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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
6
The High School Reflector describes fall travel by car as thousands hit the roads with good conditions. It discusses accident causes, safe driving practices, and the role of brakes and alert driving. The piece recounts a trip involving a municipal speaking contest, a horse show at the American Royal Building, and a Future Farmer program in Kansas City, ending with arrival in Gainesville.
The Whitewright girls basketball team began practice with Coach Manning supervising sessions from 12:30 to 1 and 3 to 4. About twenty girls are trying out, with only two players lost from last year. The squad, aiming to win more games, will add several new players to offset departures and build on last season’s success.
David Taylor and Brother Gillett report from the National Future Farmer convention in Kansas City. They left Whitewright on Oct 15 for Gainesville then rode a special train to the convention, were guided through Union Station by a Texas band, stayed at Bray Hotel, registered at the Municipal Building, and toured booths and scrapbooks before visiting Fairfax to see major airliners.
Remedial reading classes under Mrs. Roddy plan a trip featuring Flying the Printways with Carol Hovious as pilot. A boys versus girls football game, won at last second by James Stateville after a tongue twister challenge, accompanies the aviation themed activity. Each pupil must log one hour daily reading and pick three subjects for six weeks of research compiled in a notebook.
The Citizenship Club held its Thursday meeting on October 19 with program chair Mary Alice Harrison absent. Laverne Kilgree presided and the program featured The Great Chicago Fire by Howard Wallace, What Is Fire Prevention by Moselle Marley, an original poem by Moselle Marley, a humorous talk by Jackie Lee Thompson, and Ten Dent's by Jonnie B. Robbins.
Typing I students gathered in the typing laboratory on Wednesday morning to learn their six week test results. The class average reached 83 percent for the first six weeks, and the mood shifted from worry to satisfaction as papers were returned.
Mrs Roddy had English II students perform pantomime sketches on work play home school town and recreation in a Wednesday Oct 18 assembly. Students wrote slips guessing actions as actors performed then dismissed. C B Bryant III collected applause bets but grading was not by applause.
The Student Council met repeatedly this week under president J. B. Smith to discuss platform features. The trip to the State Fair was postponed to Saturday Oct 21, and a water fountain and flag on the pole were proposed. Tournaments are still unsettled while the council schedules Monday 8:30 meetings and aims for greater efficiency. Officers named by the president include Mary Alice Harrison secretary Brother Gillett treasurer and Claire Doss reporter.
English III students have spent six weeks studying short stories. Original stories are due next week. For outside reading they read stories by O Henry Booth Tarkington and others.
The next six weeks for the English IV class continue the drama unit. The class study will focus on Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
Tap tap goes the typewriter as beginners strive to meet a six week assignment. Mrs Kennemer announced twenty four exercises are due this six weeks, doubling the daily load to two instead of one. This has upset typing I students.
Several seniors outline future paths with college and trades in focus. Evelyn Hill aims for college and home making teaching, Madene Vineyard seeks an apprenticeship or nursing, Drunette Farley targets journalism, Martha Jo Darwin plans teaching, Fredna Owens eyes business or teaching, Howard Wallace becomes a machinist, Eula Maye Lambden chooses nursing, while others have yet to decide.
Boys in the V. A. I. class have nearly decided agriculture is tough. They have been arduously studying parliamentary procedure, which has caused them trouble. Next week they start soil conservation, a subject likely to give them more work. Uncle Tom Cunningham warns the group to expect more challenges.
Boys in the V. A. III class express displeasure as Uncle Tom Cunningham drives hard lessons on marketing farm commodities. Each pupil makes a farm survey to explore how markets work.
The boys home ec class formed a club and decided to hold both a picnic and a party. They appointed committees to plan details and meet every other week, showing strong interest in the club.
Rudolph Russell served as program chairman for the Civics Club meeting featuring four talks. Presentations covered The Two Barrows by Cecil Owens, Food Condition in Germany by Louise McSpedden, Germany by Irene Mitchell, Streamline Engineers by Rudolph Russell. Martha Jo Darwin was appointed chairman for next week.
George Hansard leads Spring Storm and Rudolph Russell directs Spreading the News as the English IV class completes drama study. They will choose casts and appoint helpers for each production as the course ends.
