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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
7
A page from the High School Reflector lists editors and reporters including Lucille Starr, Cecil Owens, and Juana Ruth Andrew among many names. It contains student anecdotes about shelling, field work to books, and a paragraph praising Lotta Faye Brown with biographical hints and favorite things.
The class covered the causes begin and effects of World War I on people big business and nations. They studied Woodrow Wilson and U S entry, imperialism, the Panama Canal, and U S possessions like the Philippine Islands Hawaii and Cuba with notes on future independence and U S support if invaded.
Look back at the 1940 41 year at W H S with student council activities a banquet a Pure Food Show harvest and April Fool exercise. The FFA and FHT recover from a barbecue while the speech class is praised for a strong showing of actors and actresses.
A junior class note credits Mr. Sears for typing class effort on the Constitution project. Mary Frances Stephens earns praise for an air mail letter and a high test score at the State Rally. The girls are praised for a fine Grammar School ball game. Virginia Hill endures blisters, and Jonnie Robbins is praised for office work skill.
Students in the speech class complete their notebooks by Friday May 16. For the final exam they deliver extemporaneous speeches and read one act plays.
About twenty boys shouldered rakes and hoes and marched to the football field to dig holes for sod. After lunch, they resumed at one o clock, returning to school on a red, white and blue bus. Later Bobbie D Montgomery climbed a barn as the boys practiced their artillery with mud balls and clods.
The list names students by traits with ages and roles: smallest girl No Mae Gough smallest boy Fred Cook Jr youngest boy J. J. Sloan youngest girl Jimmie Golden oldest boy Robert Simmons oldest girl Libby Blakey quietest girl Florene Turner quietest boy Tracy Stephens blondest girl Billie Burke Vineyard blondest boy C. B. Bryant III darkest brunette girl Ruby Holcomb darkest brunette boy C. B. Burchfield funniest girl Mary Frances Charlton funniest boy Davis Parrish smile girl Martha Jo Conner smile boy Lucian Vestal class musician Cecil Owen class songbird Virginia Hill.
Lotta Faye travels to San Antonio with Future Homemakers of Texas while Jonnie B Robbins visits history class and a mystery follows. Jonnie B is left with Chaney to reach the old principal office and an escalated reaction from Lotta Faye remains unclear.
The Homemaking Club met on Thursday with president Lucille Starr in charge. Secretary Juana Ruth Andrew read last meeting minutes as Mary Frances Cla born reported on trip expenses to the San Antonio state convention. Members elected next year’s officers led by Betty Jane Harper as president.
Juniors and seniors took diagnostic tests in English on Friday May 9. The exam covered word usage sentence structure grammar and punctuation and lasted about an hour. Purpose includes measuring achievement identifying difficulties selecting students for individual instruction and predicting success in English composition.
Mr Morris fifth period economics class has studied railroads automobiles ships and airplanes. When finished they will study marketing selling goods consumers and what they should know.
The article notes the junior class of 40-41 at the high school, with forty eight active students guided by sponsors Mr. Morris and Mr. Sears. Class officers include C. B. Burchfield president Emerson Sears vice president Lucille Starr secretary Philip Barnhart treasurer and Grace Harris reporter.
A roster of junior individuals with names birth dates ages and favorite sports including Jimmie Golden Jennie Hicks Fred Cook Jr Ruth Mears Doyce Worsham Juana Ruth Andrew and Tommie Dee Booker. All are described with ages from 15 to 17 and hobbies spanning skating softball volleyball swimming and baseball.
Grace Harris spent Saturday with friends in Bells while Billy Pennington visited in Denison. Several residents were seen in Bonham State Park Tuesday night with Leonard youths, and others in Trenton, Sherman, Howe, and Denison over the weekend and midweek.
The junior class officers met with sponsors to choose church decorations for the baccalaureate. They will use queen's lace lilies and pot flowers. Decorating committee members include Starr Burke Vineyard Hill Clabhorn Harris. Ushers and helpers include Sears Earnheart Bryant III Burchfield Parrish Wilson Vestal Cook.
The 1941 Whitewright High seniors prepare to leave and hand leadership to the juniors. The Reflector annual, basketball, baseball, tennis, volleyball, football teams, and prize actors and actresses will miss their senior members and office assistants.
The speech class directed by Mrs Roddy presents two plays Pearls and Sit Down to Supper and a Glee Club concert led by Mr Russ on Thursday night May 16 at the High School auditorium. Cast includes Polly Lewis Carol Ray Ireland Peggy Lewis Nina Marie Pierce Tad Lewis and Davis Parrish.
The note lists characters including George Hawkins farmer James Stateville Anna Hawkins Anna Ruth Johnson Henry Christian Carlton Alexander and Bob Perry farm hand with D. W. Garland.
