W H S Reflector Sponsor Miss Tapscott Editors
The W H S Reflector lists Dorothy Tapscott as sponsor and Anita Vestal as editor in chief with a staff including Jim Henry Andrews Roscoe Brown C E Collins Isabelle Craig Walter Tom Holmes Bernice Henslee Albert Lea Jackson Daisy Layman Jack Meador Mark Montgomery Clyde Owen Granvolee Hansard Billy Smith William Howard Harrison Aubrey Lane Imogene Alexander Irene Autrey Ted Bow Velma Jo Bow Freddie Mae Call Mary Lee Chaney Pauline Dixon Ethel Harper O A Hefner Litha Sue Hollingsworth Helen Lane Christine Moore Betty Jo Morrow Lorraine Rutledge Norma Gene Smith Lorna Lee Thornton and Gladys Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tapscott
Anita Vestal
Kathleen Mitchell
Jim Henry Andrews
Roscoe Brown
C. E. Collins
Isabelle Craig
Walter Tom Holmes
Bernice Henslee
Albert Lea Jackson
Daisy Layman
Jack Meador
Mark Montgomery
Clyde Owen
Granvolee Hansard
Billy Smith
William Howard Harrison
Aubrey Lane
Imogene Alexander
Irene Autrey
Ted Bow
Velma Jo Bow
Freddie MaeCall
Mary Lee Chaney
Pauline Dixon
Ethel Harper
O. A. Hefner
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Helen Lane
Christine Moore
Betty Jo Morrow
Lorraine Rutledge
Norma Gene Smith
Lorna Lee Thornton
Gladys Wright
Imogene Head
Buren Bradshaw
Claire Doss
Lloyd Roddy
Sarah Belle Gillett
Nell Holmes
Aileen Pennington
Baren Bradshaw
Pascal Connelly
Drunette Farley
Evelyn Hill
Emma Joyce Hinton
Mary Ruth Holmes
Betty Jean Kearney
Glenda Mae Rutledge
Wilma Alexander
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Rae Marie Brooks
Helen Clathorn
Floyd Everheart
Roberta Ford
Charles Harrison
Charles Howard
Mary Phillips
Ruth Waldrum
Mildred Autrey
Guy Andrews
Rex Brown
Norma Frances Donigan
Aileen Penn
Editorial Slang Burying Worn-Out Phrases
The Reflector announces five outdated expressions are retired this week. Editor V. J. notes the move follows Fred Astaire’s style and aims to modernize language by dropping check fire go chase yourself blow me down and call me a taxi.
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Fred Astaire
Whitewright Tigers overwhelm Cooper 25-0 on Armistice Day
Whitewright Fighting Tigers rally after a Plano defeat, gaining 380 total yards to Cooper's 179. Bus sy scores on the ground and through passes, Starr to Holmes connects for a TD, and multiple drives seal a dominant victory with ten of eighteen passes for 189 yards.
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Whitewright “Fighting Tigers
Cooper
Plano
Tigers
Whitewright
Busssy
Starr
T. C. U. Montgomery
Trenton Greenhands Initiated by Whitewright FFA Officers
Whitewright Chapter FFA officers initiated fifty Trenton Greenhands in a Monday night ceremony held in the Trenton FFA chapter room. The conducting officers were president Jack Meador, Rex Brown, Boyd Newman, Merriwell Vineyard, Bussy Thornhill, James Holt Clabhorn, and John Bean with teacher James Dereberry overseeing. Visitors included Mr Neff the Trenton superintendent and Clarence Jones who spoke on vocational agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Trenton
Jack Meador
Rex Brown
Boyd Newman
Merriwell Vineyard
Bussy Thornhill
James Holt Clabhorn
John Bean
Trenton F. F. A
James Dereberry
Mr. Neff
Clarence Jones
J.M. M
Girls Basketball Team Plans Club Formation
The basketball girls met in the gym and practiced Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. They ran drills, practiced pitching goals, and scrimmaged. They plan to organize the team into a basketball club with officers to be elected later this week.
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G. W
Local school dismisses early for football game
Students were released at 2 PM on Wednesday for the White Wright versus Cooper match. The fourth period ran one hour while the fifth and sixth were canceled. The three o’clock game caused bus delays according to B. J. M.
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Whitewright
Cooper
Cooper Bus Driver Tag Incident at Whitewright Game
A Whitewright pep leader pinned a tag reading Beat Cooper on a Cooper bus driver during a game between Whitewright and Cooper. The incident drew curiosity as the driver wore the tag, seen by spectators and players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Whitewright
Debate on uniform sales rules in the United States
Four members of the commercial law class debated the morning of Monday November 9 on whether there should be uniform rules for sales in the United States. Speakers Hamilton Vestal Velma Jo Bow for the affirmative and Irene Autrey Litha Sue Hollingsworth for the negative argued many points. With no judges the class voted by secret ballot and the negative won by a large majority.
