Whitewright High School Reflector Edited by Seniors
The W H S Reflector is edited by seniors from Whitewright High School. Names listed include Guy Yowell Babe Nell Penn Houston Young Opal Dates George Gordon Pope Maggie Horton Dorothy Hamilton Velma Bennett James Lindsey. The note highlights student editors and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Guy Yowell Babe Nell Penn Houston Young
George Gordon Pope
Maggie Horton
Dorothy Hamilton
Velma Bennett James Lindsey
Be Remembered by Small Kind Acts
A column extols small acts of kindness as transformative. One courteous gesture can erase prior faults and shape lasting impressions, sparking broader movements like the Boy Scout expansion in America. Considers kindness a simple habit with lasting rewards.
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England
Boy Scout Movement
America
Listen In On Older Men Talk For Insight And Etiquette
If you find yourself in the company of mature men discussing topics you know nothing about you are lucky. Listen and pick up useful information from their conversation. Gauge a man by what he says and how he says it for fresh perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Strauss
Isadore
Ros
The Art of Turning Down a Friend
A reflection on refusal as a social art and the value of tough honesty. It notes that knowing what you don’t know expands wisdom and warns against inaction. It suggests a rejected lover should leave quickly and questions how sweetened advice can be.
Tigers Suffer Second Loss at Rockwall 6-0
The Tigers lost to Rockwall High 6 to 0 on a muddy Rockwall field. A Rockwall interception converted into a ten yard TD in the first quarter. Tigers' starting lineup featured Mangrum Coffman Smith Garner Neal Hall Pritchett Bogle Barbee Bennet Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Rockwall
Mangrum
Coffman
Smith
Garner
Neal
Hall
Senior class selects motto flower and colors
The senior class met Friday to select the class motto flower and colors. Miss Babe Nell Penn presided at the meeting. The motto chosen is Not merely to exist but to amount to something in life the flower violet and the colors purple and gold.
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Babe Nell Penn
M. H
My Own Auto parody tribute by Van Vestal
A humorous verse mocks the envy of lacking a private car, urging the reader to notice the peculiar longing. It ribbingly contrasts happiness with ownership, satirizing the desire to own an automobile as a mark of success.
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Walt Scott
van Vestal
Home Economics Club Elects Officers at High School
The Home Economics Club met in the auditorium to elect officers for the first semester. Elected were Mildred Holcomb president Margaret Pierce vice president Mary Connally secretary Mildred Sue White treasurer Oleta Chambers reporter. Program committee named Frances Gillespie Una Mae Mangrum Maggie Horton Margaret Sears Oneida Nell Harris. Dues set at 50 cents a year. O. C. 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Holcomb
Margaret Pierce
Mary Connally
Mildred Sue White
Oleta Chambers
Frances Gillespie
Una Mae Mangrum
Maggie Horton
Margaret Sears
Oneida Nell Harris
Tigers Face Celina Friday In Local Grid Clash
Celina High School, led by Coach Gaston, travels to meet the Tigers coached by Crosby in a Friday game. Celina aims to challenge hard for victory while the Tigers, in good form, seek a strong win after the buildup and dust of the contest.
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Tigers
Celina
Celina High School
Gaston
Crosby
Fighting Tigers
J. L
Local Notes From Whitewright Area And Neighboring Towns
Local social visits include Miss Mary Lee Andrews in Gunter and Madge Sears in Denton while Velma Bennett earns a top spelling record in the Texas Inter scholastic League. Reports mention Sherman Fair attendance, football in Sherman, and various high school socials and guest visits across Bells, Paris, Bonham, and Den ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee Andrews
Gunter
Madge Sears
Denton
Mardell Pumphrey
Pink Hill
Ford Scott Vestal
Grover B. Smith
Bells
Velma Bennett
Texas Interscholastic League
Mildred Holcomb
Mary Connally
Sherman Fair
Mary Lou Blanks
Kitty Frances Blanks
Dorothy Hamilton
Clyde Johnson
Babe Nell Penn
Bomer Cramer
Sherman
Minnie Ola England
Bonham
Sun
Una Lee Hampton
Lois
Velma Lee
Opal Cates
Clara Mae Truett
Jack Ryan
Velma Lee Cates
Sherman-Madill
Margaret Pierce
Leon Booker
Paris
Lee Penny
Blue, Ridge
Mr. Semosek
Fender May
Mary Cornelia Roberts
Whitewright
Local high school chatter and student notices emerge
The notes mention Frances Bryant preferring Sherman over Whitewright and a junior girl visiting the freshman room. It also notes Jack Ryan staying at Payne Cottage and Mary Cornelia Roberts grieving over a loss of red hair. George Gordon Pope visits the library often during fourth period. Grover B. Smith frequents The Cafe. Ford Scott Vestal missed a trip to Trenton last weekend. Mr Crain practices violin as his baby cries. Trene Rector discusses Tom Bean frequently.
