Bonham Tigers Battle Hard, Unable to Score in Narrow Stand
In a tense contest the Bonham backfield led by Bono Croft and Oren Duff faced a stout defense. The W.H.S. Reflector notes both sides matched effort with no breakthroughs beyond the 20 yard line, highlighting linemen Phillips Brakeill McConnell in Bonham and Phillips Pritchett Jernigan Everheart for the Tigers.
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Bono
Bonham
Croft
Orenduff
Phillips
Brakeill
McConnell
Tiger
Lee
Thornhill
Kaiser
Pritchett
Jernigan
Everheart
Diagnostic Tests Shock Students In English Class
Students discover seniors average ages fall between fourteen and fifteen as a grammar quiz reveals widespread early grade understanding. Claire Doss, a sophomore, tops with 99. seven seniors average, eleven above median, while test this term may affect end of year grades.
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Lackey
Roddy
Claire Doss
Thanksgiving Holidays At Whitewright Schools
Whitewright public schools schedule two day Thanksgiving break with classes dismissed Wednesday afternoon and resuming Monday morning November 29. Faculty plan travel, including Miss Travis home by a fire, Mrs. Roddy to Denison for cooking, and other staff taking trips or staying home for the vacation.
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Whitewright
Tigers Tie Warriors In Bonham Grid Iron Fray
The W. H. S. Tigers and Bonham High Warriors battled to a 6-6 tie on Friday night. Bonham opened scoring early in the second period after Bone intercepted Thornhill on the 30 yard line. Orenduff scored from five yards. McConnell's extra point was low. The Tigers answered in the third quarter. A sequence ended with Thornhill fumbling near the Bonham one yard line and Bonham recovering. White sent Newman to the 27 yard line and Thornhill raced 27 yards to the Bonham 1 yard line. He scored on the next play. Newman connected with Kaiser on a pass for the extra.
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W. H. S. Tigers
Bonham High School Warriors
Bonham
Thornhill
White
Newman
Kaiser
Honor Roll Club Elects Officers at November Meeting
The Honor Roll Club held a called meeting on Tuesday November 16 with Mr. Jernigan as sponsor to elect officers from charter members. Sarah Belle Gillett was named president Jack Jernigan vice president Claire Doss secretary treasurer Norma Frances Donigan parliamentarian and Phyllis Brown reporter. A program chairman will be appointed for each meeting and student government may be discussed next. Members agreed to biweekly meetings Mondays at 830 and a small monthly fee.
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Honor Roll Club
Mr. Jernigan
Sarah Belle Gillett
Jack Jernigan
Claire Doss
Norma Frances Donigan
Phyllis Brown
P. B
Student Government Plan Proposed at High School Assembly
On Monday afternoon Mr Key called an assembly to outline a plan for student government as an experiment. He proposed organizing gym care and a gym schedule, naming a committee with the president from each class and the football manager, and mentioned completing unemployment report cards sent by the government.
Opening of the Typing Lab
The typing laboratory reopened Monday after a two week closure due to students leaving paper on the floor. Mrs. Kennemer asked classes to keep the area clean in exchange for opening. Since then typewriters have been busy as students lag behind in lessons.
Grammar focus after diagnostic tests in English IV
English IV studies a grammar unit addressing chief weaknesses identified by diagnostic tests. The five highlighted issues include goes with a compound subject us versus we as a predicate recognizing a clause as a subject failing to identify a transitive verb in passive voice when a modifier separates verb parts and tense sequence.
Greenhands Begin Soil Conservation Study
The Greenhands have started soil conservation studies at school. They have learned conservation terms and are ready to begin field work. Bad weather kept them indoors last week, but they stayed busy with conservation lessons and gul-
Soil conservation lesson leads to CCC camp visit
On Friday Mr. Cunningham taught the boys terracing tools and their use. He instructed the class to collect pictures of soil conservation for notebooks. After grasping fundamentals, he plans a trip to Sherman to visit the CCC camps with the students.
