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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1951
Page
6
School newspaper lists editors and assistants across sections including Sports Society Features and clubs. Names such as Laura Jean Wilson Barrie Blanton Molly Jo Rutledge and many more appear for Pep Squad Girls Sports and Youth Center.
The second year home making class served the school board superintendent high school principal and others on May 22. A full menu was served and planning duties assigned including Carol Ryan as general manager. Seniors enjoyed a picnic afterward with classmates and teachers expressing pride in the cooperative effort.
The list shows the ten top seniors with averages: Mollie Jo Rutledge 94.3 Gladine Harper 93.7 Gwen Kent 90.7 Carol Hughes 90.2 Conway Craig 89.78 Barrie Blanton 89.58 Laura Jean Wilson 87.6 Beverly Judd 87.3 Peggy Burchfield 85.9 Jack Badgett 84.7.
Jeanette Jones loses the game by two points forcing her side to host a picnic at Burns Run. A party followed with lunch, bicycle ride, and a cold swim, then all returned to the park for more fun. Attendees included Jarvis Kent Ryan Jones Alexander Bassett Ryan Parnell Musser Anderson Simpson Nossa man Brown Reeves and coach Howard.
Last Friday around 9:00, seventeen seniors with sponsor Miss Lillian Neathery and two room mothers visited Bonham State Park for a day of eating and fun. Ray Lumpkins drove the bus to the park and returned to Whitewright, leaving again at about 2 15 pm.
A fragment of the Senior Class Poem lists town residents and WHS students. Names include Bill Brown a star athlete, Jack Badgett mischievous, Peggy Burchfield quiet, Eugene Bass rule abiding, Beverly Judd nursing, Carol Hughes loyal, Barrie Blanton geometry hopeful, Jean Wilson bookkeeper whiz, Elnora and Harold Ward cousins, Bobby Hyecock merry, Molly Rutledge bright, Conway Craig handsome but unstudious, Minnie Monk blue eyed, Delbert Hensley true, Gwen Kent zestful, Herman Musser among others in a school setting.
A playful senior poem outlines the ambitions and fates of local students. It imagines Jack becoming a lawyer after college years, Gwen Kent as a county nurse in Oklahoma, Richard Clayton appearing in the scene, and Jean Wilson as head nurse at Mayo Clinic. It also calls Ray Simpson a Sahara traveler, Minnie Monk a FBI recruit’s fiancé, and Craig as a nightclub manager at Farmersville.
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