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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
7
Editor Doretha Darwin notes Halloween customs dating back thirteen centuries to All Spirits Day. A public speech and dramatic course, directed by Mrs Meredith, invites parental contact for participation. minimal charge, promising benefit without hindering regular classes.
A special train will depart Whitewright on October 29 to transport Whitewright school children to the Dallas Centennial. The round trip fare is ninety cents with twenty five cents for ground admission. The trip is sponsored by school teachers to ensure children are cared for if parents cannot accompany them. school will be dismissed that day, Thursday.
N L Manning explains that all grades now use a three tier marking system BE for excellent 90 to 100 S for satisfactory 70 to 90 and U for unsatisfactory below 70. The aim is consistent, accurate assessments and parental cooperation with teachers.
The note promotes a health driven program with the motto A sound mind must have a sound body. It requires every pupil to participate in some game during a set activity period, with accommodations for physically handicapped children and a health grade for the able student. Mr. Ricketts assists in the effort.
The article defines Hallowe'en as October 31, the eve of All Saints on November 1. It explains the name Holy Eve and how the night is marked by costumes, pranks, bonfires, nut cracking, bobbing for apples, tub fortunes, and other games for young people.
First graders are preparing a sand table town and getting ready for Hallowe'en. The class reports two pupils missing: Billy Louise Currins and Eugene Thornhill. Bertha Ford.
In second grade, students play The Number Game with captains Max Ray Wilson and Junior Harrison. Wilson's team wins by eleven. Students study the circus, fill the room with animals, and note visits by Roby Lee Wilson, Harry Watson, and M. H. Mullins to the Gainesville Circus. Betty Margaret Sears brings a toy circus to school. several make wagons and animals. A list credits a hundred in spelling to Billy Ward Evans, Roby Lee Wilson, Junior Harrison, Winnie Sue Queener, Betty Lee Jones, and others.
A readable fragment lists several individuals including Kirk May, Mary Frances Stephens, Charles Bradshaw, Margaret Hanna, Joe Howard Cook, Dorothy Nell Hall, Billy Rhom Pennington, Monty Atkinson, Hugh Tim Atterberry, and Joanna Harrison. The item credits Jackie Lee Thompson.
A third grade class adds new pupil Alice Johnson and two new pupils Homer Frank Coffman and Wilburn Howell on Monday morning. The grade laments Peggy Thornhill’s move to Orange ville and misses Bessie Joe Russell who cannot attend school. Letters from the third graders were delivered to Bessie Joe by Billy Christian.
Betty Atkinson notes third graders are busy with Hallowe'en preparations and new poems, aiming to boost grades as jack-o-lanterns glow in the classroom and spooky activities inspire learning.
Pupils of the fifth grade English class presented their former teacher Miss Mary with a letter shower last week. Wallace Reeves was elected postman.
The fourth grade prepares a seasonal display with two scarecrows on the bulletin board and one poster. Ten students earned perfect scores in spell work.
Rumor spread that Friday marked the principal's birthday and pupils seized the moment. The wide awake fifth grade armed with sticks and girls with fruit, yet it was not Mr Manning's birthday. He generously cut and shared the fruit, and all enjoyed the surprise.
Students decorate bulletin boards with spook filled pictures for Halloween. In arithmetic they study ratios, geography covers European nations, including Baltic and Scandinavian countries. No idlers in English and health as notebooks are due Monday. Last Thursday Miss Low, a dietitian from Houston Methodist Hospital, visited sixth grade health class and spoke on proper foods. Grace Harris shared a Chinese wooden doll inspired by a Chinese story.
A diary style account shows seventh graders studying geography for a six weeks test with no perfect scores, reviewing nouns and pronouns in English, and studying American Revolution causes in history. Robbie Mae Brown notes girls prefer basketball to baseball and excitement over a planned game with eighth grade girls that did not have a team.
Robert Waldo reports the seventh graders beat the eighth graders in a hard fought football game on Tuesday. He notes the eighth graders can rest this week as the first six weeks end and Mr. Manning forbids matched games. Basketball goals are up with a new ball and practice continues for a future challenge.
Brother Gillett introduces two new seventh grade pupils Barbara Jean Gordon from Chickasha Oklahoma and Malachia Wright from Kingston Oklahoma as the class prepares to depart for high school next spring.
Betty Atkinson not smiling as Jarvis D Maddux recalls playful lines about Jack Thornhill and Billy Jack Harper, imagining a world where football, height, and humor mix in schoolyard banter.
Last Thursday Mrs. Roddy leaned against the blackboard with arithmetic problems. When she turned away, the mark 3Sc was printed across her back, drawing classroom attention and concern.
Kentuckytown school honors list students across grades. First grade includes Hazel Neal Donald Neal Helen Gordas Alvis Neal. Second grade features Lucy Burchfield Edith Neal. Third grade lists Raymond Davis Robert Neal Mary Frances Decker Odell Neal. Fourth grade Waldine Taylor. Fifth grade Mildred Taylor Corlis Neal Ross Neal. Sixth grade Grace Connelly. Seventh grade Juanita Joyce.
Want Ads FOR SALE Used cultivators plant ers middle buster sulky turning plow J H Hollingsworth FOR RENT Apartment furnished or unfurnished all conveniences Mrs Lee Hampton NOTICE Ladies of Central Christian Church will sell Christmas trees FOR SALE We have a good assortment of all kinds of used farm implements sulky plows busters mowers harrows stalk cutters wagons Also young mules one pair extra good mules at 275 a few cheap mules Manning Clark Meador 10 REWARD We will pay 10 for any radio set manufactured since 1928 by a reputable manufacturer that we cannot repair If you cannot bring your radio to us write for shipping instructions and tags THE SHERMAN COMPANY 4224 Ross Avenue Dallas Texas 4n5 AUTOMOBILE LOANS If you need money for any reason or want to refinance payments on your car making them smaller will loan you any reasonable amount or length of time No delay Bring your license receipt and car for inspection Will save you money AUTO FINANCE COMPANY F W Creager Mgr 117% S Travis St Sherman
The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church thank business sponsors and booth participants of the Pure Food Show. They praise prize donors, attendees, and program participants. Special thanks are given to Misses Inez and Gladys Ray for use of their building and to Community Public Service Co. and Whitewright Lumber Co for courtesy.
Washington reports fall weather greens farmlands as federal officials say this year’s drouth will cost less than the 1934 disaster. Expenditures in 1934 topped half a billion. current estimates near $100 million with potential final total about double. More than a third of US counties listed as emergency drouth territory, allowances include grants loans and relief jobs. WPA notes 260,000 farmers in drouth areas on projects with peak activity expected to extend to next spring. Resettlement Admin provides grants and loans to drouth victims.
Timely accounting indicates about seven million dollars had been expended on these purposes through October 10, reflecting ongoing funding and commitment documented in the report.
Notarized statement from Glenn Doss city editor noting owner and business manager J. H. Waggoner of Whitewright Texas. No mortgagees or securities holding 10 percent or more listed. Sworn on October 19, 1936 by Murray Bryant, Notary Public, Grayson County Texas.
Richmond officials report bootleggers used John Marshall’s tomb at Shockoe Cemetery to stash liquor. Superintendent Thomas B. Martin said a loose slab was pried aside to reveal the cache months ago, with other nearby tombs also used. He noted the Marshall tomb’s popularity with tourists helped conceal the operation.
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