Home Econ II studies special diets
The Home Economics II class completed problems in malnutrition and held two lab lessons. Diabetic diet design proved hard due to restricted carbohydrates while the anemia problem linked iron and copper deficiencies to diet. The class plans low cost balanced diets after finishing nutrition work.
Landscaping class studies tough plant names in agribusiness
Vocational agriculture III class conducted a landscaping exercise on Wednesday November 17 examining Mrs Donigan’s plants. Teacher Mr Cunningham noted the challenge of identifying complex plant names such as Mississippinis for blackberry and hoped to help students master the vocabulary.
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Donigan
Cunningham
Tiger sailors drill through bad weather despite injuries
Skipper Gaddis pushed the S. S. Tiger crew with six lap deck drills in a rough week. Midshipman Vineyard nurses an ankle from the Denton game while Joe Preston Lee and Thornhill drive the line practice. They anticipate the turkey day clash with Van Alstyne as Vineyard and Thornhill lead, aided by a cooperative crew.
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Gaddis
Midshipman
Vineyard
Joe Preston Lee
van Alstyne
Thornhill
Tigers
Thanksgiving Birthday Notices for Local Teens
The week brings birthday celebrations aligned with Thanksgiving. On November 19 J. H. Gosnell Jr. turned 14, on November 22 Sara Kathryn Atterberry turned 15, and on November 28 Kath leen Blackerby will turn 16. D. A.
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J. H. Gosnell Jr
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
Kathleen Blackerby
D. A
Love on the Pond
A short school note hints at romantic pairings among Mary Alice and four boys named Jack George Robert and Dale. The writer favorable to Robert calls him the cutest, overturning earlier praise for Jack, revealing a light, playful mood from a dated social scene.
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Mary Alice
Robert
Jack
George
Dale
D. A
Pep Squad Meeting Sets Practice for Thanksgiving Game
The Pep Squad met on Wednesday morning November 17 in the auditorium. Announcements included a football banquet. The squad voted to meet daily at 12 30 in the gym to practice marching and formation of the letters for the Thanksgiving game.
Gum Chewing Becomes Art On The Pond
A lighthearted note on pond life where girls excel at rhythm in writing and conversation while gum chewing becomes an art. Candy selling thrives as the water breathers profit from the enterprise. Fish drift to deep sea water, and students struggle with algebra and English, guided by their teachers toward safer waters.
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G. A
Sophomore Class Revolts In European History Study
In preparation for studying revolts sophomores have studied revolts from boyhood to the present and now begin Europe revolts with the Intellectual Revolution. They will trace major and a few minor European revolutions, detailing causes and results.
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Europe
D. A
Home Ec Girls Cook Varied Breakfast Breads and Eggs
The home economics I girls spent the past week cooking breakfast breads like muffins and grid dle cakes and prepared eggs in several ways. They decided to cook foods in various methods to avoid a habit of cooking one way.
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Home Economics
H. L
Sophomores Study Favorite Films and Plays
Sophomores favored Stella Dallas along with The Road Back Topper and Prisoner of Zender. They read and produced two plays The Patch Work Quilt by Rachel Field and Trysting Place by Tarkington, directed by Elaine Kaiser Drunette Farley and Frances Mitchell with cast Leslie Andrew Merlyn Brown Billy Connor Lloyd Roddy Beulah Scott David Taylor Madene Vineyard Pascal Connally Ruby Pierson.
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Billy Connor
Lloyd Roddy
Beulah Scott
David Taylor
Madene Vineyard
Pascal Connally
Ruby Pierson
D. A
Thanksgiving Toast From Whitewright High
A festive school toast wishes Whitewright High students a joyful Thanksgiving and a ready return to classes, hoping they work hard after the holiday and keep up spirit through the next break.
