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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
5
The Pennington and Hanna led unit announces plans for a tepee with sun moon and star designs. Indian scrapbooks number workbooks planned. Future projects include canoes dolls bows beads and a trading post with Lucyle Sanders sponsoring.
James Johnson attended the Farmersville football game on Friday. Helen Gordas Harold Vineyard Billy Jack Blackerby and Lonnie Myrick visited Sherman over the weekend. Betty Ann Darwin was a Denison visitor Sunday. Loren Paul Ryan spent Sunday in McKinney.
Those who made the honor roll for good reading last week were Billy Ray Harrison William Hughes William King Marion Myrick Joe Glenn Parnell Billie Joe Scott Bergie Stateville Betty Blackerby Annette Harper Phlla Ann Hinton Vera Bell Perry and Laura Jean Wilson We are busy studying Indians We are reading Indian stories and charts We have a tent which we are using
The fifth grade held an airplane contest last Friday with Mary Lou Thrasher's plane flying highest. All students entered as part of an arithmetic project, while Gwendolyn Evans Roby Wilson Betty Sears James Reeves and Max Miller boast the largest current collections. Ada Pearl Henslee remains the only name on the board since school started.
The seventh grade observed Safety Week with posters and booklets from State Highway Department ideas. Twenty one students entered the poster contest with Eudell Bush first, Gaynelle English second, and a third place tie between Bobby D Montgomery and Joe Howard Cook. Booklets earned Mary Frances Stephens first, Edward Montgomery second, and Weldon Ingram third. The class aims to be safer.
All seventh graders choose a personal project area of interest. Students discuss many options and are given one week to decide which field to pursue and what they can do best. Each project must be completed a week before Christmas holidays begin.
A partial roster links G. C. Brown, Eudell Bush, Joe Howard Cook, Melvin Fleming, Charles Hall, Coolidge Hall, John Hall, Doyle Hinton, Weldon Ingram, John Charles Jones, Kenneth Norris, Thomas Kirk May, Bobby D. Montgomery, Edward Montgomery, Bobby Jim Morgan, Billy Rhom Pennington, Carl Pierson, Homer Gray Rountree, Lester Simpson, Glenn Stapleton, John Rufus Taylor, Jack Ward, C. J. Watson, Etha Louise Brown, Mary Frances Call, Gladys Cambron, Ruby Carraway, Montie Fae Coffman, Gaynelle English, Margaret Hanna, Joanna Harrison, Elizabeth Mullins, Ola Agnes Riddle, Mary Jean Simmons, Mary Frances Stephens, Lorine Taylor, Willadean Rice to various transportation, fashion, sports, cookery, homes, and nursing themes.
Melvin Fleming is named room librarian joining Eudell Bush on the seventh grade library committee. Bush warns duties will be heavy as projects begin and the magazine shelves and reference section stay scrambled during work.
The sixth grade continues nature study focusing on animals. Students learn animal characteristics homes value and diseases in an engaging lesson led by H. J.
Bessie Jo Russell visited relatives in Denton over the weekend. Margaret Ann Burnham stayed with Mr and Mrs Mancel Simmons of Denison and visited Sherman. Polly Ann Brown was a Bonham visitor Saturday morning. Billy Joe Norris visited Sherman Saturday.
Book Week offers readings and activities across local libraries. Authors present at several venues with schedules and discussions for readers of all ages.
Texas scientists pursue a cotton strain resistant to root-rot after testing over 20 000 stalks and tying flowers for self pollination. Goldsmith notes the fungus spreads underground, making crop rotation ineffective. efforts include soil research, cultivation methods, and fertilizer trials as part of a long range UT program.
Dr Geor W Cox Texas health officer Austin urges immediate vaccination for children. He notes 1930 to 1939 saw 10764 reported smallpox cases with many more unreported. Vaccination prevents infection and slows spread, protecting schools and communities from epidemics.
Dairy expert W V Maddox of the Texas A and M Extension Service promotes milk as rich in vitamin A to boost resistance to colds. He cites Texans averaging two colds per year lasting five to 27 days and estimates cold costs at about 10 million dollars annually, money that could buy more milk.
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