The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1950 Page: 3 of 4
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1950
THE GRASS BURR
PAGE THREE
Rainbow Girls of Wectherford Assembly No. 87 who were installed as
officers recently include Clarice Morris. Virginia Carter, Betty Tabor. Nina
Ruth Plummer; Geraldine Stevens, Worthy Advisor; Belle Hubbard, Install-
ing Officer; Carolyn Wilson, Barbara Bradford, Nova Barnes, and Mrs.
Ruth Long, Mother Advisor.
i Chorus Presents Program
At First Methodist Church
j The Weatherford High School
i Chorus had charge of the full even-
A School Vision Screening Test j pro -ram at the First Metho-
Kit was accepted by the American! dist Church, Sunday, February 12.
Medical Association and has been j The Program consisted of religious
circulating around to all schools in' ,cnFS and choral speaking . with
the county. The Test Kit has been j Charleen Griffith, David Searfoss
to all grade schools and is now at j and Fak Witherspoon taking the
Senior High and will be moved to | 3ol° Part’ U* the speaking. Special
Junior High next week. j Troup numbers were', “The Lost
This Screening Test Kit is for j Chord.” and "The Holy City,” in
the purpose of checking on visual! which Mrs. Childress took the solo
acuity and eye strains which may j Part- Other numbers used on the
interfere with the educational pro-\ program were, ‘‘Now The Day Is
gi*ess of children. ! Over,’ and ‘"I Would Be True.”
The responsibility of the school! 0
is to determine which children pass '
the test and which fail.
Boys Home Eco.
A variety of shirts are being
made by the boys class this semes-
ter. The types of shirts range from
sport and zipper to western.
The materials being used are
gabardine, chambray, gingham, and
bright plaid seersucker. The bright
plaid seersucker shirts being made
by Gene Gilley is from a beautiful
piece of material.
Some of the colors being used are
yellow, mai’oon, blue, tan, brown,
and gray.
Most of the boys have finished
cutting out their shirts and are
ready to begin sewing.
Other garments being worked on
are: 1 apron, 1 handkerchief, and
1 pair of shorts.
Bill Smith, Fred Wiggs, and Bill
Parke are learning to be interior
decorators. So far they have re-
decorated a bookcase and a china
cabinet. These pieces were done in
a . pastel green.
A few passing teachers have
noticed the boys’ efforts and as of
now they have a waiting list.
In the opinion of Mrs. Martin the
boys are progressing very nicely.
At the present only two mishaps
have occurred. Big Bob Turpin got
overanxious on the electric sewing
machine. He began sewing too fast
and all his material jammed up in
one knot and was sewed. Mac Mar-
tin was busily sewing on his shirt.
Ah! At last! He got the sleeve
sewed in! It was insideout.
Song Poll Taken
“Stardust,” “Again,” and “I Love
You Because” won the school-unde
song poll taken recently in W.H.S.
The students favorite “semi-
! classical” song was “Stardust,”
Norman Ferguson
Outstanding FFA Boy
Meet Norman Ferguson, a boy
which won easily with eighty-eight j outstanding in agriculture achieve-
votes. “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”: ments as well as in other activities,
was second with twenty-three votes i Norman is a blue-grey eyed boy,
16 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tali,
with brown hair, who weighs 145
pounds. He was born May 12, 1933.
Norman has an
agriculture
ichievement that
my boy would be
aroud of. In his
?irst year as an
T. F. A. boy he had
me aci’e of corn
md two-thirds of
an acre of sweet
potatoes that net-
FERGUSON ted h}m a total of
$33.55. At Abilene in 1948 he was
Youth For Chris! Presents
Miss Kayser used the machine Mock Radio Show
Thursday and Friday, February 9| “Hello, everybody, this is station
and 10, Mrs. bhorten used it Mon- j WYFC bringing vou a program by
day and Tuesday, February 13 and j the Weatherford Youth For
14; Miss Whitsett will use it Wed-i Christ » So said Reverend Jack
nesday and Thursday, February 15! Patterson as he emceed the assem-
and 16 in the English classes. j bly program Friday, February 3.
The machine was rented by the: The curtain opened with the
county. j y p c. theme song, “Christ For
0 Me.” The chorus of members also
’an£ “He Lives,” and ‘‘Master, the
Assembly Program Tempest Is Raging.” Ray Wither-
The T.C.U. Speech Department 3p0on and Jody Me Kenney partici-
presented a one-act play, Sunday pated in a black-face skit concem-
Cost Five Pesos,” in assembly Fri- ing the things a Christian is. The
day, February 10. The cast was <rroup presented a Sea Medley con-
made up of four girls and one boy. sjsting of a reading by Jack Pat-
° ~~ terson and cut-ins by the chorus.
The program was closed with a
repeat singing of the theme,!
“Christ For Me.”
This program is to be presented
Student Council
Convention Set
For March
Amarillo is holding the state con-
vention of the Texas Association of
Student Councils for 1950. Mr.
Hamilton has stated that Weather-
ford may send representatives from
its student council “if finances per-
mit.”
Each school is allowed four offi-
cial delegates. The convention is to
be held March 17 and 18, and head-
quarters will be at Amarillo High
School. Meetings dealing with stu-
dent council activities and pro-
blems will be held, and a western
banquet and dance will be the main
entertainment.
and “Rhapsody In Blue” was third
with sixteen votes.
The favorite “popular” song was
another runaway. A dark horse,
“Again,” was the top song with
fifty-five votes. “Dear Hearts and
Gentle People” was second with
twenty-two votes. “I Can Dream
Can’t I,” “Quicksilver,” and “Old
Master Painter” were third, fourth
and fifth respectively.
