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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
7
The Whitewright High School Reflector reports practice resumes after rain with team talks inside the building. Tuesday the football squad gathered and captains were selected, line captain Paul Pierson and backfield captain Byron Teague. A new streamlined pigskin accompanies a basketball.
The article highlights W. H. S. students and staff in lighthearted fashion notes. Joann Everheart wears beige suede oxfords, Katie Ford shows black leather oxfords, Mary Lee Chaney debuts tan kids with a zipper, Dot LaRoe in tan brown oxfords, Scott twins in blue linen dresses with red buckles, and Mr. Bean wears a white rain cape with a feminine note last Monday.
Paul Pierson leads Whitewright High School as senior class president and football team live captain. He also belongs to the Glee Club and Dramatic Club after three years at WHS and remains popular with students. Byron Teague, transfer from Tom Bean, elected senior class vice president and captains the backfield this year while active in both clubs.
Comic sketches from a campus page feature Leon Chumbley dodging football, Sybil moving forward and critiquing seating, Lytle in journalism facing a dry topic, and a pair of freshmen sharing punny questions about a gridle cake.
The Hi Y Club met Tuesday the 24th in Mr. Burma's room but bad weather kept many members away so no business was conducted. At eight o clock Mr. Burma provided a blow by blow description of the Louis Baer fight before President William Baxter adjourned the session.
A six boy team from Whitewright High School's agriculture class will represent the Whitewright Future Farmers Chapter in the state dairy and field judging contest on October 7. Denton hosts the event this year instead of the state fair. The executive committee and adviser choose the contestants. The team travels to Denton in private cars with instructor Mr. Bean. Prizes await first place winners.
Joe Thomas May found a black widow on a football field and placed it in a jar with a wasp a grasshopper and two flies. The spider spun webs captured prey while the wasp struggled then all were entombed in the jar ending the tale.
Four new electric stoves reached the home economics laboratory on Wednesday September 25. Students, led by Miss Travis, celebrate the upgrade with excitement as they anticipate using the modern ovens and burners. Katie Ford notes plans to bake a large cake first to test the ovens.
The freshmen are navigating the school, with reports of getting lost and late arrivals. Some join football and the glee club while science experiments spark interest. Upperclassmen note the pupils’ freshness and the presence of many pretty girls in the class.
In a schoolyard anecdote, a tiny yellow cat visits three rooms including a math class and Miss Tapscott's English. Leon Chumbley, returning from the agriculture building, mistook the cat for a football and kicked it thirty feet, leaving it unconscious for about half an hour.
Velma Mae Nicely reports on students in Trenton with playful rumors about who likes whom. Tootsie, B dD, V L V, and others are linked to various crushes while chatty gossip hints at trips to Savoy and weekday study halls.
Betty Nell Yeager Rex Felker and J Y Russell performed Friday morning at Whitewright High School. Betty Nell read sang and tap danced while Rex Felker roped and J Y Russell rode Alice the imitation horse. The audience applauded for encores.
Tuesday afternoon a bus carrying Rose Hill and Orangeville students crashed into a ditch on slick roads. Eleven students on board waited about forty five minutes for help as Mr Jenkins walked to town to summon aid. The Rose Hill group had left for home, leaving seven girls and three boys from Orangeville stranded until a way home was found. The girls walked to town in tired, soiled shoes.
A fragmented note questions whether Dot Nicholson would differ with black hair and ponders if Jim Henry flirted with girls. It lists names and hypothetical changes among a group including Merle Clyde Grace Doris Nicholson and others with vague social scenarios.
The speech department head Miss Lewis announces daily posture drills for students in public speaking. She notes poor posture leads to illness and unattractiveness, and aims to improve students through regular exercises.
The Whitewright Tigers opened the season with a dominating 41 to 0 win over the Tom Bean Tomcats. Teague Thornhill Stepp and Starr crossed the goal line for the Tomcats while the Tigers' defense never allowed a scoring threat. All Tigers contributed in a strong team performance praised by Jim Alexander.
New sophomore student Dorothy Akridge from Desert appears in this note. She is a 4 H Club member and booster who has won prizes in dress making and canning. Her Collin County Free Fair exhibit includes butterflies spiders native rock tarantula shell pickled mouse bat and other displays. She is an A B student and enjoys bug collecting and 4 H Club work.
Vivian Echols Joann Everheart and Jim Henry Andrews were elected cheer leaders at a September 25 assembly. Though two were planned, a close race produced three selections. The sixth period sing song followed the announcement with Mr Key prompting students to prove their singing worth. Paul Pierson.
Reports show 25 boys and 50 girls in the ensemble with boys displaying stronger volume and training. Regular meetings begin after scale exercises with schedule for boys Monday, both Tuesday, and girls Wednesday.
Kansas City, Kansas. Scott Baker, 48, has shrunk three inches in July and August due to Padgett's disease. Doctors say the condition causes calcium deficiency in bones, making them pliable, and warn if treatment fails his weight could cause bone fracture.
A witness recalls offering a pie to three tramps last summer, and the response identifies one man as the sole survivor. The exchange frames a moment of recognition amid an ongoing investigation.
A layered casserole combines browned onion and ground beef with pork, tomato paste, corn, and tomato soup. Cook wide noodles, alternate with meat and cheese in a casserole, bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes, serves eight. Excellent warmed over or for stuffing peppers.
The Sun office advertises adding machine paper rolls at 10 cents each. The offer highlights compact price and convenient availability for local customers seeking office supplies.
A compact pantry pudding combines half cup sugar and flour with milk and egg yolks, then cooks over a double boiler until thick. Fold in candied cherries nuts and marshmallows, then whisk in egg whites and lemon juice with vanilla, chill in a glass dish.
A simple frosting method listing cream butter then add powdered sugar lemon and vanilla. stir in milk and fold in finely chopped nuts. The mixture is beaten until very light and fluffy.
A historic pie recipe instructs buttered nine inch casserole layering thinly sliced tart apples with sugar and orange rind, adding raisins, then finishing with pastry and pricking edges. The bake tops with orange juice and decorative leaves.
Instructions describe shaping flowers from pastry then baking in a hot oven. Start at 450 degrees for ten minutes, then reduce to 350 degrees for thirty five minutes. Serve warm and fresh.
Practical tips on preventing jelly breakage by soaking molds, keeping watercress fresh with cold-water rinses, and storing cucumber halves in water. Advice covers lemon juice wash for white fabrics, vinegar for stains, butter or glycerine to prevent scum in canning, and methods to remove jam scum and restore blancmange lumps with brisk beating.
The article explains nectar becomes honey as bees evaporate water. It notes 20 000 bees are needed to produce one pound of nectar and 80 000 to gather enough nectar for a pound of honey. It also mentions bees must buzz to ventilate and evaporate water inside the hive.
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