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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
6
Whitewright High School senior class publishes a tongue in cheek last will and testament. Students name friends and roles from the 1956 class, pairing gifts and keepsakes with lighthearted parting notes amid a campus sense of humor. The piece also includes a public notice citation and a humorous class poem.
A collection of short quoted lines featuring names such as James Neathery Jimmy Woo Ha Philip Just Anything Sue Jim Jean Earl Delbert Jack Travis Bobby and initials N. F. B. The text reads like a casual exchange or roster of phrases without a single cohesive event or story.
The 1955 graduates list their plans after school. Jack Ayres has joined the Navy. Connie Andrew and Eugene Cox are in the Air Force. East Texas State Teachers College attendees include William Russell Jackie Parnell Ralph Hughes Barbara Hughes John Brown David Reeves Bill Hyecock Ann Hunter Johnnie Harper attends SMU James Bennett goes to Austin College Margaret attends TSCW Bobby Burchfield becomes the class banker.
H. C. Carpenter remains with M K T Railroad. June Neathery wed to Roger Lewis and joins Sears Roebuck and Co. Aline Neal becomes a receptionist for Dr Paul Geers in Whitewright. Donna Faye Williams completes a business course and works for Lone Star Gas in Denison. Mary Ola Lewis is employed at the Sherman tax office.
The 1956 Whitewright senior class looks back on twelve years of school life from first grade in 1944 under Nana Francis. They list sixteen of twenty five as founding students, names include Philip Stephens Obie Rutledge Jim McKinney Margie Morris Orville Head Pete Burchfield Jimmy Lee Thornhill and others who joined later from Oklahoma Kentucky and Randolph. The text continues to page 7.
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