Whitewright High Reflector highlights and humor
The Whitewright High School Reflector lists staff editors and reporters led by Editor-in-chief and assistant editors. Students recount a fish fry in the home economics lab, tales about faculty, and a playfulcast listing. Speech class members directed plays with titles like Skim Milk and My Lady's Rose.
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Norma Frances Donigan
Sarah Belle Gillett
Jack Yeager
Dorothy LaRoe
William Howard Harrison
Rehearsal Goes On In Miss Lewis Absence
In Miss Lewis absence Mr Burma directed the senior play rehearsal Friday afternoon. The production is well under way and Miss Lewis states she is pleased with it.
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Miss Lewis
Burma
M. L
Hi-Y Club Hosts Dr White Chiropractor Guest Speaker
The Hi-Y Club welcomed Dr White the chiropractor as guest speaker last Tuesday night. He spoke on health his expanding profession since 1932 and foods to avoid. A short business session followed and a committee was named to plan the upcoming officer election.
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Hi-Y Club
Dr. White
One Act Play The Bad Penny Presented Tuesday
A one act play titled The Bad Penny was shown Tuesday at noon in the auditorium. Director Onie Scott and Jim Brown led the cast including Lucase Cooper Percy Darwin Ocie Scott and Vonda Lee Vineyard. Admission was free.
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Onie Scott
Jimmye Brown
Lucase Cooper
Percy Darwin
Ocie Scott
Vonda Lee Vineyard
J.L. B
English IV Study Turns To Verbs
In a note from instructor J. L. B. the English IV class shifts focus from pronouns to verbs after two weeks. The move signals a standard progression in grammar teaching as students build on prior work with parts of speech.
Students Get Laugh At Rainy Galoshes Mix-Up
Town students found Ely and Orangeville peers wearing galoshes after rain at their homes Monday night. Upon arrival at school Tuesday morning the town had not rained, producing a laugh and a tale from Lucase Cooper.
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Ely
Orangeville
Lucase Cooper
Agriculture boys study soil conservation on field trip
The group examined methods used in the territory to prevent soil erosion. They found only two practices, sodding grass and planting soil building crops, had been followed. They urged terracing ditching and building spillways and dams. Velma Mae Nicely.
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Velma Mae
Fish Tales End With Faculty Fish Fry at Sulphur River
The High School faculty members Mr. Key Mr. Gaddis Mr. Bean Mr Manning and Mr Burma fished at Sulphur River last weekend despite the big whopper that got away. They returned with several fish and hosted a fish fry for the faculty. Miss Travis and Mrs. Key assisted.
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Key
Gaddis
Bean
Manning
Burma
Chapel Notes From Friday Morning Service
The student body gathered at the regular chapel time with a brief program due to lack of preparation. Mr. Burma led songs including The Eyes of Texas The School Song and America the Beautiful. Mr. Key urged seniors to increase effort until school ends. Anna Lee Yowell noted several announcements.
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Burma
Texas
America
Key
Anna Lee Yowell
Picture of gym progress from senior room third floor
A photo captured Thursday afternoon shows progress on the gymnasium. The view from the senior room third floor window includes floor plans and interior work underway, described by Joe Alexander.
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Joe Alexander
Senior Play Promises Daring Mystery at Whitewright High
The senior play "Three Taps at Twelve" is a three act mystery drama by Whitewright High School. It is described as breath-taking and edge of seat thrilling with a murderous fiend brought to justice and the audience left in quiet relief.
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Whitewright High School
D. L
Public speaking classes resume with makeup study
Velma Mae Nicely notes the public speaking classes have resumed makeup work and are studying elderly character types such as haughty, worried, and jolly. They will practice stage makeup twice weekly until school ends, with remaining time devoted to play production and drama study.
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Velma Mae Nicely
F. F. A. Banquet Highlights Farm Youth Crossroads
At the Sherman Father and Son Banquet Mr. Bean gave a speech titled Challenge to the Farm Youth at the Crossroads. He urged making the most of Future Farmers opportunities and closed with There is plenty of room at the top.
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Sherman Friday
Former Student Visitors At Whitewright High School
Mr. Frank Hollingsworth a former student now working at a lumber yard in Oklahoma City visited the school Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Miss Edith Mae Sears another former student visited several classes Thursday afternoon.
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Frank Hollingsworth
Whitewright High School
Oklahoma City
Edith Mae Sears
Pauline Mitchell
Elevator proposal prompts school building plan change
Seniors push to place the elevator inside the school building rather than on the campus for the new gymnasium. They complain about climbing three flights to reach their homeroom, hoping an in building elevator would boost morale and ease daily routines.
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Byron Teague
Work on Dressing Rooms Under Way
Work on the dressing rooms is well under way in the new gym auditorium. There will be one dressing room on each side of the stage. They will be about ten feet wide and twenty feet long. The floor of the gym auditorium will be about three feet off the ground. The stage and dressing rooms are on the west end of the building. Anther Hudgins Jr.
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Anther Hudgins Jr
Mary Jane Ford Weds Bonnie Yates in Dallas Home
Miss Mary Jane Ford, former W. H. S. student, married Mr. Bonnie Yates of Dallas. The ceremony was Saturday at eight in the home of Rev. J. R. Waldrum. The couple will reside in Dallas where Yates works for an express company.
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Mary Jane Ford
Bonnie Yates
Dallas
Seniors urged to pay for invitations
Editorial urges the 36 seniors to pay for their invitations which were ordered last week. Few have brought the money yet and they should bring it at once so the invitations can be sent by a C. O. D. order and ready at the post office. W. H. S. students are late ordering this year and time is short.