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United States
Hamilton Vestal
Velma Jo Bow
Irene Autrey
Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Plane Geometry Poetry Lesson Teaches Memorization
On Wednesday November 11 Mr Key announced poetry day for Thursday in his plane geometry class. He revealed the plan by dictating every proposition tool and corollary about angles for memorization.
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Mr. Key
M. T
Typing class crafts achievement graph for student work
A typing class designs an achievement graph listing each student's name, daily periods, and dates of completed work to track progress and grades. The project, led by teacher B B H, aims to visualize performance over time for self assessment.
Hi Y boys and dates attend Friday chicken roast
Hi Y members and their dates traveled to a location between Bells and Denison for a chicken roast hosted by Mr. Burma. A large bonfire and roasting pit were built, a chicken meal followed, then Mr. Burma told a ghost story before everyone headed home.
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Bells and
Denison
Mr. Burma
Public Speaking Focus at Local High School
The public speaking class has studied memorizing speeches and expression for weeks. Attention shifts to new words and pronunciation with debating to follow. The interscholastic debate topic is Resolved That Government ownership of munitions is advisable, per C R O.
Agriculture II class field trip to C. B. Bryant farm
The agriculture II class accompanied by their teacher Mr. Bean toured the C. B. Bryant farm near Ida on Thursday afternoon to study surveying techniques.
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Mr. Bean
C. B. Bryant
Ida
Farm Survey for Terraces to Prevent Erosion
A group surveyed three terraces on a farm to determine terrace locations for erosion control and drainage. First terrace run by James Clabhorn, J B Henderson, Roscoe Brown. Second by Roy Martin, Ernest Lewis, Preston Henderson. Third by Fred Starr, Merriwell Vineyard, John Wiser. Mr Bean, Charles White, and Morris Wilson mapped the farm.
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James Clabhorn
J. B. Henderson
Roscoe Brown
Roy Martin
Ernest Lewis
Preston Henderson
Fred Starr
Merriwell Vineyard
John Wiser
Mr. Bean
Charles White
Morris Wilson
R .B
Tigers vs Kittens Narrow High School Football Loss
Whitewright High School B team fell to Sherman Kittens 7 to 6 last Thursday November 12 at the American Legion field Whitewright scored in the first quarter on a run by J W Sanderson who lateraled to Harrison for the TD A Sanderson pass to Harrison failed the extra point Sherman answered with a 52 yard TD pass and then scored the conversion The game featured a late scoring drive by the visitors and marked Whitewright’s lone touchdown on a running play.
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Whitewright High School
Sherman Kittens
American Legion
Whitewright
J. W. Sanderson
Harrison
Sanderson
Kittens
District F F A Officers for 1936 37 Named
The district officers in F F A were elected at the Sherman district meeting. For 1936 1937: President Jack Meador Whitewright, Vice President Mack Robinson McKinney, Secretary Leon Casing Bonham, Treasurer Earl Embrey Sherman, Reporter Conrad Morris Sherman, Watch Dog Frank Johnson Bells, Parliamentarian Mark Grey Honey Grove, Historian Winston Brook Pilot Point, Advisor Joe Late Bonham. Meetings are the second Wednesday each month in Sherman Chamber of Commerce hall. December will initiate Green Hands into the Future Farmer degree. J M M
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Sherman
Jack Meador
Whitewright
Mack Robinson
McKinney
Leon Casing
Bonham
Earl Embrey
Conrad Morris
Frank Johnson
Bells
Mark Grey
Honey Grove
Winston Brook
Pilot Point
Joe Late
Assembly Hall
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Key Found After Miss Tapscott Locks Ink Locker
A note from A. V. reports Miss Tapscott misplaced the school locker key given by P. A. to avoid replacement. She kept two new ink bottles inside and promised not to lose it. She rediscovered the key last week and now she and the students rejoice over access to the locker contents.
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Eureka
Miss Tapscott
P. A
A. V
New Va Agriculture Teacher Assigns Digestion Word
Mr Key, filling in for Mr Bean in Agriculture II for fifth and sixth period, assigned each student a digestion topic to look up and present orally in class tomorrow after a discussion.
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Mr. Key
Bean
Key
R. B
Vivian Echols Chosen Choir Member at TW College
Vivian Echols a June Whitewright High School graduate has been selected as a choir member at Texas State College for Women by William E. Jones. Sixty of five hundred choral students earned spots. she debuts December 8 with the college symphony orchestra.
