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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1936
Page
7
The W H S Reflector lists Miss Dorothy Tapscott as sponsor and Anita Vestal as editor in chief. It names numerous reporters and describes a foods laboratory and sewing laboratory with six desks, utensils, electric and oil stoves, ice box, china cabinet, and ample storage. The piece notes standard equipment like ironing board and glass case and mentions supervision by a school authority and parents.
A brief editorial urges mindful Halloween celebrations at the high school urging fun without harm. It emphasizes that students should avoid dangerous pranks and keep festivities safe for all, maintaining a broad minded, fun spirit.
Students from W. H. S. will depart Friday at 7 50 on a special train to Centennial grounds arriving about 10. Those able may go Friday while others may attend the Farmersville game Saturday. Football boys also journey Saturday. The Denison special will collect riders along the route, returning to Whitewright by midnight. Round trip rail fare is 90 cents, grounds admission 25 cents, car fare 14 cents.
Whitewright high school adds home economics and vocational agriculture with a modern, efficient sewing lab. Seven large tables and a central cutting station surround four sewing machines, a back bulletin area, and a new magazine rack, bookcase, and filing cabinet for reports and notes.
The Hi Y Club held a Wednesday initiation for Floyd Everheart and James Ervin Hughes. A staged nerve test and a mock side-track scare led to a dramatic rescue by Dr. May, revealing the stunt as a prank planned by members.
Jack Meador, secretary of the Texas Future Farmers, traveled to Kansas City on Oct. 17 with vocational agriculture teacher Mr. Bean as sponsor. They attended the National Convention of the Future Farmers of America, a notable honor for an agriculture student. They returned the previous Friday.
Women teachers, led by Mr. Jernigan, held sway at the High School on Thursday afternoon as they guided activities and discussions for the session.
Messers Key Burma and Gaddis led a shopping trip to Dallas to buy mud cleats for the football team. The aim was to equip players for the muddy Plano field and help secure touchdowns in the upcoming Plano Whitesboro contest.
Dr J H Burma is listed again in Who's Who of America for the fifteenth year running. He was first included as vice president of Dubuque College in Des Moines and later served about thirteen years at Trinity University as an educator.
Mr. Johnny Bean and Jack Meador returned home Saturday night from their trip to Kansas City Missouri. Velma Joe Reeves was a Sherman visitor Saturday. Helen Lane spent Sunday afternoon in Sherman. The rest of the school stuck in the mud for the weekend.
The weatherman kept most students away last Friday due to mud and cold rain. Recitations were shortened and some classes omitted. School started at 12 45 PM and dismissed at 3 15 PM to aid bus runs. Attendance remained low Monday but showed improvement over Friday.
History and civics students were surprised Thursday morning October 22 by the arrival of their Current History magazines ordered during the first week of school. The magazines aim to broaden students knowledge of world affairs and supplement textbooks.
New lines and colors dominate fall wear with bright hues or black plus a vivid scarf. Knitted or black tweed suits with front-buttoned jackets and contrasting ascots appear, as boucle swagger coats with matching collars. Black crepe day coats, two piece plaid dresses, yoked bodices, high necklines, shirted shoulders, built-up sleeves, and flared skirts define the season.
Miss Travis found Hamilton Vestal and Boyd Newman occupying the cook's station in the junior home room at noon on Friday. They wore aprons and caps from the home economics group and paraded about the rooms all afternoon. The prank earned them a day of wearing the costumes, a memory they may repeat someday.
The Ely bus could not complete its route last Thursday morning due to rain and a muddy road. Driver Lindsey Coffey attempted to fit chains but failed, and with local men’s help the bus dug out of the mud and returned to town.
A playful note laments lingering study hall boredom as agriculture students faced limited recitations during Mr. Bean’s absence in Kansas City Missouri. Upon his return the pupils cheer, noting two extra periods kept them restless until lessons resumed.
The Denison area football team practiced on Monday night October 19 on the high school gridiron to gain experience playing under lights ahead of Friday’s home game vs Plano. After practice the players waited about 30 minutes for the door to open before dressing, and all preferred night games to daytime.
Sarah Belle Gillett of the junior class was announced Football Queen for Whitewright High School on October 26. Funds from the election will support athletic equipment. The campaign boosted ticket sales for the Whitewright Whitesboro game the prior Friday, with the queen joining the team on trips.
In home ec class third period last Friday the girls baked distinct cakes. Miss Travis spoke on quality traits of a good cake at sixth period. The sponge cake by Sybil Davenport and Louise Magers was judged best.
A lighthearted sequence of knock knock jokes plays on names and sounds. Anita, Ethel, and Sybil prompt pun punchlines involving a ten dollar bill and a bill collector, delivering quick wordplay at a social gathering.
Mud and rain nearly stop all school functions this week. The football game with Plano was canceled on Friday and Friday chapel planned for October 23 was not held. Reflector reporters face lack of society notes and bus routes were disrupted.
Leland May takes the Pilot Grove bus position formerly held by his brother Louis May who resigned for a better post. The change was noted by I A in the report.
Last Thursday students in each classroom received the photographs taken two weeks earlier. Teachers distributed the pictures and pupils chose to accept or refuse them.
Plano officials postponed Friday morning’s football game between the Wildcats and the Tigers due to rain. The rescheduled date is November 6, announced by M. M.
A jumble of notices reports Ella Vee Price stuck in mud between Whitewright and Ely and asks owner Ethel Harper to identify. Clifton DeBerry or Romeo of Betty is noted as stolen by Imo gene Alexander near Morrow. Lost persons include a short plump brunette headed toward California and Eugene McMillan last seen being led away by Betty Jo Morrow. Velma Lee Norris is found near Bethel and needs a call to Ben Henderson. Bernice and Norma Gene Smith lost in the rain. Mr Key to be notified. A.P. around Vera's Cafe Friday night, with Squirt Rutledge seen at the show. A finger nail file with initials P. H. found by Ethel Harper.
The Tigers practiced under lights at Denis on Monday while weather delayed the Plano game. Coaches chose to reschedule for November 6 to benefit both teams, weighing field conditions and players’ readiness.
Mrs Perry Hicks of Belton Texas extols Black-Draught as a useful household remedy for biliousness and constipation claiming it provides prompt relief and is valuable for every family to keep on hand.
Tests by the Soil Conservation Service at Garland Texas after a seven inch rain show terracing strip cropping contour tillage and pasture ridging conserve moisture and reduce soil loss. Borings reveal deeper moisture on terraced and ridge fields than on unterraced slopes, confirming erosion control effectiveness.
A humorous exchange on glaciers and volcanos sparks quick quips from students. Preston Henderson, Jim Henry, Fred Starr, Roy Martin and Herman Riddle provide offbeat answers, with Mr Key noting Col Frank Knox as a wartime figure.
U S census data show this year's ginned cotton totaling 8,567,676 running bales before Oct 18, excluding linters. Round bales add 149,147. American Egyptian 4,158. State tallies list Texas 2,083,063 and Mississippi 1,540,853 among others. Do your buying in Whitewright.
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