A fragment from a senior class room feature highlights a young lad examining his stamp collection. The piece hints at a playful school portrait of students and their hobbies, noting curiosity and curiosity about stamps among peers.
The article describes a five feet eight inch, 130 pound boy with brown wavy hair and brown eyes who collects stamps and develops pictures, plus a five foot five inch, 120 pound new girl with curly black hair who enjoys collecting odds and ends and class rings. The piece notes a student wearing a Trenton class ring and mentions a young Romeo named Mattie Zerue Ashinhurst.
The Hi-Y Club held a meeting on Monday October 16 with opening prayer by Billy Jack Harper and initiation of new members. Penalties included addressing veterans as Mr for a week and wearing items backward, plus jitter bug dancing and a pecan roll nose challenge, concluded with all members enjoying the event.
R. R. reports anxious freshmen at Whitewright High during exam week. Seniors and upperclassmen help by taking the lion’s share of lower grades, easing freshmen’s fears.
A high and mighty senior, George Hansard, is noted as the dignified president. Reports mention the senior play planned for December and the Glee Club rehearsing for a trip while chemistry students claim to have made oxygen.
The third period home ec class gave a party to the second period in the dining room of the home ec department on Thursday at 11 15. The serving committee included Oleta Norris Laverne Kilgree Nina Marie Pierce Marie Ward and Bertha Ford. Refreshments were sandwiches lemonade and cookies. This was part of a series to teach the girls how to act at such functions.
The English IV club met on Wednesday October 18 in the auditorium for a special program featuring readings by Modene Vineyard a clarinet solo by Louise McSpedden hobbies by Martha Jo Darwin a piano solo by Mrs Lackey and a short story by Merlyn Brown The session ended with two party games Teakettle and charades of motion picture titles.
The home making I class has studied health and personal grooming and now combines the units into a unit titled The Relationship of Health and Personal Appearance. The Home Economics II class is continuing in this subject area.
The class split into groups to create models of well and poorly arranged kitchens. The models will be exhibited in the windows of the Community Public Service building next week.
The senior class selected the cast for this year’s production. Rehearsals began Friday as the group prepares to stage "Here Comes Charlie" in December.
The Home Ecc II class hosted a 11 30 tea for the second period class in the dining room of the home ec department. Irene Mitchell poured the punch with Marie Badgett Mildred Fleming Claire Doss and Alma Jo Sanderson serving.
The English I class expanded by eleven students from the remedial reading group after a recent standardized reading test showed enough reading ability for regular English work. Some others also test well but cannot transfer due to scheduling conflicts.
The Broadcasters met Friday during their normal period with president Jimmie Golden presiding. After a long business session, Joe Yates moved for orders of the day and won approval, allowing the program to proceed under Bob Sears, program committee chair. The lineup included a review of the film On Borrowed Time and a discussion of Lucille Starrs pet dog by Helen Chil.
C. B. Bryant shared an account titled My Trip to New York describing his summer journey. The audience listened intently until the bell rang, and it was hoped he would continue the tale later.
Nine high school students traveled by bus to the Dallas Fair on Saturday under chaperones Mr. Manning and Miss Williams. Marilyn Smith spent Sunday in Denison. Marjorie Henderson spent Saturday in Dallas. Other notes list residents Modene Vineyard in Leonard Earleen Benson in Hove Cathleen Blackerby in Sherman and Marie Badgett in Tom Bean.
Students under Mrs Kennemer learn the fundamentals of business letter writing and now compose actual letters for teachers. Each member types their letter, the best one is chosen, and sent, providing real experience in professional correspondence.
In a terse newspaper vignette a daughter asks her father if he would be sad if she left, and the rich father replies with a plan. She declares she will marry Mr Migson, who has no money. He consents that she and Migson live with him.
A humorous dialogue on painting twin beds asks how many coats are needed. The response states two coats, one for each bed, reflecting practical homecare advice from the era.
A mid western university’s dean of pharmacy offers Mentho Mulsion a nine ingredient cold remedy with vitamins A and D plus seven oils and creosote for quick cough relief. Endorsed by neighbors and guaranteed by leading druggists, the product promises full refund if ineffective. George Morehouse testifies to relief after years of bronchial irritation.
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