Whitewright High School Reflector Credits Page
The Whitewright High School Reflector lists Editor-in-chief Lytle Biggestaff and Assistant Editor Velma Mae Nicely with Faculty Adviser Velma Mae Nicely. Reporters include Joe Alexander, William Baxter, Jimmie Lee Brown, Mary Lea Cheaney, Lucase Cooper, Isabelle Craig, Sybil Davenport, Katie Ford, Vivian Echols, Preston Hannah, An ther Hudgins, Pattie Jean Hulett, Dorothy LaRoe, Margaret Lilley, Pauline Mitchell, Dorothy Nicholson, Paul Pierson, Ocie Scott, Onie Scott, Byron Teague, Anna Lee Yowell, Grace Chumbley, Leon Chumbley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lytle Biggestaff
Velma Mae Nicely
Dorothy Tapscott
Joe Alexander
William Baxter
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lea Cheaney
Lucase Cooper
Isabelle Craig
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Pattie Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul Pierson
Ocie Scott
Onie Scott
Byron Teague
Anna Lee Yowell
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
Whitewright High football players post strong grades
Editorial notes a football team at Whitewright High with eleven players averaging 89.2, three starters at 95, three over 90, and one 80. Eight substitutes average 84.5 with a single failure by a substitute. The team challenges 19 students to match their grades and one player says football improves academics.
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Whitewright High School
Honor Roll Six Weeks Shows Four Straight A Students
Four students earned straight A cards this six weeks. Three freshmen Ruth Waldrum Charles Harrison and Sara Kathryn Atterberry joined sophomore Neil Holmes in top averages. A long list of students across classes achieved 90 or above in subjects and deportment. Mary Lee Chaney appears in both lists.
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Ruth Waldrum
Charles Harrison
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Neil Holmes
Thelma Autrey
Floyd Everheart
Roberta Ford
Marcell Gosnell
Charles Howard
Mary Phillips
Geraldine Williams
Dorothy Jo Akridge
Mildred Autrey
Corden Baxter
Phyllis Brown
Report Cards Bring Mixed Feelings At School
Students react to weekly report cards with mixed emotions. Litle Biggerstaff notes many low grades and some straight A cards. Most averting shame vow to improve, while teachers hint that high standards depend on better marks.
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Litle Biggerstaff
Lumpy Jaw Disease Threatens Local Dairy Herds
Leon Chumbley notes lumpy jaw an infectious disease endangering dairy cattle in the community. It is caused by a ray fungus with symptoms of jaw swelling loss of appetite and reduced milk flow. Treatment described is jaw lancing and washing with iodine solution.
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Leon Chumbley
Campus News Flows From Week of Games and Gags
Students report soft ball games on campus and mischief during the week. Miss Travis seen with the girls while boys play southeast corner. Hi Youth initiation left initiates sore. raw eggs and oysters as paddling punishment. Weather disrupts. piano sing song uplifts. football players and non football players meet at noon with Mr Burma and Mr Key. Mr Key’s mood improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Key
Burma
Mr. Key
Anther Hudgins Jr
HI Y Initiation Brings Five New Members Into Club
The HI Y Club held its annual initiation at the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday. Five new members Guy Stepp Hamilton Vestal Boyd Newman Jim Andrews Merriwell Vineyard were welcomed after a two part meeting with serious talks on Hi Y meaning and playful rites including a mock branding and paddling.
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Presbyterian Church
Guy Stepp
Hamilton Vestal
Boyd Newman
Jim Andrews
Merriwell Vineyard
Jim Henry
Guy
Grapes
Hamilton
Boyd
William Baxter
Chapel Program Delights Students With Songs
A student chapel Friday morning featured performances by Sarah Frances Teague Byron Teague Grace Chumbley and Leon Chumbley singing Deep Ellum Blues Gonna Build a Castle and How Am I Doing. Joe Preston Lee O A Hefner and William Howard Harrison contributed guitar selections. Annie Lee Yowell reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Frances
Byron Teague
Grace
Leon Chumbley
Joe Preston Lee
O. A. Hefner
William Howard Harrison
Annie Lee Yowell
Banqueters’ Initiation Banquet Postponed Over Truancy
The Masqueraders postpone their initiation banquet for new members after many club members skipped school Friday afternoon. The change in plans is explained as a punishment measure for the guilty students.
