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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1933
Page
3
The Scouts of Whitewright defeated the Scouts of Trenton 18 to 6 on the grammar school grounds Wednesday. Freshmen players included Mark Montgomery Jr Walter Homes Albert Jackson Jack Meador and Grady Stepp.
The piece contrasts More's Utopia with sixteenth century England, praising its democratic governance and social equality while noting its slavery and idealistic communism. It links Brook Farm, discusses communal living, and argues More's vision as radical yet simple compared with era practices. It highlights agriculture, shared meals, and happiness as core Utopian traits.
A senior diary entry recalls skipping school to hitchhike to Durant Oklahoma and learn lessons in brotherhood and police kindness. The sophomore class then hiked to Mr Doss pasture after class for a picnic with ball games and food. Gladys and Joe Thomas feature in a lighthearted scene as Democrats or Republicans.
The piece traces fascism from 1919 under Mussolini and Hitler, detailing its rise as a direct assault on democracy. It links spread to modern technology and various societal shifts, noting setbacks yet a hope for future success across nations.
The text lists several people with personal quirks and preferences. Mark Jr. is noted for a new nickname, Othar Ray Adams enjoys backyard sitting, Wilma Janway wears a red jacket with a particular boy, Ruth Jopling takes Sunday photos, Albert Lea Jackson visits East Whitewright, and Jim Pat Meador sits by Margaret Lisley.
The junior and senior girls prepare for basketball season as coach Key plans court work this week. Several players have prior experience from other schools and expect to beat any rival girls teams. Juniors: Lorena Ashenhurst Winnie Farmer Ila May Inez Coffey Lula Lee Vestal Edith Mae Sears Elizabeth Ireland Wilma Janway Dorothy Tate. Seniors: Vera Dodd Dorothy Ryan Julia Ann Pritchett Merle Robbins.
Mrs Prunella Robinson faced a court action for mental cruelty in the senior class court after her dead husband Nathanial Robinson left a fortune on the condition she keep his name. She refused and sought remarriage with a different surname, prompting a damage verdict of 1000 lira and banishment from Italy. Attorneys said an appeal would go to the Assembly Court of Appe。截至
The case will come up on Friday morning November 24. Prosecution attorneys are Norma Jo Mangrum and Woodrow Belew. David Smith and Ruth Joplin will uphold the present decision.
Lula Lee Vestal visited in Commerce Sunday. Wayne Martin has been absent several days due to illness. Dorothy Ryan visited in McKinney Wednesday. Nell Chadwell of Myra visited friends in Whitewright this weekend. Winnie Farmer visited in Sherman Sunday night. Malindra Anne Burts of Farmersville visited Dorothy Ryan last week. Norma Jo Mangrum has returned to school after an absence of several days. Mary Frances Myrick visited in Tateville Tuesday night, guest of Dorothy Tate. Ross Wilson and Jack Lay visited Van Alstyne High School Friday. David Woodrow Smith visited in Gainesville Sunday. Dorothy Tate visited in McKinney Saturday. -M. R.
An intricate description compares an individual's hair voice teeth personality and various physical traits to a list of named figures including Leon Adams Chris tine Williams Dot Ryan Jack Lewis Yeager Dot Tate Monabelle Biggerstaff Miss Tapscott Mary Frances Myrick Julia Ann Prit chett and Edith Mae Sears highlighting a composite likeness across attributes.
The junior and senior girls form a basketball group while Dorothy Ryan and Pearl England visit Farmersville. Monabelle cuts her hair as Mary Frances remains popular. Leon Adams learns piano like Guy Lombardo, and Murl Ryan is nicknamed Slim II. Ila May studies cooking for a future wife, Vivian and Dorothy are called flirts, Edith Mae trips, Wilma joins the red jackets, freshmen try to act dignified, Elizabeth Ireland admires an ex-Baylor student, and Dorothy Ryan likes Ila's cousin.
The text depicts severe mistreatment of Jews under Hitler in Germany with widespread unemployment and hardship. It notes the large Jewish population intensifying tensions as all classes turn against them in a cramped country.
A fragment discusses political dissenters driven out to seize positions and trade, framing it as a struggle for existence in which Jews are portrayed as losing leverage. The note ends with a reviewer tag.
The W. H. S. Tigers defeated Bells H. S. 16 to 7 last Wednesday. Coach criticized slow passing and poor teamwork. F. Dixon led with 12 points. A rematch is scheduled for Wednesday, November 22.
Miss Edna Rathbun forwards The Sun copy revealing fire insurance settlements for Joe Hamilton and R K Smith, a three week old infant death, Grayson College founder J F Anderson’s Sherman death, November brides Jewel Little and Bess Hodges, and Howard Hedgpeth home improvements in East Whitewright. Waggoner and Echols published The Sun.
Government relief agent questions Eliphet Podmore about feeding many mouths. Podmore from Pea Ridge Summit states 35 dependents including wife, two mothers-in-law, and 17 dogs to avoid starvation. Official probes totals and family burden.
Brampton Basilia, a six year old Jersey owned by B H Bull & Son of Ontario, reclaimed the world record for milk and butterfat. Milking three times daily, she yielded 1312.8 pounds of butterfat and 19012.3 pounds of milk in 365 days, 6.9 percent fat and 53 pounds over the prior holder. With 85 percent butterfat in a pound of butter, she averaged over four pounds of butter daily and more than six percent gallons of milk per day. Her feed included 100 pounds concentrates, 200 oats, 290 ground oats, 100 corn gluten, 50 off cake meal, 50 soy bean meal, timothy, alfalfa and clover hay, and mangels, plus 24 pounds grain and 8 pounds beet pulp daily, with extra oil cake meal and salt. in winter 40 pounds roots and 12 pounds hay, last 90 days pasture four hours daily. She finished at 950 pounds and safe in calf.
Two fathers discuss their children and discipline in a terse tale. Mr A condemns Mr B as a liar and threatens violence if they meet outside, illustrating that truth spoken hastily can harm relations. The moral warns that saying exactly what one thinks can backfire and that truth is not always best expressed.
A local exchange reveals a dispute over a boy allegedly injured when another child used a brick. The neighbors label the incident differently, reflecting contrasting recollections and moral judgments.
Dr J Shirley Sweeney of Dallas told the Fort Worth Kiwanis Club Doctors Day program that low blood pressure is a man's best life insurance and that neither high nor low blood pressure is a disease. He cited hereditary factors and noted most deaths from high blood pressure come from heart failure arterial breaks or kidney complications.
War veterans will bear drastic cuts in compensation and pensions as part of the economy act. They are expected to contribute about 250 million dollars to the Roosevelt recovery program this year, following expenditures of over 778 million last year. The 1933-34 appropriation stood at 531.988 million, not counting adjusted service certificate payments cut by 50 million.
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