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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1937
Page
7
Local note from the W H S Reflector states that proceeds from an event will go to the Pep Squad and the Pep Squad is underwriting the football banquet. The list of participants includes Mrs. Jack Lackey and a long roster of staff and students, indicating widespread school support for the celebration.
Eight bells and all’s well as the Tigers near sea going condition. Billy Pritchett may be fit for the Farmersville game after an ankle turn while Joe Preston Lee returns to action. Skipper Gaddis trains a new formation for the next conference test as the crew eyes a port victory. The backfield averages 150 pounds and the line 165. A lighthearted note ends with the theme “Blow the Man Down.”
The Pep Squad met on Thursday October 21 to elect the football king of Whitewright High School Tigers. Boyd Newman was chosen after girls debated their football heroes. He will be crowned Friday October 29 with the queen at the Halloween Carnival.
The Pep Squad met in the gymnasium with Frances Mitchell presiding. They discussed unpaid emblems and reported fifty percent of ticket proceeds from the film Ready, Willing, and Able earned Monday night.
A Halloween carnival will be held at the W. H. S. gymnasium on Friday night October 29 at 7 30. Costumes are encouraged but civilian dress is allowed. A small admission will be charged. The king and queen of football will be crowned at 8 00 followed by a program. Each class will run a booth and the football players will assist in building them.
The senior class met Wednesday morning October 20 to review invitations for graduation. A representative from Starr Engraving Company of Houston attended and presented options, but no invitations were selected as decisions were postponed.
The V A III class has been studying the qualifications needed to become a Future Farmer. They will likely be initiated at a later date and have examined the purpose of the Future Farmer Association.
Wills Point Tigers defeated Whitewright 12 to 7 at Wills Point. Kaiser connected on a 15 yard TD reception after Starr pass and extra point. Cann scored on a second half drive before two blocked extra points. Coaches praised Kaiser Thornhill and Newman for strong backfield play.
A sophomore class meeting was held Thursday with Drunette Farley presiding. The class plans a Friday chapel program and a bake sale with homemade candy to raise funds for football queen candidates. A sevengirl committee was formed to make a checkerboard cake for a raffle with the winner drawn on Wednesday.
A humorous dialogue shows Mrs Roddy telling a sophomore student that more study is needed as his grades fall short. The boy retorts that he already took the same English course last year and passed, reflecting classroom friction and light satire.
A candidate for the football queen from each class was eliminated on Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The nominees from each class were Marie Badgett freshman 1150 votes Elaine Kdiser sophomore 1098 votes Sara Kathryn Arterberry
The Reflector reports penny votes for junior and Jo Willa Stateville in the football queen contest with 975 and 2044 votes respectively. Other candidates were Mary Dale King Madene Vineyard Wilma Alexander and Sarah Belle Gillett. Proceeds totaled 88.60 for the Pep Squad. Final run off held October 28. queen to be announced at Friday night carnival at eight.
On Friday Oct 22 a sophomore benefit chapel featured Miss Mary Cornelia Roberts in Pan American costume singing Serenade in the Night in Spanish and English and Clavelitos with accompaniment from Mrs. Guy Hamilton who also played a piano number March of the Zacatecas. Roberts closed with Alla en Rancho Grande.
The W. H. S. has set up the Bureau of Information with Roy Martin leading the department. He will provide information if praised, but much of the secondhand information is false and may be unreliable for students to accept.
A playful local item notes basketball player Red Conner adopting a cowboy persona. He wears cowboy boots and walks the town loudly, drawing attention. The piece ends with a light caution about future pistol practice at school.
The Pep Squad organizes fundraisers to feed the football boys at an annual banquet. They sponsor shows, the queen's race, and plan a Hallowe'en Carnival on Friday night, Oct. 29.
From the west part of town comes an attractive young girl five feet five inches tall and weighing 125 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. A Pilot Grove boy six feet seven inches tall with blue eyes and black hair is also in the senior class and favors English.
At the Farmersville football game on Friday October 29 the football queen will be presented with school colors. Gold and black satin ribbons attached to a sceptre will be awarded at halftime as the Farmersville queen is introduced to the W H S queen. The Pep Squad will form an F and W at halftime.
The Glee Club averages forty five members per meeting while the Pep Squad has grown to thirty seven. Honor Roll fluctuates with six weeks while Hi Y anticipates about thirty. Future Farmers remains the largest at around seventy. A member shows club benefits by attendance, cooperation and helpfulness, building knowledge, friends, parliamentary skills, and school spirit.
Mildred and Thelma Autrey visited Sherman on Saturday. Emma Gene Layman spent Friday in Sherman. Loretta Doyle and Jones Alexander visited their mother in Sherman hospital Tuesday. Jo Willa Stateville was in Leonard Thursday night. Iane Neathery visited Van Alstyne Saturday night. Dorothy Jo Akridge in Leonard Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hopper in Van Alstyne Wednesday.
Home economics III students completed a unit on planning balanced meals on a limited budget. They learned current market prices and how to buy foods economically, testing how to meet pretend incomes with proper choices.
Journal fragment lists students visiting Van Alstyne this week and social notes. Mentions W K dating a Whitesboro woman, J B C wearing cowboy boots, P B and R A S on the bus, H V seeking to be Marie's campaign manager, and J H C glancing at B N C in class.
There are now five organizations or clubs in our high school. They are the Glee Club, Pep Squad, Honor Roll Club, Hi-Y Club, and F. F. A. Organization. Each of these clubs is very active.
The home economics I class is divided with half meeting in the first period and half in the second. Home economics II now has a single period to allow Miss Travis to teach home economics I.
A dated note reports students at the high school compile a term’s errors in a box. Ain’t dominates the list, with double negatives like not none and can hardly as frequent slips.
Clete Norris turns fourteen on Oct 31 and Mrs Kennemer will be over twenty one on Oct 31. The piece wishes many happy returns to those celebrating their natal day this week.
A fragment hints at a Tuesday night upset by E. L. amid rumors of a senior pairing between M. D. K. and O. R. The text notes a brown haired, brown eyed senior as a central figure in the chatter.
W H S students attended a Methodist League social and a Tuesday night picture show. An unsigned note from a sophomore was received by B J G. M F G agreed to be campaign manager for M B. B B M D E H Monday night. W A with C B N Thursday. S L H has written to B J. F D M developed a crush on J P L. B B H saw two shows Tuesday night. S L H attended the show with D W Tuesday night. A J S wrote a letter to J R B. N F D.
A collection of aphorisms about love attributes it as the single force that alters perception and action. Each quip links love to economics, humor, memory, risk, or nature, framing love as transformative, costly, and pervasive across daily life. Collected by Walter Winchell.
A humorous dialogue contrasts memory and arithmetic as a child asks his age. The child says his mother was 26 at his birth but is now 24, implying he is older than his mother remembers, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of ages.
Miss Sylvia Lennard of Southampton founded the Bride's Union to organize brides for better marriage conditions. Rules require brides to pledge, while grooms must cover wedding costs, provide a furnished home, and choose guests. both sides vow loyalty and home management.
St Paul welfare officials say marriage among relief families raises home provision costs for the board while marriages between recipients save funds. Secretary Frank M. Rarig Jr notes relief clients must themselves buy marriage licenses. Also notes 56,000 acres in Texas were used for yam production in 1936.
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