Reflector Editor Milam and staff listed in school note
The High School Reflector notes Billie Jean Milam as editor and Kelly Pierson as sports editor with Dorothy Birdwell and Betty Blackerby in key roles. It lists numerous reporters and mentions Louise Selman and Kelly Pierson as a couple. A writing committee includes Martha Wallace, Billie Mullins, Corinne Hardcastle, Eutelia Judd, and Earlene Fletcher with other helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Jean Milam
Dorothy Birdwell
Billye Faye Dillon
Kelly Pierson
Betty Blackerby
David Badgett
Bobby Rathjohn
Louise Selman
Prilla Hinton
Eutelia Judd
Mary Thornhill
Don Stephens
Corinne Hardcastle
Wilford House
Jane Meador
Don Cook
Billie Jeane Mullins
Martha Wallace
Bill King
Gwen Summerlin
William Hughes
Jackie Bowen
Jack Stephens
Clifton Bass
Earlene Fletcher
Joe Parnell
Dwayne Hayes
Norman Watkins
Janice Neal
Peggy Clark
Joan Scott
Billye Dillon
Billie Mullins
Whitewright
Dixie Watkins
Sarah Head
Florena Williams
Nancy May
Jack Badgett
Mazelle Musser
Peggy Parnell
Max Taylor
Carol Kilgree
Billy Brown
Prentiss Barnett
Herman Musser
Dearie McKnight
Eugene Bass
Lovera Bass
Gwen Kent
Carol Ryan
Audrey Bass
Molly Rutledge
Dorotha Magers
Beverly Bassett
Myra Nell Scott
Jerry Lee Norris
Lee Norris
Olivia Whedbee
A. D. Jameson
Salute of the Week Honors Miss Lillian Neathery
In the early 1949 1950 school term a teacher is saluted as a friend and good instructor. Miss Lillian Neathery aided the annual and Reflector Staffs and helped the senior class raise funds for the senior trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Neathery
D. B
WHS Couple Profiles A Prominent Local Pair
A WHS feature profiles a well known pair. The girl is sixteen with blue eyes brown hair and is five feet two inches tall. She enjoys meat loaf olives and fried chicken and cites Clifton Webb and June Allyson as favorites. She was named most studious and co editor of the annual. The boy is seventeen with green eyes dark red hair and stands five feet seven. He likes steak and chocolate pie and favors Butch Jenkins and Margaret O'Brien. He was named most likely to sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHS
Clifton Webb
June Allyson
Butch Jenkins
Margaret O’brien
Daily senior class schedule with Mrs Roddy and teachers
Promptly at 9 00 a m seniors sit in speech with Mrs Roddy while others go to study hall with Miss Neathery. At 10 05 all seniors meet for English IV and study Puritan and Restoration periods after Macbeth. Lunch follows then activities split by gender and subject before football and pep squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrash
Montgomery
London
Seniors and Miss Neathery Scout Town Ads
Twelve seniors and Miss Neathery met at the high school at 8 o clock Tuesday November 8 to gather ads. Six traveled with Miss Neathery in her car to Denson while the other six rode with Kelly Pierson to Sherman. Passages name Dwayne Hayes Prilla Hinton Billie Milam Dorothy Bidwell Bill King Peggy Clark Joe Pannell Betty Blackerby among the readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Neathery
Denson
Dwayne Hayes
Prilla Hinton
Billie Milam
Dorothy Bidwell
Bill King
Peggy Clark
Sherman
Kelly Pierson
Joe Pannell
Betty Blackerby
Seniors Sell Matches For Whitewright Trip
WHS seniors raise funds for a planned trip by selling safety matches with black and gold school covers featuring Back the Tigers and Whitewright High on the front and Santa Claus art on the back. Matches cost 50 per box for $1, or 2 cents per folder, with a 3 for nickel deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHS
Jimmy McSpedden
Tigers
Whitewright High
Santa Claus
Bill King
Coast Guard Recruit Visits WHS Seniors
Bobby Golden spoke to WHS seniors about his year in service with the Coast Guard. He shared experiences from California and Alaska including people, climate, and their modest houses, and the students enjoyed the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Bobby Golden
California
Alaska
Bobby
WHS
Whitewright Tigers blank Wolfe City 41 to 0 in non conference clash
The Whitewright Tigers defeated the Wolfe City Wolves 41 to 0 on a Friday afternoon, extending their winning streak to 18 games and their run of shutouts to six. Bill King returned a punt 65 yards for the first score, with Brown adding three TDs in the second and third quarters as reserves closed out the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Tigers
Wolfe City Wolves
Tigers
Bill King
Dwayne Hayes
Brown
Tigers Prep for Thanksgiving Showdown With Van Alstyne
In a practice tune up, fullback Herman Musser scored the fourth touchdown, then Dearle McKnight added the fifth in the third period after a 52 yard run. King and McKnight added later scores as Tigers rest reserves before the big Thanksgiving game for a bi district title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Musser
Dearle McKnight
McKnight
King
Montgomery
Tigers
van Alstyne
Cooper
Methodist Youth Fellowship holds November meeting at Leonard
The East Sherman sub district MEF met Monday night November 7 in Leonard with Gwen Kent elected as president succeeding Joann Griffin. Whitewright presented the program while Rev. Cavanar directed recreation and refreshments for 70 attendees from Marvin Virginia Point Savoy Ector Bells Trenton Whitewright and Leonard churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Sherman
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Leonard
Gwen Kent
Joann Griffin
Whitewright
Cavanar
Savoy
Marvin Methodist
Marvin
Virginia Point
Ector
Bells
Trenton
Whitewight
Divorce Suit Filed in Grayson County Texas
Ella E Hall plaintiff seeks divorce from Henry T Hall on cruel treatment grounds. Court papers dated October 27 1949 show issuance in Sherman Texas with S V Earnest clerk and Nancy Drake deputy. Attendees from Whitewright listed include Kelly Pierson and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella E. Hall
Henry T. Hall
Sherman
Texas
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Grayson County
Nancy Drake
Football Sidelines Pivot Man Anchors Tigers Center
A 1949 Texas court citation notes the Tigers relying on a sophomore pivot to anchor the center of the line. It directs Henry T. Hall to appear in Grayson County District Court in Sherman by December 12, 1949, responding to a petition filed October 27, 1949 in case No. 57369.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
Fred Kassee
Texas
Fred Cassee
South Highland
Denison
Markel Dicken
J. H. Brown
Sherman, Tex
Tigers
Henry T. Hall
District Court of
Court House
Sherman
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Bassett Station
Sinclair Products
BUICK
Studebaker
Oldsmobile
Johnson Motor Co
Kirkpatrick Drug Whitewright
Hiates
Roddy Kilowatt
Community Public Service Company
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