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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
7
Edcouch Elsa FFA chapters supplied blackeye peas and fruit for a national banquet. Grapeland FFA boys furnished the peas and the fruit and other chapters helped by contributing to the event.
A broken dressing room mirror before the Royse City Whitewright game is blamed for poor luck in the contest. Whitewright football players began workouts on the west practice field last Tuesday after a string of wins. Local notes report several students visiting Sherman Huntsville rodeo Dallas and Trenton with brief mentions of Haleen Benson Mary Ellen Brown Virginia Hill Lucille Starr Ruth Mears Mary Frances Call Mary Nell Talley Dorotha Jean McCord Ira Mae Young.
The item lists names such as Jimmie Golden Ann La Rue Juanita England Ed Kent Bettye Yeager Lucian Vestal J. Frank Wilson Lotta Faye Brown Etha Louise Brown Gladys Reeves Dick Thorn ton Lorene Worsham N. H. Davis Emerson Sears Virginia Hill Arelia Penny Bobby D Montgomery Etna Louise Brown C B Burchfield Mildred Kent Billy Wilson Mary Lee Hughes Doyce Worsham Troy Owen Gomer White and Willa Jean Hunter. It frames rumors of relationships jealousies and conversations around a bus seating pattern and local social ties.
Whitewright Future Farmers members Billy Kincaid Charles Skaggs and J Frank Wilson were guests of the Rotary Club. A lunch followed by introductions from Dick Montgomery and Mr Cruse preceded Wilsons talk on this year's chapter plans. Kincaid spoke about the first days of his Kansas City national F F A convention trip.
The message notes that Skaggs described the rest of the trip and that all the boys delivered good talks, aiding the chapter by demonstrating their abilities.
Reflector notes an alto section member was left off roll call last week apologizing to Billie Jo Phillips. J G signs the brief notice.
A campus incident last week reports students correcting their speech after a self appointed detective prowled halls. The scene highlights several quoted misuses such as This shore is a good book and You was not, with names like James Sloan Haleen Benson Mary Ellen Brown Jimmie Golden Frances Jim mie Woodrow Anderson cited in the overheard banter.
Carol Ray Ireland appeared as a special attraction in the Pep Squad Friday night. She wore a white and gold taffeta suit with a reversible short full skirt, a white military blouse with gold braid, a white hat with a gold feather, white boots, and a new white and silver baton. Her uniform impressed the Pep Squad as their leader last Friday night.
Prudence Vain Bird writes from a hometown to cheer a football game Friday. She admits exams left her weak and mixed up chemistry with English, asking if oxygen is the plural of ox. She urges friends to root for her boyfriend who sits on the bench.
Miss Proctor expanded the Pep Squad last week adding baton twirlers for the Whitewright Rockwall game. Carol Ray Ireland led as drum major with majorettes Martha Jo Conner Bonnie Mae Scott and Martha Louise Vestal. Flagbearers Frances Clabhorn Virginia Hill and Jimmie Golden led the squad.
Austin reports J P Gibbs state insurance commissioner announced widespread policy form changes to clarify automobile liability and fire and theft coverage. Changes include medical payments, drive other car, temporary substitute vehicles, 30 day auto coverage, broader territorial limits, and expanded theft coverage with loss of use included without extra charge.
School notes describe countermarching and sandwiching a turn on Tuesdays and Fridays during activity period. Members also fit in practice in the last thirty minutes of the sixth period on those days.
The Rockwall pep squad of forty five members plus sponsor and Lonnie Rick etts traveled by bus to Whitewright High School Friday afternoon to cheer for the Rockwall Tigers. They performed a field formation spelling R H S then cheered both teams, delivering their loud songs and yells during the game.
Albert Law of the Dalhart Texan offers 50 dollars to identify who coined the term dust bowl. The seeker would receive a Dalhart tour, a banquet, and a fresh regional nickname. Law credits a 1922 drought onset, says rainfall since January set an all time record with deep soil moisture.
A California horticulturist claims to have created an odorless onion descended from a lily bulb. The note questions culinary value and the cultural role of onions in American cuisine, asking whether a scentless vegetable remains an onion and pondering the phrase hamburger with or without.
The University of Texas trained 700 engineers for defense industries in the last year through short courses ordered by the U S Office of Education. Of this number 96 percent have already found employment using their newly acquired skills.
Roger Riis warns in the New Republic that pension expansion for World War I veterans is advancing via H. R. 4845 and H. R. 4, creating broad eligibility like a $40 monthly pension at age 65 and extending benefits to spouses and children. He cites billions spent and argues for protecting the duty of citizens to defend the country without perpetual handouts.
Poles in the Royal Air Force are praised as fearless, demoniac fighters driven by vengeance against Hitler. Air Ministry withholds most names for safety, except Sergeant Pilot Josef Francisek who was identified after death and awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for five downed planes in a half day.
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