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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
8
The editorial staff notes sincere appreciation for ministerial interest in their work. Mr Key arranged bus transport for the Enterprise teacher and pupils who visited Thursday morning. They toured classrooms and the library, attended a special assembly directed by Miss Fletcher, and the group hopes to return.
A playful note recalls teachers at a Baby Show, joking about a second grade “Babe in Arms” and a first grade teacher with Shirley curls. It mocks a Bethel son in law, a decrepit grandmother, and a strict principal, imagining classroom mischief and a Corntassle family from Podunk before the morning bell.
The fifth grade offered a Thursday morning drama that effectively illustrated how the unit on Adventure and Discovery was developed, sharing the learning process through a lively performance.
The first six grades showcase progress from houses with wallpaper to booklets on animals, writing names, and numbers. Open House Friday October 21 features displays, unit books on American Homes, and guest assemblies with Rev. Joe M Connanlly.
Carlton Alexander and James Arney won first prize in poster making during Fire Prevention Week. Second prize went to Eudell Bush, third to John Charles Jones, and fourth to Kenneth Norris. A basketball team is organized with Wallace Reeves as captain and a new ball showing early victory. A football team is lined up but has no captain yet. The grammar school beat the high school in football, with hopes for better scoring next time. Pete Ford broke a finger in the same game.
A sixth grade writer Virginia Jones recalls a brave person who endured long burn injuries caused by another’s carelessness. The piece laments that money cannot ease the pain endured over many years.
Pattie Everheart won first in paragraph writing and Lloyd Mitchell won first in poetry for a class contest on Home. The class voted, then split into five groups to select one paragraph and one poem from each. The pieces emphasize home as more than a building, requiring love, family, and shared joys and sorrows.
The Handicraft Boys celebrate birthdays this week and point to their handicraft articles in the Manning & Meadow window. The Grammar School Boys promote Fire Prevention Week posters in the Community Public Service window, inviting inspection.
Betty Jane Harper won first prize for her Fire Prevention essay. Virginia Jones secured second prize, Gaynelle English third prize, and Billy Rhom Pennington fourth, in the local contest.
Betty Jane Harper, seventh grade, urges safer trash disposal to prevent attic fires. She cites fires caused by sparks from chimneys and burning trash, warns against storing oily articles in hot spaces, and advises burning trash in alleys with supervision to reduce fire risk.
A boy named Jack ran into a blazing building to rescue a crying baby as firemen fought the flames. He emerged with the unharmed infant but badly burned, earning a reward for his brave act.
A playful domestic scene unfolds as a man asks for a bracelet preference and a woman answers with witty promise of silence as a form of golden treasure, highlighting sharp humor and flirtatious banter. The exchange centers on affection, wit, and a lighthearted tease about jewelry and quiet.
NEW YORK. Farmers and home owners, largely because of favorable government policies, are in a stronger and more hopeful position in the nation's economic structure. The committee on debt adjustment reports the federal government now holds more than a third of all farm mortgages and about six of urban home mortgages due to refinancing efforts, with total farm and home mortgage debt down over 18 percent to about $25 billion in the current period.
A brief exchange shows Handy Mike waking Pat with a warning that ships are on fire, Pat nonchalantly remarks that the fire is on water too, conveying a surreal naval danger mood in a dreamlike moment.
John K. Fayko aged 50 had been out of work for a year. Clifton Paper Board Company hired him Saturday and he died two hours later from a heart attack while pushing a hand truck loaded with waste paper. The piece ends with a quip about borrowing trouble.
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