The Glow Worm to Readers on Thanksgiving Study
The Glow Worm staff lists editors sponsors and reporters. Third grade students study fish number work reading and science with a focus on drawing fish, this week led by Brother Gillett. Betty Atkinson tops the number work averages as others read Pilgrim Stories and draw pilgrims. Students learn a Thanksgiving song and work on a Thanksgiving picture puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallye
Margaret Pumphrey
Brother Gillett
Blessings of Being Handicapped Editorial
An editorial highlights that adversity can fuel achievement, citing figures like Bunyan Milton Stevenson Edison Arkwright Mozart Beethoven Handel and Mary Dale King. It urges perseverance and self-reliance, noting Good Book Week and a planned fifth grade book exhibit to engage fourth graders with favorite books and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunyan
Milton
Robert Louis Stevenson
George Meredith
Edison
Richard Arkwright
England
Mozart
Beethoven
Handel
Mary Dale King
Turkeys Painted on First Grade Blackboard Pictures
First grade class displays painted turkey pictures on blackboards. Students cut out attractive turkey images. housekeepers for the week are Cora Lee Head and Bobby Jack Clabhorn. Perry Taylor is noted as a new pupil. Bertha Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Lee Head
Bobby Jack Clabhorn
Perry Taylor
Bertha Ford
Teeth Loss Reported For Coffman And Sanderson
Imogene Coffman and Wandadel Sanderson are the only ones who have lost teeth this week. Martha Lee Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene Coffman
Wandadel Sanderson
Martha Lee Bradley
Second graders honor perfect spellers list
The second graders celebrate students who achieved perfect spelling. Names include Guy Norris Donnie Magers Elba Riddle Willie Journey James Reeves Norma L Smith Glendon Magers Edith Neal Junior Harrison Wandabell Sanderson Billy W Evans Betty Lee Jones Betty M Sears Roby Wilson and Oscar Simms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Norris
Donnie Magers
Elba Riddle
Willie Journey
James Reeves
Norma L. Smith
Glendon Magers
Edith Neal
Junior Harrison
Wandabell Sanderson
Billy W. Evans
Betty Lee Jones
Betty M. Sears
Roby Wilson
Oscar Simms
Perfect Spelling Pupils Named and Fifth Graders Study Atlas
The pupils with perfect spelling scores are Pattie Everheart Betty Jane Harper Virginia Jones Martha Louise Vestal John Biggerstaff Robert Owens Wallace Reeves Edith Harper. Fifth graders study the Middle Atlantic States in geography with maps to label key cities. The class keeps up with the seventh grade in history and reading as they compare the American Revolution. A dog previously placed in first grade did not enroll on Tuesday, prompting questions about its placement and Mr Ford’s decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattie Everheart
Betty Jane Harper
Virginia Jones
Martha Louise Vestal
John Biggerstaff
Robert Owens
Wallace Reeves
Edith Harper
Middle Atlantic
Little Spotted Pup
Ford
Mary Dale King
Fifth Grade Play The Pool of the Willful Princess
Friday morning the assembly featured the entire fifth grade reading class in The Pool of the Willful Princess. Pattie Everheart played the princess, John Biggerstaff the minstrel and prince, Leroy Martin the wise old man, James Arney Rameses the cat, Wallace Reeves Towser the dog, Jim Holmes and G C Brown Jeremiah the camel, James Ray and Foucheaux Vestal Nip and Tuck, John Charles Jones the servants, and Dorothy Sue Douglas the littlest camel rider. Ann LaRoe announced. Mrs Meredith and Mrs Roddy directed. The fifth grade thanks Mrs Holmes for the camel suit and Myrtle Taylor and Grace Harris for animal faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattie Everheart
John Biggerstaff
Prince
Leroy Martin
Wise Old Man
James Arney
Rameses
Cat
Wallace Reeves
Towser
Dog
Jim Holmes
G. C. Brown
Jeremiah
Camel
James Ray
Foucheaux Vestal
Fourth graders recreate Pilgrim life with home and posters
The class studied Indians and Pilgrims with poems and reading about the Pilgrims. Joe Howard Cook built a model house furnished as the Pilgrims would. Posters of Pilgrims and Indian life decorate the bulletin board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Howard Cook
Lewis Vestal
Sixth graders weigh in for second time this year
Six grade students were weighed this week for the second time this year and most showed weight gains. Some boys added nine pounds since last month, a surprise until it was found they wore new boots. Interesting specimens of mold were observed.
