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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
7
The junior class members, donning spring training suits, edited this Reflector edition. They look forward to carrying on for 36 issues next year, grateful for the opportunity to practice on this sheet.
Students discover a magneto in the physics lab and form a circle to connect both electrodes. The device delivers a jolt that makes them dance and feel weak, a risky prank under study conditions.
Home ec II girls study budgeting by taking an inventory of clothes and making a budget plan for the year. They discuss good and bad purchases including dresses shoes hats hose and more. Rules to learn focus on brands stores value and current inventories to save money.
Mr Key arrived at the school in a gray Tudor deluxe automobile last week, a surprise to students and teachers. His wife often sits in the driver's seat, while Mr Key occasionally takes the wheel.
Mr Gaddis and Mr Burma and Mr Bean formerly of Whitewright went on a fishing trip over the weekend. They left Friday about 4 o clock for a place 40 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant in Morris County. Bean returned Saturday afternoon due to a friend's death. Burma and Gaddis came back Sunday. Gaddis said it was very enjoyable.
Mr. Key favored sunny weather and instructed Mr. Short to lock doors at noon and not open them before 8 that morning. He claimed students did not need to study at noon and did deserve fresh air.
Mrs Kennemer announced the library will close on Monday May 23. No long time books will be issued for a later date. Students owing dues must pay them before they can take final examinations.
Sophomores recall a pleasant May 11 picnic at Pilot Grove near the Van Alstyne bridge. They arrived at five o clock and secured a good time with friends and classmates.
After burying Oscar Elmer the crayfish murdered by Mr. Gaddis, students explored the woods and gathered around a campfire. They roasted weiners, ate sandwiches, cookies, chips, fruit, and drinks, then played games. Mr. Gaddis won another trophy as he carried away a young rabbit.
The English IV class finished their Tale of Two Cities unit on Thursday May 12 with a small quiz. The unit was chosen by students as the year's most interesting. The top English IV test scores were achieved on this unit, A. P. noted.
Mr. Gaddis led a physics class to the Community Public Service light plant on May 12 to study generators and motors. He explained the machinery parts and how each operates to help students understand their function.
Three freshmen are praised for their poetry love with counts of 380 lines by Jackie Lee Thompson, 316 by Moselle Marley, and 300 by Bonnie Reynolds shown in the report.
A noted home economics class notes gains in grooming with manicures facial care posture and personality study. The piece highlights the girls’ progress and the practical focus of the course as reported by D. N.
A shower of gifts including handkerchiefs and perfume was held to honor Mrs Knox. She has taught homemaking in Whitewright for four and a half months and will accept a position in Lufkin as county demonstration agent.
Whitewright F F A members met May 11 under Tom Cunningham to elect officers for the next year. The agriculture department has 64 pay-up members and plans to grow. Elected officers are Charles Harrison president Floyd Everheart vice president Charles Howard secretary William Janway treasurer Quinton Nicholson watchdog and Lloyd Roddy reporter.
Floyd Everheart led a Tuesday morning meeting May 10 to decide premiums for junior rings ordered early. Juniors chose bracelets or clips for girls and buckles or tie clasps for boys from Herff Jones Company.
Starr dominated on the mound for Whitewright with 18 strikeouts as he pitched a strong game. Rudd contributed a fifth inning single and Neil added a decisive seventh inning 4 triple while Whitewright erected an 11 to 7 victory over Van Alstyne.
Invitations ordered for the senior class arrived on May 13 from the Southern Engraving Co. Approximately 1300 invitations were included, with several leather bound. The seniors plan to mail them soon.
Mrs Kennemer teaches business English pupils the art of selling. Students market items from a screwdriver to an aeroplane while Thomas Sears demonstrates selling a map. Fred Starr shows a fruit peeling knife and slices an apple orange and grapefruit, whetting appetites.
Mrs. Lackey and Mrs. Roddy announced that all English classes must submit book reports and poetry on Friday May 13. Students must have 20 outside reading book points and 100 lines of memory work in poetry for the year or fail English.
Mrs. Knox leaves Whitewright High School to become Angelina County county demonstration agent in Lufkin. In four and a half months she sponsored a queen’s race, game party, junior banquet, district homemaker’s meeting hostesses, took four girls to San Antonio for the state home ec contest, oversaw a Travis Home Ec Club play, and helped prepare and serve the F F A banquet. Two new sewing machines and a washing iron were added to the department under her tenure.
The senior class presented their annual play on Friday night May 13 titled Kicked Out of College. Despite a few missed cues the production drew strong audience support and proceeds will fund the seniors’ days Thursday through Saturday.
Sara Kathryn Atterberry spent the weekend in Dallas. Mildred Fleming visited Denison. Bertha Ford was in Tren ton on Sunday. Ina Lee Hicks toured Bonham on Saturday. Velma Jo Reeves stayed in Nobility Monday night and Tuesday. Earleen Benson spent the weekend in Sherman. Beulah Mae Scott visited Sherman on Saturday. Drunette Farley, Aileen Pennington, Norma Donigan, and Elaine Starr visited Sherman Saturday night.
A reader seeks guidance on handling trust and betrayal involving J. J. and J. W. S. Dotty Dix advises to forget the incident and treat him as before. Another letter asks whether to answer a letter from a senior. the columnist cautions it is unwise to respond, advising restraint but not overreacting.
The piece presents a playful portrait of Falls junior class members led by Floyd Everheart, listing numerous students by name with comic and endearing traits. It highlights crushes, ambitions, and school life as seniors loom, ending with author A. P. noting hopes for football help and guidance.
The English III class held a cowboy program in chapel on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Lackey introduced the unit and Charles Howard served as master of ceremonies. The program featured a quartet, songs, ballads, and sketches by students including Naomi Penny, William Janway, and Mary K. Phillips among others, with themes centered on the Texas cowboy era. The schedule included performances of Out on the Texas Plains, Cowboys Dream, Home on the Range, and Cowboy Legends, along with reflections on branding, equipment, and the King’s Ranch.
The junior class of 32, aided by homemaking girls, earned 70 at a party. They have ordered senior rings and climb 78 steps four times daily totaling 624 steps. Floyd Everheart leads as president with Charles Harrison as VP and Wilma Alexander as secretary treasurer. Only seven members live in town. two juniors are in the senior play. Rumors speak of a new romance Naomi Penny and Buck Howard. Bussy Thornhill is noted as a worthy junior and no Honor Roll member this year.
The column notes several students with curious crushes and daily routines. It muses who might be the objects of attention at Bonham, Ector, and Van, mentioning notes, winks, and post office visits as clues. The piece has a playful, teasing tone typical of a schoolhouse column.
Students coast through studies while teachers prepare more hills to climb. The piece lists hobbies among local students and staff, including horseback riding by Clyde Russell and Mary Edna Cox, sewing by Naomi Penny, stamp collecting by Betty Atkinson, and piano playing by Sarah Belle.
Bobby Nell takes up swimming as a new hobby proving versatile in sports. The note highlights his interest and suggests continued involvement in aquatic activities.
A school notice describes a home economics class beauty lesson where students apply two coats of a beaten egg on the face, letting each dry and washing off between applications. The note asks if the treatment might remove freckles and invites girls to try the method.
Mr. Ford contemplates opening a model tea shop but is advised against it as cars have been obsolete for years according to the exchange. The brief dialogue contrasts entrepreneurial plans with an automotive industry critique.
For Congress fourth district SAM RAYBURN for Sheriff J Benton Davis John C Eyridge P M Pleas Porter for Justice of the Peace W A Fain W H Horton.
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