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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
6
The Whitewright Sun carries notices about admissions and advertising rates along with store news. It previews a Thanksgiving football clash where the Rangers host the Denison Yellowjackets and recounts Van Alstyne High School canceling a planned game against Whitewright.
The article argues football crowns in one game between undefeated teams, unlike baseball. Highland Park won over Whitewright despite Whitewright's stronger roster, aided by early breaks and an ineligible Highland Park. Whitewright would likely beat Highland Park in a rematch. Whitewright had 126 points prior to the game with none scored against. The IL rules required four games by late October, an exception allowed Highland Park. The proper challengers were Whitewright and Kaufman, the only undefeated teams meeting the rules.
Mrs S F Garland visited Tom Bean to see her ill niece Ira Sabina Davis who is severely ill with typhoid. Lloyd Rhodes from Denison stays with his parents. Tom Binion left milling and blacksmith work to farm west of Trenton with J C McAfee. Mrs Nettie Cannon bought J K Pace property and rents rooms to George Miller. Miss Lillian Matthews of Sherman visited her parents.
Mr and Mrs L A Matthews visit. Pierce Oil to open filling station at A B Barnes grocery. Mrs Felix Perry, long ill, underwent major surgery in Sherman Hospital with discouraging reports. Mr and Mrs F M Sloan hosted Mr and Mrs Gilmore Webster and Roberta Sloan plus Leffler family. Young son Guy Henderson taken to Sherman for eye care. Birch Allison and family attended church. Robert Taylor and Esta Tate wed at Rev I E Teague’s home with Ewell Scott and family present. Guardianship petition for minors Christman filed in Grayson County Court with December hearing set.
The State of Texas to the Sheriff or any Constable of Grayson County greeting you are hereby commanded that by making publication of this notice in some newspaper published in the County of Grayson for at least ten days you must notify interested parties of an application for guardianship by publication. The notice outlines the guardianship request and publication requirements under state law.
Superintendent Fred W. Smith receives a letter from the State Department of Education outlining that the high school must hire an additional teacher to maintain its affiliation with the Southern Association of Affiliated Secondary Schools and Colleges. The department notes the eighth and ninth grades are crowded but praises the quality of work. without a new teacher, re affiliation will not be recommended.
The Whitewright school plans staff changes to preserve its Southern Association affiliation, allowing graduates to enter any member university without examination. To avoid loss of this honor the district considers transferring a grammar teacher to the high school and seeks extra revenue to hire another teacher for eighth and ninth grade classes, as congestion hampers instruction.
One hundred fifty reproductions of famous paintings will be shown in the Grammar School auditorium next Monday through Wednesday. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged. Proceeds go to buy pictures for the classrooms.
A poem laments exhaustive asset inventories while neglecting to count births. It critiques census style accounting, noting legal demands for property registration contrast with overlooking the birth of future citizens. The piece ends with a plea to recognize a newborn human soul.
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