Reflector’s Featured Musicians Meet Local Talent
The piece lists performers including Virginia Hill Martha Vestal Ruth Maddux Helen Maddux Bertha Burch and others led by Miss Jack Proctor with piano accompaniment by Margaret Hanna. It notes the event is directed by J G and captures a community recital scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginia Hill
Martha Vestal
Ruth Maddux
Helen Maddux
Bertha Burchfield
Gladys Reeves
Lucille Dillenger
Paula Booher
Lorene Worsham
Jimmie Lou McCarstin
Leroy Martin
Ima Sue Garner
Oleta Worsham
Tommie D. Booher
Bettye Nell Yeager
Mary Nell Talley
Virginia Jones
Ira Mae Gough
Miss Jack Proctor
Margaret Hanna
J. G
First Year Homemaking Class Cooks Breakfast
Miss Williams notes the first year homemaking class cooked an unusual breakfast well last Monday. Students will keep recipe files for personal use and maintain notebooks on manners and breakfasts. They also learned to craft a correct breakfast menu.
Six Week Exams Call for On Time Effort at School
In assembly last Thursday Mr Butler urged students to prepare for six week exams and raise school honor through hard study. He warned that only athletes or debaters do not define honor, stressing classroom work as the most important part of school life. Begin today, not tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
C. B. B. Ill
Third Year Girls Study Nutrition Exhibit
The third year homemaking class studied nutrition by recording foods eaten over a week and presenting a class exhibit showing the amounts needed to supply calories. Each girl contributed a food sample used in the study, highlighting family and community relationships.
Pupils urged to attend out of town games
In an assembly Coach Payne urged students to keep football spirit high by attending out-of-town games. He noted district 17 A’s south end is tough, but Tigers are in good shape with three district road games ahead.
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Payne
Tigers
L. S
English II Class Takes Six Weeks Test
English II under Mrs. Roddy took their six weeks test Tuesday. The exam covered parts of speech and sentence structure. Top scores were by Etha Louise Brown and Billy Rhom Pennington, both at 97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roddy
Etha Louise Brown
Billy Rhom Pennington
Homemaking Department Receives Cashmere Dishes Set
The homemaking department unveils a cashmere pattern dish set including six dinner plates salad plates soup bowls cups and saucers vegetable bowls a sugar creamer and a platter. A visitor traded a single matching saucer for two dozen punch glasses, and new cannon dish towels and rack units were added to each table.
Snooky college scoop from the Snooper column
The Snooper paragraph lists social date rumors among senior girls and boys, naming Ann La Roe Payne Payne and various students like Jimmie, Billy Christian, Juanita, Patty, and others, hinting at Sunday and Saturday night outings and possible ex-student connections.
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Ann la Roe
Payne
J. G
Philip
Jimmie
Bonnie May
Juanita
Tommie Dee
Paula Jean
Mary Edna
Bonham Boys
Billy Christian
Dick Thornton
Russell
Don
Mary Frances
Margaret
Trenton
Billy
James Stateville
Gladys
Patty
L. W
Ernest Sanders
Curtis Alexander
A. P
G. R
The
Snooper
Tigers Scrimmage Whitewright at Leonard Meet
The Whitewright Tigers scrimmaged the Leonard Tigers last Thursday. Both teams showed improvement with Whitewright scoring multiple times and Leonard finding the end zone once. Coaches reviewed errors and praised effort.
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Whitewright Tigers
Leonard Tigers
Leonard
Homemaking Girls Visit Grocery Store
Last week the second year home making girls visited the grocery store and received valuable instruction.
Home Accidents Most Fatal In Five Years
The American Red Cross reports last year saw home accident deaths reach a five year high with about 33,000 fatalities from falls burns poisoning and other hazards. Falls on stairs slippery floors and improvised stepladders caused the most deaths while burns and poisoning followed. Nearly 5,000,000 injuries requiring medical care were recorded. A nationwide accident prevention drive will start the last week of October with 10,000,000 check lists distributed through schools and the Junior Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Red Cross
The
Girls Compare Canned Goods Quality During Visit
During their visit the girls learned to distinguish good from poor quality canned foods. They identified what constitutes a good brand and what is on the can label. They kept a notebook on canned foods and built a chart comparing prices and quality of vegetables and fruits.
New Student Cecil Owens Enrolls at W H S
An long familiar senior friend joins W H S as exams approach. Cecil Owens is about five feet ten, 145 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Robert Owens and Carl Simmons also enrolled last week.
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Cecil Owens
Robert Owens
Carl Simmons
Defense outlay crosses ten billion in 15 months
Cash payments for the defense program exceed ten billion dollars after fifteen and a half months of operation. The pace is rapid, with the next ten billion expected to be paid out in about nine months as new spending plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First ten billion dollars and the wartime boom
The piece notes wartime outlays starting in 1940 with appropriations and commitments totaling about fifty eight billion by Oct 15. It highlights that ten billion spent financed draftees, factories, shipways, and early lend lease aid, while coin circulation is under ten billion yet bank deposits total seventy billion.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Modern quail trap found to boost Texas restocking efforts
Texas Game Department officials report a long used Mexican quail trap adapted with modern features can trap 200 quail daily. The V shaped corral and wire pen allow auto driven birds into the trap, enabling restocking of depleted quail ranges mainly in South and Southeast Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mexico
Texas
Game Department
Department
South
Nation spends vast defense funds amid borrowing surge
The article outlines defense costs totaling about 28.7 billion over the period, with 9.8 billion in taxes, 10.2 billion in defense expenses, 8.5 billion for other activities, and about nine billion borrowed. The federal debt rises to roughly 5.5 billion and projections warn of a possible 100 billion dollars. The National Economy League estimates 77 billion over five years, about 37 dollars per month for the average family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Navy
Maritime Commission
Defense Housing Office
Defense
National Economy League
A Lesson in Horse Approach at Ft Riley
A Ft. Riley cavalry corporal demonstrates how to handle a horse by approaching from the rear and running a hand down its legs to feel for balance. The recruit asks what if the horse resists, and the corporal replies to try again after getting kicked and picking oneself up.
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Ft. Riley
Alton Sportsmen Offer Reward for Poisoned Fish Find
A Cherokee County group in Alton posts a 25 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone using explosives to catch fish in the Neches and Angelina Rivers. The action supports the Game Department in enforcing the long standing law against explosives and contaminants in fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Cherokee County
Neches
Angelina
Alto
Game Department
Autos kill many deer in hill country roadways
Deer fatalities rise at night on winding Kerrville area roads with high speeds blamed. The Game Department warns drivers to slow down as multiple crashes injure people and damage vehicles. In July and August, 32 deer were killed near Kerrville, per district game warden.
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Game Department
Kerrville
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Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Aetna
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Army and Navy
Office of Production Management
England
Burma
China
Iceland
Hone Company
Ry Actonito
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
G.C. Stateville
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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