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Frances Bryant
Sherman
Whitewright
Jack Ryan
Payne Cottage
Mary Cornelia Roberts
George Gordon Pope
Grover B. Smith
Ford Scott Vestal
Trenton
Mr. Crain
Trene Rector
Tom Bean
Humorous Wordplay and Puns Parade in Miscellany
A collection of comic quips and jokes about doors boats and wordplay. Lloyd tests Latin phrases on a fountain pen while a butcher Isadore Strauss counts doors and spittoons. A mountaineer, a professor, and actors share light exchanges in lighthearted vignettes.
School program highlights student performances
A week of chapel programs featured solo piano pieces by Guy Anderson and Mary Lee Andrews, readings by Babe Nell Penn, and vocal numbers by Sallie Joe Truett and the chorus of girls. Mary Lee Andrews and Babe Nell Penn presented a pianologue titled Our Weakness Now with Mary Lee at the piano.
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Sunshine
Clyde Johnson
Louise Echols
Guy Anderson
Babe Nell Penn
Mary Lee Andrews
Mary Lee
Vonda Lee Stateville
Sallie Joe Truett
Clara Mae Truett
Mary Cornelia Roberts
Wright Announces Candidacy for Volusia Constable
C F Wright known as Chicken announces his bid for Volusia County Constable. He backs Al Smith and Sidney J Catts, supports the McNary Haugen bill, Companionate Marriage, Volstead enforcement, and federal flood control aid. He opposes the Ku Klux Klan and the Fall Sinclair Doheny syndicate and favors the Nicaraguan situation and League of Nations. He states he seeks the job to make a living and that defeat will not hinder Volusia progress.
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C.F. Wright
al Smith
Sidney J. Catts
Ku Klux Klan
C. W. Tate
Republican Party
League of Nations
C. F. Wright
Volusia County
DeLand
Fla
For Sale Items and Notices Include Farm and Hay Listings
Classified items list various sales including a Ford Coupe at a bar gain price, room and board for two men, first class prairie and millet hay at $10 per ton, a 45 acre farm 3% miles southwest of Whitewright on the Whitewright and Trenton highway with cash and long-term notes, and a homebuyer appeal with terms $400 cash and annual notes from 1929 to 1935. Also notes no agents and an entry from A E Major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Sears
Whitewright
Trenton
A. E. Major
Citation by Publication Notice in Grayson County
State of Texas commands sheriff to publish in a Grayson County newspaper for at least twenty days a notice to all interested persons regarding a legal matter. The order seeks public notice through local media to inform stakeholders and gather responses or actions as required by law.
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State of Texas
Grayson County
Texas
Application to Sell Real Estate in Grayson County Probate
Mrs M J Harrison administratrix petitions the County Court of Grayson Texas to sell the estate land on Post Oak Creek within J B McAnair survey. The tract links to Merritt 5 acres D P Carmen 1 acre and D W Harrison partitions. Hearing set for first Monday in December 1928 at Sherman Courthouse.
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Dave Harrison
M. J. Harrison
Grayson County
Grayson
State of
Texas
Post Oak Creek
J. B. McAnair
Merritt
R. Q. Loving
City of
Sherman
Grayson Co
Lucile Schleuse
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Sports Editor Society
Whee Rene Tere Eens
Home Economics Club
Sheridan
Lloyd
Mr. Fugit
Babe Nell
Miss Lauderdale
Duke
Florence
Alwilda
Cole
Glenn Doss
R. L. Johnson
C. P. McGinnis
Atwater Kent Radio
Joe Johnson
Planters Gin Company
Thomas C. Hall
Ben Davis
Wilson-Montgomery Hardware
Clark & Meador
Manning, Clark & Meador Hardware
J. R. Ragsdale
East Whitewright
J. R. Westbrook
Denison
P. A. Short
J. Lee Yates
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
John Ooten
J. R. Pennington Farm
Lubbock County
Lubbock
J. H. Looney
Buell Spindle
Crosley
North Texas Motor Co
Oakland and
Pontiac ‘Dealers
N. Crockett
S&s
Coldwell’s Men’s Store
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