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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
14
The W H S Reflector features thanks to editors C B Bryant and Lucille Starr with advisors Miss Thornton and Mrs Roddy. It lists reporters including Woodrow Anderson Juana Ruth Andrew Helen Benson and many others, notes senior class history and class poem, and credits Spanish Cavaliers songs and seniors’ activities.
Thanks to Mr. Waggoner and The Sun for giving the senior class a page in The Refle ctor. The seniors praise the paper and its staff for fostering a warm school spirit they will remember for years.
Last week tears marked a speech class as students gave farewell addresses. On Monday this week the class practiced extemporaneous talks.
Eighth graders from W. H. S. and nearby districts visited the high school as a scouting trip before their four year tenure. About sixty students toured the halls and attended two assemblies. After a luncheon, Mr. Butler and Mr. McKinney advised on required courses and electives.
Last Thursday at the start of the fourth period the assembly heard Leroy Martin as master of ceremonies for songs by Leroy and two Sherman boys Kenneth King and Billy Jace. Billy KS announcer for Birthday Hour on KRRV and State Theatre. Mrs. Jesse B. Key of Sherman accompanied.
Last Wednesday morning the seniors presented their final assembly. C. B. Bryant ITI president served as announcer while Billie Burke Vineyard introduced him. The program featured songs including By the Light of the Silvery Moon performed by Virginia Hill Ruby Holcomb and Grace Har.
Last Monday night the HI Y Club held its annual banquet at the gymnasium. President Davis Parrish presided as officers were elected: Wallace Reeves president James Stateville vice president Jack Sears secretary treasurer Kirk May sergeant at arms. Initiation for new officers set for next Monday. Budget notes credit to Billy Rhom Pennington and Mr McKinney. Mrs Payne and Mrs McKinney assisted with food and table arrangement.
Annual signing remains popular as students sign yearbooks with pen and ink. The act creates lasting memories, though names today may seem trivial.
Friday sighting of couples among Lake Fannin seniors includes J. J. Sloan with Grace Connelly and Mary Ellen Brown. Doyce Worsham pursues Juana Ruth Andrew, Tommie Dee Booker woos Cecil Owens, and Lucille Starr with Emerson Sears Lotta Fae Brown and J. Frank Wilson rumored to be on a playful island retreat. Mary Frances is courted by Davis Parrish while Jimmie Golden Philip Earnheart Juani ta England and Ed Kent mingle together. A Oklahoma girl draws Lucian Vestal’s attention as Jennie Irl Hicks Ruth Mears and Lorene Worsham head home early with Billy Kincaid seen boating Mary Ellen Brown.
Whitewright Future Farmers under Rex Cruse report 1100 hens vaccinated for pullorum dis ease 48 hogs castrated and about 30 lambs clamped. They plan to improve projects next year with beef dairy cattle hogs poultry and sheep. Outstanding projects will enter a Whitewright livestock exhibit then Sherman and Dallas Fair if placed. Plans include one first year and two second year classes.
The senior class thanks the junior class for decorating the Methodist Church for the baccalaureate service and notes that juniors also served as ushers. Girls ushers were Ann LaRoe and Mildred Kent. boys were Jack Sears Charles Skaggs Wallace Reeves Billy Grammer James Stateville and Dick Thornton.
On Thursday May 7 Mr Butler presented eight outstanding students of W H S with certificates of merit for academic achievement and service to the school community.
The article lists students who received honors in specific subjects including Charles Skaggs in Vocational Agriculture, Henrietta Jackson in Homemaking, Virginia Hill in Fine Arts, Davis Parrish in Social Studies, Cecil Owens in Mathematics, Robert Owens in English, Ruth Marie Chesser in Science, Jimmie Golden in Commercial Work, and D. P. P.
The class of 1942 will hold a graduation under the stars at Bryant Field Friday night May 15 at 8 30. The program includes processional invocatio n We Gather Together welcome prayer and address by Captain William McCraw. Diplomas presented by E C Butler and awards by David McKinney.
The Rev E P Wootten gave a baccalaureate address to the seniors at the Methodist Church on Sunday night titled The Secrets of a Victorious Life. He outlined three core points hard work refusing wrong choices and replacing wrong habits with right principles.
A group of thirty five seniors returned from Lake Fannin after a day of camping, swimming, boating, picnicking, and dancing. They left Whitewright at 5 30 and arrived at sunrise enjoying breakfast and a lodge program before a 9 30 return home.
The students of W H S arrived Monday morning to learn their football coach, Mr. dismissed or missing, leaving the school without its mentor on the field and during practice.
Payne is absent and left Sunday to join the Navy. W H S pupils regret losing Mr Payne but believe the U S Navy will benefit from his services. All students unite to wish him the best of luck.
We, the class of 1942, recount eleven years of school flights from 1931 to 1942 with pilots like Miss Gertrude Schooling Miss Mary Pumphrey and Miss Sallye Hamilton. The narrative follows passenger lists honors changes junior senior banquets and the evolving roles of students as editors of the Reflector.
A reminiscent farewell notes departures of Joe Tate Jones Sunny Kaiser and others. It recalls senior day at Lake Fannin selection of the senior favorites banquet and baccalaureate services. The writer signs F C and reflects on leaving the school and cherished memories.
A 1960 census narrative follows a researcher visiting a string of upscale households and prominent figures. The taker meets J Frank and Jimmie Golden, Ruby Magers’ employer, and encounters Robert Emerson Sears, Fred Cook Jr., Evelyn Bowen, J Jasper Sloan, and opera star Geneva Irl Hicks among others as she canvasses homes and entertainment venues.
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