Grayson County Teachers Elect new officers at meeting
The Grayson County Unit of the Texas State Teachers Association met Nov. 14 at Sherman High School. Newman Smith of Denison High School was elected unit president. Other officers include Mrs. Coy Pool first vice president, O. E. Giles second vice president, Welton C. Williams secretary, and W. C. Cummings treasurer.
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Grayson County
Texas State Teachers Association
Sherman High School
Newman Smith
Denison High School
Coy Pool
Howe
O. E. Giles
Lee School
Welton C. Williams
Southmaydr
W. C. Cummings
Whitewright Schools
John Hibbert
Sherman Classroom Teachers Association
National Education Association
Rufus Scott
Tom Bean
R. H. Jennings
Joe Dickson
Denison
J. E. Poindexter
van Alstyne
Wayne Gill
Cummings
Petrash
Howard
Barker
Bedford
Culinary Artisans Help School Cafeteria Staff
Mrs Earl Benson Mrs W M Gates and Mrs Harold Thornhill are culinary artists at the school cafeteria who spend long hours preparing delicious meals for students and staff.
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Earl Benson
W. M. Gates
Harold Thornhill
WHS Selects Cover for 1951 Bell Annual
Taylor Publishing Company representative Mr Splawn from Dallas met WHS staff on Monday November 20 to choose the 1951 Bell annual cover and discuss publication details. Students thank Miss Sally Cherry for donating books to the library including Live with Lightning and The Chain among others.
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Splawn
Taylor Publishing Company
Dallas
WHS
The
Sally Cherry
Mitchell Wilson
Paul L. Wellman
Pilgrim’s Inn
Elizabeth Goudge
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Margaret Kennedy
Howard's Kittens Clinch District Title in 28 16 Win
Howard's Whitewright Junior High Kittens defeated Whitesboro Bearcats 28 to 16 at Bearcat Stadium to secure the district championship. Key players include Ross Layman John Brown and Robert Hull with strong line play from Stephens Pierson and Chesser.
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Glen Howard
Whitewright Junior High School
Kittens
Whitesboro Junior High
Bearcats
Bearcat Stadium
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
Bonham
Ross Layman
Bearcat
Clark
Hyecock
Robert Hull
John Brown
Brown
Big Boy
Layman
Larry Hayes
Bobby Clark
Stephens
Pierson
Chesser
Remember When the Tigers Were Rangers at WHS
In 1928 WHS football adopted the Rangers nickname after earlier usage of the Tigers. The title origin is listed as anonymous in the records, and this history notes the change from Tigers to Rangers within a few years.
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Tigers
The
Rangers
WHS
Fighting Eleven
Whitewright Rangers football 1925 season highlights edge Highland Park
The Whitewright Rangers won five straight games totaling 126 points and defeated Celeste Leonard Farmersville and Honey Grove by wide margins. They faced Highland Park for Conference B on November 11 1925, losing 7 to 12. The 1927 Farmersville game limited Whitewright to 8 of 14 points and Farmersville won district honors.
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Whitewright
Rangers
Celeste
Leonard
Farmersville
Honey Grove
Tigers
Highland Park Highlanders
Highlanders
Memory Lane
Ranger
Garland
Home EC Girls Attend Style Show
The VHS Homemaking Club visited a Tom Bean Style Show on Thursday at 7 30 p m with transportation from town for mothers of members. Admission was fifteen cents. Most outfits were corduroy skirts and weskits. Whitewright chapter members listed include Mary Lou Alexander Connie Compton Sue Wilson Lillie Carpenter Betty Harris Beverly Bassett Dorotha Magers Peggy Parnell Ruth Ann Cummings. Thanks go to Mrs Floyd Bassett Mrs Printess Compton and Mrs W C Cummings for chaperoning and transport. Club sponsor is Mrs Nan Dyer.
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VHS
Tom Bean
Whitewright
Mary Lou Alexander
Connie Compton
Sue Wilson
Lillie Carpenter
Betty Harris
Beverly Bassett
Dorotha Magers
Peggy Parnell
Freshman Assembly Program Teased by Students
M E P hints at a forthcoming freshman assembly with talk of bacon sausages and a phrase tied to student chatter. Names Mary Pennell Jimmy Nossaman Betty Harris and Kenneth Hyepock are cited as part of the discussion. The note promises full details in about three weeks.
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Mary Pennell
Jimmy Nossaman
Betty Harris
Kenneth Hyepock
Hybrid No 1 Yield Highest In Tests At Texas Station
Texas 20 led the yield tests at the Tyler area experiment station with 57.98 bushels per acre followed by No 11W at 57.95. Keystone from Missouri was third with 56.22, Funk's 711 fourth at 55.78, and Texas 24 fifth at 54.71 bushels. An unnamed white hybrid outyielded all at 59.77 bushels on the station field.
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Texas
Tyler
P. R. Johnson
Keystone
Missouri
Funk
Texas No
Johnson
Experiment Station
Average age of cars on road rises in 1949 report
A Detroit press note states the average age of automobiles in use in 1949 was 8.5 years, up from 5.5 years in 1941. It notes 42 percent of cars were 10 years or older, 17 percent nine years ago, and one in five cars had 80,000 miles or more.
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Detroit
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Nan Dyer
Howard's Kittens
Junior High Popsters
Melba Alexander
Barbara Nell Hasty
Donna Fay Williams
Alice Ayres
Annette Smith
Sarah Compton
Doris Ann Wallace
Gene Stephens
S. H. Montgomery Agency
W. E. Laroe
Quan
Katy Komet
Freight
Katy
L.C.L
Home EC
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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