PTA year ends with big turnout and spring program
The Reflector reports the sophomore edited edition and PTA finale next Tuesday May 9. Pep Squad under Mrs Joe Crouch and Miss Sammye Caldwell presents a spring program inviting parents teachers and the public. Remembers officers and committee members with thanks and notes class athletic results including a 440 yard relay second place and other track performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Joe Crouch
Sammye Caldwell
Reflector
Senior Class Variety Show to Benefit Class Fund
Friday night May 5 at 8 o clock the Senior Class sponsors a variety show. Local talent and acts from out of town perform to raise funds for the class. Admission costs 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. The senior class thanks supporters.
Four Whitewright FHA Members Attend State Meeting in Dallas
Four members Judy Gosnell Kay Buchanan Delinda Blackerby and Pattye Badgett represented Whitewright at the Texas FHA state meeting in Dallas April 27 29. The event featured sessions with themes Stepping Stones to Happy Homes Life in China and Those Wonderful Years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Fha
Dallas
Judy Gosnell
Kay Buchanan
Delinda Blackerby
Pattye Badgett
Billie Davis
China
Walter Jetton
Fhaer
Bonham Kiwanis Junior Olympics Held At P B Weaks Stadium
The annual Junior Olympics sponsored by the Bonham Kiwanis Club took place Saturday at P B Weaks Memorial Stadium. Classes A B and C featured boys ages 14 15 12 13 and 11 12 respectively with morning prelims and afternoon finals. Madill Oklahoma won Class A team honors Bonham captured Class B while Carrollton topped Class C. Eighteen Whitewright youths entered with some earning ribbons. In Class C the 200 yard shuttle relay included Jan Buchanan Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestal
Richard Hicks
Mickey Meador
Curtis Tillett
Gene Sparks
Mike Booker
Sammy Montgomery
Mike Holloway
Bonham
Whitesboro
Montgomery
Joe Hennig
Bill White
John Holloway
Chucky Watkins
Gary Holloway
Mike Little
David Woodson
Donald Williams
del Sears
M. B
M. H
S. M
The
Kiwanis Club of
P. B. Weaks Memorial
Madill, Okla
Carrollton
Whitewright
Jan Buchanan
Reed
Weekly School Cafeteria Menu Items
Monday offers Beef Hash with potatoes and vegetables plus blackberry cobbler. Tuesday features fried chicken creamed potatoes green beans fruit salad cookies. Wednesday serves Weiners and Kraut beans cornbread butter stewed apples orange cake icing. Thursday provides Vegetable Stew crackers cabbage carrot salad banana pudding. Friday includes Fish Sticks tomato soup scalloped corn black-eyed peas sweet relish and ice cream.
Senior Class thanks mothers for Sunday dinner help
The Senior Class expresses gratitude to the Mothers who served and promoted the Sunday dinner. The event was a success and aided fund raising for the annual senior trip, with appreciation to those who gave their time and energy.
Would you recognize these WHS students if they were called by their other names
A list of WHS students with alternate names and a string of personal trivia. It includes many full names such as Crouch Alexander Emerson Wilson Kaiser and James England, plus favorites like blue, Breaking In a Brand New Heart, Surfside 6, Route 66, and various actors, teachers, and subjects. The notes read like a yearbook questionnaire with multiple paired items and inconsistent formatting.
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WHS
Crouch Alexander Emerson Wilson
Kaiser
Byron Ely
Larry Sparks
Robert Sparks
Wesley Brown
Marvin DeBerry
Wayne Jester Thomas Scott Clyde McLean
Raymond Tillett
James Holloway Thurston Montgomery
Glenn Warrington
Dean Cook
Manning Meador
Lynn Jones
Ronald England Joyce Neal May Stephens
Gail Durham Thomas Scott Ray Clark
Barbara Meador
Linda Wetzel
Jane Geers
Beth Bartley
van Cureton
Linda Buchanan
Gail Falmer
Joyce Sanderson
Jo Key Ray Spencer
F. F
Student of the Week A WHS junior with pep squad role
The student of the week is a WHS junior tall with brown hair and green eyes. She was a flag bearer in the pep squad last fall and played basketball. Her main aim is joining the ma jorette line next year and she is popular with classmates.
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WHS
Student of the Week Named Wetzel Daughter of Local Residents
The student of the week is Carolyn Wetzel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wetzel. R. A. B. notes the recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Wetzel
J. C. Wetzel
Second Year Ag Students Study Swine Diseases
The second year ag boys studied hog cholera mange leptospirosis pneumonia bangs disease tuberculosis and screw worms. They note hogs should have a long body medium short legs a well arched back medium ears strong fat and straight legs. The class enjoys the swine study.
