Reading Chart Names and Autumn Posters Highlight Glow Worm
The Glow Worm declares this week’s editor and staff roles with Dorotha Darwin and Mary Dale King among them. Reporters include Charlie Sue Childress Billy Jack Harper J W Caney Thomas Sanderson Mary Lee Wilson Margaret Coffey Lydia Mae Arney Barbara Gordon Alma Jo Sanderson Mary Alice Harrison Betty Lee Jones. Betty Lee Jones leads the new reading chart after second reader status. Billy Ward Evans recites most poems. Second graders showcase autumn posters. Mid week spelling perfect scores listed for many students including Evans Harrison Mullins Norris Reeves Vineyard Wilson Jones Queener Riddle Sears Smith Sanderson.
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Charlie Sue Childress
Billy Jack Harper
J. W. Caney
Thomas Sanderson
Mary Lee Wilson
Margaret Coffey
Lydia Mae Arney
Barbara Gordon
Alma Jo Sanderson
Mary Alice Harrison
Betty Lee Jones
Billy Ward Evans
Junior Harrison
M. H. Mullins
Guy Norris
James Reeves
Harold R. Vineyard
Max Ray Wilson
Winnie Sue Queener
Elbea Riddle
Betty Margaret Sears
Norma Lou Smith
Vandadel! Sanderson
Armistice Day remembered worldwide with caps on November 11
Doretha Darwin notes Armistice Day marks the end of World War I fighting on November 11, a national holiday across the British Commonwealth France and the United States. France calls it Capitulation Day and in 1922 erected a memorial on the site of German defeat bearing a fierce inscription about the German Empire.
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World Book
Doretha Darwin
Honor Roll Names by Grade Stated
For inclusion on the honor roll a pupil must hold a straight E card. First grade names listed are Nelda Raye Brown Mildred Brown Eva Lee Stewart. Second grade names are Junior Harrison Billy Ward Evans Betty Margaret Sears. Fifth Grade names include Betty Jane Harper Edith Harper Pattie Everheart Wallace Reeves. Seventh grade names include Betty Atkinson Dorotha Darwin Brother Gillett Velma Holland Mary Dale King.
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Nelda Raye Brown
Mildred Brown
Eva Lee Stewart
Junior Harrison
Billy Ward Evans
Betty Margaret Sears
Betty Jane Harper
Edith Harper
Pattie Everheart
Wallace Reeves
Betty Atkinson
Dorotha Darwin
Brother Gillett
Velma Holland
Mary Dale King
Second Grade Special Duties List Names Roles
Norma Lou Smith leads the list of students with special duties in second grade. The roster includes Wandadell Sanderson on library, Guy Norris and Macdean Roper on ball, Betty Jo Hamilton on calendar, Junior Harrison as housekeeper, Terry M. Miller as helper, Glendon Magers at the door, with Norma Lee Smith noted as the first.
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Norma Lou Smith
Wandadell Sanderson
Guy Norris
Macdean Roper
Betty Jo Hamilton
Junior Harrison
Terry M. Miller
Glendon Magers
Norma Lee Smith
First graders host guest and pig pen notes
The first graders had a guest Thursday morning, Mrs. Clara Myrick. There were a few in the pig pen this week. Housekeepers this week are Louise Owens and Stanlee Holmes. Mary Lee Wilson.
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Clara Myrick
Louise Owens
Stanlee Holmes
Mary Lee Wilson
Third grade Hallowe'en party with games and prizes
Children in the third grade held a Halloween party Thursday afternoon. Games included Ninepins with jack o lanterns and a rubber ball knocking down paper men, each worth five points. J. H. Lance topped Ninepins and Eugene Reeves won the tail on the black cat contest. Lollipops were served.
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J. H. Lance
Eugene Reeves
Fourth Grade Dramatizes Cosette from Les Miserables
Fourth grade pupils performed a dramatization this week with Cosette from Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables highlighted as a standout. Thomas Sanderson participated in the activity for the class.
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Cosette
Victor Hugo
Thomas Sanderson
Fifth grade highlights at Whitewright school week
Mrs Vestal visited the fifth grade and spoke about their car getting stuck in ruts from the Trenton bus. The class studies the Middle Atlantic States and rehearses a play The Wilful Princess for Friday chapel. Corlis Ray Neal from Kentucky town joined as a new student. Basketball dominates girls sports with a first team named by Mr Manning. An account of last Friday’s Centennial trip by 239 students and teachers notes a train ride with 1,146 aboard and a mummy sighting, plus Timber Resources Texas displays and a 12,775 piece inlaid table built in a year.
