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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
8
The second grade students created harvest posters split into three groups. Top honors for A grades went to Norma Lou Smith Glendon Magers and Betty Jo Hamilton.
A compact reflection on October highlighting notable birthdays of William Penn Noah Webster Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Franklin Roosevelt. It notes Alaska joining the United States on October 9 1867 Columbus voyage of 1492 and Cornwallis surrender on October 19 1781 plus Halloween’s popularity.
An error in last week's paper misnamed the sponsor of free circus tickets for the second grade. The correct sponsor is L. LaRoe & Company, not Whitewright Lumber Co. The sponsor and paper apologize for the copying mistake and regret the blunder.
First grade students study a new book Spot and Joe Boy as housekeepers Jerry Lee and Nelda Raye Brown are highlighted. Six students earn playful mention in Pig Pen for not washing hands combing hair and brushing teeth. A hand built farm appears in the sand table with a cigar box house and barn and paper animals. Pupils learn many numbers and joyfully welcomed their teacher back last Wednesday Lydia Mae Arney.
Quite a bit of interest has been stimulated through the use of the poem chart. Billy Ward Evans is in the lead. Those who made 100 in spelling are: Macdlean Roper, Norma Smith, Betty Lee Jones, Billy Ward Evans, Betty Margaret Sears, Marjorie Young, Elba Roy Riddle, Junior Harrison, Guy Norris, Billy Jean Wallace, Donnie Magers, James Reeves.
In third grade a health chart on the bulletin board tracks daily brushing teeth gum care hair nails and bringing a clean handkerchief. Students in reading split into Elephants Tigers and Lions but renamed themselves Goblins Spooks and Black Cats.
Mrs. R. M. Meredith of Sherman presented a character sketch and panto mime in the auditorium Monday afternoon. The readable program was well rendered and enthusiastically received.
Fourth grade hosted an Arabian lunch on Friday to wrap a desert life unit. Students built a large tent led by John Rufus Taylor and Weldon Ingram. Joe Howard Cook drew a camel caravan on the board and Bobby D Montgomery sketched Baghdad. Hugh Tim Atterberry acted as fortune teller.
Fourth grade presented a Columbus Day program in the auditorium Monday morning under Miss Fletcher. The class sang America and performed a play titled From Columbus to Washington.
A collection of scattered names includes Columbia Mary Frances Stephens Columbus Charles Brad shaw Balboa Joe Howard Cook Si Francis Drake Hugh Tim Atterbury John Smith Kenneth Norris Hudson Kirk May Priscilla Margaret Hanna Washington Billy Rhom Pennington and thirteen original colonies names Mary Lee Hughes Ola Agnes Riddle Carl Pierson Joanna Harrison Weldon Ingram Lora Wilson John Rufus Taylor Oulia Wilson Alice Taylor Mary Frances Call Chesley Rutledge and Daisy Johnson.
In fifth grade, Mr. Ricketts assigns a dentist to each row to inspect teeth and discipline errors. The arithmetic focus is multiplication while geography tests cover the New England States. English spelling demons are also part of the day’s flash assessments.
Sixth graders measure shadows to learn ratio and height from the sun. They compare shadows of the Grammar School and a telephone post. They collect titles and opening and closing sentences for a Planning a Story booklet. They study Western and Northern Europe and view ships including Columbus’s Santa Maria and a large Queen Mary picture.
A string of partial lines names several people including Charlie Sue Childress Alma Jo Sanderson Robert Emerson Sears Thomas Sanderson Mary Lee Wilson Mary Alice Harrison Lucille Starr and Grace Harris in a playful collage asking if they will not do various actions such as sneering singing monkeying winking lessons lipstick and going to a show on a Saturday night.
A group including Billy Jack Harper Marie Badgett Otto Russell James Birt Phillips Alma Jo Sanderson Emerson Sears Davis Parrish Kirk May Janis Jayne Horton Calvin Pennell Margaret Coffey Jessie Coffey Velma Holland Martha Lee Bradley visited the Sherman Fair and other locales over the weekend. Velma Holland went to Blue Ridge. Marie Ward’s uncle from St Louis visited. Mrs Roddy traveled to Denison and Sherman losing a suitcase en route. Mr Gomer May led Grammar School children to the circus with many attendees and relatives at the Centennial.
Thomas Sanderson reports that Mr Manning announced a geography test for Tuesday, surprising the seventh grade. Students enjoy arithmetic and Mr Rickettts allows daily board races each morning.
A string of Sunday visits and weekend trips reported across families in Mahurin News. Social calls include Eloyse Thornton at Hickory Creek and multiple visits to and from Whitewright, Randolph, Sherman, Denison and Midway. A standalone historical note mentions Emperor Wenzel freeing Nurnberg for Rhine wine and a statistic on 40,000 US police agencies.
President Roosevelt told a Chicago stadium audience that his administration pulled private enterprise back from ruin. He blasted Republican leadership, cited rising stocks and higher industrial earnings, and urged minimal future legislation focused on abuses. Crowd exceeded 25,000 inside and tens of thousands outside.
The article discusses federal power to safeguard U S commerce from selfish forces that ruined it. It emphasizes federal action as essential to restore and defend national economic interests and stability.
Sherman Grayson and Collin counties are the only northeast Texas A and M extension district counties approved to receive national youth administration aid for terracing and land improvement. B F Gray plans 30 youths in Grayson County to work 40 hours monthly for 10 dollars. About 1,000 Texas youths will be employed statewide over six months to lay terrace lines surveying roughly 100,000 acres, boosting land value by about eight dollars per acre.
In Ninichik the Seward Gateway notes its fourteen subscribers pay thirty pounds yearly, but the payment comes as thirty pounds of smoked salmon. The editor highlights this unique barter in Seward, Alaska, contrasting usual cash subscriptions with a salmon payment culture.
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