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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1961
Page
6
Lucille Shaw chronicles what former classmates from East Texas area have done since graduation five years ago. Amy Alexander Barbara Lumpkins and Al Crouch marry while others pursue teaching, writing, sports, and stage work in Dallas Whitewright and beyond.
The programs for graduation list Baccalaureate on May 28 at First Methodist Church with Processional by Mrs. Paul Ryan and Invocations by Rev. John Streun. May 29 features Commencement in the High School Gymnasium with diplomas presented by Louis Durham and the Senior Class Benediction.
Four Whitewright students Billy Tillett Tom Sears Richard Cook and Cliff Emerson fed out steers hoping for profit. Sears attended the Houston Fat Stock Show with his and Emersons steers and they showed at the Texoma Livestock Show at Log Lake near Sherman.
The piece reviews the WHS senior class with portraits and notes on each student including Patty Bartley Steven Brown Richard Cook Al Crouch Thomas DeBerry Cliff Emerson Barbara Erwin Paula Geers Barbara Lumpkins Sandra Montgomery Ann Morris Linda Neal Don Ray Pool Bobby Roberson David Rogers Linda Sanderson Tom Sears Lucille Shaw Johnny Sinor Donald Slaughter Barry Taylor Billy Tillett and others. It ends with a farewell.
The seniors participated in every school activity this year with reps in each. Football season featured seven senior boys and a pep squad of five girls. Basketball followed with six girls and five boys. track was in spring with contributing seniors.
A list of humor filled bequests from 1960-61 seniors at Whitewright High School to fellow students and staff. Wills include air planes and fox-holes in civics to Dwayne Rush, vocational agriculture and Texoma Livestock Show to Jerry Jones, and various class notes and personal items to classmates and teachers as parting memories.
The 1961 Whitewright High School senior class lists twenty two members led by Steven Brown and Patty Bartley. Several members joined over grades from first to twelfth, including Don Ray Pool Linda Neal Steven Brown and Paula Geers among others. Jamelle Applegate briefly joined in twelfth grade before moving away.
A baking note advises rolling biscuit dough to a specific thickness to achieve high, soft interiors. Proper roll thickness helps lift the layers and create tender sides in baked biscuits.
A June census by the New York Stock Exchange aims to count shareholders and reveal trends. Analysts note a growing, better informed middle income investor class moving away from risky, tip based speculation toward fundamentals.
Rates show 2.50 for Grayson and Fannin counties, 3.00 outside those counties, and 5.00 for foreign subscriptions except soldiers.
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