Sixth Grade Welcome Louis Kidd and Attendance Note
Grace Harris and Virginia Hill bring pupils to health class. Reading group splits into Elephants and Tigers. Mrs. Clarence McMillin substitutes for ill Mrs. Roddy. Sixth graders greet Louis Kidd back from an extended absence. The sixth grade had perfect attendance Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Harris
Virginia Hill
Elephants
Tigers
Clarence McMillin
Roddy
Louis Kidd
Jackie Lee Thompson
Seventh grade studies adjectives with detective method
The seventh grade studied adjectives last week in English. Mrs. Roddy had students act as adjective detectives, hiring or firing them as leaders Jackie Lee Thompson and Betty Atkinson. Thompson's side won 19 to 7. A Friday test followed with several high grades, including Marjorie Burchfield.
Local social visits noted across several Texas towns
S. T. Montgomery from Commerce visited his niece Betty Atkinson. Eugene Reeves attended the Centennial. Charles Bradshaw visited Sherman and McKinney. Bobby D. Montgomery traveled to Sherman and Dallas. Margaret Hanna and Dorothy Nell Hall visited in Sherman. Principal N. L. Manning went to Dallas. Brother Gillett traveled to Gainesville. Mary Dale King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Montgomery
Commerce
Betty Atkinson
Eugene Reeves
Charles Bradshaw
Sherman and McKinney
Bobby D. Montgomery
Sherman
Dallas
Margaret Hanna
Dorothy Nell Hall
N. L. Manning
Brother Gillett
Gainesville
Mary Dale King
Grammar School Thanks Mr Key for Fifteen Books
Grammar School expresses thanks to Mr. Key for sending fifteen new books this week. The books are primarily for the primary grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Key
Local Names Prompt Public Notice On Community Figures
Mary Dale King and Mary Alice Harrison identified as Democrats in local records. Mrs Roddy reported ill Monday. Billy Jack Harper and Otto Rus injured in horse riding incident. Robert Waldo noted as lazy in period remark attributed to Jarvis D Maddux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale King
Mary Alice Harrison
Mrs. Roddy
Billy Jack Harper
Otto Russell
Robert Waldo
Jarvis D. Maddux
Whitewright Grammar School Fifth Grade Wins Spelling Scores
Gossip reports eight fifth graders achieving perfect spelling scores. New seventh graders C H Neal and Robert Reynolds join the class. Patrons, students, and staff are mentioned with weekend Sherman visits, a 1937 Chevrolet purchase, football attendance in Plano, and two seventh graders injured riding horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricketts
Plano
C. H. Neal
Robert Reynolds
Robert
C. H
Whitewright
Grammar School
Pattie Everheart
James Birt Phillips
Wilton McFarland
C. B. Bryant III
Don Newman
Kirk May
Mary Lee Hughes
Hugh Tim Atterberry
Roy Waldrum
Wallace Reeves
Mr. Ricketts
Davis
Floyd Lane
Seymour
Barbara Jean Gordon
Billy Jack Harper
Otto Russell
Ott
Billy Jack
R. E. Sandlin
Betty Atkinson
Mary Dale King
Our Forest Belts and Timber Pulp Facts
Lydia Mae Arney describes the five U S forest belts Northern Southern Central Hardwood Rocky Mountain Pacific with principal trees white pine Yellow pine Oak western yellow pine and Douglas fir. She notes nine tenths of U S paper comes from wood and pulp mainly from spruce in the northern belt.
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United States
Rocky Mountain
Rock Mountain
Lydia Mae Arney
French Wine Dream Versus American Reality
The piece compares French wine consumption of 42 gallons per person yearly to American habits, noting 127 million Americans would match French levels if they drank that much, but facts show Americans average only one third of a gallon per capita. It argues domestic producers have overestimated demand and that beer and hard liquor prevail in the U S market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Six Millions for Pensions Expected in Texas Taxes
State officials announced the machinery to collect about 6.9 million dollars annually in new taxes for old age pensions would be in operation by week’s end. The levy targets coin operated machines and nickel music devices, with specifics on 5-cent marble machines and $2.50 yearly nickel machines. Collections began for November and December, with January due on 1937 license fees, and enforcement expected to be manageable with minimal staff increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Sheppard
Lockhart
Sam Kimberlin
Comptroller's Department
Kimberlin
Attorney General
Tax stamp plan for instruments eyed by officials
Lockhart said county officials were advised last week to begin collecting the tax and place stamps on the instruments when they become available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Eleven Presidents Re-elected in U.S. History
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Wilson, and Roosevelt are listed as presidents elected twice. Theodore Roosevelt and Coolidge served multiple terms but not by a second election. Each reached the White House via the vice presidency after a president’s death and won election in their own term later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Mugs Questionably Named Board Talk Causes Banter
Two men discuss possible additions to the board of directors and remark on Mr Sir Arthur’s title. The exchange pivots to a pun about mugs, noting that many mugs share prominent titles. The light exchange centers on names and a playful jab at titles.
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Arthur
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M. H. Mullins
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Toothless Club
T. W. Ayres & Son
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Remington
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