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Lucase Cooper
Seniors ponder future as graduation nears at W H S
Just three weeks left until graduation and uncertainty lingers for W H S seniors. Typing class students struggle to reach the required thirty words per minute. Junior business training students choose nursing, medicine, and teaching as likely paths after school.
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L. C
Elevator chatter and mad dog quip echo classroom humor
An old civics boner cites a pretend question about a mad dog and Austin officials verdict. A student joke about the dog’s owner taking action appears in a journalism piece by Byron Teague. Also noted is a science quip differentiating cheap and expensive gasoline with a nickel per gallon answer.
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Byron Teague
Play Presented Two Crooks and a Lady in Auditorium
A one act play titled Two Crooks and a Lady was presented in the auditorium on Thursday at noon. The production was directed by Lorna Lee Thornt on and Vonda Lee Vineyard.
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Lorna Lee -Thornton
Vonda Lee Vineyard
Senior Meeting Sets Plans for May 15 Play
Seniors held a Monday morning meeting to discuss the Friday night senior play on May 15, 1936. Vonda Lee England and Velma Mae Nicely were chosen to handle tickets, Earle Phillips and William Braden to set the stage, Dot LaRoe and Paulin Mitchell to make up the characters, posters to be posted by Wednesday, and ticket prices set at fifteen cents for children and twenty cents for adults. Dot LaRoe was elected to prompt for that night.
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Vonda Lee England
Velma Mae Nicely
Earle Phillips
William Braden
Dot LaRoe
Paulin Mitchell
Masqueraders Banquet at Whitewright High
One of the year’s largest social events occurred Saturday night in the Whitewright High School home economics lab. Red and black crepe, balloon clusters, and geranium arrangements decorated the room. Dinner featured three courses including fruit cocktail and congealed salad with new potatoes.
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Whitewright High School
Masqueraders Club Plans Masquerade Night Program
Toastmaster Byron Teague announced a formal program featuring a club song So Here’s to Masqueraders, welcome remarks, dances, imitations, and a toast to senior members. New officers include Sarah Frances Teague president Boyd Newman vice president Kathleen Mitchell secretary and Fred Starr treasurer. Guests listed: Mrs Rhom Pennington Mrs Harold Key Mr P A Short Thomas Dan Sears and Pinky May.
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Byron Teague
Aileen Pennington
James Swope
Albert Lea Jackson
Margaret Lilley
Sarah Frances Teague
Boyd Newman
Kathleen Mitchell
Fred Starr
Rhom Pennington
Harold Key
P. A. Short
Thomas Dan Sears
Pinky May
V. E
Quotable Snippets From Local Notes On People
A collection of brief, informal statements about residents including Jim Pat Meador Joann Everheart Litha Hollingsworth Miss Lewis Margaret Lilley Paul Pierson Miss Travis Earl Phillips Pattie Hulett Clifton Deberry Mrs Kennemer Chuck Medearis Bussy Thornhill and J W Sanderson. The remarks mention traits skills and personal quirks with no central event or date. Preston Hannah appears as a sign-off.
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Jim Pat Meador
Joann Everheart
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Miss Lewis
Margaret Lilley
Paul Pierson
Miss Travis
Earl Phillips
Pattie Jean Hulett
Clifton Deberry
Kennemer
Chuck Medearis
Bussy Thornhill
J. W. Sanderson
England Farm
Preston Hannah
Ghosts at Whitewright High School Reported Sighting
Students heard a scream after practice and found Vivian Echols locked inside the building unable to switch on lights. Leslie Holland came to help but Vivian escaped through an east window, prompting questions of a ghostly encounter.
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Whitewright High School
Vivian Echols
Vivian
Leslie Holland
S. D
Glowing Masqueraders Banquet Fashion Parade
The Masqueraders banquet featured a fashion parade Saturday night with sponsor Miss Lewis in printed silk high neck, Mrs. Pennington in wine lace and silver, Mrs. Key in blue crepe, Isabelle Craig in black crepe shirtwaist, Aileen Pennington in red printed silk, Fern Russell in white organdy, and Joann Everheart in cream net with green sandals and flowers.
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Miss Lewis
R. T. Pennington
Key
Isabelle Craig
Aileen Pennington
Fern Russell
Joann Everheart
Margaret Lilley
Physics students use electricity to try wart removal
In a Friday physics class, students rigged an induction coil and storage battery to zap warts. One pupil touched a wart with a wire close to the coil, creating a spark that supposedly would kill the wart.
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P. P
Fashions for Children Emphasize Simplicity and Comfort
Mary Lee Chaney notes that children's clothing should value comfort, simplicity, and youth. Choose materials and colors suitable for play, avoid flashy designs or animal decorations, and opt for simple hats and breathable footwear for warm weather.
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Mary Lee Chaney
March of Science Boosts for Mothers and Space News
The article lists nine medical advances aiding motherhood over 25 years, including reduced eclampsia risk, improved diet, pain relief, dating pregnancy, and transfusions, plus safer Caesarean planning and anemia prevention. It also notes motherhood today favors activity and rest rather than isolation, and ends with a science tidbit that the sun drags the solar system toward Hercules at 12 miles a second, unknown path.
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Evans Memorial Hospital
Boston
Hayden Planetarium Bulletin
William H. Barton Jr
American Museum of Natural History
Hercules
Orion
Moving day mishap at parsonage ends with quip about Boulder
A moving scene at the parsonage ends when a driver drops a box and injures his foot, prompting a loud exclamation. The preacher emerges and asks why the driver swore, suggesting the word Boulder as a pun about the world’s largest dam.
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