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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1951
Page
7
The Reflector class goes to bookkeeping then English IV with Miss Neathery presiding. After a long day the boys rush to football practice and the girls to Pep Squad, weary from activity as the last bell ends the day.
With the new grade school unfinished at the start of the year, first through sixth graders attend classes in the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist churches. Rooms are improvised with walls, screens and desks, and book handling is a challenge as students and teachers adapt to the church-school setup.
A brief note quotes M. L. B. saying children like the church rooms and look forward to the completion of the new building, reflecting local sentiment on a planned church expansion.
The secretarial training class received shorthand manuals on Monday and many students smiled then but grew anxious on Tuesday as they pondered the implications. Despite initial nerves, the class is now deeply engaged with the new dots lines and curlicues under Miss Darwin's guidance.
Morning routine shows 17 students in gym time labeled our little fingers. They type short words and sentences at about nine words a minute. The coach notes potential future champions in a hopeful classroom scene.
A new group of boys is enrolled in biology under Professor Glen Howard. The class has taken two field trips, one to the city's septic tanks to study spyroglia, and another to the campus in search of additional discoveries.
The Treasury advises bond holders to keep Series E Bonds rather than redeeming them. Cash is easily spent, lost, or destroyed, while Defense Bonds are safe and replaceable. Use Payroll Savings or Bond A Month to add to savings and consider exchanging Series E in blocks of $500 for Special Series G Bonds paying 2.14 percent semiannually.
Sub phylum vertebra grasshopper to you and other insects for their collections. J N.
Mrs Earl Blanton supervises the school lunch room now at the American Legion Home with plans to relocate it to the new grade school on the high school campus when finished. Buses currently transport students to and from the Legion Home.
Friday morning the class struggled to express how a game or device works. Students Florena Williams, Jeanette Jones, Roy Neal, Peggy Pannell, John Dale Reeves, Jack Smith and Mary Lou Brown presented on dance, croquet, baseball, basketball, car maintenance, and ice hockey, but difficulty expressed themselves clearly.
A long OCR read shows October birthday list with names such as Mary Lou Brown Oct 10 and Carol Ryan Oct 21. It also covers the East Sherman Sub-District meeting at First Methodist Church Whitewright on Oct 1 with worship, banner win by Whitewright, and social events. A legal notice names Grace Davis Brice as independent executrix of T L Brice estate in Grayson County.
Florena Williams Beverly Bassett Lyndal Pierson Peggy Pannell Aud rey Bass Lovera Bass and Joe Wallace appear among adults named as Mrs. Sarah Kilgree Mrs. J. R. Williams Mrs. Paul Ryan and Rev. L. E. Vowell in a local notice.
The junior class hosted an October assembly with James Ayers as MC. A posture skit featured Ruth Ann Cummings Betty Jarvis Beverly Bassett Mary Alexander Martha Ann Garner and Margie Brownfield. A panel addressed teen questions on dating aisle order and other manners queries with Carol Kilgree Jimmy Christians Jimmy Nosa man Norman Harper Mary Lou Alexander and Florena Williams.
A brief note from M P and B H confirms the column ends with a promise to return next week. Readers are advised to watch for more chatter and updates in the following edition.
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