The Mountain Eagle
WHITESBURG WEATHER

Moments and Memories of WHS





 

 

Can you identify these WHS graduates? Answers at bottom of column.

The following articles are from the 1928 Whitesburg Grade School newspaper, “Stray Shots”. The editorial staff consisted of the following: Teddy Kelly Fields, Editor; Woodford Webb, Associate Editor; Jimmy Blair, Mechanical Editor; every other student, reporters.

From Mrs. Boggs’s room

The following students were absent a few days because of the mumps: Yarlett Swisher, Clara Lee Speaks, Edith Williams, Pricey Bentley, James Squires, Steve Adams, Helen Craft and Sam Junior Collins but they are all back in again.

Rebecca Williams has been absent because of sickness for five weeks but she is better now.

We had 25 on our honor roll last month. We also had the following Gold Star students: Thomas Fields, Arthur Reynolds, Gertrude Brown, Lucille Bach, James Squires, Chad Mullins, Woodrow Bates, Steve Adams, Cuba Mullins, Maud Webb, Hascal Combs, Junior Reynolds, Lloyd Boggs, and Grace Combs. We are hoping to have twice this many next time.

We have the following visitors this month: L.N. Taylor, from the State Department of Education, Jim Whitaker, Willie Caudill, Mrs. Shade Reynolds, Miss Dalna Hays and Superintendent Boggs.

From Miss Day’s room

Several are absent from our room because of the mumps.

The following were Gold Star students in our room: Edgar Blair, Winnifred Combs, Junior Cook, Victor Combs, Marie Fields, Logan Collins, Bennie Craft, N.M. Craft, Larue Webb, Paschal Maggard, and Lawrence Taylor; others would have won a Gold Star Certificate but they were absent on account of the mumps.

From Prof. Collins’s room

Rosie Zimmerman is going to Lexington the first of June.

Edna Ruth Speaks had a birthday party March 24. Everybody had a good time.

The Fifth Graders are mastering some nice poems of which they will be proud.

Woodrow Williams is having to be absent because of the illness of his sister.

Edith Pendleton and Bernice Combs won the prizes in the spelling contest again last Friday.

We are glad to say that our work is still interesting though spring is here and is beckoning to us.

Ben Reynolds the artist doesn’t see the use of wasting time in trying to find out the cost of 8¾ yards of calico at 6¼ cents per yard.

The Sixth Grade are having a hard time getting their geography.

Ben Reynolds still turns out some mighty good drawings.

The following articles are from “The Yellowjacket” newsletter published by the Future Farmer Club, the October 1936 edition.

Football

The Yellowjackets lost to the Prestonsburg Black Cats on the enemy’s own field, Sept. 26. Hard luck followed the Yellowjackets all through the game. Prestonsburg ran back two passes for touchdowns. Then to cap the climax, Whitesburg fumbled near their own goal, to have a Black Cat receiver. Prestonsburg scored on the next play. The locals garnered 13 first downs to six for the winners. We lost 19 to 7.

Home Economics Club

Watch the Home Economics Club do things this year. We have a program for the year called, “A trip around the world”. We will have at least one program each month that will be devoted to the study of foods, clothing, fads and fashions at home and abroad.

At present all the girls sew and cook in one small room. We have asked however, for the second floor of the teacherage for a sewing room, leaving the first floor for cooking.

With permission we will transform the cloakroom in the main building on the first floor into a rest room to repose when weak, to powder noses, or other general primping.

The officers of our club this year are, President – Rudell Fields, Vice-President – Pruda Webb, Secretary Treasurer – Cuba Mullins, State Club Reporter – Cuba Mullins, Song Leader – Carolyn Fields, Cheer Leader – Alma Jean Banks.

Answers to identify the pictures:

(A) Charles Gilley (B) Joye Faye Joseph (C) Douglas Banks ( D) Roberta Brown (E) James Reynolds (F) Merlene Davis (G) Frank Perry (H) Carol Hunsaker (I) Harold Vance ( J) Joyceleen Kincer (K) Bill Collins (L) Carol Fields (M) Steve Stamper (N) Darlene Brown (O) John Howard (P) Nancy Banks


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