Farewell to W. H. S. Senior Class 1941
The High School Reflector bids farewell to the 1941 senior class with reflections on friendships, gratitude to teachers, and plans for the future. Members anticipate college, jobs, or military service and outline aims in business, nursing, and other fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Brother Gillett
Carl Douglas Dixon
Jarvis D. Maddux
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
Carl Douglas
Lynal J. Moore
LaVerne Kilgree
North Texas State College
Ernestine Tomlinson
Estelle Lewis
Wilton McFarland
Dorotha Jean Crowell
Columbia University
New York
Mary Dale King
Billie Ray Conner
Mary Edna Cox
Houston
Ardell Penny
Marie Badgett
North Texas State Teachers College
W. H
Valedictorian and salutatorian named for class of 41
Doretha Darwin and Velmar Hol land are named valedictorian and salutatorian of the senior class of 41 with averages of 96 and 95.61. Doretha, in school eleven years, was seventh grade valedictorian. Velma, six years, started grammar school in Kentucky town. Both hold high honors and are active on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doretha Darwin
Velmar Holland
Doretha
Velma
Kentuckytown
Reflector
Glee Club
Mary Dale King
Jonnie B. Robbins
LaVerne Kilgree
Brother Gillett
M. B
Whitewright High seniors plan Galveston trip after commencement
The Whitewright High senior class plans a May 27 departure after graduation for a Galveston visit lasting to May 30. Most seniors, class sponsors, mothers, and faculty will travel by bus and cars, with a Gulf of Mexico boat trip and time for sports, dining, and side trips including Huntsville and the San Jacinto battlegrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Galveston
Percy Darwin
Thomas H. Cunningham
Daniel R. Russ
Montgomery
Key
Morris
Sears
Gulf of Mexico
Huntsville
San Jacinto Battle Grounds
A. D
Voyage of Port Grades Crew Faces Rough Seas and Farewells
Loretta Alexander and fellow mariners sail from Port Eighth through Port Graduation in a humorous log of ships and voyages. Surviving crew members return from lifeboats and a banquet signals progress toward graduation under Admiral Key and pilots Morris and Sears. Some will join new ships while others leave the sea forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Grammar School
Gertrude Schooling
Kate Fulton
Alma Jo Sanderson
Marie Badgett
Jackie Thompson
Brother Gillett
Marjorie Burchfield
Mary Alice Harrison
Sonny Gosnell
Oleta Norris
Dorotha Darwin
Lewis Vestal
Mary Dale King
Otto Russell
Wandell Riddle
Mary Edna Cox
Sallye Hamilton
Port
Wilton McFarland
Newton Manning
Ocean of Knowledge
S. S. Grammar
S. S. High
Loretta Alexander
Nina Marie Pierce
Carl Douglas Dixon
Bonnie Reynolds
Estelle Lewis
Joe Hicks
Rudolph Phillips
Birt Russell
Pascal Connelly
Ruby Anderson
Mattie Zerue Ashinhurst
Dorothea Auten
Genette Hicks
Genelle Hicks
Sara Hicks
Margaret Reynolds
LaVerne Kilgree
W. J. Bilmner
Sara Simmons
Billy Ray Conner
Lelia Gough
Ernestine Tomlinson
Malachia Wright
Gene Hargett
Gene Anderson
Admiral Key
Morris, Sears
Cunningham
Montgomery
Russ
Lackey
Roddy
Williams
S. S. High Learning
S. S
Homemaking Girls Broadcast on Food and National Defense
Ernestine Tomlinson and Grace Harris accompanied by Miss Eva Williams went to Sherman on Thursday to broadcast at Station KRVV at 6 oclock. The program on Food and National Defense was supervised by Miss Eunice King and presented as a conversation about vegetables in the diet. The fifteen minute broadcast was conducted by the two girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernestine Tomlinson
Grace Harris
Eva Williams
Sherman
KRVV
Bequests Within Whitewright High School 1941 Senior Class
Members of the Whitewright High School senior class of 1941 and representative Mary Dale King convey numerous bequests. Names include Lucian Vestal, Lucille Starr, Lotta Faye Brown, Billie Burke Vineyard, and others gifting athletic titles, artistic skills, jokes, dancing, and leadership roles to classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Mary Dale King
Lucian Vestal
W. J. Billner
Lucian
W. J. J. W. Chaney
Lotta Faye Brown
Chaney
Billie Burke Vineyard
Jackie Braden
Birt Russell
Lucille Starr
Fatty” Badgett
Ardell Penny Wils
Marvin Smith
Edward Kent
Alma Jo Sanderson
Ruth Mears
Malachia Wright
J. J. Sloan
Lynal J. Moore
Davis Pee Wee Pendleton Snodgrass Parrish
Dorothy Jean Crowell
Libbie Blakey
Mary Edna Cox
Sara Simmons
Louise Wilson
Sonny Gosnell
Robert Sears
Marie Ward
Jimmie Golden
Rudolph Phillips
Wilton McFarland
Lloyd Cato
Billy Ray Conner
D. W. Garland
Othel Stapleton
Pascal Connelly
Billy Lanius Kincaid
Jonnie Robbins
Haleen Benson
Otto Russell
C. B. Burchfield
Dorothy Auten
Senior Class of 41 Active at Whitewright High School
The 1941 senior class at Whitewright High is described as the busiest and most popular. Seniors hold key roles on the student council The Bell FFA Glee Club basketball teams and cheerleading squads. They also supply the all-state choir delegates and top county acting talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High
Bell
Glee Club
W.H. S. Glee Club
Waco
Class Earns Highest Scholastic Ranking In School
The class ranks very high scholastically with higher grades each six weeks. Senior students on the Honor Roll exceed those of any other class. Supervised by Mr Daniel R Russ and Mrs Jack Lackey sponsors, with Mrs Tom Cunningham and Mrs J P Darwin class mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel R. Russ
Jack Lackey
Tom Cunningham
J. P. Darwin
Reflecting the Faculty at Whitewright High School
A reflective piece by J. B. R. portrays Whitewright High School faculty through word portraits. It describes Mr Key, Mr Morris, Mr Montgomery, Mr Russ, Mr Sears, Mr Cruse, Mrs Lackey, Miss Williams, Mrs Roddy, and notes two staff departing to new posts, inviting readers to see the group as a swell faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Morris
Montgomery
Mr. Russ
Sears
Mr. Cruse
Tom” Cunningham
Whitewright High School
Mose in Trouble Again Guesses Guilt in Sheriff’s Court
Mose faces the sheriff with a wry confession asked if guilty or not. He replies, “Guilty, suh, I think,” adding that he should be tried to be sure of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose
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J. H. Gosnell
Bert Russell
J. B. Smith
Jackie Lee Thompson
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Navy
al Thornton
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W. J
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Honey
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Pascal
Gene
Bonnie
Mary Dale
Dorotha Jean
Iowa
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Bull Durham
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Malachia
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Jennie Irl Hicks
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the Bell
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Mr. Morris
J. Frank Wilson
J. C. Hastings
Ruby Holcomb
C. B. Bryant
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Tommie D. Booker
Cecil Owens
Doyce Worsham
Mary Ellen Brown
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