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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
7
In the W H S Reflector sponsor section the editors discuss proper plant selection, climate considerations, budding and grafting, and tests for plant quality. The items are noted as oral tips and are attributed to R fi with parallel mentions of editors Mrs Jack Lackey and Sarah Belle Gillett along with Guy Andrews.
Fourty five seniors face two months to complete sixteen credits needed for May 31 graduation. The piece urges diligent study and consistent effort to pass with flying colors, contrasting slacker and steady student paths under the advisor’s guidance.
The next project for typing classes is to interview a typist or stenographer about office work and letter typing. Students will ask about relevant information, then type the details. Three or four pages of material are required, with part of the report presented in tabulated form per Mrs. Kennemer.
The home economics III girls plan a construction unit to study dress design including construction, color, suitability, occasion and style this week. Next week they begin making their garments under supervision.
Whitewright High School debate team members Boyd Newman and Merriwell Vineyard debated Sherman’s Howard Werks and Randolph Bryant in a practice session on Thursday afternoon March 25. Coached by Jernigan and John Burma Jr the event was not judged but Whitewright felt they held their own.
Vocational agriculture students under Mr Cunningham study one variety seed for the community. Seed choice relied on years tested, plant quality, rank in variety, and tests by several stations. They will continue with breeding stock selection and plant improvement studies.
Whitewright High School baseball beats Dodd City 9 to 3 as Fred Starr fans 13 and pitches the full game. Clifton Birchfield leads with 4 hits in 5 at bats and scores twice, with Harrison Sears Nicholson Hughes also scoring. Next, Whitewright travels to Windom on March 31 for their second game.
Hamilton Vestal Floyd Everheart and Boyd Newman Hi-Y members received their sweaters from the Hi-Y Club at Sherman. Vestal traveled to Sherman on March 22 to collect them and the boys promised not to wear them in places where their mothers would not approve.
Fragmented list mentions multiple people with actions and questions about notice writing, hair color, dating, and football attire. References include Tom, Drunette, Aileen, Butch, Sarah, Mrs. Lackey, Mr. Gaddis, Dorothy Jo, James Hoyt, James Ervin, Van, Phyllis, Jo Preston, Hamilton, Wolfe City, Velma Lee, Ben Henderson, and N. F. D. with no clear narrative or context.
A note mentions Guy Andrew feeling lonely after two weeks without M A H at school. Emma Jean Layman missed Friday after a weiner roast the prior night. Beulah Mae Scott is teased about love bugs while Ernest Lewis blushes. Some senior boys reportedly wear hair nets. The Snooper column is accused of poor grammar.
A fragmenting local notes page records private car calls, visits at Van skating rink, and multiple dating rumors. Named individuals include Mary Dale, Emma Jean, Mickey McCoy, Ruby Pierson, Roy, Elwanda Bowers, and others amid a crowded social snapshot of the week. The item hints at a popular figure and a mystery “lucky guy.”
Vin dated her on Sunday night and couples like Tom and Dru nett, Fred and Elaine were seen there Friday. Senior boys still stand up their dates. Lloyd Badgett seen with Elsie Neal Friday. J. W. was in Van Thursday and Friday. What's the attraction, J. W. Aunt Sally.
The Snooper exposes students from all classes who misused words in casual talk. One junior, Donald Hudgins, is named along with Emma Jean Layman Eugene Anderson Earleen Benson Nina Marie Pierce Robert Benson and Ernest Lewis for various grammar slips.
Home Economics class students finish a unit on home nursing and begin planning general wear dresses. They will select affordable materials and discuss lines and color to suit their types. This week a score card is prepared and issues like bound buttonholes and plackets will be addressed. A dress from the group will be taken to the State Home Making Rally in San Antonio in May.
The afternoon section of the V. A. III class spent last week on cotton and the new government farm program. On Thursday they vaccinated 39 head of cattle and dehorned five. They vaccinated 28 head and dehorned one for Mr. Kaiser and vaccinated 11 head and dehorned four for Mr. Scott.
Hi-Y members held a camp fire and picnic on Monday night March 21. Each member contributed the food he wanted to eat and several boys made ice cream for all. The group discussed high school boys relations and car use, with Mr Truman Humphrey from the Grammar School visiting the meeting.
The W. H. S. Glee Club performed at the Presbyterian Church during the church hour on Sunday night March 27 despite rain. Only the choir and Pastor Dr. Webb attended as weather kept others away. Dr. Webb spoke to the group on the topic of Youth.
Home ec II girls study decorating surfaces. Dorothy Jo Akridge invites the class to her home to select wallpaper. The group will choose a color scheme as she plans to paper her room.
On Tuesday March 22 three girls visited Dorothy Jo Knox at her home. They examined a well arranged bedroom and chose a light blue wall paper, white woodwork and ceiling, chintz for chair cover and closet curtain, a solid color bed spread, and white window curtains. They also viewed Dorothy Jo's dress sewing and flower planting before returning to town.
The sophomore English class presented a Silas Marner program on Friday March 25. In charge were Chairman Pascal Connally Secretary Elaine Starr and critic Drunette Farley. The program committee included Madene Vineyard Beulah Mae Scott Dorothy Booker Ruby Pierson Merlyn Brown and Martha Jo Darwin.
Mrs Knox attended a Texas Vocational Association session in Dallas from Thursday night through Saturday March 26. The gathering included home making teachers vocational agricultural teachers county demonstration agents superintendents district supervisors itinerant teachers in home making and commercial teachers.
On Monday March 28 seventy five students were absent from W H S due to rain. Buses could not leave the pavement causing missed stops at Ely Kentuckytown and part of the Pilot Grove route as reported by S B G.
A junior girl, five feet five inches, 150 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, is described as very popular with both boys and girls. She sits in the third seat of her junior home room and enjoys plane geometry and English. A second profile features a 13 year old freshman from Kentuckytown, light brown hair and brown eyes, five foot five, active in Glee Club and Honor Roll, talented in music, especially singing and piano.
A business English class begins a risky project writing to Rotary Clubs of various nations to obtain country material. Each student targets a different nation and hopes to receive informative material in return.
The class plans foreign language writing to improve library resources. Students may compose in English or other languages and target Greece Egypt Palestine and Turkey. The business English class has also contacted chambers of commerce in American cities for informative material from major urban centers.
Home ec class girls have chosen to sew a gown after two weeks of instruction. They learned threading machines, bobbins, seams, tucks, and darts and expect to finish their night gowns by week end. Next they will make an appropriate school dress.
The White Wright High School Tigers received new stationery presented by Coach Gaddis on Tuesday as a sales sample. The center featured a large gold tiger and the school name White Wright High in White Wright Texas, with a black tiger head stamp on the envelope. Printing was by The White Wright Sun.
Mr. Jernigan, Mr. Key and Mr. Gaddis loaded their car and drove to Choctaw Creek on Saturday. They fished from ten to one and caught many small fish weighing thirty to forty pounds each, all of which were returned to the water.
At two o clock Mr Jernigan felt a line jerk and drew up a fish nearly as long as the boat. Meanwhile Mr Key and Mr Gaddis wrestled a 100 pound monster. Jernigan leapt into the fight, slugged the fish, and the creature leapt back into the boat with him aboard.
Typewriter paper typewriter carbon adding machine paper and typewriter ribbons for sale by The Sun. Price details not specified. Local shop offers a selection of supplies for clerical work and writing tasks.
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