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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1936
Page
7
The W H S Reflector notes Miss Dorothy Tapscott as sponsor and Anita Vestal as editor in chief with a long list of reporters. A student program featured an entertainment segment followed by a round table on Who Jesus Is and What He Means to the High School Boy with participation from most members.
The home economics III class held a tea in the clothing laboratory at noon on Wednesday. Students planned duties on Tuesday and served a menu of cheese sandwiches and balls, nuts, stuffed olives, cookies, hot tea, and lemons.
Mr Key announced Friday after chapel that the schedule would shift to four forty five minute morning periods and two in the afternoon. School dismissed at two thirty for students not attending Plano Whitewright game.
EX-STUDENTS Misses Vivian Echols and Margaret Lilley freshmen at Texas State College for Women in Denton have been elected to Student Government Association posts for the first semester. Vivian becomes Lowry Hall dormitory house council president. Margaret also serves on the council. Both are June graduates of Whitewright High School.
The Whitewright Chapter of Future Farmers attended Arlington on Thursday night, November 5, with members Mr. Bean, Jack Meador, Fred Starr, and the local Future Farmer Board: William Howard Harrison, O. A. Hefner, Joe Preston Lee, and Bill Lee. Area five officers were elected. Fred Starr became vice-president. The local band won first place in an amateur contest among thirty bands, each allowed two selections. The Whitewright Future Farmer Band decided to perform at the Centennial on Saturday, November 7.
Mrs Kennemer led the chapel program with Janis Jayne Horton singing Sing Baby Sing and Is It True What They Say About Dixie. Hugh Tim Atterberry performed It’s a Sin To Tell a Lie and When Did You Leave Heaven. Betty Nell Yeager sang Glory of Love and performed a tap dance. The program closed with several football yells and Mr Key announcing the ball game played Friday afternoon.
The Hi Y boys held their weekly meeting at the High School last Wednesday evening with Boyd Newman in charge of the program. A game of concentr ation followed the program.
The Whitewright F F A Ramblers broadcast for the local F F A organization at the Texas Centennial. Band members include Bill Lee Joe Preston Lee William Howard Harrison and O A Hefner. William Howard and Joe Preston sang El Rancho Grande with two guitars a violin and a mandolin. Afterward the Ramblers were free to do as they wished. Contest results have not yet been announced.
Freshmen boys were made to clean the muddy football players suits in the gym on Wednesday November 4 as part of an initiation. They chose cleaning over belt line punishment, in advance of the Whitewright Plano game the following Friday.
Plano started strong with a second quarter touchdown but trailed 12-6 at halftime as Whitewright Wildcats dominated the line, adding a second TD and leading 19-6. In the fourth, Tigers fought hard with Thornhill Holmes and Jackson but could not stop the heavier club, the final 25-6.
About twenty five girls met in the gymnasium last Thursday for basketball practice and drills. They pitched goals and had a scrimmage. Miss Draper, the coach, has not selected the main team yet but the girls expect to play Trenton Friday night.
A visitor recalls scenes at the fair including the Chrys ler and Federal buildings, ice skaters at the Black Forest, and the Globe Theatre Cavalcade. They praise Midsummer Night's Dream at Show Boat, note the Cav alcade's Texas history, and mention a Coca-Cola display with a striking server identified by number twenty three.
A group of twenty four football players and several teachers were served breakfast at 11 30 Friday morning November 6. The menu included corn flakes cream and sugar prunes raisins bacon eggs buttered toast coffee and cocoa. Some players quipped that home economics girls showed indifference but the girls had prepared the meal and then served themselves after the boys finished.
A new four grade scheme replaces the old one. Grades are E 90-100 S 80-89 P 70-79 U below 70. An average of 70 allows passing, lowering the prior 75 requirement. Teachers say it reduces sharp gaps between top and bottom performers.
Anita Vestal spent Saturday in Dallas while Ethel Harper visited Sherman. Lorna Lee Thornton was in Sherman on Saturday and Norma Gene Smith went to Deni s. Velma Jo Bow spent Saturday at the Centennial. Misses Opal and Eulen Kemp of Farmersville visited Bernice Henslee on Sunday.
A compact cartoon of classroom dialogue features James Norris, Joe Hicks, and Mary Lee Reeves with light quips on harmonicas, skating, and neat homes. Norma Gene Smith humorously declares the earth round by squaring it, prompting a gentle pun from Mr Burma.
Kellous Watson was appointed to drive the Orangeville Pilot Grove and Rose Hill bus routes beginning November 4 according to V. J. B. source.
A short feature profiles a Canaan senior girl described as attractive, neat, blue eyed, about five feet two, with strong grades and home economics as favorite. It also spotlights a senior male vice president, a blonde with blue eyes, noted football standout fond of outdoor sports, chemistry as favorite, who scored the only touchdown in the Whitewright Plano game.
Some 5000 FFA boys from across the state attended the Centennial on Saturday November 7. A parade led by the State FFA Band ended in the live stock building arena where a radio program opened with state officers hillbilly music and talks by Meador Roper and Moore. Whitewright sent a hillbilly band and Meador appeared for pledge to the flag. The group also aired over the Gulf Centennial network with future broadcasts planned on KRRV Sherman and Denison.
A Republican group in a high school setting reacts to a landslide defeat by the Democrats in the 1940 election. The piece uses personified animals and light, humorous quotes about Roosevelt and Landon as party members vow to persevere and plan for the next vote. It captures partisan sentiment and sportslike bravado ahead of the November 3, 1940 date.
Plano Wildcats defeated the Tigers 25 to 6 on Friday November 6. Christie sparked the Wildcats at quarterback with strong off tackle drives while Lorrance scored from four yards. The Tigers answered with a Starr pass to Holmes for a long TD but Kaiser tow error kept score at 6-6 as the Tigers fought hard.
A reader notes a string of misread names and terms where letters and letters-like words swap with unrelated words. The piece lists Gladys Wright Velma Bow Marie Thrasher Aubrey Lane Wilma Cof fey Jack Meador Vonda Vineyard Roscoe Brown Freddie Call Key Riddle Billie Hopper Betty Morrow Roberta Ford Travis I A.
A sophomore recalls his first visit to the Centennial Exposition in Dallas after it opened in early June. He describes exploring with peers, wandering alone to inspect every show building, and admiring Madam Corrine and the Varied Industries and General Motors pavilions, noting air conditioning displays.
Princess Daisy of Pless writes in memoirs that a daily newspaper printed in gold was prepared for the former German Emperor in exile at Doorn. The "Golden Journal" consisted of edited world press excerpts, used as the sole channel for outside news to the ruler for years.
Mrs OC W Adams of Murray Kentucky shares her experience with Thedford's Black-Draught powder for biliousness and praises Syrup of Black-Draught as a reliable laxative for children while adults continue using the powder.
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas extension nutritionist Miss Gertrude Conant says herbs add real palate appeal to ordinary foods. She notes common herbs like dill mint parsley and sage plus chives chervil basil thyme and savory can lift eggs omelets beans and meats. Dried herbs offer winter flavor as well, and two tablespoons parsley and basil can elevate scrambled eggs.
A light exchange centers on a joke about the holidays, the thermometer, and the punchline zero. The brief dialogue hinges on a trivial temperature remark and a wordplay response.
A humorous joke frames a daughter asking if two can live as cheaply as one. The father replies that his couple life with the wife proves the point, joking that he and his wife live as cheaply as their daughter and a hypothetical two.
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