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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1938
Page
12
The W H S Reflector notes the editor and assistant editor positions. Sponsors include Sarah Belle Gillett, Guy Andrews, and Mrs. Jack Lackey, indicating key staff and backers for the publication.
A round‑the‑world tour narrated by Sarah Belle Gillett follows the 1938 seniors as they visit Admiral Hicks Hollywood figures and European capitals. The voyage includes encounters with notable locals, a Paris nightclub, Cairo cotton dealers, and Italian dignitaries, ending with a Texas return after a 49‑member trip.
A long poem recounts the Alma Mater voyage and crew led by Captain Boyd with Sarah Can as mate. It names many crew and passengers including Tom Preston, Roy the parrot, engineer Fred, steward Hamilton, and pilots Key Jernigan Gaddis Ricketts Cunningham. The piece ends with thanks to pilots and a farewell to the ship.
Rev. Joe M. Connally pastor of the Methodist Church will lead the baccalaureate service on May 29 at 11 o'clock. Seniors meet at Mrs Jack Lackey's home and proceed to the church at the appointed time.
Seniors and faculty from a Denison High School depart for Turner Falls Oklahoma for a three day trip. The group travels by bus and cars, camps near a tourist lodge, hikes Turner Falls, visits Sulphur, and ends day with dinner and a return to camp. On Friday the seniors rise, determine camp arrangements, breakfast is cooked by staff, then return to Sulphur for more activities amid strong smells noted at the town.
An illustrated voyage tale tracing the S S Grammar School from 1927 as a ship of knowledge. Captain Susie Noe and Pilot Gertrude Schooling steer the crew through first spelling lessons, art voyages, and musical bays.
A breezy schoolyard voyage uses a sea chanty of class progress through Fifth to Eleventh Grade. It tracks new crew members like J W Sanderson and Marilee Reeves, mutinous tides, and the moving harbor to the S S High School as students advance, with notable names and ships.
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