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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
7
The Reflector staff bids farewell after a nine month term. Editor in chief signs off praising the paper and hopes future issues match past quality for the W. H. S. Reflector.
The Reflector staff bids farewell to Miss Gladys Ray thanking her for weekly news guidance and proofreading. The Masqueraders Club praises her kindness, loyalty, and friendship, recalling two nights before a play and hoping her spirit lives on in future students.
A nostalgic senior class poem salutes leaders Miss Coffey and Sular Lee Vestal, top honors winner Mary Lena, and classmates like Lawrence Owen, J. Y. Russell, Elizabeth Ireland, Nova Bryant, Frank Hollingsworth, Bud Weiser, Boogy Man Ryan, Ross Brown, Riley Beazley, Aleta Head, Ila May Boone, Winnie Farmer, Lorene Ashinhurst, and Reggie Hicks. It blends humor with praise for achievements in scholarship, athletics, leadership, and class spirit.
A girl wanders into a spring woods and becomes lost but is guided by a tiny kindly elf. He reveals visions of classmates and future hopes before the dream ends with a safe return home to her grandmother.
Whitewright High School holds graduation on May 28 at 8 o clock in the school auditorium. Guest speaker is J P Saunders pastor of Walnut Street Church of Christ Sherman and a TWU and University of Chicago graduate. Valedictorian Lula Lee Vestal and salutatorian Mary Lena Reeves named. public invited.
The baccalaureate sermon will be held at the Baptist Church Sunday morning May 26 at eleven o'clock. Rev C W Dennis pastor of the Methodist Church will preach. Mrs Guy Hamilton will play the processional and recessional with special numbers from the Music Club. Public is invited. Mary Lena Reeves.
The senior class celebrated Monday as Senior Day with a program listing roles like Class Will by J Y Russell and Class History by Lula Lee Vestal. Nora Bryant won best all around girl and J Y Russell best all around boy. The day ended with members wandering in a relaxed, content mood.
A nostalgic recounting of a 1924 first grade class, tracing nine years from first through junior year. The piece highlights classroom scenes, teacher shifts, student quips, and the start of high school as pupils mature into sophomores.
A school book corner praises Dickens Great Expectations as realistic and engaging and Goldsmiths She Stoops To Conquer as a top read for students. Included are playful anecdotes from chemistry and history classes, student quotes, and fond memories of W. H. S. with colors yellow and white and a daisy as the flower.
Edith Mae Sears arrives from Canaan and serves as Masqueraders' Club treasurer while contributing posters for play ads. Lula Lee Vestal is valedictorian and Reflector editor. Meda Jane Wiser, nicknamed Bud, is a loyal Reflector staffer popular with students. Lawrence Owen noted.
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