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Vestal
Whitewright
Timber Resources of
Texas
Sam
Houston’s chair and the Cavalcade of Texas tour
Mary Alice Harrison recalls a Santa Fe exhibit in Houston showcasing the largest railway center in Texas the Hall of State and the Federal Building. Monty Atkinson was lost twice during the visit before Thomas Arney led him back. The Cavalcade of Texas remains described as beautiful and historic inviting others to see it.
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Houston
Texas- Houston
Hall of State
Federal Building
Monty Atkinson
Thomas Arney
Texas
Mary Alice Harrison
Sixth graders tour depot to learn telegraph terms
Wednesday and Thursday the sixth grade reading class visited the depot to visualize telegraph lessons. The class split into three groups and listened to the Whitewright call WH while attempting to form letters on the sending machine. They returned to study telegram telegraph telegraphy and telegrapher, with Group 3 planning another trip when weather permits, per Lydia Mae Arney.
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Whitewright
Lydia Mae Arney
Otto Russell and Mary Alice Harrison Popular in School
Otto Russell, a tall merry-eyed seventh grader, is playful, friendly, and recently joyfully scored 100 on an English test. Mary Alice Harrison, equally cheerful and active in class and games, is well known and talks and writes well.
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Otto Russell
Otto
Mary Alice Harrison
Billy Jack Harper
Local School Notes Brighten Monday Morning
Seventh grade welcomes new pupil T H Neal from Kentuckytown. Arithmetic work fills notebooks while English studies center on adjectives. After Centennial return a five minute conversation period produced many remarks. four students failed geography tests Dorotha Darwin Mary Alice Harrison Betty Atkinson Mary Lee Wilson. Parents Mr and Mrs W F Manning of Dallas and Mrs L H Cassler of Morocco Indiana visited N L Manning. Sixth and seventh graders endured indoor weather for physical training while cleaning house. Fifth graders practiced their play. Gratitude expressed to Rev C W Dennis for donated magazines to the school library. J W Chaney led the way with a book report.
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T. H. Neal
Kentuckytown
Dorotha Darwin
Mary Alice Harrison
Betty Atkinson
Mary Lee Wilson
Charlie Sue Childress
W. F. Manning
Dallas
L. H. Cassler
Morocco
Indiana
N. L. Manning
C. W. Dennis
Tramping Picks Upsets In Week Of College Contests
Tramping forecasts upset wins across multiple games. Sherman over Denison, E T S TC over N T S T C, Arkansas over Rice, Baylor over Oklahoma City, Texas Tech over Oklahoma, A M over A and M, Tulsa over Centenary, T C U over Texas, and a tight Plano vs Whitewright with the Tigers favored.
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Sherman
Denison
Arkansas
Rice
Baylor
Oklahoma City
Texas Tech
Oklahoma A
Tulsa
Centenary
Texas
Plano
Whitewright
Tigers
Japanese Lovers Leap to Death in Volcano Tragedy
A Tokyo report details 2,452 suicides by lovers in four years, many pairing to plunge hand in hand into a volcano. Personal-crisis data show a rise in youth suicides, with 7,598 deaths in Tokyo, 2,416 of them ages 16 to 20, driven by escape from pain and unrequited love.
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Tokyo
Tokeyo
Thrifty Fair Visitor Sits On a Program
A county fair gatekeeper quotes seat prices to a young lady: front seats fifty cents, rear seats twenty five cents, programs five cents. She offers a nickel and agrees to sit on a program, turning the joke into a playful gambit at the gate.
Balloting Through History and The Modern Polling Scene
A historic look at voting methods from vocal ballots to the Australian secret ballot and machine ballots. It contrasts early public voting with modern privacy rules, discusses state variations in ballot design marking methods and time limits, and notes rising costs and calls for reform while highlighting the Electoral College and ongoing public participation.
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Abe Lincoln
Steve Douglas
National Geographic Society
Massachusetts
North Carolina
George Washington
New York
Rhode Island
United States
Washington
America
California
Illinois
Delaware
Colorado
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Vermont
Ohio
Minneapolis
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnesota
Oregon
Texas
Virginia
Maine
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Rochester
N. Y
District of Columbia
Campaign voice reaches peak with 40 million voters
The passage notes a surge in political oratory as new communication forms shine this year. It asserts that despite a loud campaign roar lasting to election eve, the voice of over 40 million people ultimately had the final say, reflecting a historic level of public influence.
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New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas City
Voice of the People
Red Fire
The Rotary Club President’s Speech at School Prizes
A Rotary Club leader, famed for business success with little schooling, distributes school prizes and urges boys to value education. He stresses arithmetic and geography, saying education reveals that twice two is four and seven sevens make twelve.
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Rotary Club
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Dorothy Sue Douglas
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Harry Watson
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Lydia MaeArney
Marjorie Barchfield
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Remington
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G. H. Jackson
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Ross Avenue
Auto Finance Company
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