The piece catalogs a string of alleged pairings and crushes among students, mentioning Denison, Hi-V picnic, boat rides, and early arrivals. Local names such as Doris Jean Douglas L. K. G. H. and others appear in questions about who is dating whom and who witnessed whom with whom.
The Glee Club presented a Sherman concert during the Teachers' District meeting on May 13. The choir performed a varied program including The Gospel Train, Rain in the River, Today There Is Ringing, Out of the Dust, Prayer Perfect, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, In Silent Night, A Merry Life, Old Chisolm Trail, Get Along Little Dogies, and The Lords Prayer.
In the middle of the fourth period on Monday three chimes rang, causing a rush to assembly. Mr. Morris announced followed by Dallas speaker Mr. Preston presenting the subject Ladies and Gentlemen. After about an hour, the assembly ended and students returned to class.
This week the agriculture group elected officers from the first year class. President John Biggerstaff. vice president Charles Skaggs. reporter C. B. Burchfield. secretary Lloyd Cato. watchdog J. Frank Wilson. song leader Leroy Martin. historian Billy Kincaid. They will serve one year. The old officers handed over duties for a trial run.
The list shows junior girls and their hobbies: pins collected by Lotta Faye Brown and Juana Ruth Andrew. Lucille Starr and Jennie Irl Hicks collect movie star pictures. Ruth Mears and Oleta Worsham collect dogs. Loren Worsham and Edith Layman list softball and dogs plus elephants. Billie Burke Vineyard collects vases. Ruby Holcomb perfume bottles. Grace Connelly movie star pictures. Martha Jo Conner sports. Mary Ellen Brown collects recipes. Grace Harris various souvenirs.
The Ex Camp Fire girls gathered Monday at 7 30 in the home of Helen Maddux for a business meeting led by president Patty Everheart. Attending were Mary Helen Maddux Sue Douglas Ann LaRoe Patty Everheart Betty Jane Harper Billie Burke Winyard Anna R Johnson sponsor Mrs L B Morris and visitors Mrs Maddux and Mrs Harper. They approved the club name Marks and tasked Helen Maddux and Ann LaRoe with writing the constitution. A camping plan was set for Lake Fannin the first week after school ends and a doughnuts sale with a rummage sale was scheduled for Saturday May 17.
The physics class under Professor Daniel R. Russ studies light reflection on mirrors and how light travels to lenses. Lenses are taken from microscopes and flashlights to explore the behavior, a challenging task for the students.
The D T Y A English Club met on Friday May 9 with Charles Skaggs presiding. The program featured poems readings songs riddles music and two book reports. Guest next meeting will include the freshman English class.
On May 10 the local chapter boys including Otto Russell Birt Russell Billie Ray Conner and Lynal J Moore traveled to Arlington for Area V contests and a business session They listed officers with C L Medling as president Jim Jones vice president Joe Belsher secretary Darrel Williams treasurer and Linal J Moore reporter representing 84 schools and over 4000 boys Winners banners went to Sherman Mexia Kaufman Kaufman Sanger Azle and a sweepstakes to Kaufman The Whitewright chapter earned a banner from a prior contest and the group returned home at 6 15 p m
Glee Club members led by Mr. Russ rehearse for baccalaureate and commencement. Seniors will sing separately at the baccalaureate with selections The Lord's Prayer God of Our Fathers and We've a Story to Tell to the Nation. At commencement the full club will perform The Night Has a Thousand Eyes and Sweet and Low.
The sixth period study hall allows daily outdoor play on campus with Miss Williams supervising the girls each day. Activities include girls softball, tennis, basketball, and boys softball managed by the program.
Entering the W H S library one finds a neatly kept room tended throughout the year by the school’s librarian Mrs Clara Myrick. She began the plant display at the start of the school year and notes plants disappear only when taken away.
D P W P S P note the library. Fourteen thriving plants catch sun all day while books stay in place, tables stay clean, and pictures of famous Americans adorn the shelves. The tribute honors Mrs Merrick’s hard work shaping the library today.
A playful roundup features teachers and students at W H S with names such as Russ Morris Lackey Hill Allen Magers Cook Wor sham England Golden Claborn Holcomb Earnheart Conner Russell Parrish Sears Thornton and Doretha. The notes hint at talents romances and school life with a humorous tone.
Several students are noted as quitting together while others debate missing dates for the Hi-Y picnic. Absentees must follow new rules. Final tests approach in about one week. Friends J B R and J W C are described as very friendly. C R I and B G have quit. M B flirts with G H. W Me and E I V plus R M cannot meet.
A quotation attributed to Norman Vincent Peale urges kindness and forgiveness. The message emphasizes tender hearts and charitable conduct in daily life.
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