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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
6
The High School Reflector carries an editorial by George Hansard with assistant Martha Jo Darwin. A lengthy list of reporters appears, including Brazwell Alexander and Leslie Andrew, among many others. The piece ends with a proverb about seniors and change.
The 1940 senior class bids readers adieu in a reflective farewell note. Individual bequests and nicknames reveal a lively cast including George Hansard as president, Martha Jo as secretary, and David Taylor as vice president, with classmates gifting each other traits and memories from humor to sports prowess.
It is believed an epidemic affects seniors with several absent Friday. The outbreak is nicknamed a poetry epidemic since Friday was the last day to submit poetry.
The seniors met to plan a Galveston trip, discussing past experiences with Mr. Boyd in Whitesboro and Mr. Moulton in Bells. They expect a May 25 departure and a May 27 or 28 return, hoping to stretch funds if possible.
Velma Holland, a junior girl, won one dollar in the state wide medical theme contest and placed fourth. The Women's Auxiliary to the Texas State Medical Association sponsored the contest titled What I Can Do to Prevent Contagion. The same theme won first in the county contest, which awarded five dollars. A luncheon for winners is planned at Hotel Denison.
Students in the V A III class under Mr. T H Cunningham have completed the year with study of farm management. Other units studied include parliamentary procedure farm marketing landscape art and genetics.
Members of the typing I class completed typing the United States Constitution under supervision of Mrs Kenner. They used 8 by 11 inch paper and did not type the footnotes. The exercise aimed to develop typing skill and teach about the foundation of government.
Iowa Silent Reading Tests given to six dozen remedial readers last Friday and Monday show high performers J J Sloan Jackie Thompson and Barbara Gordon ranking top. Scores indicate gains of two years or more in eight months for many students with attendance issues noted for slower progress.
Mr Key led economics class due to Mr Manning absence on Tuesday May 14. A discussion on propaganda grew heated with expletives but stayed civil, as Mr Key restrained the group from lashing out at each other.
Faculty and students praise Dr. George K. Stephens and Dr. Frank Layman for a recent clinic. Stephens examined about 25 students daily for eight days, finding 25 with vision issues among roughly 220. Layman saw about 70 students daily for three days, with only six needing no dental care.
A list of students plans for the summer shows multiple trips and placements. Names like Earleen Benson Twyman White J B Smith Sarah Simmons and many others are headed to states including Missouri Texas Oklahoma California and New Mexico. Several will attend CMTC Camp at Ft Sill Oklahoma while others plan visits to Dallas Itasca Lub bock and Austin with vacations in Longview Glen Rose Carlsbad Cavern and Tres Rios.
A 1960 census taker travels door to door meeting Earleen Benson Wallace and Merlyn Brown, both noted for vivid personalities. He records their marriages, careers, and social standings during a stroll past a castle like home and a grand, empty hotel kitchen.
A narrator recalls meeting numerous figures at a Smith Hotel sightseeing spree. Robert Benson chefs potatoes. Marilyn Smith becomes hotel manager. Brazwell Alexander shows oil-well interests, James Norris leads fire crews, and George Hansard handles insurance. Encounters include Evelyn Hill with a race horse, Joy Wilson in Trenton, Irene Mitchell and Beulah Mae Scott fashion designers, and Imogene Head of Ting-A-Ling. The tour features a wine of socialites, a dinner club, a jewelry theft, a tobacco auction, a pilot Twyman White, heiress Eula Mae Lambden, and finally tennis champion Modene Vineyard amid reflections on a 1940 class.
Read about the 1940 seniors choosing future paths with several heading to Dallas business college Denton Teachers College A and M Arlington Texas Tech and other institutions to study economics home economics journalism and nursing Some plan immediate work Imogene Head starts in Dallas June 1 and Earleen Benson contemplates a business school while others consider mechanical training
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