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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
6
The Glow Worm student paper celebrates Book Week with editor teams and a long list of reporters. The issue highlights quotes about books from Dickens Ruskin Dana Wilson and others and notes the Bible as the greatest book, urging careful choices and moral lessons for students.
A collection of curious anecdotes about historical writers. Hugh Kelly displayed silver spurs on his sideboard, Charles Dudley Warner wallpapered rooms with brown paper, John Dennis hid faces in tapestries, Robert Louis Stevenson vented rage when thwarted, and Dante’s ardent Guelphs loyalty prompted stone throwing.
High scores shown for Monty Atkinson 4 Etna Louise Brown 5 Margaret Ann Burnham 10 Mary Frances Call 4 Joe Howard Cook 6 Margaret Hanna 4 Edith Harper 6 Joanna Harrison 3 J D Hughes 4 Mary Lee Hughes 3 Henrietta Jackson 6 Lester Simpson 4 Bobby D Montgomery 3 Betty Nelle Yeager 5 Eugene Reeves 5 Ima Garner 5 Edith Biggerstaff 6 Sammy Jack Taylor 3 Mary Frances Stephens 3 John Charles Jones 5 Virginia Jones 8 Ann LaRoe 6 Edward Montgomery 7 Kenneth Norris 4 Billy Room Pennington 4.
Whitewright grammar school members present a one act play this Friday at 1 30 p m to raise funds for the local library. The event supports earning reading certificates from the State Department of Education. Admission is 10 cents for the public and 5 cents for school children.
The library invites visits during Book Week highlighting new volumes on approval for a State approved collection. Posters feature a football hero scoring a touchdown in reading and a United States of Literature motif. Ferns, bulbs, and plants decorate the space while a reading progress graph tracks each child in a State credit program.
The Grayson County trend shows farmers abandoning cotton as the main money crop. Land shifts to pastures and feed crops with dairy, sheep, and wool gains expanding. Grain and feed substitutions promise double dividends via livestock and grain sales, signaling broader diversification across North Texas.
During the term the library has become a helpful place as pupils learn to use reference books and accept the services of the librarian. The space is described as busy yet cheerful and inviting to reporters and visitors alike.
A compact portrait of Napoleon's deep attachment to books. It notes his hours of reading during campaigns, his letter to his mother with Homer under his arm, and his self described exile habit of immersing in books. It ends with his belief that the Bible is a living, powerful force.
A concise reflection on how flattery and true friendship diverge in outcome. The quote contrasts surfaces of praise with genuine regard, noting that flattering words seldom bear the same substance as trusted companionship.
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station report argues livestock should be treated as productive workers, not idle assets. It outlines feeding economics, distinguishing living rations from production rations, and emphasizes allocating feed to maximize output, with turkeys ready for Christmas markets highlighted.
A saying attributed to Hosea Ballou declares that exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable, framing a moral critique of overstated claims.
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