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Isabelle Craig
Notable Whitewright Student Profiles Leon Chumbley and Dorothy LaRoe
A Whitewright High School profile highlights Leon Chumbley from Howe as a versatile student active in Masqueraders, Hi Y, Future Farmers, and football, with strong grades and public speaking as a favorite subject. Dorothy LaRoe is famed for popularity and talent in Dramatic and Glee clubs, with roles in chapel programs and senior committees.
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Howe
Masqueraders Club
Hi-Y
Future Farmers Association
Leon Chumbley
Dorothy LaRoe
Whitewright
Dramatic Club
Glee Club
Dorothy
One Word Definitions Talking-A Popular Habit in School
An OCR sample lists humorous one word definitions such as Talking A popular habit in school and Dates Something very popular over the weekend. The piece includes items like Surprise A thing which some students receive with their reports cards and Handsome What every senior thinks he is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Key
Anther Hudgins Jr
Whitewright Tigers Triumph Over Whitesboro Bearcats 14 6
Whitewright traveled to Whitesboro and defeated the Bearcats 14 to 6 in a non conference football game. Teague scored the opening TD from three yards, Bussy added the extra point, Starr widened the lead with a second TD, and Whitesboro threatened late with passes but failed the extra point. Stepp DeBerry Vine yard Pierson Montgomery starred in the backfield and line play.
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Whitewright
Whitesboro
Bearcats
Tigers
Teague
Bussy
Holmes
Starr
Stepp
DeBerry
Vineyard
Pierson
Montgomery
Byron Teague
Dramatic Club Opens Rehearsals for Help Yourself Play
The Masqueraders announce the first rehearsal for their play Help Yourself with a cast led by John Gordon and Leon Chumbley. Cast includes Captain Donald Winters Byron Teague Harry Dean Leslie Holland and others with Margaret Lilley directing and choruses to follow.
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Miss Lewis
John Gordon
Leon Chumbley
Donald Winters
Byron Teague
Harry Dean
Leslie Holland
Allen Jackson
Fred Starr
Ross Howard
Merriwell Vineyard
Martha Wentworth
Margaret Lilley
Polly Adair
Dorothy LaRoe
June Wentworth
Isabelle Craig
Doris Reynolds
Vivian Echols
Grace West
Sara Frances Teague
Prunella Johnson
Joann Everheart
Alimony Brown
Jack Meador
Bonnie Mullins Probes Morning Study Hall in English Class
In a lively English class Bonnie Mullins calls for a morning study hall. Bonnie asks Miss Tapscott, while Mr Bean’s agriculture lecture draws Pinky’s distracted attention as he pretends to listen. Dorothy LaRoe notes the moment.
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Bonnie Mullins
Miss Tapscott
Bonnie
Mr. Bean
Pinky
Key
Albert Lea
Dorothy LaRoe
The Bright Senior Says The Bright Senior Says
A humorous quote attributed to Jimmye Lee Brown about college courses on family problems car sharing and fashion. It critiques drivers and parking, noting quick thinking only extending to honking and unwanted no parking signs.
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Jimmye Lee Brown
Tigers Plan Hallowe'en Retreat for Whitesboro Game
The Tigers must retire by nine o'clock on Hallowe'en night to be ready for the Whitesboro clash on Friday. Byron Teague notes coach Key has attended practices and sees marked improve ments in attacks and the overall team, with Collinsville viewed as the strongest threat.
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Tigers
Hallowe
Whitesboro
Key
Collinsville
State Supervisor Visits School
Miss Peek the state supervisor of home economics visited our school on Wednesday. She praised the work and urged more home visits. She approved the laboratory setup and offered help to obtain more cabinet space and equipment. Miss Travis the instructor plans to start home visits this week and welcomes former students to her class.
