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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
6
Grayson County to display sky blue United Nations flags on October 24 United Nations Day. Home Demonstration Club women created Betsy Ross style flags in a modern form featuring a white world map inside a laurel wreath. A flag loan from Whitewright club will fly in Sherman for the occasion.
A note from J. J. Youth Center explains good posture and a sweet personality attract friends. It warns sour dispositions reduce social circles. The Youth Center opened Friday night with sophomores in charge from 8:30 to 10:30.
Several Whitewright Public Schools faculty members pursued summer study at various locations. Nan Dyer led a diversified program including Agricultural and Mechanical College Fort Collins and courses toward a Master’s in vocational home economics.
Friday morning October 13 the freshman class staged a pantomime titled Drama at KQZ or The Bat in the Belfry. Participants included Jimmy Nossaman Bobby Clark Kenneth Hyepock Garland D Smith Jerry Ray Brown John Charles Chesser Robert Hull Betty Harris Shirley Blanton Babe Beazley Jimmie Summerlin Juanita Thrasher and Mary Pennell with Foy Jean Bow as announcer and pianist.
On Wednesday night at Bry ant Field the Junior High Pep Squad boosted team spirit. Leaders include Sarah Compton Donna Williams Alice Ayres Barbara Hasty Doris Ann Wallace and Anette Smith with Melba Dean Alexander as drum major. They performed mid game marching and baton twirling for Whitesboro and Whitewright before exiting at the north goal post.
The Grayson County Baptist Association held a combined teenage meeting workers conference and stewardship rally at First Baptist Church in Sherman on Monday Oct 9 with 475 attendees. Bethel Zone Three won the banner for most members present and travel miles, repeating after six meetings.
The Junior High pep squad elected its leaders after moving seventh and eighth grades to high school. Melba Dean Alexander, eighth grader, serves as drum major with four cheerleaders Barbara Hasty Sarah Compton Alice May Ayres Donna Fay Williams and majorettes Doris Ann Wallace Annette Smith. Officers include President Margaret Williams and Vice President Ann Brown Secretary Treasurer Shirley Bush.
High school students Bobby Hye pock H D Lewis Beverly Judd Peggy Burchfield Minnie Monk Betty McKinney Joe Morris Mary Mc Kinney Gayle Taylor Marjorie Neathery Dale Taylor J B Mullins Edward McDowell Foy Jean Bow ride the Pilot Grove bus along with several seventh and eighth graders. Peggy Burchfield and Beverly Judd sit together singing or teasing. Neathery Taylor and Mary McKinney usually sit together discussing dogs or animals from the Taylor farm. Betty McKinney sits with Wanda Alexander and enjoys Wanda’s stories about Pete Burchfield. Bobby Hye pock and H D discuss football. they avoid topics about girls. The seventh and eighth graders mingle with younger students, sharing plenty to talk about and never being bored.
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Grayson County flags foreclosure on Addie N. McCan's estate for delinquent taxes. The sale of Lot 8, Block 16, Sunny Side Addition in Denison will occur November 6, 1950, at the courthouse, with redemption rights preserved.
In a lively styling note students at Riverdale High compare shirts in lime green red white and gray flannels and corduroy. Distinct outfits include Jack Smith's lime green shirt Allan Davis red white gray, Bobby Robarts red white gray flannel, and Joyce Ken neth's gold shirt drawing social interest.
Students in a driver education class practiced on Friday October 13 during their period with instructor Glenn A. Howard supervising the session.
Students visited the Ida Sherman Whitewright Bells highway intersection to note neglect of stop signs and improper hand signals. Eight violations were recorded, mainly failure to signal and stop. The field trip group included Herman Musser Dean Neal Ray Simpson H D Lewis Bobby Hyepock Bill Brown Gwen Kent and sponsor G K.
The Pep Squad resumes activity after an open date with plans to make up lost energy. They find yelling and marching hard at times but enjoy every minute of preparation before Friday night’s event.
A fragmentary note lists names and terse actions as possible items for reader submissions. It hints at pairs and relations like driving, attending school, and bicycle troubles but lacks coherent events or dates. The piece invites readers to phone or send news items.
A notice describes the practice of mentioning guests’ visits in The Sun as a courtesy. It explains that friends receive word of departures and other items when readers share knowledge, framing it as thoughtful reciprocity in community notices.
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