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G. S
Eighth Graders Stage Formal Dance in Denison
Eighth graders attended a formal dance in Denison Friday night. Remarks overheard include gossip about dancing missteps and fashion mistakes. Kathy Wilson Kay Alexander Mickey Meador and Dickie Leonardi were elected ushers for the eighth grade graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Gail
Beetle Bailey
Curtis
Anita
James
Joe
Nancy
Susan
Jill
Murry
Kathy Wilson
Kay Alexander
Mickey Meador
Dickie Leonardi
Portrait Catalog Notes From A Labeled Roster
A list pairing individuals with described traits such as hair eyes teeth and outfits. The collection names persons including Laura Lewis Patsy Mitchell Barbara Lumpkins Selena Key and Kay Buchanan along with others in a series of feature style notes.
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Laura Lewis
Patsy Mitchell
Barbara Lumpkins
Selena Key
Patty Bartley
Kay Buchanan
Doris Tillett
I. Q
Sandra Montgomery
Love Notes From Lovers Past
A sequence of intimate dedications lists names and partners with short song lyric style messages. Each line pairs a giver with a recipient and a quoted sentiment, ending with initials. The collection reads like a nostalgic, fan shrine of brief affection.
Notable futures: residents and events from 20 years ahead
Judy Withrow and Larry live in Dallas with their trucker life while Mr Range becomes the first moonwalker though an experiment fails. Joe Kaiser mourns a Whitewright tornado and damage to a favorite brewery. Thomas and Al circle the globe as Cliff repeats pranks. Delinda Judy Pattye and Kay frequent the Empire Room at the Statler Hilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Withrow
Dallas
Larry
Mr. Range
Joe Kaiser
Whitewright
Thomas
Cliff
Delinda
Judy
Pattye
Kay
Statler Hilton
Marriage celebrates five little jets in Whitewright
Doris and David are happily married and proud parents of five children. Sammy Montgomery is superintendent of Whitewright's public schools. The FFOCs have become COFFs and now live in Dallas where all are employed. Charlotte, you still drive by Humble station seeking luck. Anna, are you still letting the good times roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
David
Sammy Montgomery
Whitewright
Dallas
Charlotte
Anna
Weekend Hearts and Court Dockets From Texas County
The note collects weekend social chatter about couples and outings across town followed by a formal legal citation. Barbara Ann Richardson seeks divorce from Willie Lewis Richardson in Grayson County District Court, case No. 66276, with service due by May 29 1961. The citation was issued April 13 1961 and published in The Whitewright Sun on April 20 27 and May 4 11 1961.
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State OF Texas
Willie Lewis Richardson
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Barbara Ann Richardson
S. V. Earnest
Gladys Hamilton
Whitewright Sun
May Dayhoff
Joe Bell
J.C. Buchanan
Paul E. Lee
Senior variety show and weekend gossip at Perrin
The notes recount school gossip from Denison, Perrin Drive, and Whitewright on a busy weekend. Students and staff mention dates, breakups, rides, and outfits while asking about games and plays and noting new Pep Squad officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty
Mike
Denison
Sandra
Butch
Mr. Vestal
Brenda
Nancy
Gail
Dallas
Delores
Billy Jack
Perrin Drive
Gene S
Debby
Rose Ann
Joe Earl
Whitewright
Thomas D
Jeanette
Gene
Morris
Message fragment hints at late stay and cellar inquiry
A casual note questions staying at a house until 1:00 Monday morning and whether someone was in the cellar. It ends with a reminder to be good.
Stella Missouri schoolhouse relief stumbles through Congress
A 1959 Stella Missouri fire led the town to borrow Army racks and face a $6200 rent bill. A House bill to relieve the town stalled in the Senate and civil rights debates. After a compromise, Stella paid $1500 from a state allotment, funds that otherwise would have gone to sidewalks and a library while the town built a new school.
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Congress
Missouri
Stella
House
Senate
Army
Washington
Fort Worth Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amy Alexander
Elizabeth Stephens
Mary Ann Spencer
Sharlotte Spencer
James England
Jerry Jones
Judy Fulmer
Judy Durham
Jack Smith
John Wilburn
Guess
Pat Clark
Narvin Alexander
Mrs. Harper
Debbie Reynolds
Paul Newman
Amy Jo Alexander
Yul Bryner
Doris Day
Chemistry
AG. I
Morris Warrington
Jackie Meador
James Sparks
Thomas DeBerry
Richard Cook
D. D
Carolyn M
Donnie S
Kathaleen
Richard
Pat
Narvin
Paradise
Jerry
Bettye
Selena
Gailen
Baby Blue
Liz
Mary
Glenda
Sam
Jackie
Dumpy
Patricia
Patsy
Gary
the Snooper
Michael
Donnie
Shirley
Stephen
Carolyn
Pattye B
Judy G
Elizabeth
Grady
Paula
Dodie
Billy
Judy F
Joe K
Benny S
Guy
Linda Johnson
Mike Paris
Amy Jo
Tom
Lucille
Buster
Sammy
Brubs
Barbara
Jim Pat
Jimmy Kent
Rich
Orly
Modern
Lone Star Gas Company
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