“I Love You Because” won the
“hillbilly” with fifty-two votes.
“Shoe Shine Boy,” hillbilly or not,
was second with thirty-four votes.
Close behind was “Mule Train,”
with twenty-nine votes. “Bona-
partes Retreat” retreated to fourth
place with sixteen votes.
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HANDWRITING EXPERT IN
ASSEMBLY THURSDAY
He writes backward, upside
down, with both hands, and his
teeth. That’s what Mr. J. L. Turner,
handwriting expert, did in assem-
bly Thursday, February 8.
Mr. Turner, sponsored by the
Superintendent’s office, lectured on
the importance of good penman-
ship, and also gave examples of
how practice improves handwriting.
Mr. Turner could write with both
hands and his teeth and sing a
song at the same time. He could
write one line upside down and
forward and one line right side up
and backwards at the same time.
Those are a few of the things
that Mr. Turner could do with
chalk and a blackboard.
STUDENT COUNCIL MEETS
AFTER ASSEMBLY FRIDAY
The Student Council had a called
meeting Friday, February 10, aft-
er the assembly progi’am.
The members decided not to have
the Valentine box lunch, nor the
dance planned for Tuesday night,
February 14 because too many
other activities were planned.
Patrick's Patter ...
(Continued from page one)
closed one interesting fact, though.
Every person but one in the first , _ ...
. , c . to Junior High m tne near future,
period Senior English has taken
typing. That surprised me a little
and Mrs. Emmons, you should be Weatherford Chapter To
glad that your classes are so far-
reaching.
k
Hey, boys, you’d better start
studying a little more. Don’t for-
get the award that Borden Sea-
berry offers to the athlete who has ... , ,. ,T,
^ mi . . Skiles, will represent the Weather-
the best scholastic average. This is . , „ ^ , ... „ ,
b ford F.F.A. Chanter at the Early
Bird broadcast Saturday, February
25. The boys will leave Friday aft-
ernoon and will go to the broadcast
Observe National
F. F. A. Week
Four boys, Norman Ferguson,
Ben Long. Holton Riddle, and
James Young, along with Mr.
a njee honor to work toward.
k
directed
SPECIALTY—HAMBURGER ......
LUNCHEONS
The Home Eco. foods classes
have been cooking lately. The first
year girls have cooked and served
two breakfasts and the second
year girls have had hamburger
luncheons. The third year girls are
now studying “You and Your Fa-
mily,” a textbook by Dr. Berniece
Moore, a recent speaker here.
PEEK-A-BOO CAFE
FINE FOODS
Mrs. N. R. Wyatt
A committee
by Mrs.
Sorooch is now selecting the Senior „ , , . , ,. „ .
. , , , , ,. . ,,r Saturday morning when the Early
Play to be presented this year. Mrs. . . >,
Sorooch will direct this year’s play
-which will be presented the last
-week in April or the first week in
May. Dates for the try-outs will be
Birds will put on a show observing
National F.F.A. Week.
A bulletin board to be used for
adult education and training of
set definitely as soon ‘as the play is F-F-A- wil1 be ^stalled in one
selected. All Seniors graduating in of the busmess houses downtown;
May are eligible to try for roles in Plobabb one of the banks,
the Senior play. Jhe boys are planning to have
k several project records of outstand- j
I’ve played golf only once in my Lag boys printed in one of the I
life, but I’m a whiz at miniature downtown papers. These and other
golf, so I may take up the nice of- plans are not yet definite,
for to learn to play. And as many There will be a basketball game,
people as are interested ai’e urged between a local team and the F.F.A.
to participate. So, see you on the boys Thursday night if the gym is
golf course.
HI KIDS!
DOC BYARS
HUMBLE PRODUCTS
Palo Pinto St. Phone 9560
high point man in the poultry con-
test and he won a chicken brooder
and some other prizes. Norman
built a chicken house worth $138.01)
and a 125-chick brooder. His sec-
ond year, which is this year, he
owns two Jersey heifers, a regis-
tered Duroc sow and 200 chickens
He plans to build a 500-hen capa-
city laying house. Norman .-also
plans to have five acres of com and
three acres, of sweet potatoes this
year. With the good start he has
and the help of Mr. Skiles, Norman ;
hopes to become a Lone Star
Farmer, the highest agriculture.
award the State of Texas gives. He .
is very proud of the fact that he is
vice president of his chapter. Nor-
man says, “I have learned more in
the F.F.A. and received more op-
portunities in that course than any
other course in school.” He also
thinks it is very considerate of the
banks in Weatherford to offer ,t<>,
help finance any agriculture boy.
Norman is a Junior in W.H.S.,.
and plans to attend A. & M. College
and major in Horticulture.
You will recognize Norman by
his politeness and excellent person-
ality. Part of this may be due to
his regular attendance at the Youth
For Christ meetings which he en-
joys very much.
Norman Ferguson lives with his
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Ferguson on a five-acre farm
2V2 miles east of town.
RANKIN CLEANERS
AND BACHELOR'S LAUNDRY
102 Dallas Ave.—Phone 366
Quality First—Service Always
COTTEN-BRATTON
CALL 23
See the Sensational, New, 1850 PHILCO Refrigerator at
JOHN GALBREAITH BUTANE GAS
Telephone 156 — South Side Square
available.
WHITE STAR LAUNDRY
and Dry Cleaners
South Side Square Phone 222
MERCHANTS AND FARMERS STATE BANK
MEMBER F. D. I. C.
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The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1950, newspaper, February 15, 1950; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1146881/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Weatherford High School.