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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1932
Page
3
The W H S Reflector announces a 7 45 program in the high school auditorium. Admission is 20 cents for all attendees. Read by student reporters and advised by Miss Dorothy Tapscott and Gladys Ray.
Miss Margaret Boone runs a school cafeteria on the third floor to raise funds for the library. Students deposit a nickel to receive items listed on the daily menu. It is a nonprofit effort for the children rather than profit.
The first senior English section forms a Lion's Book Club with Ross Wilson as president Agnes Coffey as secretary treasurer and Sarah Janway as reporter. Membership is 25 cents per term plus one penny for each misspelled word. The club plans to buy papers and books and resumes Oct 14 after roll call suggestions and talks on club fees and practical aims.
The Masqueraders Club presents the first season program on Friday evening, October 21, featuring Dumb as a Door Knob, a roaring burlesque. For Love and Honor, a dramatic episode of the American Revolution. and Sham, a spotlight on high society. The club urges attendance to ensure a success as friends discuss the show.
The Grammar School auditorium hosted a P T A event with Joe Thomas Meador and Helen Reece presenting scenes to frame National Picture Week. Eighth grade displayed The Barefoot Boy, ninth grade Mona Lisa posed by Dorothy Tate, Mona belle Biggerstaff presented The Song of the Lark, and eleventh grade offered The Beggar Boy by Munillo posed by Dick Montgomery.
The poem celebrates nature as a daily concert from dawn to night. Birds sing at dawn and frogs in marshes by night, creating a silver bell like chorus for dwellers in the dells. It recalls the Katy in grass or bush as a natural highlight without needing an orchestra.
The English IV class met Monday October 10 to organize a student book club. Officers nominated by the committee include Dick Montgomery as president Maurine Pierce as vice president Frances Pope as secretary Emma Claire Vestal as reporter and Joe as a named member.
The class adjourned to meet again Tuesday at the same period. Treasurer Thomas Meador is noted in the record as overseeing the session.
Prof. C. C. Willis and his Vocational Agriculture class planted about forty shade trees on the Whitewright High School campus to honor Woodrow Wilson. The trees remain living on a campus deemed one of North Texas' most beautiful, symbolizing student pride and campus care.
On Wednesday at W. H. S. D. E. McCoy and Leon Adams performed har monicas while Dee Robbins and Wayne Martin played guitars. The McCoy Adams duo then continued with several numbers to entertain the student body. The program was well received. On Friday Misses Babe Nell Penn and Martha Jo Sears played piano and sang several numbers during chapel. Mr. Smith invited them to return for future entertainment.
The sophomore class held an October chapel program featuring varied numbers and a class song by a committee. Plans call for two programs monthly at chapel, inviting parents and friends to attend and enjoy educational and entertaining presentations.
The Possum Eaters Quintet organized last Thursday under Misses Ray and Tapscott. An opos sum mascot will represent the group which will perform on programs. Their first public appearance is set for Saturday October 15 at the Pure Food Show. Twenty boys joined practice and will appear with the quintet at various events all year.
Friday the English II class led by Mr. Smith due to Miss Ray's absence. He introduced the program and handed it to class president Lula Lee Vestal who opened with roll call. Edith Mae Sears offered a detailed explanation of a Better Speech Club. Neil Chadwell spoke on key points the class should know.
Dorotha Wood exposed errors in the class while Mary McMurry taught fifth and sixth graders. Mr. Smith described the foundation of English in a business like way. The program pleased students and teachers and they hope for many more such events in the next eight months of school.
The school forms a basketball club with officers J W McKinney president J M Dixon secretary Jesse DeBerry treasurer Ross Wilson reporter. Goals backboards supplied, club buys a ball. Interclass games to decide prizes as seniors and juniors clash. seniors lead 14 to 5. Games at noon daily.
A tavern crowd of sailors shares the lure and horrors of seafaring. One mariner details the cold seas, home sickness, and the cry of seagulls, asserting a lifelong love for the ocean despite danger. The piece connects to the poem The Seafarer by an unknown author.
The text lists Theodore Roosevelt as a New Yorker and governor of New York, and as president elected in 1904. It notes Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and as governor, with a future election in 1932. The source is a Webster Spring, West Virginia Echo item.
A heavy rain Monday night caused cotton damage while fierce winds blew through the region. A strong norther followed, bringing cooler conditions for the rest of the week. Local residents and families were noted visiting and illness among church teachers and neighbors as community activity continued.
Quote exchange shows Redd asking how to cope after a 10 percent cut and Tape replying that they simply deduct 10 percent from every bill paid. The exchange highlights budgeting adjustments and fiscal prioritization in response to reduced income.
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