is set for April five and a father mother and son barbecue on April twenty six.
The plane geometry class under Mr. Key has completed studying circles angles and arcs. They begin measuring angles and arcs and will explore numerical relations between circle arcs and their angles.
In a classroom gathering on Friday the Broadcasters discussed and scheduled a future picnic. The program included St Patrick’s Day, Robert Sears poem, Carl Vawter book report, Joe Yates jokes, Haleen Benson My Most Embarrassing Moment, Helen Ruth Holcomb Wonder Why, Virginia Lou Wade Would It Seem Strong, Lotta Faye Brown An Or chid to You, Juanita England What If, J L Owen and riddles by Tommie Dee Booher.
Homemaking I students work on school dresses this term. Girls struggle with plackets and hems while Miss Williams checks their projects, including bedroom ensembles and gowns.
The homemaking II class sews street dresses with difficulty in binding buttonholes. Each girl will alter home projects to wear them, and the dresses will be finished in two weeks.
Members of the String Band learn new numbers including In an Old Dutch Garden Rag-time Annie and Scaterbrain. Mr. Russ currently plays piano and may add a fiddle. the band will play for the Womanless Wedding on Friday night.
A general science class led by Mr. Russ explores Earth's formation from molten rock and the universe. They learn the sun lies about 93 million miles away with a surface temperature near 30 000 degrees Fahrenheit, and Earth receives only a small fraction of its energy.
I M states the ongoing study of solar science and cosmic phenomena persists. The remark implies continued inquiry into celestial bodies and the wider universe.
The obituary notes Edwin Markham died March 7 on Staten Island at age 87. It mentions his poem The Man With the Hoe inspired by Mil ler's painting and links his work to powerful social ideas.
Members of the English III class picnicked on Wednesday March 17. They left the high school at 7 and traveled to Summer's pasture for sandwiches lemonade fruit and other picnic foods. After about an hour they split to a show or a meeting at the Methodist Church.
Joy Mae Wilson, a 17-year-old brunette of 5 feet 4 inches and 130 pounds, lists skating and typing as interests with blue as her favorite color and dreams of an ideal partner. Robert Ashinhurst Benson, 17, brunette nicknamed Buck, 5 feet 10 1 2 inches, 150 pounds, favors softball and commercial law, blue color, and an aspiring lawyer, naming Joan Blon dell and Robert Taylor as ideals.
The Tom Bean team travelled to Whitewright for a set of junior and senior matches. Whitewright swept most events with Pattie Everheart and Dorothy Sue Douglas winning doubles, Douglas taking a singles, Philip Earnheart beating Leslie Baldwin, and Ardell Penny with Marvin Smith dominating the senior doubles. Otto Russell and Alfred Clayton were the only slight loss for Whitewright.
Miss Sullivan the grammar school Glee Club director led a Monday program at the high school on March 17. Billy Rhom Pennington conducted the songs sung a cappella. Margaret Hanna led the alto section in several numbers including Slumber Song and In the Wood, with groups performing The World Is Full of Beauty and Gardens in the Sea.
Students under Mr. Russ conduct experiments on destructive distillation and gases like carbon dioxide and monoxide. They test nitrates, sulfates and carbonates while studying compounds of uncommon metals in their textbooks.
Whitewright clinched high point honors at the Interscholastic League junior boys class A meet in Sherman. C. B. Burchfield led in sprints with 5 points in the 50 and 100 yard dashes, Billie Joe Taylor and Carl Vawter also scored. Whitewright won the 440 relay with Taylor Parrish Vawter and Burchfield. Burchfield placed third in high jump and broad jump, with Thornton and Biggerstaff tying for fourth. Whitewright totaled 29 points.
The notice announces a womanless wedding event featuring local participants and guest appearances. It notes planned show dates, venue details, and expected community engagement without featuring Hedy Lamarr in the cast.
The senior class presents a gala program Friday at 8 o clock featuring Shirley Temple Mae West Clay Horton Murray Bryant and many others including Aunt Poody Grandma Snazzy Mr and Mrs Roosevelt John Reeves Popeye Greta Garbo and Kate Smith. Mr Jernigan of Pilot Point will announce the program. All are invited.
Merlyn Brown went to Sherman and Denison Saturday. Irene Mitchell visited in Sherman over the weekend. Martha Jo Darwin was in Sherman and Southmayd Saturday. Marjorie Henderson visited in Blue Ridge Saturday and Saturday night. Cathleen Blackerby visited in Mc Kinney Saturday. Joy Wilson visited in Sherman Friday. Ruby Pierson visited in Denison Saturday night. Margie Donaghey visited in Sherman Sunday.
Joyce Hinton and Imogene Head, first year typing students, have been chosen by Mrs. Kennemer to represent the class at Sherman Saturday for the 15 minute speed test. They may bring their own typewriters to ease the competition.
The three act farce Meet My Wives will be presented April 12 under Travis Homemaking Club supervision. Rehearsals are held Monday Wednesday and Thursday nights. The comedy promises two hours of entertainment with a full cast including Willie B. Smith Lucille Starr Mary Alice Harrison Davis Parrish Claire Doss Brazwell Alexander Jimmie Golden Morris Fogle Gillett Malachia Wright and Howard Wallace.
The third year homemakers finish four weeks of sewing street and evening dresses by Wednesday. The homemaking rally to judge winners for a Dallas trip will be held around April first. Students will study appropriate accessories and due home projects include play suits and dresses.
The Glee Club directed by Mr. Russ rehearsed church hymns all week for a Friday concert at First Methodist Church. Songs included Near the Cross The Way of the Cross Leads Home I Am Coming to the Cross and God Be With You. A quartet of Mary Alice Harrison Laverne Kilgree Bussie Thornhill and Brazwell Alexander sang Thy Name Is not Greater.
The article notes forty Glee Club members selected to perform in Longview, highlighting a group effort and local cultural event.
A reader reports Margie Donaghey misplaced a gold and black class pin with the initials D S belonging to a Tom Beaan friend. If found, please return to Margie to lift her spirits and restore her usual smile.
Whitewrights Marvin Smith and Ardell Penny captured the county class A and B senior boys doubles titles at the Inter scholastic League meet with dominant wins. They defeated Tioga 6 1 6 1 6 0 and saw victories over Whitesboro Van Alstyne and Sadler to secure the crown.
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