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Miss Peek
Travis
Grace Chumbley
Midsummer Night's Dream Comes to Dallas Rialto
Whitewright High School students urged to attend Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rialto Theatre Dallas starting November 8 for eight days. Reserved seats may be secured by early notice with prices 83c and 1.10 for matinee and 1.10 and 1.65 for evening shows.
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Whitewright High School
Rialto Theatre
Dallas
Patty Jean Hulett
Silly Nicknames Lot Listed for Local Figures
A local listing names several individuals with humorous monikers such as Jim Henry Andrews known as Tally Bird and Jack Lewis Yeager called Simlin. Other nicknames include Guy Stepp Snake Hips Joann Everheart Jody and Walter Holmes Sherlock, among a larger roster.
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Jim Henry Andrews
Tally Bird
Jack Lewis Yeager
Simlin
Guy Stepp
Snake Hips
Joann Everheart
Jody
Mark Montgomery Jr
Puzzle
Walter Tom Holmes
Sherlock
William Baxter
Wee Wee Wil
What If Freshmen Didn’t Ask Questions
A fragmented school-page item lists names and quirky hypotheticals about students and activities. The line mentions Louise C, Isabelle, Grace, Patty Jean, Dorothy LaRoe, and Ocie Scott in a casual, humorous tone.
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Katherine Hepburn
Louise C
Isabelle
Grace
Patty Jean
Dorothy LaRoe
Ocie Scott
Democrats hold unused 1932 platform at upcoming conventions
The Daily Oklahoman notes Democrats enter next year’s national conventions with an unused 1932 platform already in place, easing their task. Republicans must draft a new platform from scratch unless they revisit 1928 themes.
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Daily
Oklahoman
Pawamwa Indians Noted for Bare Dress and Poison Darts
The Pawamwa Indians of South America are said to go almost naked and to use the blow gun with poisoned darts.
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South America
Thedford's Black-Draught Laxative Endorsed for Children
Parents praise Thedford's Black-Draught as a trustworthy laxative for both adults and children. A Kentucky mother reports thirteen years of use with kids, noting Syrup of Black-Draught as a reliable remedy for biliousness and digestive comfort.
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Thedford
Oo. W. Adams
Master, Ky
Farmers and factory workers share slow recovery pace
Washington reports government income data showing farmers and factory workers rising from depression at similar rates. Farm income this year is about 6.8 billion dollars, 66.5 percent of 1925 29 average, while manufacturing payrolls total 7.4 billion, 68 percent of the pre mood level.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Don Montgomery
AAA Consumers’ Counsel
Blind Senator Schall Proves Sharpshooter Despite Blindness
Minnesota Senator Thomas D. Schall, blind for twelve years, demonstrates pistol accuracy using sound cues guided by his son. At 25 paces, he hits a 12 inch target about three times in five, recalling his pre blindness skill and revealing how he 'sees' through sound.
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Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Schall
Berwyn
Douglas
James M. Coupal
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Serb Girls Court Obesity as Asset To Husband Hunt
In Skoplje and southern Serbia a beauty contest favors ample figures over slimness. Women seek to gain weight by eating more and using a fattening plant called debeljika dried into slices bound to the body at night. Superstitions drive magic to add pounds for marriage prospects.
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Skoplje
Jugo Slavia
St. George’s
Serbia
Macedonia
Helpful kitchen tips on baking powder biscuits and stain removal
Practical advice covers butter hidden in biscuit centers to improve flavor. Instructions warn against washing flour sieves with soap and recommend soda water. Stain removal tips suggest lemon juice and hot water for fresh fruit stains on tablecloths.
Traffic Trouble Sparks Street Interview
In a street exchange a man explains he fought over driving conduct with a troublemaker who turned out to be a police officer. Bystanders question why no officer was called as the incident escalates.
How Calotabs Help Nature Throw Off a Cold
Millions find Calotabs valuable for colds. Take one or two tabs first night, repeat on third or fifth night if needed. Calotabs cleanse the intestinal tract and act as a diuretic to remove cold poisons. Economy noted: twenty five cents family package, ten cents package.
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