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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
7
The Reflector quiz club meets biweekly with Ruth McSpedden as president and Edith Harper as vice president. Azilee Smith serves as secretary treasurer, Ben Robert Jones as reporter, and Ann LaRoe with Patty Everheart and Betty Lou Tomlinson on the program committee.
Last Tuesday morning the Future Farmers with John Biggerstaff presiding held a meeting. After withdrawals by Lloyd Cato Ed Kent and C B Burchfield another election elected Billy Kincaid and Woodrow Anderson as two delegates to Kansas City. Sweetheart selections named Juana Russell Willa Jean Hunter Betty Lou Tomlinson and Martha Jo Conner with initiation set for Oct 31.
The note lists students from W H S and nearby towns gossiping about crushes, dates, and social status. Mentions include Jimmy Kaiser Kay Bobby D Etna Louise Ruth McSpedden Gunter Ruby Holcomb Bonham Billy Wilson Gladys R D White Bells Mary Helen Dorotha Jean Leroy Billy Kaiser Dorotha John Biggerstaff Leonard Joe Cook Willa Jean Hunter and a dope collectors tag.
Last Wednesday during fifth period a projector and screen appeared in the auditorium signaling a picture show. Mr. Butler introduced Mr. Parker of Gulf Sulphur Company from New Gulf Texas. The first reel spotlighted U S National Parks including Yellow Stone Yosemite Sequoia and Rocky Mountain. A second reel detailed the local sulphur industry at New Gulf showing mining by hot water and compressed air and tracing sulphur from mine to market.
A closing note from D. P. P. recalls a musical comedy that pleased all in attendance before the final shipment. The text mentions items loaded on trains and boats for transport to distant locations, finishing with shared enjoyment of the performance.
In a civics class they study how a candidate is elected and funded, and how the Supreme Court operates. They also learned the names of the new Supreme Court members from their weekly paper, Our Times, last week.
The wise old owl saw students from W. H. S. at the State Fair in Dallas including Ruby Holcomb Oleta Worsham Lorene Worsham Doyce Worsham Troy Owens and others. Virginia Hill Lucille Starr were in Sherman on Saturday Juana Ruth Andrew was in Van Alstyne Saturday night Ruth Mears visited Bonnie May Scott over the weekend.
The speech class will present two programs to conclude the unit of storytelling. On Tuesday morning a program will be performed at High School and on Wednesday the class will present it at Grammar School. The program includes a ballad fairy story fable Bible story and adventure tale with origins and details accompanying each.
A chemistry class perked up when Mr. McKinney read a humorous poem from a chemistry leaflet. The verses mock a strict teacher by likening exam stress to Biblical psalms and celebrate the lab as a lifelong haunt of study.
In last Thursday's assembly, each class staged a short stint with Lucille Starr presiding as Student Council president. The seniors performed a skit featuring a hillbilly family crossing a railroad track with Davis Parrish as station master and C B Bryant as the father, joined by J J Sloan Lloyd Cato and Haleen Benson.
A Travelers Insurance booklet reveals passenger cars caused nearly 80 percent of fatal crashes in 1940s data, with six tenths of one percent involving taxicabs and 1.2 percent buses. Motorcycles and commercial vehicles accounted for small shares, while 28,760 of 36,870 fatal crashes involved passenger cars.
Mary Ellen Brown and classmates perform rope stunts, imitate teachers, and sing in a WHS radio program. Mary Frances Stephens promotes Miracle Reducing Pills while Betty Lou Tomlinson, Leroy Martin, and others entertain. A poem by Henrietta Jackson and piano solo by Katy Kincaid close the show.
A brief wedding moment shows the bride choosing a keepsake from Great Aunt rather than a grandmother's face. She carries grandma's cigarette case as a token, while the guest asks about a bit of ancestral resemblance.
Sherman report: The Agricultural Adjustment Administration staff works on 1942 acreage allotments for Grayson County farms, aiming to place them by November 1. The program targets reducing surplus production and boosting defense essential commodities, using 1934–1940 cotton yields to set premium rates for the cotton insurance program, which will insure 50 to 75 percent of normal yield against weather and other uncontrollable factors.
The U S agricultural marketing service indicates Texas will harvest about 2 8 million bales of cotton in 1941 as of October 1. This compares with 3 234 million bales in 1940 and a 10 year average of 3 766 million. Indicated lint yield per acre is 170 pounds versus 184 in 1940 and a 10 year average of 14 pounds.
A letter from a stubborn cotton picker jests about two-row farming, back pain, and a wary view of harvest hardships. He mentions seed costs, a stubborn cow, and the 1940 political scene with Coke Stevenson and party vote tallies.
The document lists Texas nicknames Lone Star and Friendship motto, Bluebonnet as state flower, area 265,896 square miles ranking first, population 6,414,824 ranking sixth, 24.1 people per square mile, illiteracy 6.8 percent. Wealth estimated at $9,737,000,000 ($1,592 per capita). Settled 1686 entered Union 1845. Capital Austin population 87,930. Largest city Houston population 384,000.
A humorous exchange shows Bill boasting of four jobs in four weeks while Jim questions college employment ease. The dialogue highlights perceptions of job scarcity and persistence in early career search.
Records indicate about 90 percent of automobile owners have purchased a new car within a 22 to 30 month window in the past.
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