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Whitewright High
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Radio program invites civics students to Congress opening
On Monday November 15 at 11 o clock chapel attendance urged civics students to listen to the opening of the special session of Congress over the radio Mr Jernigan brought a radio and requested close attention Key concluded the assembly by announcing the use of the gymnasium.
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Congress
Jernigan
Civics
Key
Chapel Wednesday opens gym with new play rules
A Wednesday chapel announced gym opening and a student government plan to schedule play times. Girls may use the gym three days from 12 to 12 40 weekly, while boys use the other two days, alternating weekly. Floyd Everheart led the program with songs by Joe Lee and Jack Jernigan, followed by a talk on The Art of Guessing.
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Floyd Everheart
Joe Lee
Jack Jernigan
Improv Faculty Program Reveals New Talent
Impromptu program featured a mix of talks and songs by Merriwell Vineyard Hamilton Vestal and student performers. Highlights include a coin talk on heads or tails and a cold home economics lab discussion, with piano solo duets and chorus numbers by Mr. Jernigan Mr. Ricketts and Mrs. Roddy.
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Merriwell Vineyard
Hamilton
Miss Travis
G. A
Society Visitors Across Cities Reported
Denton hosted Georgie Mears Marcel Gosnell Roy Martin and Sonny Gosnell Sunday. Dorothy Jo Akridge spent Saturday in Dallas. Lissie Mae Anderson Velma Jo Reeves were seen in Nobility Wednesday night. Ruby Pierson attended Tom Bean Saturday night. Mary Phillips visited Rockwall Sunday. Wilma Lee Coffey visited Blue Ridge Saturday. Mary Lee Reeves went to Sherman Wednesday. Mildred Fleming spent the weekend in Denison. Claire Doss spent Sunday in Bonham.
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Georgie Mears
Marcel Gosnell
Roy Martin
Sonny Gosnell
Denton
Dorothy Jo Akridge
Dallas
Lissie Mae Anderson
Velma Jo Reeves
Nobility
Ruby Pierson
Tom Bean
Mary Phillips
Rockwall
Wilma Lee Coffey
Blue Ridge
Mary Lee Reeves
Sherman
Mildred Fleming
Denison
Claire Doss
Bonham
M. A
Campus social rumors on buses and parties unfold
Campus chatter records pairs seen on buses and nights out. mentions T J R by M A, F S and E R driving, G M with T B at a weiner roast, Sonny and R M, Ambrose with F G, E L and A L S, I M M and H W at Bonham game, skating party questions, B A in front seat, and a new romance between F M.
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M. A
F. S
E. R
G. M
T. B
Sonny
R. M
Marcell
F. G
Ambrose
F. E
D. F
E. L
H. W
B. A
F. R
F. M
Gossip on Local Couple Sightings and Weekend Party
A short row of questions asks if W H H Could D W and A J S shared a moment in a lover's lane the other night. It also ponders who J W was with Saturday night while noting E B and J W attended a party together, attributed to D A.
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D. W
Lover’s Lane
J. W
E. B
D. A
Old scarecrow scare no more joins the dodo
Washington report notes vanishing Americans the scarecrow is fading due to machine age automobiles tar on seed corn and crows learning the ruse Col H P Sheldon of the Bureau of Biological Survey cites acetylene guns revolving lights tree tinklers and other devices as countermeasures while recalling jokes about people retreating to fields during the Depression The crow has grown wise to the scarecrow and prefers to forage unseen
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Washington, D. C
Col .H. P. Sheldon
Bureau of Biological Survey
Trusting Child Sent With Penny to Baker for Bun
An old woman tests a boy's honesty asking him to fetch a bun with a penny while claiming angels watch over him. The exchange highlights trust and virtue in a simple moral vignette.
License Form Fracas Sparks Matrimony Plea
A fragment shows a dialogue about license issuance, with one character insisting licenses are issued only after proper forms, and another retorting about marrying despite appearance, highlighting a humorous negotiation over marriage procedure.
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