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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
7
A list of staff names appears in the High School Reflector with Jack Sears as assistant editor and Edith Harper as sponsor. Several reporters and students are named including Harold Murphy Glenn Anderson James Alexander John Biggerstaff Thomas Brown Kathryn Beard and many others.
The council includes nine members: class presidents and one elected representative from each class. It invites suggestions from students via their class representatives for school activities and states all ideas will be thoroughly considered by the council.
At 11 oclock Armistice day assembly in the auditorium featured Mrs Kilgree singing The Star Spangled Banner followed by speaker Ed LaRoe veteran of World War I urging postwar peace. The student body then sang The Army Air Corps Song Anchors Aweigh The Caisson Song and the Marine Hymn before pledging the flag Roy Blanton stayed to sell War Bonds and Stamps.
The honor roll recognizes students with averages of 90 or above. Seniors listed include Katherine Beard John Biggerstaff Una Faye Blackerby Alice Cato Edith Harper Anna Johnson Ben Robert Jones Cecil Magers Carlis Ray Neal Robert Owens Madgene Phillpis Wallace Reeves Dale Marie Robbins Charles Skaggs Jack Sears Azilee Smith Jones Ray Vestal Foucheaux Vestal and Ira Mae Young. Juniors named are Betty Marie Allen Etha Louise Brown Jean Caraway Opal Goodnight Willa Jean Hunter Merle Scoggins Mary Frances Stephens Clifton Ross and Clarence Wootten. Sophomores include Billie Ruth Holcomb Janis Horton Katie Kincaid Patrick Murphy Jean Neal and O Dell Neal. Freshmen listed are Willanell Badgett Billy Ward Evans Betty Henderson David Johnson Eva Joyce Jones Dan Kent.
Wanted 1 000 customers to see Remember Pearl Harbor show at Palace Theatre on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday November 24 25 26.
Under Mrs. Katherine Roddy the speech class presents a two skit program on Thursday night November 19. The show Dark and Bloody Secret aims to draw a full house and features the entire class in a patriotic performance.
The first year typing students have mastered the keyboard on the typewriter and now face speed tests. Some students post good averages while others grow nervous at the prospect, but the instructor encourages them to keep at it.
The junior class adds Marceline Bennett from Groveton. Freshmen enroll Betty Sears from Prosper and Frances Bennett from Groveton. Wishing them success.
In a campus issue a civics class presented love song dedications and debates on poll taxes. Debaters included Willie Dean Rice and Alice Cato for, and Jack Sears and J D Hughes against. Judges were Troy Owen Gomer White Ben Robert Jones Cecil Magers and Jones Ray Vestal. Time keeper Carlis Ray Neal Anna Johnson presided over ceremonies.
A senior with brown hair about five feet four inches and a move to a new home two weeks ago appears in this week’s Reflector. A smaller senior, five feet three inches tall and 109 pounds, also on the Orangeville bus route, is noted with the next issue promising more details.
A new soccer ball is seen in action at noon on the campus southeast corner during the activity period. Rumors say Mr Gen rides a bicycle to school, adding a point of campus chatter.
Report notes an unofficial plan to add a metal shop on the north side of the doghouse. An observed scene at noon shows a girl in a red coat and a boy in a brown leather jacket in conversation near the main building. initials recorded as M D F and G W F V.
The junior business training class studies Thrift in the Home and five family needs. They cover four life necessities food clothing shelter and fuel and learn budgeting and thrift drive financial progress in managing family resources.
The piece lists several social hints from W. H. S. activities. J. E. M. is chosen as school mascot amid remarks about others, including B. J. H. and M. B. Y. with various romantic rumors and reunions mentioned by pupils and staff.
The English IV class studies poetry with memorization and outlining of poems and their authors. Ballads appear to be the favorite form among students as lyric poetry is also explored.
Each day about twenty five girls gather in the gym for volleyball. Coach Murphy oversees the group and teaches them the fundamental rules of the game.
The algebra II class completed a six weeks test last week and most students earned excellent grades. They reviewed addition subtraction multiplication and division of terms and moved on to factoring the sum and difference of products as they aim to cover enough material this semester to begin nautical mathematics next term.
Freshmen at Atlanta Junior College question campaign methods of Sara Richardson the class president candidate. They accuse her of promising kisses to supporters and paying off with candy kisses. The item mentions a Sun office selling adding machine paper.
A collection of pithy quips on manners politics and daily life including jokes about polls gossip small towns self regard and courage. Notable zingers contrast self absorption with honesty and clever one liners about debt opera and fishing.
The Office of Price Administration said December and January deliveries to restaurants hotels hospitals and similar institutions will match the amounts they received in September and October. Individuals over 15 may buy one pound during the period from November 29 to January 3 with no changes to the personal quota.
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