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Vivian Echols
Whitewright High School
Texas State College For Women
William E. Jones
College Symphony Orchestra
Vivian
Reflector
A. V
Society notes from Texas towns this weekend
Kathleen Mitchell spent the weekend in Sherman. Dorothy McCafferty of Bells visited Christine Moore on Sunday. Velma Jo Bow stayed in Savoy. Velma Jo Reeves was in Leonard on Saturday. Ima Foster and Norma Patterson of Paris called on Helen Lane over the weekend. Lorna Lee Thornton went to Whitesboro last weekend. Betty Jo Morrow spent Sunday in Tom Bean. Freddie Mae Call visited Leonard on Sunday.
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Kathleen Mitchell
Sherman
Dorothy McCafferty
Bells
Christine Moore
Velma Jo Bow
Savoy
Velma Jo Reeves
Leonard
Ima Foster
Norma Patterson
Paris
Helen Lane
Lorna Lee Thornton
Whitesboro
Betty Jo Morrow
Tom Bean
Freddie MaeCall
E. H
Home Economics Class Tests Biscuits and Breakfasts
The home economics I class worked in the foods lab twice this week. On Tuesday they made biscuits graded on texture color and shape. Thursday they prepared hot cakes and continue studying preparations of light medium and heavy breakfasts.
Two Minutes to Live Theme Questioned in Public Debate
A discussion centers on the idea of having only two minutes to live and how individuals might spend their final moments. The prompt explores values, choices, and the urgency of living with awareness.
Final Goodbyes Taught In Junior Business Class
Mrs. Kennemer led a junior business training class last week as students offered varied responses to a grim prompt. One proposed eating all he could, fearing it would be his last meal on earth, another planned to phone relatives to say goodbye before lying on a bed to die, and several hoped to reach home.
Honor Roll Students Named for Six Weeks Period
Anita Vestal led with a straight E card for six weeks as the lone senior. Others with E cards include Imogene Head Buren Bradshaw Claire Doss Lloyd Roddy Sarah Belle Gillett Nell Holmes Aileen Pennington Velma Jo Bow Mary Lee Chaney Kathleen Mitchell.
Water prank floods third floor hall during practice
Miss Travis saw the fire hose turned on in the third floor hall Tuesday. She chased three boys down stairs, collaring one culprit who confessed. The boy, assigned a mop, learned that excess water could undermine plaster and ceiling on the second floor.
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Miss_ Travis
Miss Travis
inseparable senior pair from Ely and Whitewright
From Ely comes an inseparable pair, similar height, brown eyes and hair, always seen together, active in basketball, worried about typing, favoring home economics, from Whitewright one smaller vivacious girl and a taller sporty chum, both strong Republicans in WHS, known for giggling.
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Ely
Whitewright
M. T
ASSISTANT SONG LEADER Discovered at High School
A new talent emerged as Mr. Jernigan led chapel songs Friday morning. Fred Starr presented him a baton, initially awkward but by the final "Oh Susana" he moved with grace. Miss Travis called home economics girls to first period class. Mrs. Kennemer urged checking the library bulletin board for names on the fine list. Late returns incur a two cent daily fine until paid.
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Jernigan
Chapel
Fred Starr
Susana
Miss Travis
Kennemer
Study of Nutrition in Home Ec II class notes
Nutrition is studied by the home economics III class. It covers foods and their uses for a strong body. Adults obtain seventy five percent of energy from carbohydrates, fifteen from proteins, ten from fats. Fats and carbohydrates supply heat while proteins repair cells.
Insects Impress With Incredible Lift by Bee
Goofus remarks on a bee lifting a 200 pound man three feet, while Rufus comments on the wonder of what some insects can do. The exchange showcases a humorous exaggeration about insect abilities.
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Rufus
Goofus
Mortgage Tax Ruling Exempts National Banks in Texas
Austin Attorney General Mc Craw ruled national banks receiving mortgages are exempt from the new state note tax. The 10 cent tax per $100 over $200 applies to each instrument securing the same debt when registered separately. Renewals are not taxed unless new advances are made. pre effective date mortgages recorded after November 1 are taxed.
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Austin
McCraw
United States
Congress
Not Recorded Are Not Subject to Any Tax
The note states that items or activities not officially recorded do not incur tax, implying exemption from taxation until formal documentation is completed. It emphasizes the tax status depends on record-keeping and formal acknowledgment by authorities.
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W.H.S
Trenton Greenhands
Hi-Y
S. H. Montgomery Agency
F. F. A. Officers
NEW V. A
Home Economics
U.S. Bank
Conoco
J. A. Yeager
Conoco Service Station
Constanly
Gordon’s
Sledge
Luther Gordon
Star Telegram
Texas
Southwest
THE
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Amon G. Carter
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